Doing Everything Right Isn’t Enough After Google Updates
One of the most common things I hear from site owners who were hit by Google updates: “we were doing everything right.” 🤔
Target High‑value Buyers, Not Discount‑driven Churners
Discounts get you customers who can’t afford the product. And so they churn when the discount wears off. Wasting everyone’s time, and unprofitable. Redirect your efforts towards getting customers who want your product so much, they think it’s too cheap.
Warner Bros. Games Plans Major Franchise Revivals by 2028
Warner Bros. Games will “return to some of our biggest franchises" in 2027-2028 says WB Games CEO JB Perrette. https://t.co/5OxOqI9h1i
Buyers Satisficing: Time Constraints, Not Fear, Drive Choices
It can be too easy to look at buyer research and come away with a perspective that buyers make overly-safe, incomplete, and sub-optimal decisions. Worse, it can be too easy as a marketer to see buyers as needing us to...
Hire High‑caliber Talent, Then Step Back
Stop trying to do everything yourself. Hire people with: • High energy • High integrity • High work ethic • High intelligence And then leave them the f*ck alone. Who you do something with > what you do.
Gold Forecast Rises to $6K‑$7K, JPMorgan at $6.3K
On February 3rd, I revised my gold forecast from $6,000 to $6,000-7,000 per ounce. JP Morgan just revised its end-of-year gold price forecast to $6,300 per ounce. BUY GOLD, WEAR DIAMONDS. https://t.co/Hi3nzEv5w2
Structure Your Homepage: Prioritize Outcomes Over Features
That’s the problem. • Homepage speaks to every persona • CTA assumes everyone wants a demo • Hero lists features, not outcomes High-converting sites are structured. Every element has a job. Fix the weakest section first. Then the next. See the 8-part framework 👇 https://t.co/JDMlMnrHfM
Switch to Requestly: Local API Client Beats Postman
Holy moly... I just found the API client that actually replaced Postman for me. It's called Requestly and it runs completely local without touching a cloud server. No login. No bloat. No subscription creep. Now is the best time to ditch cloud-dependent API...
7 Content Strategies to Build Authority and Trust
7 Ways to Use Content to Build Authority and Trust in Any Niche (+ Real Examples) - B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity - https://t.co/CJYHcehmSM https://t.co/aQ6RDwYiCA
Deskilling vs Upskilling with AI—Choose Your Future
#TimTalk – Deskilling Vs upskilling with AI what it means and where you want to be with Matt Mishak https://t.co/eYE2YlGZ5p
EBay Cuts 800 Jobs; Laid‑offs Weigh Benefits vs Uber Earnings
Case in point: @eBay announced today it’s cutting 800 jobs, or 6% of its full-time employees. HQ San Jose, CA If you’re one of one of them, do you collect UE benefits from CA or get paid 114% more to drive @Uber...
Use Hours Not Days to Boost Email Opens
“Hours” works better than “days” in email. Why? Present Focus Bias. Humans are hardwired to want instant gratification. We don’t like to wait. According to Jay Schwedelson of SubjectLine.com , you can increase your open rate by 24% by using...
Assess Your Supply Chain’s ESG Regulation Readiness
How Ready Is Your Supply Chain for ESG Regulations? - https://t.co/vQMciV91ga @joinindago @Infor #ESG #ESGcompliance #supplychain #logistics
New Senate Bill May Double Trucking Rates, Boost Wages
The most significant legislation for freight since deregulation has been introduced in the Senate and could set off a trucking rate super cycle. This would create conditions that would bring back living wages to truck drivers, provide massive incentives to...
Top 5 Payment Processors Control 56% Market
Will anyone dislodge Stripe as the payments king? This chart is about the same as last year. Stripe lost a few points, but the same number of Do Not Accept / N/A remains the same. PayPal remained the same. Survey...
VITL Plunges 60%, Trades at 10x EV/
$VITL shares down >60% from the August 2025 highs EV down to ~$800 million, it trades at ~10x EV / EBIT
UPS Becomes World's Largest Express Air Cargo Hub
UPS overtakes FedEx to become world’s largest express air cargo hub https://t.co/4KagOwNarP Report - https://t.co/t55TpPGgln
Importers Sold Claims for 20‑30¢,
Those importers who sold their tariff claims to Lutnick’s sons were only paid 20-30 cents on the dollar. Getting into the trade early? Are real importers concerned about getting refunds? Why? Dragging it out?
Satya Nadella Pivot Saved Microsoft From $5B Loss
Mason Morfit: "The lion's share of credit has to go to Satya Nadella. To state the obvious, he's just been an incredible CEO... The company was losing ~$5 billion a year on this ill-fated devices venture... Satya very quickly pivoted...
Build, Not Hype: AI Topia Empowers Real Implementation
300 members in a few weeks. Here's why I built this. I've watched too many AI communities and influencers do the same thing. Hype, fluff, and zero substance. "AI will change everything." "This tool is a game changer." "10x your productivity with this one...
Thousands of Spanish Farmers Protest EU-Mercosur Trade Pact
Yesterday, THOUSANDS of farmers took to the streets of Madrid, Spain. They protested the EU-Mercosur Trade Pact. https://t.co/XqvZrcC16q
Warner Merger Spawns Chaotic Org Chart, Survival Unclear
Who survives the Warner merger mania? Org Chart From Hell: ‘Too Many Tentacles for One Octopus’ Latest @Lesleygoldberg https://t.co/No87HnVyFd
Gold Prices Set to Remain High for Two Years
The World Bank’s January 2026 Global Economic Prospects report on GOLD PRICES: "Strong investor demand, continued central bank purchases, and safe-haven inflows...are expected to sustain markedly high gold prices over the next two years..." BUY GOLD, WEAR DIAMONDS. https://t.co/fGfk9ZNBcn
Seed Pursues the New, Avoids Over‑Specializing in Trends
"Seed is not small venture. Its sole purpose is to navigate the new." This is one of the reasons why we've never over-indexed into any single category or trend. Our goal is to catch the "new".
Policy Impact Seen Key in Youth Unemployment Surge
A mix of views around whether the recent rise in unemployment was structural or cyclical, there was greater agreement around the role of policies in the rise in young NEETs and youth unemployment: 47% of panel agreed that this was...
Sequoia India Unit Torn Apart by Power, Profit Dispute
Another great piece from @followthemani for @NewcomerMedia Sequoia’s Former India Unit Rocked by a Bitter Split Over Power & Profit Shares https://t.co/gl1dPgdIm3
China's Duties Keep US Soybeans Off Its Market
US farmers and soybeans exporters not to get more China business? China duty still exists. Supply chains. Maritime.
TSMC Fuels Taiwan's $70B Quarterly Surplus, 33% GDP
A day that was a long time coming -- TSMC's dominance of chip manufacturing led Taiwan to post a $70b quarterly current account surplus in q4. That is $280b annualized, or a surplus of ~ 33% of GDP Never...
GRC Tools Are Still Just Digital Filing Cabinets
The GRC market is booming. Feels like I hear about a new platform every day but most platforms still feel like digital filing cabinets for policies and screenshots. There has to be a better way. What have you found that...
Our Portfolio Is 80% B2B, Not Consumer.
Recent convo with a founder: "Weekend Fund primarily invests in consumer, right?" I've heard this before. I love weird consumer, but in reality 80% of our investments are B2B or prosumer. Examples: American Operator (big boring b2b), Certn (enterprise infra), Deel (fintech), Extropic (deeptech...
EU Leaders Emphasize Energy Security and Affordable Power
Delighted to have a comprehensive discussion with @EUCouncil President António Costa @eucopresident in Brussels on global energy markets & European energy security – with a focus on the competitiveness of European industry & the importance of electricity affordability https://t.co/ixYMCcBHPY
LLMs Fail 85% of Investment Tasks, Math Weakness Evident
LLM-driven AI tools are much better with words than with math... at what point is the time to back-check the output calculations more time-consuming than just using established software providers for key investment research and financial planning functions? "Mass market AI...
Indonesia Likely to Miss US Farm Import Commitments
"Indonesia may struggle to deliver on new US farm import promises, traders say" 😲 https://t.co/EJEVp0S8sc
USDA Confirms 178k‑ton
USDA confirms the sale of 178,000 tons of U.S. corn for delivery to Japan. 154kt is for 2026/27 and 24kt is for 2027/28.
Companies Grow Optimistic About AI Search Amid Traffic Decline
I'm biased, but I think companies are growing more optimistic about AI search. Context is important (let's not scare investors), but it feels like a shift. And I'm not just saying that because of these latest earnings calls. Of course, I shouldn't...
Price the Moment, Not the Client’s Size
Charging Nike more than your local apparel shop isn’t value pricing. It’s entitlement. Most pricing advice says, “price the customer, not the service.” Charge big companies more than small ones. Big company, bigger budgets, higher price. Makes sense, right? Think again. This way...
Inflation Halved Dollar Value—Invest in Real Assets
Your dollar lost 53% of its purchasing power over the past 30 years. That’s not an anomaly. That’s the system. Inflation isn’t just a number - it’s a silent thief. Invest in real assets, or watch your money evaporate. https://t.co/vTylWHpPhj
Leaders Who Risk Change Markets, Not Companies
observed: the default view of many public investors is that companies cannot materially change - that they exist in a static state. in some cases, this assumption is right. but markets evolve when leaders take risks driving change. and markets...
CRM Faces Margin Pressure From Compensation, M&A Costs
$CRM Look at the headwinds of stock based compensation, merger & acquisition costs. Then look at margin projections and scale problems. @dougkass @SeabreezeLP @jimcramer @SquawkCNBC @andrewrsorkin @BeckyQuick @gnoble79 @KeithMcCullough @HedgeyeDJ @tomkeene @lisaabramowicz1 @business @CNBCFastMoney @HalftimeReport @carlquintanilla @ScottWapnerCNBC @SaraEisen @SullyCNBC...
Leverage Executive Quotes to Boost Outreach Effectiveness
My favorite play is finding exec quotes and then leveraging that in emails..cold calls.. LinkedIn messages. https://t.co/w5mNxiNxGa
Reluctantly Addressing Coca-Cola's Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
I really didn't want to talk about the Coca-Cola sex discrimination lawsuit. But here we are.
Focus on Revenue, Not Free Work, in Cold Emails
The best performing cold email is the one that leads to paying customers. You can generate a lot of positive replies by offering to do free work. Oh, you'll make it up in volume. Got it.
US Export Sales Slump, Wheat Outsells Expectations
🇺🇸U.S. export sales were pretty dismal across the board last week. 107kt new crop wheat was sold in the week, which was more than expected. https://t.co/Jk2c7Ibkg5
WBD CFO Insists only Financially Viable Sports Deals Will Proceed
"We’re not going to be doing deals that don’t make financial sense for us" -- WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels on sports rights deals. Question: Do any sports deals make financial sense?
Heritage Brands Embrace Creator Economy: Nat Geo Launches Program
As audience behavior continues to shift toward personality-driven media, more heritage brands are adapting. National Geographic is the latest legacy institution to launch its own creator program.
Nasdaq Bends Index Rules to Lure SpaceX IPOs
Nasdaq is contorting its own index rules to court the IPOs of SpaceX et al, and @thekrazykobra brings the 🔥 https://t.co/ExpsatLZ6h https://t.co/VjWaHmMJYd
Deep Focus Creates Addiction; Shallow Work
Deep focus is addictive. Once you taste real progress in a single session, shallow work feels empty for the rest of your life.
AI Challenges Psychometrics, Calls for New Anti‑Cheating Strategies
Has #AI broken #psychometrics? A review of the science & practice of mitigating candidate cheating using AI @ABPsychologists https://t.co/A9lerEQjhe #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator https://t.co/GJFw7ZGYor
Dollar Remains Dominant; No Viable Reserve Alternatives Yet
My @BrookingsInst blog on whether US reserve currency status is eroding. There’s no sign the fall in the Dollar is accompanied by foreign reserve managers bailing on the greenback. There simply aren’t any viable alternatives, including the Euro… https://t.co/U189pIWHJ4
OrbiMed Leads Top Five Biotech VC Dealmakers
Always fun to look over @JohnCendpts annual list of the top 100 most active VCs in biotech for the past year Top 5, by # of rounds: 1. OrbiMed 2. RA Capital 3. GV 4. General Catalyst 5. Catalio Full list & analysis is live...