Hidden Fees Destroy Trust; Price for Partnership
Hidden costs and punitive #fees are trust killers. Algorithm-driven revenue might help Q4, but it erodes long-term #loyalty. Here's how to price for partnership > What the fees customers hate reveal about your pricing strategy @MarTechIsMktg https://t.co/DN9n1Tqk8r #cx #marketing https://t.co/BltQe5wCoY
Leadership Culture, Not Consulting, Drives Client Success
1 Every few quarters I rework my offers to eliminate implementation consulting because it doesn't matter how solid the methodology or implementation support is... client results are ultimately beyond my control. Success or failure comes down to what extent senior...
AI Boom Fuels Record VC Funding; Skills Drive Adoption
Q1 2026 saw more AI investment by VCs than any quarter before by a large margin. AI is turning into the biggest tech revolution in history. But most orgs have many years of learning how to get what they expect from it....
Insights on Tampa Bay Rays Stadium Proposal Interview
Here's an interview I did on the Tampa Bay Rays stadium proposal from earlier today https://t.co/t7TFhX1OhI
Game Studios Show Mixed Success Adapting to AI
Our Lab just posted a new research report from Zimran Ahmed about how the game industry is adapting to AI. He spoke to people at 20 different studios and found a wide range of approaches to adapt (or failures to...
No Written Ceasefire Means No Real Ceasefire
Col. Douglas MacGregor on the so-called ceasefire in Iran: “If it’s not in writing, it means it probably doesn’t exist.” https://t.co/D8xpaCwTbx
Snowflake Pivots to Autonomous AI Agents, Not Just Chatbots
Snowflake is betting the future of AI goes beyond chatbots to autonomous agents that actually get work done. This week on @EquityPod, I spoke with CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy about how the company is reorganizing around that shift. https://t.co/p9perHFu3X
Tariffs Boost Core Goods Inflation, CPI Likely to Decline
Tariffs drove the bulk of core goods inflation, added 0.8% to core PCE, a Fed study finds @seekingalpha well, CPI rate should head back down then.. that's good https://t.co/WHIbx84Z7U
Design, Document, Share Work‑Based Learning for Better Outcomes
Experience Matters: how work-based learning experiences can be better designed, documented, and communicated across education and employment. https://t.co/B7SvFpw83V @Getting_Smart
China Receives Global Concessions, Offers Little
Am sure Yufan describes the basic view of many in Beijing -- At the same time, the world has already made enormous accommodations to China, and I am not sure China has made much effort to accommodate other creditors that also...
Mike King Explains SEO vs GEO/AEO at Raleigh Meetup
The Difference Between SEO and GEO/AEO. We’ve got the legendary Mike King (@iPullRank) in Raleigh to break it all down for you at the Triangle SEO Meetup. 📅 Tues, April 14 | 6-8 PM 📍 Pendo (downtown Raleigh) RSVP: https://t.co/ggwtBOYWCw https://t.co/7d7dl657PH
Smart SMBs Use AI to Plug Revenue Leaks
Most small businesses use AI for content. The smart ones use it for revenue leaks: * Missed follow-ups * Slow response times * Poor lead qualification
Google Core Update Shifts Ecommerce Visibility to Specific, Value‑Rich Sites
🚨 After analyzing some of the ecommerce winners and losers from the Google March Core Update, the clearest pattern is that it redistributed visibility unevenly across query sets, with no single obvious explanation behind all shifts and a few late...
Conditional Formatting Turns Boring Dashboards Into Insightful Visuals
Conditional formatting changed how I build every dashboard. And most people barely touch it. I get it. It sounds boring. Even the name puts people to sleep. But here's the thing. This one feature does more for readability than almost anything else...
Founding Nile, Life Lessons, and Postgres Conference Essentials
Had such a great time chatting with Claire on TalkingPostgres. We covered everything from my motivation for founding Nile, life lessons learned during different states in my career and the most important things in a Postgres conference.
ChatGPT’s $100B Ad Goal Demands Precise Product Discipline
How can ChatGPT reach $100BN in advertising revenue? "If my reverse-engineered input assessments are anywhere near what OpenAI used in its model to project $100BN in annual advertising revenue, then the team faces a formidable challenge, albeit one that is surmountable...
Decisions and Execution, Not Goals, Drive Results
Winners and losers have the same goals. It's not the goal setting that makes the result. The result is a sum of your decisions and consistent execution (inputs). Two examples of driving business results: 1. The quality of your decisions comes from...
Storytelling Turns Uncertainty Into Actionable Vision
So what do you do when you're stuck with a manager who's hellbent on driving off a cliff, ideally while throwing all their money out the window at some consultants? Or what if you have data but it's inconclusive -...
Minnesota Senate Pushes Online Sweeps Ban to Finance Committee
Minnesota Senate lawmakers advance an online sweeps ban bill out of committee for the second time in as many days; bill now goes to the powerful Finance Commitee, where from there it could be sent to the full Senate floor
Market Outlook: Impact of Ceasefire Success or Failure
My video looking out over the coming week: Market Outlook Should a Ceasefire Fail or Hold https://t.co/MVQDZY94oJ https://t.co/Ir3CZFs9DE
Steve Jobs: Mastering Tough Feedback for Top Talent
Steve Jobs on how to give feedback to high performers when their work is simply not good enough; giving difficult feedback without causing resentments is a superpower. https://t.co/Q5VFsVHfAT
Fear‑mongering AI Content Fuels Creators' Profits
Hyper inflammatory anti-AI content is performing extremely well across the internet, and stoking people's fears by making AI seem extra evil only results in more profit for the content creator/slop article producer. There are so many ppl creating this content...
Iran Pushes Hormuz Fees in Rial as Currency Gains 9%
Iran’s parliament is trying to ensure that Hormuz transit fees will be paid in RIAL. I currently measure that the Iranian rial has APPRECIATED by 9% vs. the USD since the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran. STAY TUNED. https://t.co/o5Mv9sigwg
IMF Acknowledges Currency Intervention Drives Depreciation, Improves Balance
Joe Gagnon (@GagnonMacro) should take a victory lap; the IMF has conceded intervention does have a real impact -- "A growing empirical literature finds that such intervention can systematically generate real exchange rate depreciation and raise current account balances" 1/
Stadium Tax District Fails to Cover Debt, Never Self‑sustaining
The article teaser provides an incorrect description. As planned, the city set aside extra money to pay off the initial debt. The stadium and tax district are absolutely NOT producing sufficient revenue to cover the debt with a surplus. This...
Beginner's Guide: Turn TikTok Views Into Real Income
How To Make Money on TikTok in 2026 (For Beginners) WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/TZ69rPuITw TikTok is still one of the biggest opportunities to make money online in 2026 but most beginners are going about it the wrong way. In this video, I break...
Consistency Drives LinkedIn Success for B2B LLM Content
Started leaning into @LinkedIn at the end of February with regular, thoughtful posts around my new topical focus (which is largely in-depth editorial-driven B2B content to boost LLM citation rate.) The algorithm there favors the consistent, my GOD https://t.co/CJLI37Swp0
Only Iranian-Linked Vessels Now Using the Strait
While everyone is focused on variations of this chart, the story reposted below might be more important. Essentially, only Iranian-linked ships are passing through the Strait; no one else. https://t.co/SvcJA7aoSC
Inflation Eats Purchasing Power: Money Must Grow
$100 in 2021 now feels like ~$80 today. That’s inflation. Your money didn’t disappear—it just buys less. If your money isn’t growing, it’s losing value.
Human Experience: Our Edge Over AI Writers
Lived, embodied, and emotional experiences are quickly becoming our core differentiator against the AI writer bots LEAN INTO YOUR HUMANITY, EVERYONE
AI Drives $1.8B Healthcare Startup in First Year
AI is helping healthcare companies hit exceptional revenue scale in year 1. @keatonbedell and Josh Tauber describe exactly the inflection point in healthcare infrastructure that made a 2-person, $1.8B company possible. WATCH/LISTEN: Spotify: https://t.co/hrs0ZbILVz Apple: https://t.co/e8IxsoZ2bB Youtube: https://t.co/ORjNyzcOli
AI Unifies Finance Tools, Turning Chaos Into Clarity
there are a lot of finance tools out there. quickbooks, xero, netsuite, salesforce, hubspot, stripe, petadocs, dropbox sign, common paper, avalara, slack, campfire, rillet, numeral, sage intacct, the list keeps growing. the problem is not having tools. the problem is getting them to...
Global Workforce Emotional Health Deteriorates Amid Rising Stress
The Gallup State of the Global Workforce annual report is always illuminating. The prevalence of stress and other emotions such as sadness, anger, and loneliness, indicates a workforce whose emotional health is languishing. https://t.co/fQQGZAH775
Win by Doing Ten Times More, Not Just Better
The secret to outcompeting everyone in your market? Do 10x more than them. Not 10% better. 10x more. More content. More outreach. More follow-up. More value. The entrepreneurs who win aren’t smarter than you. They’re just more relentless.
Lean CEOs Show Management System Beyond Tools
📘 My favorite leadership read this week. 💡 The Lean CEO reveals the true power of Lean through in-depth interviews with CEOs who have gone beyond tool adoption and established Lean as a corporate-wide management system. Helpful resource: 🔗 https://t.co/iMuF5Swzse https://t.co/msHQOMTxFS
US Federal Deficit Swells: $1.2 Trillion Shortfall in Six Months
In the first 6 months of the 2026 Fiscal Year the US Federal Government took in $2.5 trillion and spent $3.7 trillion. Don’t try this at home. https://t.co/L0Zec6hR6L
Continuous Reinvention Is Essential for Future Relevance
"I can't imagine doing anything bigger than rebuilding our company as an intelligence, or more correct, given where everything is trending. It feels like I have to constantly build .... and constantly learn from whatever we're putting out there ......
Iran's Hormuz Grip Persists Ahead of US‑Iran Talks
Iran’s Chokehold On Hormuz Remains On The Eve Of Peace Talks In Pakistan The list of contested issues that the U.S. and Iran will have to come to some form of agreement on is long and complex. Updating live: https://t.co/NsmIfTZKJg
Risk‑Responsive Rotation Offers True Diversification for Equity‑Heavy Portfolios
Equity-heavy portfolios need a counterweight that actually responds to risk. Not just duration. Not just yield. $JOJO rotates based on inter-market signals. Real diversification. https://t.co/5sPzGCpJ6s
Strait Delays Threaten US Supply Chains, Global Crisis
White House/Trump. Opening the Strait will not happensoon. Delays with the Strait mean the impact will start to hit the US. And make global situation worse. What then? Will supply chains find a tenth circle of hell?
Venture Funding Soars While One‑Third of SF Offices Remain Empty
The biggest venture boom in history, and a third of San Francisco offices are empty.
Emojis Reveal Weekly Top Email Opener
I like Fandango's playful use of emojis in their subject lines. It's a hint at what the biggest opener is each week, which the preview text reveals. #emailmarketing #digitalmarketing https://t.co/im0LJaESVb
Gas Spike Drives U.S. Income Growth Below 1%
The surge in gas prices in March pushed annual inflation-adjusted U.S. income growth below 1%. Historically that's been a rare feat outside recessions https://t.co/tz1TFhlu0V
Buyers Favor Consumption Pricing for GenAI, Shun It for SaaS
42.9% of Buyers Prefer Consumption Pricing for GenAI; Reject It for Core SaaS A two‑speed pricing strategy taking shape: consumption‑based pricing has dropped 5.8% for core software, to 30.1%, as buyers seek predictability, but climbed 5.3 points to 42.9% for GenAI...
The Real Challenge: Reaching the Right Audience, Not Better Content
Most agencies are solving the wrong problem. Everyone's obsessed with better content. Better creative. Better copy. But the problem was never the content. It was always getting it in front of the right people.
Sharing Timeless Principles for Today’s Risky World
At this stage in my life, my main goal is to pass along the principles that I have learned that have helped me. Those principles are especially valuable now because the times we are in are so risky. I’m sharing...
Craft Your Time: Free Updated Guide on Time Mastery
I wrote this piece in 2022. It went behind the paywall. The framework evolved. Now it's updated, out from behind the paywall, and better than ever. 21 minutes on why you don't manage time — you craft it => https://t.co/Bmf7m0YT9D https://t.co/V3ECpXBPgJ
Higher Pay Often Means Lower Workplace Happiness
More money can buy a bigger house or a better car, but it can’t buy a nicer boss. https://t.co/P2cDn7pqgr The higher the pay, the lower the happiness at work for most people. @whartonknows #employeeexperience #life #happiness https://t.co/txpOBE2Mti
US Fatigued, Iran Holds Leverage—Ceasefire Likely
Most frequently asked question on this morning's livestream: is a ceasefire even possible? Two things are clear: (i) the US has had enough; (ii) Iran has leverage. How that gets dressed up in face-saving language is what talks are about,...
Hire Right, Fire Quickly: Stop Punishing Innocents
“Fire fast.” Yes; if firing is necessary, dragging it out is worse -- for that person, the team, and yourself. But, if you’re hiring and firing fast a lot, that means you’re bad at hiring, and you 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 to fix it. You’re punishing...