
Reddit absolutely dominates BOFU queries... And it's become the dark funnel for enterprise queries: https://t.co/kBPhUYd3Um https://t.co/pQ7EVmaGLD
Uh. This would be REALLY bad. Up until now, traffic through the Strait has been functionally halted but it isn’t exactly *closed*, ships can are some are taking the risk. If Iran successfully mines the Strait, it’s *closed* closed.

The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of global oil demand. It's still closed. OPEC+ pledged 206K bpd in April. Middle East producers are cutting because storage is full. Supply math doesn't work when the pipe is shut. https://t.co/EMaJvlSk4u

💸 The State of Ecommerce SEO & AI Search in 2026: What are the shifts, and the top actions to take - My deck from today's presentation at SMX Munich, going through : * Why is fundamental to stop using traffic...

‼️$100 oil prices have a surprisingly modest impact on the US economy: A persistent oil shock through 2027 would push headline inflation up +0.7 percentage points at peak, while core inflation and unemployment each rise just +0.1 percentage points. Real GDP effect...
Hormuz Disruptions, US Navy Escort Plans (or lack of) and Impact on Global Trade 1⃣Strait of Hormuz Update: March 10, 2026 2⃣Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Caine Statement on Escorts 3⃣UNCTAD Report on Hormuz Shipping Disruptions Video: https://t.co/vS32XQeQDb https://t.co/ZfQwkBUMGW
Creativity, invention, ideation. • vs - Consistent execution, planning, good decisions. Are they two different modes, or do you have to learn to do both? Or is one actually not that useful?

Last week, Trump threatened to cut off trade with Spain over the use of military bases against Iran. It’s clear he didn’t realize that Spain is 1 of 12 countries for which the US has a positive trade balance. TRUMP = SHOOTS...

Most companies are using AI to optimize the past. That’s the problem. ❌ They’re asking how to make people a little faster, meetings a little shorter, workflows a little cheaper. Useful? Of course. Transformational? Not even close. The 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 is not about adding...
When should you update your sales process? In the latest Sales Logic episode, Meridith Elliott Powell and I discuss why great sales teams constantly evaluate results, refine their value proposition, and learn from both wins and losses. Sales success requires evolution. https://t.co/9q5gGoJklf
Hot take: more restaurant chains should introduce their new menu items in a live event complete with celebrities, choirs, and dancing, just like @tacobell. Here's everything Taco Bell revealed at Live Mas Live https://t.co/wRXDVDJ00I
U.S. Navy escorts its first tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. #corn & #wheat prices follow crude oil lower, but #soybeans hang onto modest gains on hopes we'll get final RVOs from EPA any day, with possible exports to China....
Early in my leadership years I was told the devops team was frustrated and felt disrespected by the dev team (I was director of dev at the time). I was blindsided and took it seriously, researching email/slack conversations, talking to...
The chasm has not disappeared in the age of AI. In many markets, it has become harder to cross. Early enthusiasm is easy to generate, but sustained adoption requires focus on the right early customers and a disciplined go-to-market strategy. Looking forward...

A lot of businesses quietly struggled the last few years. Valuations came down. Growth slowed. But few people wanted to call it what it was. A silent recession. GDP technically grew, but inflation grew faster. Now the cycle may be shifting. And the operators positioning today could...

Doesn't seem like there's a lot of Oil/LNG moving through the Strait of Hormuz at all https://t.co/5QrGSihDEA

US oil prices fall over -16% on the day and officially drop below $80/barrel. Geopolitical risk premiums are being rapidly priced-out. The oil market says the war is ending.
Oil market isn't going the way Iran hoped. Amazing what the Saudi/UAE pipelines can do, plus the (very clear) threat of SPR release. Plus, oil crisis are defined by price x duration. Without a feared long disruption, investors aren't chasing oil futures...
When asked whether the US bombed an Iranian elementary school, Trump replied: “No. In my opinion and based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.” But the NYT and other sources report that it was a U.S. Tomahawk strike. https://t.co/dyjpwhA9vS
My latest, on hiring Jeff Shell, John Lasseter and Max Landis… also Bari Weiss and a pair of young producers who are running a new genre label. They have credits on Weapons, Woman of the Hour and Friendship even though...
Brooklinen set a $50k Kickstarter goal and raised $250k. The founders spent a full year researching factories and fabrics first. They validated before they scaled. Meanwhile you're launching untested products and hoping for the best. That's the gap.

The FT reports that at the end of the day, the regime in Iran will probably remain standing and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is positioned to make the regime more hardline. HAVE TRUMP AND NETANYAHU OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE...

Brent becomes extremely volatile amid confusion about war’s duration Brent futures traded in a record daily range of more than $35 per barrel on March 9, as traders reacted to conflicting signals about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz...
This is actually good news for health-tech. TALK’s takeout multiple of ~3.0x revenues actually represents a fairly healthy premium to the recent digital health average (recall ACCD was taken out at ~1x). https://t.co/4FyXzAiny4
This Bloomberg headline crossing now may explain the new downturn in crude oil prices (repost) --- *US NAVY ESCORTED AN OIL TANKER THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

*US OIL PRICES EXTEND DECLINE, FALL 15% TO TRADE NEAR $80/BBL April 2026 WTI futures are now down ~32% since Sunday night's peak https://t.co/9QugACQ3Q0
The housing market is hitting stagflation. Jobs are cooling, but the unauthorized war in Iran is keeping oil prices and rates high. Sellers are losing patience and re-listings are at a decade high, giving buyers more leverage. https://t.co/tK43N2ajFT
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Oil production around Kirkuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, is connected to global markets via a pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan This is Iraq’s only crude supply that can bypass the currently-closed Strait of Hormuz Shut-ins in the Basra area by the...

What impact will closing the Strait of Hormuz have? ING takes a guess featured in the Chartbook Top Links of today. https://t.co/aiQTNxvQMb

Most productivity advice starts with tools. My new book starts somewhere else. Productiveness: the state of being productive. Follow the quiet build: https://t.co/S2Z73N4u1G https://t.co/vgR8kcI0Ma
CIOs are quietly pulling workloads back from the cloud. Not because cloud is bad. Because AI workloads need deterministic performance, and shared infrastructure delivers "noisy neighbor" effects. The cloud-first era is becoming the workload-first era.
Founders: Your prospects will be using your competition's products. Use this. - Job boards = hiring pain - LinkedIn Recruiter = sourcing investment - Marketo forms = marketing automation spend Look for buying signals in plain sight.

"Iran is only part of the story. There’s also the emergence of AI as a disruptive technology capable of suddenly wiping out, as well as creating, wealth for shareholders and creditors. There are the soured loans that are starting to...
Cold outreach emails sognificantly increased for me over the last few weeks. Probably ai. Going right into spam.

Most of the crude that ships out of the Strait of Hormuz is medium-to-heavy sour Western Canadian Select at Houston vs WTI, which reflects a clean light-heavy quality differential, had weakened (widened) on Venezuela reentering the USGC market—Hormuz closure entirely reversed...
China's main foreign policy strategy assumption seems to be that every other leader in the world is a stone cold moron and that they need to protect themselves as much as possible by not relying on anyone else for imports...

If the Amazon and Shenzhen PICEA Robotics deals to acquire iRobot had been placed side by side for comparison, there is no question which option most people would have preferred, but that is not how business works. https://t.co/au4fmlVBrO https://t.co/ccf8aW6asz

It's a while since the last IEA emergency oil release, so I put together a briefing note on how it works in practice as it follows a strict technical and diplomatic protocol. The below is a (simplified) guide to follow...
trump may want to end the iran war quickly. but closing the strait of hormuz or even threatening it keeps oil high and the conflict alive. @gzeromedia
Someone asked me: How did you share bad news without getting fired? Here’s the truth: I took responsibility—no fluff, no blame game. Examine the factors that contributed to the outcome with transparency, data, and lessons learned. Most leaders won’t fire you for failing;...

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate today: 6.09% Same day last year: 6.72% -------------------- 10-year Treasury yield: 4.12% Spread today: 197 bps
Enterprise hits and misses - today's #CIO needs a re-think, and software supply chain fallout is here https://t.co/cYYiUJT99d by @jonerp. #EnSw
Japan becomes the second country to lock in a NdPr price floor. Countries seem to recognise the issue with rare earths but equity investors seem not to... https://t.co/5GI3bRV7K3
Today we're launching Ground Floor Growth, a talent collective for the most talented, high-agency people who want to get in on the ground floor of tomorrow's biggest companies. At @hustlefundvc, we look for founders who are curious, data-driven, and execute with...
From bid adjusts to the board room. What does it really look like for one person to execute with the capacity of an entire team. Meet Anmar, join him for a day: https://t.co/3HFBm3qZ8k
If your AIOps and SecOps tools can't share context, play nicely with AI agents, or support protocols like MCP, you're going to struggle with the next wave of automation and cross-team convergence. #CIO #AI #CISO https://t.co/e3w3lXkvfc
Morningstar warning to BDCs: "We view selling assets at substantial discounts to fair value as a significant sign of stress, which would likely have negative credit rating implications."
"I'm hearing bankers say things like, '$100 million ARR, we could probably take that public.' I haven’t heard that in a while."
Funny thing when an LP calls you to ask: “Hey, there are some big funds going around telling LPs that small funds are going to die. What do you think?” I ask them: “Just go look at large fund returns vs...