Canada’s Inflation On Target, Money Supply Grows Below Golden Rate
Canada's January inflation (CPI) is ON TARGET at 2.29%/yr. Canada’s money supply (M3) is growing at 4.02%/yr. That’s a bit below Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of ~6-8%/yr, a rate consistent with Canada's 1-3%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY. https://t.co/PrNRqGmL0P
Master Incrementality Testing: From Replication to Golf Handicap
"I think it’s the most sophisticated conversation that will exist on this topic." @oliviaakory's feedback after watching back this episode. She and @Davisg207 came by the office to talk about Cozy Earth's incrementality testing journey. I think it is incredibly instructive...
Boost First‑Touch Resolution with AI‑Powered CCaaS Integration
If your AI strategy is just "deflecting" calls, you're missing the point. The goal is "resolution velocity." By integrating CCaaS with Service Management, you empower agents with real-time back-office data to solve problems on the first touch. The new ROI: https://t.co/ajGMKZ1mkJ #CIO...
Activation Holds the Hidden Growth Opportunity
In most of the growth troubleshooting I do — which spans qualitative research and a deep dive into product, marketing, and subscription analytics — activation is almost always where the opportunity is hiding.
Organic Surge: 307 Signups & New Editing Features
⚡️ WEEKLY VLOG 02 @ @ChoppityAI Founders are never truly satisfied with the speed of shipping, but looking back at this week... we’ve had some absolute bangers. We hit an all-time high of 295 signups in a single day (We broke...
Claude for Excel Cuts Model Building Time to Zero
Here’s the most impressive thing about Claude for Excel: It’s intuition on how to structure a model and build input levers at exactly right level, and outputs in the right format is very impressive. Better than a typical analyst. That means not only...
Eliminate Packages, Deliver Custom Feel with Systemized Backend
I completely deleted "packages" from my offerings , my clients still feel like they're getting custom support but in the back end it's still productized and systemized and seamless for my team to deliver
Your 6‑figure Support Won’t Get You to 7 Figures
It's okay to admit that the support that brought you to your first 6 figures won't bring you to 7 figures. You need an operations team who doesn't flinch when you say margin compression , understands how to handle revenue...
Chicago Fed Forecast Shows February Unemployment Near 4.3%
The Chicago Fed Real-Time Unemployment Rate Forecast for February is 4.28%, so not likely to be much different from the BLS’s official reading last month. https://t.co/fmDwn7LlNk https://t.co/nw9NVUBD9I
Hire Demand Generation, Not Just Brand, for Growth
I was on a call with a CEO. "We are 100% Sales-driven. We have absolutely ZERO Marketing" I probed a bit more to understand. Turns out they hired a CMO once for a 8 month stint. All she wanted to...
CIOs Must Deliver Defensible, Audit-Ready Budget Forecasts
#CIOChat Q3: Yet CIOs still owe CFOs defensible numbers and audit-ready plans. How are you reconciling professional budget requirements with uncertainty. Are you using rolling forecasts, dynamic reserves, probabilistic models, or something else? https://t.co/OO17dBefNJ
Antitrust Panel Seeks Second Look at Netflix‑WBD, May Add Paramount
Antitrust subcommittee wants a second chance to beat up on Netflix - WBD deal and has hearing scheduled for March 4. Will they add Paramount to mix if at that point they are in driver's seat?
AI-Driven Bottlenecks Threaten Prices, Smartphone Market to Drop 13%
The ai advances are real, but they imply some very unpleasant bottlenecks for a bunch of industries, and risk stoking prices in a variety of goods. Tariffs arent the only source of short run inflation risk
AI Tools Turning Into Essential Cognitive Infrastructure
Waiting for Claude tokens to renew like an addict waiting for a fix. That feeling probably says something about how quickly these tools are becoming cognitive infrastructure.
IT Forecasting Fails Amid Cloud, AI, and Volatility
#CIOChat Q1: For years, IT planning assumed stable demand curves and predictable spend. Those days are over. What broke first? Cloud elasticity, AI workloads, vendor pricing, or business volatility? When did forecasting stop feeling reliable in your org? https://t.co/GNHxMBE0sO
SEP IRAs Limit Advanced Tax Strategies—Consider Better Options
SEP IRAs are a dead giveaway that somebody has room to do great planning 1.) They block backdoor Roths 2.) They reduce QBI more than solo 401ks do since SEP IRAs only allow employer contributions 3.) They do not support the mega backdoor...
Side Hustle SaaS Success Comes With Brutal Realities
I'm 40, I've built 7 SaaS products since 2022. Hivoe, Inboxs, Userdesk, Shipped, BlackTwist, and 2 that flopped hard. And I still have my 9-5. Here are 8 brutal truths about indie hacking on the side:
US Chipmakers Turn to Sunrise Metals Amid Scandium Shortage
U.S. semiconductor manufacturers are feeling the pinch from Chinese restrictions on scandium exports, @Reuters reports, underscoring the importance of @SunriseMetals’ Syerston Scandium Project as an essential supplier to key U.S. industries. “U.S. chipmakers have experienced delays in receiving new scandium export licenses from...
AI SEO Hype Outpaces Real Results, Says Brand Leaders
SEO for AI—or AEO—is having a moment Profound just raised at $1B valuation But after talking to many brand leaders this week, most agree much of the hype in the space is outpacing results & no dashboard does the work for...
Code Review Bench Accelerates Agent Evaluation with Real PR Data
Measuring how well coding agents perform is often one of the biggest things that slows progress. Code Review Bench helps by using two checks: - A controlled offline benchmark - An online behavior test using results from 200,000 real pull requests
Tencent Pulls Funding as Highguard Misses Launch Targets
Bloomberg reports that Highguard devs thought they had more runway but Tencent seemingly pulled funding when it failed to hit launch goals.
Markiplier's Indie Horror Proves Creators Can Redefine Hollywood Distribution
From YouTube to $48 million box office hit @markiplier's self-financed indie horror film 'Iron Lung' more than 15x'd it's budget and is a glimpse into how the right creators will redefine distribution in Hollywood 00:00 The Story of Iron Lung 05:54 By...
US Tariff Cut Could Shift China Supply Chains
Lower tariff by US on Chinese goods. What will it mean to import supply chains? And to logistics? Especially container lines? A lot? Or not? Given soft CNY. @Lingling_Wei
Cancel Fees Are Hostage Tactics, Not Retention Solutions
$105 to cancel a SaaS subscription is a hostage negotiation and I guarantee nobody understood that when they signed up. The answer to churn is NOT entrapment. If you're not delivering on your promises and someone wants to stop using your service,...
Shelter‑driven Inflation Easing as Vacancies Rise, Wages Slow
Fed doves have happy tears, since over 40% of CPI inflation is due to shelter and wage growth is slowing down. Rising rental vacancies mean it's unlikely to see breakaway inflation again. @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #mortgagerates #inflation #economics #realestate #chartdaddy
Seamless Global Hiring: Infrastructure You Never Notice
The best infrastructure is the kind you can stop thinking about. That's how we measure what we build at Remote. The goal isn't applause (though it's nice). It's that you can just hire someone in another country, pay them and manage...
CEO Exit Undermines Confidence in Trainline’s Long‑Term Vision
Trainline's CEO is jumping ship. Here's a snippet from what I wrote in my $TRN deep dive conclusion: "If Trainline were a founder-led business today, with a CEO who still owned a truly material personal stake and followed a long-term blueprint with...
Terraform Lawsuit Exposes Hidden ETF Conflicts of Interest
Below is the AI-assisted summary of today's Spaces discussion on Terraform's lawsuit against Jane Street and the wider questions it invites about the murky behind-the-scenes mechanics of how ETFs function. It also touches on the wider conflicts of interest that...
Amazon's $50B OpenAI Bet Depends on IPO or AGI
.@theInformation Exclusive: @Amazon’s potential $50B investment in @OpenAI may hinge on two triggers: an IPO or reaching AGI.
Get Kimi K2.5 Free for 48 Hours—No Credit Waste
Stop burning your own API credits just to prototype. Kilo is letting you use Kimi K2.5 for free for the next 48 hours.
Canada’s FDI Hits 18‑year High at C$96.8B
Foreign direct investment into Canada jumped Q4, pushing yearly inflows to the highest level in 18 years. FDI totaled C$25.1 billion Oct-Dec, Statistics Canada reported, bringing the yearly sum to C$96.8 billion, the highest since 2007. https://t.co/yORmpTnnkH
Maersk Launches Real-Time Carrier Performance Portal for Shippers
Maersk E-Commerce, a parcel delivery service from Maersk recently launched a customer portal enabling clients to monitor carrier performance in real time, according to Sam Coiro, head of Maersk E-Commerce, North America. More new capabilities coming....🤔
Avoid Discount Pricing: Choose Full Price or Free
The worst price you can charge is a discount. You’re not cheap enough to win on price. You’re not expensive enough to signal expertise at a premium. You’re in the middle, where nobody shops. There are two prices that work: 1️⃣ Full price. You charge...
Russian Oil Exports Up 6% Since Pre‑War
Is Russia exporting more oil now that it was before the Russo-Ukrainian war? Contrary to Western propaganda, the answer is YES. Russian crude export volumes are 6% above pre-invasion levels. SANCTIONS = NEVER WORK. https://t.co/pElmHdXmbQ
Bill Gurley Missed Google’s 10,000x Gain, Shares Lessons
the amazing story how Bill Gurley @bgurley passed on Google––and missed a 10,000x return🤯 i think he'll be all right. And you will too if you read his new book 🔖"Runnin' Down a Dream"... https://t.co/fiRcxsWair
Consistent Brand Threads Beat Outdated Mood Boards
the best brand accounts have a through line of familiarity. content woven together by a thread that makes people comment “my show is on”. the old mood board model does not work anymore.
Gemini Now Pulls Insights From Google Chat History
In the race to Jarvis, now Gemini can tap into Google Chat -> Google Chat is now a data source for Gemini, making your message history actually useful "In a new update on the Workspace blog, Google announced that Chat is...
AI and Defense Spending Fuel $29 Trillion Debt Surge
In 2025, global debt surged by almost $29 TRILLION. Who are the culprits? According to the Institute of International Finance, they are AI AND DEFENSE SPENDING. https://t.co/R4ISyieJwn
Defining Real Success Metrics for AI Product Launch
I was sketching out the launch plan for Data Techcon first AI product, and without even realizing it, I slipped back into my growth data scientist mindset — questioning metrics, success, AI features values & what “working” really means 1....
Cheap Experiments Outperform Expensive Guru Courses
I spent $10k on a Facebook ads course from a famous 'guru'. My ROAS went down. I spent $200 testing my own weird ad angles. Found a 5x ROAS winner in 48 hours. The market doesn't care about experts. Test...
Stripe’s $159B Success: Craft, Talent, Obsession, Leadership
Gamma Co-Founder Grant Lee spotlights the core principles behind Stripe’s $159B rise in a comprehensive breakdown of its business philosophy. The thread explores how craft, talent density, customer obsession, and decisive leadership compound over time. In partnership with Stripe, the full...
Integrating Sentiment Surveys and Trends Into Market Analysis
Latest episode of the Trading Global Macro Podcast discusses market sentiment. @MWellerFX and I touch on sentiment surveys, market-based positioning and looser measures (eg headlines, search trends) - and how to integrate it into your market analysis: https://t.co/B06D4S71N8
Growth Stems From Self‑Running Business, Not Hustle
Growth doesn’t come from hustling harder. It comes from designing a business that runs itself.
Mid‑market AI Success: Small Teams, Tight Budgets, Mature BI
Most of my clients are mid-market organizations, and they're all approaching AI the right way. And it has nothing to do with ChatGPT/Gemini/Claude. Here's what these organizations all have in common: 1 - Small teams. 2 - Tight budgets. 3 - Mature BI infrastructure. 4 -...
Balancing Rates Drives Predictable Credit Cycles
In order to have successful capital markets, you see the same things happen again and again. Since one man’s debts are another man’s assets, you have to keep interest rates not so high that they crush the debtor, without having them...
Unified Email and SMS Boosts Retention Trust
The retention stack at most brands is three platforms pretending to be one. Email in one tool. SMS in another. A "customer journey" that's really just a guess stitched together from disconnected data. Attentive solves this by putting email and SMS in...
Roam Builds Virtual Office for Future Collaboration and Events
pretty wild what @howard + the @roam team have painstakingly built, iteration by iteration, to enable the virtual office of the future; now empowering modern companies to host virtual events, enable spontaneity, humans to work together (w/ agents, too), and...
Fast 7-Year Auction Turn; Feb Extension Increases Friday
It will be a quick turn from today's 7y auction to month end tomorrow. Reminder Feb duration extension will be larger Friday as it always is in a refunding month.
Lead AI‑Driven Role Shifts, Don't Just React
AI is reshaping entry-level roles in security, DevOps, marketing, and support - are you leading that change or reacting to it? Watch how Digital Trailblazers can turn this disruption into a leadership advantage. #DevOps #AI https://t.co/O0K0QkTUyt
Great Founders Avoid Over‑deferring to Senior Hires
New episode of Long Strange Trip with @bhorowitz of @a16z is now live. The first time I pitched Ben for @HubSpot, he passed on us. It stung. So naturally, it’s the first thing I brought up with him in this convo. He’s...