Weekly AI Q&A Captures Seller’s Brain in 90 Days
Incredible business buying tip: > During transition, sit the seller down with 50 AI-generated questions. > Input every answer. > The next week, bring 50 more. > Input those too. > Repeat weekly. After 90 days, you’ll have a deep archive of institutional knowledge, about as close as you can get to downloading the seller’s brain.
Mandatory DEI Statements Declining in Faculty Hiring
If you follow trends in higher ed, @HdxAcademy has been putting out such great reports, just the facts, no editorializing, so that we all have a common base for discussions. Here's the latest, on the decline of mandatory DEI statements...
Ask Customers What They're Thinking, Not if They'll Buy
He had 8 customers before he had a CTO. He raised $100K on a vibe-coded MVP. 14 months later: $8.6M ARR. Most founders pick an idea and spend a year trying to make it work. Marius Meiners , founder of...
China's Extraterritorial Rules Undermine Global Supply Chains
Bessent to China: I stressed that China's recent provocative extraterritorial regulations have a chilling effect on global supply chains. Mark Twain: Nothing needs reforming as other people's habits. The hypocrisy is on par with PRC's criticism of the "Made in...
US Sanctions Ex‑DRC Leader over M23 Mineral Ties
The USA has sanctioned former Congolese President Kabila for supporting M23 In case you were still wondering if the US cares about the stable reliable safe flow of minerals in the eastern DRC https://t.co/3AeoZtMMfe
Meta's Empty Promises Keep Platform Favoring Content Thieves
People getting all excited about Instagram supposedly changing rules to favor original content have a bad memory. Meta's made nearly the same announcement so many times throughout the years, and we still have this hell scape that benefits slackers and...
Houthis' Galaxy Leader Seizure Cuts 25% Ship Traffic
Remember November 19, 2023 when the Houthis seized the MV Galaxy Leader in a helicopter assault that triggered the decline in global shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb. We are still seeing the diversion of 25% of ships from the...
UK Whiskey Tariff Likely Violates Section 122 Rules
Two quick things: 1) We had free trade in whiskey/whisky before... 2025 2) Pretty sure this UK tariff is now under Section 122, which is supposedly needed for a "balance of payments" crisis and definitely wouldn't allow for this kind of carveout.
Designing Scalable Companies That Never Lose Their Mission
Prepping for a podcast I’m genuinely excited about with Eric Ries. His new book, Incorruptible, asks a hard question: How do you build a company that doesn’t drift from its mission? So many founders start with purpose… Then growth, pressure, and investors slowly pull...
One Prompt Turns Granola Meeting Into Video
You can now type this into Claude: "Pull my latest Granola meeting and turn it into a 60-second HeyGen video." Claude pulls the meeting from Granola, drafts the script, hands it to HeyGen for rendering, and gives you back a finished video....
Fitch: U.S. Debt Levels Exceed Peer AA Nations
"Fitch Warns US Debt Burden Is ‘Far Above’ Other AA Rated Nations" None of us own enough hard assets. https://t.co/bA3E6txTHG https://t.co/jfpiadGKWT
Creator Fund Empowers Boating Community to Build Profitable Brands
.@slow creator fund backs deep communities with real-world products. We just backed America's most trusted boating group: Center Consoles Only (CCO) Alan Blanco started making boat review videos in 2016. Today, he and the team operate three businesses under their holding...
Execution Gap, Not Bad Strategy, Causes Failure
Most strategies don’t fail because they’re bad. They fail because they’re not executed. Tim Ohai and I break down why strategy gets lost between leadership and the sales floor—and how to fix it. https://t.co/UuRVbmWwER
CX Failures Stem From Culture, Not Data or Tech
Eight Ways CX Professionals Are Asking the Wrong Questions... https://t.co/0gYmqXVEla Every question I’ve raised points to same underlying diagnostic: orgs that struggle w/CX aren’t struggling cuz they lack data, tech, programs. They’re struggling cuz they didn't start w/culture. https://t.co/p5Bnw4r5q4
AI Is Killing SaaS Glossaries and FAQ Traffic
B2B organic traffic has been down 40% in the past year. But it’s not hitting everything equally. Certain types of pages are getting hit way harder than others… …and according to Gaetano DiNardi, the pages dying fastest are the ones most...
BlackRock Files for New Actively Managed Large‑cap Value ETF
NEW: BlackRock just filed for a new actively managed ETF. iShares Enhanced Large Cap Value Active ETF -- no ticker yet. https://t.co/t8k71fvoq1
Snapchat Founder Evan Spiegel Becomes Silicon Valley’s Voice of Reason
My mid 2010s self would never have predicted Evan Spiegel as Silicon Valley's voice of reason (for context, he co-founded Snapchat at 21) https://www.businessinsider.com/snaps-spiegel-coming-backlash-against-ai-2026-4
Skip Small Talk: Build Rapport Through Shared Connections
Founders: Rapport building hierarchy: Top tier: - Shared connections - Background overlaps - Industry insider humor - Video call visual cues Bottom tier: - Weather talk - Generic pleasantries Prepare 2-3 specific hooks from LinkedIn. If you're discussing weather, you've failed.
US-China Trade Update: Imports, Exports, and Fentanyl Trends
Are you in the Washington, DC area on May 6, 2026, from 9:00–10:15 AM? Then JOIN US in person @PIIE for... “US-China Trade Update: Imports, Exports, Fentanyl Flows, and Beyond" ⚠️Warning. There will be charts. 📈📉📊 *REGISTER* for the in-person event here: https://t.co/y32DpPY3wJ
S&P 500 Surges Past All-Time High Despite Energy Crisis
The S&P 500 shrugs off global energy crisis and hits a new all-time high https://t.co/VUKIJmA8mW
Embrace Zero‑Click Marketing, Stop Fighting Platform Algorithms
2 choices: A) Fight the platforms, reject user preferences, and try to keep getting those rare clicks. B) Do everything you used to do on your site natively on the platforms (social, search answers, AI responses), aka: Zero Click Marketing I keep trying...
US Growth Rebounds, Inflation Resurges; Iran Uncertainty Looms
Came into this year saying US growth would reaccelerate and inflation would become an issue again. Seems pretty clear that was right.... now we just need some clarity on this Iran situation to understand if the first part is still...
Leaders Must Map Human Roles Amid AI Service Revolution
Contributor Spotlight: Prag (p. 9) AI is reshaping service work fast—leaders need a plan for where humans stay essential. https://t.co/YrxFqMpTXp #AI #FutureOfWork https://t.co/kTC1G9G5qS
Validate on Facebook First; Platform Isn't the Problem
The biggest mistake early-stage ecom founders make is thinking they have a platform problem. They usually don’t. They have a product problem. If your product can’t work on Facebook, there’s a good chance it doesn’t have real demand yet. Because Facebook is still the...
AI-Powered Platform Generates Full GTM Stack Instantly
The music is about to stop.Vibe coding rewired software. Vibe marketing is about to rewrite everything else. Lantern just dropped the first real platform: 50+ agents running on a full Revenue Ontology. Feed it a creative brief → get personalized campaigns, ABM...
Shift IT Metrics From Spend to Real Productivity Gains
RT IT is great at tracking spend, not so great at proving benefits. Time to move beyond inputs and measure "honest time savings, productivity gains, and market share." #CIO @Star_CIO https://t.co/qPKuOVY8TH
China's Yuan Strengthens as Petrodollar Talk Dominates
There has been too much talk of petrodollars. And not enough talk of Chinese dollars China isn't really de-dollarizing. Rather the contrary. A new blog 1/ https://t.co/6NT3Onlp9U
AI Enables Real‑Time Alignment,
It turns out @RayDalio was right all along. The top AI-pilled CEOs I work with use the recorded meetings that we're now used to (Granola, Otter, Fireflies etc) to get to ground truth. Every insight is surfaced in a daily...
Treasury's Hidden QE Fuels Reckless Economic Overheating
Policymakers are running the economy so unbelievably hot right now that I am starting to think it has approached or surpassed recklessness. The Treasury has completely taken over control of the money supply and financial conditions with their ongoing ATI/YCC...
AI Is Erasing the Engineer‑vs‑non‑engineer Divide
no one would design a company today the way companies were designed two years ago. the line between engineers and everyone else was an artifact of who could write code. that line is gone. 70% of our merged PRs are written...
Resurrecting Vine: 6-Second Human Videos Against AI Overload
AI made video infinite. Real people are fighting back 6 seconds at a time. In a world where creators need to produce ever-longer content to get views... partly because YouTube is increasingly fixated on big-screen TVs. In a place where...
March 2026 Google Core Update: Winners, Losers, and Reversals
Better late than never - I was finally able to publish the “winners and losers” list for the March 2026 Google Core Update, plus some analysis about what changed. In some cases, reversals happened after the update, so I made a...
Trump’s Horm
Will Trump’s Iran war and Strait of Hormuz blunder have its place not only in US history but global too? What about in maritime and supply chain?
Wealthy Heir's Group Bids to Move Whitecaps to Vegas
Here's more, via @Sportico, about the group that says it "submitted a bid" to @MLS to relocate the @WhitecapsFC to Las Vegas. It's led by the son of one of the wealthiest women in the U.S., and he has very...
Prediction Markets Favor Horse Racing over Other Sports
The prediction markets are all pulling horse racing in a way they have refused to do with other sports
Wealth Tech Startup Seeks UHNW CFO & AI Product Lead
***Job alert*** A friend of mine is building in wealth management. The founding team is very technical: ex-Tiger, Millennium, and Citadel. They're recruiting for two roles: 1) a family office CFO-type with extensive experience managing the estates of UHNW families. 2)...
Redefining ROI for Distributed, Behavioral Value Metrics
#CIOChat Q3: Traditional ROI models break down when value is distributed, compounding, or behavioral (productivity, experience, speed). How are you redefining ROI, such as leading indicators, value realization tracking, product-level P&Ls, to make it actionable? https://t.co/puLY66fnSw
Sticky, Focused Ideas Ensure Audience Comprehension
If you make the idea sticky enough and stay laser-focused on your topic, people will "get it" Exhibit A 👇 https://t.co/fpPArl1i0I
OneStream Marketplace Offers 50+ Apps for Tax & Lease Solutions
Explore the OneStream Marketplace, a hub for apps that extend OneStream's capabilities. Need country-specific tax solutions or lease accounting tools? There are over 50 apps available to meet unique business needs. #OneStream #SoftwareSolutions https://t.co/m5uU6jssgQ
Decade of NBA Jersey Sales Reveals Surprising Player Trends
Top 10 best-selling NBA jerseys in every season since 2004 What surprises you here? ⬇️ https://t.co/L6hbe9ofaw
Moto’s LA Week Reveals Decisions Behind New Phone Specs
It is easy to cover a phone launch and stop at the specs. The more interesting story is the decision-making that produced them. @Moto had a good week in Los Angeles, and the context behind it is worth understanding.
Conversation Shifted, Winning $5M Against Stronger, Cheaper Rivals
They weren’t supposed to win. But they did. A $5M deal—against stronger, cheaper competitors. What changed? The conversation. https://t.co/wM45Ts8etL
CIOs Must Prove SaaS, Cloud, AI ROI Now
#CIOChat Q1: Across SaaS, cloud, AI, and platforms, CIOs are being asked to justify spend with hard evidence now, not narratives. Where are you actually seeing provable ROI today, and where is it still mostly assumed? https://t.co/ytKIlCYMbG
Private‑sector Wage Growth Eases to 3.2% in Q1
Private-sector pay growth decelerated ever so slightly in Q1 when looking at wages and salaries for private sector workers ex-incentive paid occupations. It was +3.2% in Q1 from a year earlier, vs 3.4% in Q4 and +3.6% in the same quarter...
Fed Quietly Admits 2% Target Is Really 3%
Federal Reserve - "We are really committed to our 2% inflation target, we mean 3%." *Special thanks to the Bloomberg terminal. https://t.co/9T3yivFz8n
Facebook Ads Blueprint: $1K/Day Dropshipping Success
How I Make $1K/Day Dropshipping With Facebook Ads WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/KOPmxD6dXm In this video, I break down the Facebook Ads strategy I use to scale dropshipping stores, including how to test products, read the data, increase budgets, avoid burning money,...
ASRT Offer Launch Delayed Until Monday, Docs Incomplete
$ASRT offer launch got extended to Monday, right after the window-shop period expired. Either new interested parties showed up, or, a simpler explanation, Asserio/Garda just haven't finished the tender docs in time and need a few more days. We'll see soon.
Cuban Peso Falls 30%, Still 5th Worst Globally
On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist, the Cuban peso ranks as the WORLD'S 5TH WORST CURRENCY. The peso has depreciated by 30% against the USD in the past year. Given the US sanctions and blockade on Cuba, it’s surprising that the peso has done as...
AI Workflow Replaces $120k Strategist for $20/Month
this guy replaced a $120,000/yr Ad Performance Strategist with a single Claude workflow for $20/mo. marketing agencies right now: https://t.co/n3xPScNGa3
Models Predicted Higher Inflation, No Cuts Pre‑War
We've positioned our models for a world with a little higher inflation and probably no cuts. We were saying this even before the war started. This chart from @sam_gatlin is quite interesting.