Beyond Meat Shares Plunge; CEO Blames U.S. Culture
Beyond Meat tumbles as CEO blames American society for its business struggles after issuing weak sales outlook https://t.co/YX9hzenK9z $BYND https://t.co/btUu0uOuGM
BP Appoints Meg O'Neill, Fourth CEO in Six Years
In non-Iran news, BP new boss Meg O'Neill started today on her job. She's the fourth CEO in six years running the British oil major. O'Neill will face shareholders first at the company's AGM, secheduled for April 23, and potentially again...
Sustainable Sub‑$100 Pricing Balances Access and Longevity
Interesting to see @BrettSimba (Tradeify CEO) focusing on sustainable pricing under $100. Smart balance between accessibility and business longevity. Compare all prop firm pricing and features at https://t.co/pKoy2KH6Y5 💰
AI Flattens Hierarchies, Eliminating Traditional Middle Management
Jack Dorsey argues that AI enables companies to eliminate layers of middle management as they only exist to pass information back and forth upper levels to frontline workers. Basically AI has access to all of the data and communications at the...
Generating $2B/Month, Outpacing Internet Era Titans
"We are now generating $2B in revenue per month. At this stage, we are growing revenue four times faster than the companies who defined the Internet and mobile eras, including Alphabet and Meta." https://t.co/DauN0xDYOe
Pichai: AI Central to Google, Not a Moonshot
this was such a riveting read. If you're a Google shareholder, nobody came across better than Sundar Pichai in this entire saga. The fact that so many of them wanted Pichai to resign is a good reminder how clueless outsiders...
ARC Raiders Head Joins Nexon, Promises Cheaper Game Development
ARC Raiders leader is now chairman of Nexon. Says there is a path to better game development and lower costs. https://t.co/Xobt1OmrGk
Buffett Holds Record Cash, Still Waiting to Invest
Warren Buffett is not rushing to enter the market just yet. Berkshire Hathaway currently holds around $382 billion in cash - a record amount in the company’s history. Even amid the market decline, the team is not hurrying to make new purchases....
Innovo’s Andrew Chung Joins Extell
Is the C-suite at #Extell big enough for #Barnett AND #Innovo's #AndrewChung? Chung, w/toes in #industrial #lifescience, partners w/#NYC's most ubiquitous #multifamily builder as co-CEO. #realestate #CRE #mortgage #IPG https://t.co/bgX66rlftX
WMG CEO Outlines AI Risk, Publishing Economics, Growth Outlook
Nice industry breakdown from $WMG CEO. Covers everything from AI risk to music publishing economics to the long-term growth outlook and overall moatiness of the space. Good read: https://t.co/XTKkxy6RPv https://t.co/sGhhtzDs4B
Solo CEOs Become Bottlenecks, Stalling Business Growth
When you're the entire engine of your business: - content depends on your energy. - sales depend on your presence. - decisions depend on your availability. an Engine CEO will always be the bottleneck. growth creates chaos when the brand...
Airlines Split on Jet Fuel Shortage Outlook
In Europe… - Air France-KLM CEO: "drawing up scenarios" on jet fuel shortage, airports in SE Asia considered at highest risk so far - easyJet CEO, last week: “I’m confident for a week or two that we’re all good. I’m...
Hershey CEO Sees No Spending Drop Amid Gas Hikes
The Hershey CEO told us he’s seen no impact on consumer spending in recent weeks at convenience stores or other places as a result of higher gas prices. @SquawkStreet
Blueprint for Building AI‑Native Companies in 2026
I got a chance to interview Jack Dorsey for the Long Strange Trip pod about his new article (in comments) on how to build a modern ai native company in 2026. I took some of his ideas and mixed them with...
Layoffs Aren’t a Viable Option for Turbulent Times
The Case Against Layoffs https://t.co/wa6rDZB2H6 Leading through economic turbulence often forces CEOs to make painful trade-offs. Layoffs shouldn't be one of them. #trulyhumanleadership #leadership @barrywehmiller @chiefexecgrp https://t.co/xUMLJcldfV
Willie Walsh Finally Leads His Dream Low‑cost Airline
Willie Walsh Is Back — He Finally Gets To Run The Low Cost Carrier He Always Wanted - View from the Wing https://t.co/aXXwu3myv4
CEOs Should Mandate AI Use to Accelerate Innovation
There was a story from ~2011 that I vividly recall It was shortly after Larry Page stepped in as sole-CEO of Google. This was wartime CEO Page, who was very worried about losing mobile to Apple Page required that all Google execs...
Nvidia Backs Openness with $2B Marvell Investment
At GTC, Jensen Huang stressed that Nvidia was vertically integrated and also horizontally open. He’s putting his money where his mouth is on the latter with a $2 billion investment in custom chip and networking company Marvell. $NVDA $MRVL...
Willie Walsh Named CEO of India's IndiGo
Big CEO appointment at India’s IndiGo - IATA head and former IAG boss Willie Walsh https://t.co/29hVImJrw6
AI Startups Should Prioritize Infrastructure Over Competition
How do you survive as an AI startup competing with Anthropic and OpenAI Know when to retreat, says Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg. His advice for AI startups: focus on infrastructure, security and other defensible areas -- instead of getting "distracted" by...
Ivan Exemplifies Visionary SaaS-to-AI Leadership
So good. Have spent time with Ivan recently and he’s one of the most interesting and impressive CEOs I’ve encountered (especially on the topic of SaaS to Ai transition)
Epic CEO Promises to Solve Insurance Challenge
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney addressed this over the weekend, saying Epic would work out the insurance challenge. https://t.co/cN28vZnbMN
Jennifer Welch Demands Leaders Step Aside for Real Fighters
Jennifer Welch didn’t hedge—and she didn’t soften it. When asked what she wants from leadership, she had a clear answer: step aside and let real fighters take the lead. It’s a bold call for accountability at a moment she believes...
Complacent CEOs Dismiss Rivals, Then Backtrack.
What happens when there is no competitive pressure. (The Rheinmetall story is their CEO disparaged Ukrainian drone development - "how to play with Legos" and "Ukrainian housewives with 3D printers" - he subsequently apologized).
Bjorn Gulden Revives Adidas with Historic Turnaround
During the 2023 start, Adidas was collapsing. - First net loss since 1992 - Dead Yeezy inventory of €1.5B - Decreasing brand relevance globally Then, came Bjorn Gulden as CEO. 9 months in, he pulled off the greatest corporate turnaround in history. Here's what happened:
Crocs CEO Confident HeyDude Will Grow Despite Wrinkles
Crocs CEO Andrew Rees, July 2023: "We have absolutely no regrets on the acquisition...We’re very confident about HeyDude’s future, but we have a few wrinkles to work through over the next six months... We are very confident HeyDude will grow...
Musk Bought Twitter to Power His Brand's Distribution
Elon Musk didn’t buy Twitter just for Twitter. He bought it to build a global distribution machine for his brand. That’s how you raise capital. That’s how you acquire customers. If you understand that, you understand modern business. https://t.co/AnPhoEm8yP
Air Canada CEO Steps Down After English‑only Condolence Video Controversy
The CEO of Air Canada is retiring early after a controversy erupted over his only making a condolences video in English. https://t.co/G1j7JZBGyi https://t.co/Nxny3kHkDu
CNN CEO Brings Digital Creators Into Executive Strategy Sessions
"In recent months, CNN chief executive Mark Thompson convened a series of internal workshops in which the network invited digital creators to hold court before a room of senior executives," @nataliekorach reports. https://www.status.news/p/cnn-podcast-style-shows-nyt-video
Upmarket Shift Demands Company-Wide Commitment, Not Just Sales
Hey CEOs: Going "upmarket" is not just a sales motion. It’s a company-wide initiative. If you don’t treat it that way? You'll burn time, money, and people. 7-point checklist to go upmarket:
Apple Shifts AI Focus to App Store Search Platform
Power On: Apple pivots its AI efforts into an App Store and search-like platform play. Here are the details and why — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-29/apple-doubles-down-on-hardware-services-with-revamped-ai-strategy-rare-bonuses-mnbpiwon?srnd=undefined
True Alignment Thrives on Safe, Outspoken Disagreement
A CEO told me his team was “fully aligned.” I interviewed 11 of his direct reports. Not one of them knew what the actual strategy was. Alignment isn’t silence. It’s what happens when people feel safe enough to disagree out loud. The quietest rooms...
Too Many Ideas Stall Progress, Bezos Warns
Jeff Bezos with a very powerful lesson on ideas - too many ideas can create a backlog of unfinished work and a business distraction https://t.co/HwSACVnF92
JinkoSolar Names New CEO Amid Chinese PV Growth
Chinese PV Industry Brief: JinkoSolar appoints new CEO #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/8RHgwVHPo8
CEO's $10M Purchase Signals Confidence Amid Cyber Sell‑off
$PANW and cyber sell off is way overdone imo but just ask the CEO who just bought $10M worth personally along w the new $1B buy back from the company. https://t.co/5kqfGDUTID
From Founder to CEO: Walsh’s Playbook for Scaling
What Jack Dorsey learned from Bill Walsh (49er’s legend) about going from startup founder to scaleup ceo.
Bezos: Write to Think, Write for Better Meetings
Jeff Bezos on how to run effective meetings by adopting a writing culture. Read to improve your writing. Write to improve your thinking. https://t.co/D4cOCgUMtY
Building Two Trillion‑Dollar Companies Shows Rare Success
Given that I have built two companies in widely different fields to trillion dollar plus valuations simultaneously, I am might be getting a few things right once in a while
Earn Your Stripes Monthly: Subscription Drives Hardware Success
The power of a subscription model is that you gotta earn your stripes with your customers every month. @ouraring CEO, Tom Hale, on what it takes to be the most competitive hardware company in the world https://t.co/E8lqpCZuPZ
AI Chief of Staff Turns Chaos Into Seamless Daily Flow
Before I set up my AI chief of staff: ↓ - I'd spend 20 minutes every morning figuring out what to work on - Meeting prep meant scrambling through old emails five minutes before the call - Operational stuff like checking payments, following...
Leaving HuffPost to Build Thrive: Leap of Microsteps
How do you know when it's time to take a leap? I did exactly that when I left The Huffington Post (@HuffPost) in 2016 to found @Thrive Global, helping people adopt healthy habits that drive better health outcomes, engagement, and productivity — one...
TAP CEO Highlights Unified Excitement Behind Fever-Tree
$TAP CEO Rahul Goyal: "With Fever-Tree, we have an excited distributor network, an excited retail network, and an excited team to really get behind it. There's few brands where you get the whole trifecta working; we believe we have the...
Fink Proposes Turning Safety Net Into Massive Leveraged Brokerage
Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, is urging policymakers to consider using America’s flagship safety-net program like a giant brokerage account — using borrowed money. https://t.co/cSg0rDZCTu
Cultural Clash Fuels Innovation, Says Oura CEO
🚨 NEW EPISODE DROP 🚨 CEO of Oura Ring You can't force two cultures into one monoculture 🇫🇮 +🇺🇸 Tom Hale has half his @ouraring team in Finland, half in the US. Two very different worlds. His take: let them stay different. The...
OpenAI’s Promised Rapid Shifts Clash with Economic Weight
"Please expect a very high rate of change from us" Sam Altman told us six months ago. But OpenAI isn't a plucky startup. It's a giant, deeply tied to our current and future economy. Maybe take a breather on the changes...
From Near-Shutdown to $40M: Bolt's Rapid AI Pivot
On April 16, I'm sitting down with Eric Simons, co-founder & CEO of @boltdotnet, for an in-depth chat on how @boltdotnew went from near-shutdown to $40M in 5 months. We're gonna go deep on the pivot, the decisions, and how...
Silent Teams Signal Leadership Failure and Collapse
I asked a CEO of one of the biggest industrial groups in India which is on the verge of bankruptcy, why this happened? He replied: “Bosses who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.”...
Fink Admits NAV Is Bogus, Cites Fiduciary Conflict
Larry Fink: “If I allowed more people to redeem, I’m not a fiduciary to those who are staying in”. It’s an admission that the reported NAV is bogus.
Ballmer Mocked iPhone, History Proved Him Wrong
#ThrowbackThursday. January 9, 2007. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laughed at, dismissed the first iPhone. He mocked the $500 price tag and lack of a physical keyboard predicting it would not gain significant market share. #Oops https://t.co/oYQCxsqYV0
Musk Halts X Creator Revenue Change Targeting Regional Impressions
Elon Musk paused X's creator revenue rule change that aimed to focus on regional impressions hours after the company announced it https://t.co/d2YT9fm7Jq