Is Your Email Program Stuck at “Okay”?
Your email flows are running, your list is growing, and revenue looks okay. But "okay" is where most programs get stuck. Here are 6 signs yours has plateaued: https://t.co/BDEWXRyGoN
Aspiring CIOs Must Link IT Initiatives to Business Value
How are IT's key initiatives delivering business value? > A question every aspiring CIO should be prepared to answer #CIO https://t.co/NWuOLnCtg4
Netflix Nets $2.8 B Breakup Fee After WBD Pullout
I did not know this till today about $NFLX Following the high-profile bidding war that concluded in February 2026, Netflix walked away with a $2.8 billion breakup fee (also called a termination fee) paid by Warner Bros. Discovery Netflix's Payout: Because...
Gulf Medium‑Sour Crude Fuels West Coast Pipeline Gap
The oil that the USA imports from the Gulf is overwhelmingly medium sour, much of which ships to the West Coast which lacks pipeline access to domestic or Canadian oil. More featured on today's Chartbook Top Links in the comment...
Data Beats Gut: Call Scores Reveal Real Closers
spent last weekend building an AI agent that scores my sales team's calls. found out my top closer has a 52% close rate and the guy i thought was struggling is actually at 27% because he's pitching too early. the...
Charlotte Hornets Thrive: Best Season, Record Attendance
The Charlotte @hornets just finished their best regular season in 10 years and a 28-10 record since Jan. 1. Attendance rose an NBA-best 9%, and the Spectrum Center set a building record with 25 sellouts, including 15 straight to end...
Leaders, Speak Directly—Audience Craves You Over Graphics
Fripp’s Tips: Don't let your managers and leaders fall into the trap of using technology as a substitute for communicating directly with their audience. The audience wants to see their leaders more than glossy graphics. #publicspeakingskills #customercare #businessgrowth
Financial Repression Deep Dive with Hanno Lustig Drops Tomorrow
Recorded a Financial Repression Deep Dive with @HannoLustig, it's an absolute monster Airing tomorrow 🔥
Redefining Deficits Turns Section 122 Into Ongoing Tariff Power
Important: "If 'balance-of-payments deficits' can be redefined to mean some politically salient trade imbalance, then Section 122 stops being a narrow emergency provision designed for a fixed-exchange-rate system and becomes a standing reservoir of discretionary tariff authority" https://t.co/yGvNS8REjI
Hybrid Agile Beats Full Adoption for Real Results
Abandoning Agile? Not necessarily. The key is moderation. A fully Agile approach, especially at the start, often falls short. A hybrid approach proves more effective. #Agile #HybridWork https://t.co/CcFBhYB7cp
Foreign Overcapacity Not Driving US Trade Surpluses, Study Shows
.@USTradeRep's Section 301 case says "systemic overcapacity" abroad causes trade surpluses that harm US manufacturing. As @stanveuger @KyleLHandley show in new comments, there's no relationship bt low capacity utilization & big trade surpluses - if anything it's the opposite:
Sol Reader Shuts Down After Life‑Changing Success
Earlier this year, @bchelf and I made the difficult decision to wind down @solreader, the next-gen e-reader company we founded. I couldn’t be prouder of what we built. The product completely sold out, lots of people have said that it...
State Street Adds Mutual Fund Class to S&P 500 ETF
NEW: State Street just filed to bolt on a mutual fund share class to their S&P 500 ETF -- $SPYM. Yet another in a massive list of filings for ETF share classes on mutual funds AND mutual fund share classes...
CBS Simulcast Delivers UFC’s Biggest Audience in a Decade
CBS simulcast once again pays off for @ufc with the most-watched telecast for the MMA outfit in 10 years 2.65 million viewers for UFC 327 on Saturday. That tops the 2.47 million for the UFC 326 simulcast
Irrelevant Ads Lose Audience Instantly—Make It Feel Personal
Walk into a bar. Everyone's 20 years older than you. What do you do? Leave immediately. That's what's happening on your ads, your landing page, your homepage. People can instantly tell if something's "for them." If it doesn't feel relevant, they're gone.
Stadiums Prove Poor Public Investments After 50 Years Research
Always good to hear from *both sides*, which makes it appear that this is some sort of debate upon which *reasonable people can disagree*. Not mentioned in the article: 50 YEARS OF RESEARCH HAS CONCLUSIVELY DEMONSTRATED THAT STADIUMS ARE TERRIBLE...
Turn Customer‑Centric Talk Into Actionable Culture
Too many organizations talk about #customercentricity, but most never actually design it. BUILT TO WIN shows #leaders how to build the #culture that makes customer-centricity operational, not aspirational. https://t.co/B6gAp2EDZ3 https://t.co/mUYbJccttS
League One Average Revenue Climbs to £12.5 Million
Finances for all League One teams are now in (some clubs do not submit full figures) so here is a summary for 2024/25. Revenue averaged 12.5m but skewed at the top end by Birmingham and Wrexham with well over £33m...
Manager Support, Workflow Fit Drive AI Adoption
AI in the Workplace: What Separates Adopters and Holdouts. Having AI tools at work doesn't guarantee use. AI adoption depends on manager support, workflow fit, and whether workers see value in the tools. https://t.co/Gw9QttY7hv
UK Jobs Data Fix Delayed; Agency Still Unfit
Another government agency no nearer to being fit for purpose. Fix to critical UK jobs data faces further delays https://t.co/Xo7ibY3ZCw via @ft
Meloni Abandons Trump Overture to Win Italian Support
Meloni gives up on courting Trump as she seeks to gain favor with Italians https://t.co/3ACj9ch71s via @donatopmancini https://t.co/XZgA31C2R9
Toxic Bosses Haunt You Long After Work
A toxic boss doesn’t just ruin your workday, they follow you home in your thoughts.
Maximize Your Worth by Valuing Every Working Hour
Time is the ultimate constraint. There’s just only so many hours you can work and deliver your services, before you run out of time. As a result, maximizing your economic value as a professional is all about maximizing the value...
Build Emotionally Intelligent Teams for the AI Era
I’ve got a new event that is perfect for your team called “Building Emotionally Intelligent Teams in the Age of AI” Visit timelmore.com or #linkinbio for more info and to check availability.
Design Becomes the Key Moat in One‑Prompt Apps
Hoping some indie devs will gut check this… I’m building my first app that I plan to possibly sell and I keep coming back to this: When anyone can one-shot an app with a single prompt, what are the moats or diffentiators...
Deep Discovery Questions Drive Expert Founder Conversations
Founders: Discovery question depth framework: Level 1: 'Just hired 2 AEs?' Level 2: 'How long onboard?' Level 3: 'Closed anything yet?' Level 4: 'What's hardest about ramping?' Pull the thread. Don't jump topics. Your expertise shines 3 levels deep.
Blue Origin's Stock Plan Sparks Employee Outrage Ahead of Launch
Story coming in a bit on Blue Origin's new stock option plan. One person described it as "pure fucking trash," so things seem to be going well with employee morale as Blue approaches a critical New Glenn launch.
Inflation Is a Process, Not a Sudden Drop
Inflation is a process -- doesn't just drop from the sky, it has to be caused and continued https://t.co/I3TuKPlRD8
AI Builds Complete News Podcast in One Shot
one-shot podcast from news with @flymy_ai's new agent builder (just tested it), it: - researched news - created a transcript - created a voice for each part - stitched it together full prompt + output https://t.co/MFqPxTSwlr
Iran Conflict Fuels Massive Commodity Price Surges
Since the start of the Iran war... Sulfur: +67% Jet Fuel: +66% Urea: +51% Diesel: +50% Heating Oil: +40% WTI Crude Oil: +37% European Natural Gas: +34% Gasoline: +32% Fertilizer: +31% Brent Crude Oil: +31% Coal: +14% Palm Oil: +10% Iron Ore: +7% Rice: +4% S&P 500: +1% $VIX: -8%
Selling a Startup Redefines Identity, Not Just Business
Selling a startup isn’t just a business transaction. It’s a change of identity. And it can crush people, even if it was the right thing to do. More: https://t.co/p4XhQRkxs1
EV Tariffs Fall Short; Europe Uncovers Chinese FX Meddling
Indeed -- EV tariffs (CVDs) also were clearly an insufficient response (lower than China's old WTO bound 25% auto tariff on Tesla and BYD, easy workaround with plug in hybrids) And Europe only now discovering Chinese intervention in the fx market
PPI Climbs >6% Monthly, Energy Spikes Drive Third Rise
PPI Jumps by over 6% Month-to-Month Annualized for 3rd Month in a Row. Energy Price Spike just Latest Wrinkle. Hit from energy in March was softened by food and services, which briefly backed off. In prior months, services were the...
Tunnel Vision, AI, and Brand-Building in 2026
A very inspiring conversation w/ Blazzy, one of the West Coast's biggest streetwear & product designers, about how to build a brand in 2026, the value of tunnel vision, the rise of AI & what it akes to stand out...
Hire Capacity, Not Just Headcount, to Scale Initiatives
Keith Rabois : Companies hire ammunition when they really need barrels. "Most founders raise money, and then they hire a lot of people. And then the CEO, almost without exception, gets frustrated because they've hired a lot of people, their...
Likes Aren’t Customers: Trust Drives Real Sales
Most content gets likes from people who relate to you. Customers come from people who trust you can solve their problem. Most people never figure out the difference. I didn't for a long time.
Great Managers Confront Low Performers, Not Ignore Them
Low performance doesn’t fix itself. Leave it unchecked and it’ll drag the entire team down. Sh*tty managers avoid the situation... Great managers hit it head on. Here’s how the best managers deal with low performers:
Iterate, Build Relationships, Review Calls: Win Big Deals
A founder in my community was < $10K MRR. Last month, he closed a $70K deal. 4 boring things got him there. When he shared this on our weekly group coaching call, the first question was "how did you do...
Automate with AI: Work Less, Scale More
You’re working too hard to scale. If you're still doing tasks AI can do… you’re aren’t just backsliding. You’re killing your momentum entirely. Marketing copy. Sales follow-ups. SOPs. They’re all manual tasks that can be automated with a system you build ONCE...
Post‑crisis Outlook: Fed Likely to Raise Rates
If the crisis blows over in the way most investors expect, i think the next Fed move will be a hike
Institutions Hedge Tail Risk as SKEW Near Resistance
SKEW is pinned just below 5-year resistance at 156. Institutions are quietly paying up for far out-of-the-money put protection. They're hedging a low-probability, high-impact tail event. That's not typically a buy-the-dip environment. Time will tell.
AI‑error Intolerance Clashes with Human Collaboration Realities
People who get really turned off when AI gets things wrong on the first try and requires detailed feedback to go back and try again would be really surprised to find out what it’s like working with or managing other...
US Gas Gains Offset by Qatar Losses, Hurting Global Economy
I have to question some people's math. Qatar is down 8 bcm and the US is up 2.6 bcm. The issue here is the difference is not being made up and what is good for the US in the short-term is bad...
Replace “Sorry for the Delay” With Professional Alternatives
Stop saying "Sorry for the delay" in your work emails. Here are 15 professional alternatives you can steal:
United CEO Brings Merger Grudge Match to White House
United's chief takes fight with American to White House with merger pitch - “It’s a grudge match to some degree. Robert Isom versus Scott Kirby in the schoolyard after school — brass knuckles." https://t.co/gDjJ6ACVwQ
Biglari's Mouthpiece Claims Credit for Planned Board Exit
Sardar Biglari's apparent social media mouthpiece is taking credit for David Goebel's departure from the Jack in the Box board. He lost the proxy. JIB already named Mark King chairman and David had been planning to step down at the end...
Upskill Your Team or Lose SEO Agency Relevance
What happens to your SEO agency when clients realize they can get better results with an SEO consultant + AI and pay significantly less? Solution: re-skill/ up-skill all your employees so that you don't have to go through that.
Retention, Not Acquisition, Is the Real Growth Engine
Everyone is chasing new users… but the real growth is hidden in the users you already have. Introducing @siriusai — an AI retention model built around trust, not friction. Instead of forcing conversions, it builds relationships that actually last. That’s how companies like Promova...
Companies Demand Notice, Then Fire You Instantly
Why does your company demand two weeks' notice, a 30-day transition plan, and a handover document when you resign, but will lay you off at 9 AM on a Tuesday and lock you out of your laptop in 60 seconds?
Huge FX Options Set to Expire Tomorrow Across Major Pairs
Interesting FX options that expire tomorrow 1.64 bln euros $1.18 2 bln euros at $1.1750 $1.5 bln at JPY158.85 A$2.1 bln $0.7125-30. https://t.co/SuL5KID8ce