Why Pay for Remote Video Production
The article makes the case that remote video production—often available for under $5,000—delivers a strategic asset rather than just a raw video file, encompassing professional planning, executive coaching, high‑quality production, and full post‑production services. It contrasts this with in‑house Zoom recordings and internal editors, pointing out hidden costs, lower production value, and the risk to brand credibility. A single remotely produced session can be repurposed into a long‑form piece, 6‑12 short clips, transcripts, captions, and sales‑focused assets, providing weeks or months of content. For companies selling complex solutions, the approach builds trust, shortens sales cycles, and maximizes marketing ROI, with smaller sessions available for tighter budgets.
Empathy-Driven Leadership Proves Layoffs Unnecessary and Profitable
Layoffs aren’t strategy. They’re a symptom of a system that’s lost its heart. Next week, A Bit of Optimism returns on Tuesday with a brand new episode featuring Bob Chapman , who has been the CEO of Barry-Wehmiller for more...
Claude Is Coming to Your Spreadsheets - but Is It Enough to Make You an Emperor of Excel, and What...
Anthropic has unveiled Claude for Excel, an AI assistant that can read, edit, and generate spreadsheets from a sidebar while tracking its actions and citing source cells. The beta, limited to about 1,000 Max, Enterprise and Teams customers, connects to...
Live ChatGPT Generates Real Leads on Stage
We designed a campaign on stage, live, with only ChatGPT and a microphone... here's how... First off, thank you to Guillaume Jacquet for having Doug Bell and I at RevStar Summit in Montreal... I have never seen an audience SO...
Founders Quickly Become the Bottleneck, Not the Visionary
I have a long-running list of these surprises for first-time Founders and CEOs. Here are a few that weren’t on Brian’s list. 1. Your calendar becomes everyone else’s calendar. Every gap gets filled. 2. The hardest conversations are never on the calendar....
AI Music Platform Udio and Universal Music Strike a Deal—Is This AI Music's Spotify Moment?
Universal Music Group settled its copyright lawsuit with AI music startup Udio and announced a joint venture to launch a licensed, commercial AI‑generated music platform slated for next year. The partnership will let users create, customize, and stream AI‑crafted songs...
Claude Can Be Tricked Into Sending Your Private Company Data to Hackers - All It Takes Is some Kind Words
Anthropic’s Claude AI tool contains a vulnerability in its Code Interpreter that can be exploited via prompt injection to exfiltrate private user data. The interpreter, recently given network request capability, can be tricked into reading files, storing them in the...
Segmented Margins Turn P&L Into CFO Superpower
Margins by Revenue Stream Is Your CFO Superpower If you offer 2 or more revenue types, you must construct your P&L in the proper format. I can't tell you how many times I've corrected the gross profit and margins by...
Google Rolls Out AI Tools, Upgrades, and Free Credits
No tricks here, only treats 🍭. Here’s this week’s roundup: — Our latest experiment from @GoogleLabs, Pomelli, is an AI marketing tool designed to help SMBs connect with their audiences faster — You can now generate a full set of exportable slides...
OpenAI Will Let Sora Users Pay Extra To Make More AI Videos
OpenAI announced that users of its Sora AI video generator can now purchase additional generations beyond the free allotment, paying $4 for 10 extra videos per day. The free tier remains at 30 generations daily, but the company’s head of...
ChatGPT's Rapid Rise Could Rival Google by 2030
ChatGPT hit 1B+ daily searches 9 years faster than Google. At this pace, it could match Google by 2030. Here’s how the future of search is changing👇 Google still dominates with about 14 billion daily searches. ChatGPT handles around 2.5...
Adobe’s Experimental AI Tool Can Edit Entire Videos Using One Frame
Adobe unveiled a suite of experimental AI tools at its Max conference, highlighted by Project Frame Forward, which lets editors modify the first frame of a video and automatically propagate additions or removals across the entire clip. The demo showed...
Earn Scalable Trust to Become Your Audience’s Go‑to Brand
Trust isn’t given—it’s earned. And in today’s chaotic media landscape, credibility is everything. This week on On Brand, I talk with ✨Danielle Sabrina✨ , founder of Society22 PR —one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing firms—about how brands and leaders can build...
AI Multitasking Madness: Six Claude Terminals Running Simultaneously
Have you witnessed the level of AI multitasking insanity happening right now? This is 6 Claude Code terminals running in parallel on my laptop. Multi-agent chaos is my new normal 😍
Magic Leap and Google Just Showcased Another Pair of Android XR Smart Glasses – with Gemini on Board
Google and Magic Leap unveiled a prototype Android XR smart‑glasses pair at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, merging Magic Leap’s waveguide optics with Google’s Raxium micro‑LED light engine. The glasses embed Gemini multimodal AI, allowing on‑device interactions such as visual analysis of...
Cold Email Drives 32% of $6.5M ARR Revenue
32% of RB2B 's $6.5M ARR comes from one channel. (And no, it's NOT my Linkedin) It's COLD EMAIL. But when I ask most founders about cold email... They say it’s dead. So I just recorded a video breaking down......
A Dedicated Business‑Only Social Platform Is Missing
I think at least twice a week, "Someone needs to make a Twitter/Threads/Bluesky purely about work and business." LinkedIn won't. Their product team is 12 overworked people surrounded by execs screaming "MORE AI!" at them. Threads won't. Meta doesn't know how to...
Ep. 180 - Your SaaS Buyer Doesn’t Need Convincing—They Need Confidence
In this episode, Brent Adamson—co‑author of *The Challenger Sale* and founder of A to B Insight—explains that most SaaS deals fail not because of competition but due to buyer indecision, and that sales teams must shift from teaching buyers what...
AI Won’t Show Your Business If You Hide Your Pricing—Here’s Why
The article warns that businesses that omit pricing on their websites risk being invisible to AI-driven search tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. When users query AI for services—such as hiring a PR agency focused on influencers, Substacks, and local press—the...
Perplexity Strikes Multi-Year Licensing Deal with Getty Images
Perplexity, an AI‑powered search startup, has signed a multi‑year licensing agreement with Getty Images that permits the company to display Getty’s stock photos in its search and discovery tools with proper attribution and links to the original source. The deal,...
(Yet) Another Digital ID Card Isn’t the Answer
The piece warns that the government’s proposed compulsory BritCard digital ID would duplicate existing passport‑based verification tools, waste £140 million‑£1 billion in setup costs and add £10 million‑£100 million in yearly expenses, and create a single point of control that threatens civil liberties. It...
Tim Cook Says Apple Is Open to M&A on the AI Front
Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors on the Q4 2025 earnings call that the company remains open to acquisitions and partnerships to accelerate its AI roadmap, maintaining a three‑pronged strategy of in‑house foundation models, third‑party LLM collaborations, and targeted M&A. He...
How Unstructured Data Turns Your Business Into a Junk Drawer - and How to Fix It
Businesses are drowning in unstructured data—PDFs, emails, scanned invoices—stored in disparate, unmanaged locations, creating a digital “junk drawer” that hampers finance, HR and operations. The fragmentation leads to duplicated effort, audit delays, compliance risk and lost productivity. Intelligent Document Processing...
The Future of AI Applications: MCP Servers
The article outlines the emergence of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers as a modular, context‑aware computing layer that links AI‑powered applications to distributed data sources across cloud, edge and on‑premise environments. Unlike traditional siloed servers, MCP servers dynamically allocate resources,...
Grammarly Announces 'Superhuman' Rebrand As It Doubles Down On AI
Grammarly announced a rebrand to "Superhuman," consolidating its suite of AI‑powered tools—including the Coda workspace, the acquired Superhuman Mail inbox, and a new cross‑app agent network called Superhuman Go—under a single subscription plan. The move builds on earlier launches such as the...
HubSpot Acquires XFunnel to Accelerate AI Search Optimization
Woo hoo! Thrilled to announce that HubSpot is acquiring XFunnel . The fantastic team at XFunnel has been on the frontier in helping businesses monitor and strengthen their presence across AI search engines. Yes, this the AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)...
Apple’s AI Comeback Will Reshape Computing by 2027
I'm getting bullish on Apple again. It will take three years to see that. But I've been seeing patents come out of Apple that are next level and I've been talking with insiders again and they are working on fixing...
Top 10 Generative AI Trends Shaping 2026
10 Generative AI Trends in 2026 That Will Transform Work and Life Generative AI is continuing its evolution. This article outlines how GAI will impact science, employment, data ethics and societal norms in 2026. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/esgd2aVF #GenerativeAI #AI2026...
Avoid Hiring “Strategists”—They Won’t Execute the Work
So some folks are going to disagree with me on this post, but I'm close to 100% right on it, and it will save you a ton of pain and time and money. 👉 Never hire someone who describes themselves as...
Apple Adopts Gaussian Splats for Lifelike Vision Pro Avatars
Apple Sr. Director Jeff Norris on how Vision Pro persona went from looking like cadavers to life-like avatars: "First thing I'd want to point out is that we changed the the whole rendering approach of Personas to a completely new technique...
High‑growth Software Commands 26× Valuation Multiples
This week on Clouded Judgement: Cloud Giants Report Q3 - Median software multiple: 5.1x - High Growth software median: 26.3x - Mid Growth software median: 7.5x - Low Growth software median: 4.0x - 10Y: 4.1% https://lnkd.in/gWd7C-Z9
Use JAX + Keras 3 for Scalable Deep Learning
For anyone getting started with deep learning in 2025 and looking to do large scale training: use JAX + Keras 3. Unless you like suffering.
Completed 25 Tasks Using Unstoppable Flow This Week
Slightly lighter this week. Knocked 25 tasks off my hit list this week thanks to Unstoppable Flow. Try it here 👇 https://t.co/2GyyHn36Ab
Securely Empower AI Agents to Spend with Controlled Budgets
Locus (@paywithlocus) gives your AI agents the ability to spend without losing control. A secure way to connect your agents to funds, with identities, budgets, and permissions. Make them pay: for anything, anywhere. https://t.co/Sw9dURzTLS Congrats on the launch, @coledermo & @eliotlee33!
Demystify VC Funding with SaaStr AI VC
🤷♀️Getting funded shouldn't be a mystery 🔮Knowing the odds VCs will say Yes shouldn't be opaque 🤝 Meeting investors shouldn't require connections We're here to help. SaaStr AI VC -> https://t.co/XzJ5d0OYvZ https://t.co/XbFWOuetFF
Must‑listen Episode for Aspiring SaaS Founders
This is a great episode. All aspiring SaaS founders should listen 👇
New AppSumo Deal Page Boosts Sales 38%
Testing NEW deal pages for AppSumo. One is up 38%... https://t.co/l7ZXNKwXkt
Never Lower Your Talent Bar: Hire Only the Best
never, ever, EVER compromise on talent. As much as your team wants to throw people at the problem. Do not let them. If there is one thing to micromanage, it's your talent bar. The moment you let that drop is when the bozo...
AI Could Eradicate Disease Within a Decade
Fascinating. @GoogleDeepMind's CEO @demishassabis predicts a world free of disease within 10 years! "AI could make drug development much faster, going from years to just months/weeks ...this might change healthcare completely and help end all diseases in the next 10 years" https://t.co/kDflHKJVfd
ChatGPT Handles File Unzipping, Claude Does Not
ChatGPT can unzip files, Claude cannot.
Your Network Is Your Most Valuable Asset
Why Building The Right Network Will Always Be Your Greatest Asset - https://t.co/WfXJ9ZudfC - https://t.co/Vucmh7iPcq
Live AI Answers Cut Sales Call Delays to Seconds
Aside (@AsideAI) shows live suggestions during sales calls, helping sales reps answer technical questions. Connect your docs, Slack, and past winning calls — Aside surfaces the right answer in 0.8s. No more “Let me get back to you.” https://t.co/fbWzP2caKy
IPO Valuations Dwarf Typical ARR Multiples
Times are good But Navan IPO’ing at ~$5B at ~$800M ARR run rate And JAMF selling for ~$2B at 3x ARR Well, they do make me wonder about some VC rounds these days
Join My Biggest Live Talk for AI‑Curious Entrepreneurs
Next week, I’ll be giving my largest talk ever - speaking in front of 100s of thousands of AI-curious entrepreneurs live. Thank you to @deangraziosi and @TonyRobbins for knowing the info your audience needs and bringing in AI folks to help...
Event Design Turns Brand Story Into Immersive Experience
Brief to Buzz: How Event Design Translates Brand Story into Immersive Experience - B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity - https://t.co/eKUvfXD8qA https://t.co/eB3eyK2VQr
Fp16 Viable with Proper Normalization; Bf16 Still Safer
I ran lots of experiments on fp16 vs bf16 years ago on ViTs and LLMs. fp16 can work well but depends on normalization (so you don’t run over the supported range with your activations). I can see why with QKNorm...
1000 Hours Reveal Six Crucial Prompt Engineering Patterns
this guy literally put in 1000 hours of prompt engineering to nail down the 6 patterns that actually matter. https://t.co/O0wvVndcpA
Billion‑Dollar Success Requires SaaS, Not Services
“If you want to be a billion-dollar company, you’ll never get there with services.” 💡 Nathan Gwilliam, CEO of PodUp, joins The SaaS CFO Podcast to talk SaaS vs. services, scaling strategy, and valuation growth. 🎧 Watch: https://t.co/YLrLMsWUCR #SaaS https://t.co/ny8PqM1viO
Marketers Must Adapt as Browsers Gain AI Capabilities
As browsers learn to think and act, marketers must learn to adapt. https://t.co/F7m7xPvMWv via @DuaneForrester, @sejournal
Ask if Users Will Abandon ChatGPT Before Building AI Product
Before you build your AI product, ask one question: would anyone switch from ChatGPT for this? https://t.co/5q8pqdKadg
