How to Thrive in the New Era of Marketing
In this episode, Refine Labs CEO Megan Bowen outlines the shifting B2B buying journey—from analog to AI‑driven research—and how marketers must realign go‑to‑market engines around a data‑validated Ideal Customer Profile, a strategic narrative, and the "Brand, Demand, Expand" growth model. She stresses that simplicity and focus outperform complexity, urging teams to prioritize high‑intent signals, blend qualitative and quantitative attribution, and measure insights over vanity metrics. The discussion also highlights the diminishing relevance of traditional funnels, the rise of dark‑social research, and the need for self‑service content, pricing, and social proof to capture buyers before sales contact.
AI Agents Turn CRM Into Passive Data Warehouse
AI is a pretty big threat to CRM. Not the need for CRM, but to its value proposition. I didn’t totally get it until we deployed 11+ AI Agents. But what they do is push your CRM to the background....
Turning Internal Tools Into SaaS Often Guarantees Failure
Every year, I talk to 10-15 companies attempting the same thing: A non-SaaS company (usually an agency or consulting firm) wants to spin off their internal software into its own SaaS business. And honestly? Most of them are setting themselves...
Qwen's New Deep Research Update Lets You Turn Its Reports Into Webpages, Podcasts in Seconds
Alibaba’s Qwen team has upgraded its Qwen Deep Research tool to instantly convert AI-generated research reports into live web pages and multi‑speaker podcasts with one to two clicks, using Qwen3-Coder, Qwen-Image and Qwen3-TTS under a proprietary, Qwen‑hosted workflow. The feature...
Your Consulting Brand Won’t Sell Your SaaS
every year i talk to 10-15 consulting firms trying to spin off a SaaS and the pattern is always the same: they think their brand equity will translate to the new product it won't you're selling to strangers now, and your product needs...
AI‑Powered CBM Delivers 27 Full‑Funnel Playbooks
ABM this. ABM that. I've always preferred to use the acronym CBM (contact-based marketing) because it's all about the human. CBM is a system built to listen, adapt, and act on a multitude of different plays and signals. Luckily the...
I Spent a Month Living with a $430 AI Pet, the Casio Moflin
Casio’s Moflin is a $430 AI‑enabled plush pet that learns simple emotional responses over weeks via the MofLife app, offers a “deep sleep” off mode, and converts audio into non‑identifiable data to distinguish voices rather than record conversations. A monthlong...
AI Coach Turns Prospecting Into Real‑Time Sales Wins
March 15, 2026. San Francisco, CA Sara had finally booked the meeting. A conversation with the Director of Marketing at a major pharmaceutical company. It had taken six weeks of disciplined prospecting to get there. A long night of preparation...
Leverage Human Touch to Outperform AI-Driven Competition
See you tomorrow? My new keynote is about how to use the human touch to out-perform your competition in the age of AI and automation. It might be my best work, ever. Live on Zoom. Tomorrow! Human.Kind: How to Keep...
Google's New Vibe Coding AI Studio Experience Lets Anyone Build, Deploy Apps Live in Minutes
Google updated its AI Studio with a redesigned Build tab that lets novices and developers create, edit and deploy web apps in minutes using Gemini models and mix-and-match capabilities like Nano Banana, Veo, Imagine and Flashlight. The free-to-start “vibe coding”...
Managing Up Now Means Coaching Your Boss
You know that feeling when Hollywood announces another sequel nobody asked for? Did we really need a Happy Gilmore 2? Now that we’ve survived Freakier Friday, should we brace ourselves for Freakiest Friday? Well lately with my consulting clients I've...
Your Lead Magnet Fails Because It Lacks Value Promise
The real reason your lead magnets aren’t attracting buyers (it’s not traffic).. 1. Weak Lead Magnet Promise Again and again, I watched brilliant Startup Founders create lead magnets that looked beautiful but missed the mark on what their real buyers...
Retail’s Holiday 2025: More Sales, Profits, And AI-Driven Commerce
Retailers should expect a stronger Q4 2025 holiday season with year‑over‑year sales and profits rising as consumers continue to spend despite price worries and retailers operate leaner or use AI to cut costs. Promotions will remain muted through early November...
AI Is Reshaping GTM Team Structures
Breaking my own rules and leading with a plug, James Kaikis is my guy and he has launched GTMshift . As part of his launch, he has produced some incredible video content. James knows the GTM is in the middle...
Sticking with Comet over OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas
I like exploring AI tools and new apps. So of course jumped at Comet. It is my primary browser and I love it. Now OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, which seems to be their version of Comet. So far I see...
YouTube’s Likeness Detection Technology Has Officially Launched
YouTube has officially launched its likeness detection tool to eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program after a pilot, enabling creators to detect and request removal of AI‑generated videos that use their face or voice. Onboarding requires consent, ID and...
That All‑Too‑Familiar Moment We All Recognize
You know the one. That little bubble in the corner. "Hi! 👋 I'm here to help!" it chirps, right when you're trying to update a deal, export a report, or just... do your job. And what does it want? It...
AI Development Demands Hypothesis‑First, Fast Iterative Launches
Every AI feature is a hypothesis, not a promise. That’s the biggest shift from SaaS to AI. In SaaS, you built toward predictability. You learned first, then launched because outcomes were deterministic. If you designed it right, it worked the same...
WhatsApp and Messenger Add New Warnings to Help Older People Avoid Online Scams
Meta rolled out new scam‑detection warnings in WhatsApp and Messenger aimed at protecting older users, including alerts when unknown contacts request screen sharing and AI‑backed flags for suspicious Messenger messages. The company says it disrupted about 8 million scam accounts...
Cercli Secures $12M Series A to Power AI Hiring
Congrats to @akeed23, @twopac, and @cerclihq on their $12M Series A! Cercli is the single platform for enterprises to hire, manage, and pay their global workforce in the AI era. They've grown 10x over the last 12 months, processed over...
Safety and Innovation Thrive Together with Anthropic’s Constitutional AI
LIVE FROM DREAMFORCE: Paul Smith (@realpaulsmith), Chief Commercial Officer at @Anthropic, on balancing innovation and safety in AI. “We don’t want to be a bottleneck on innovation. You can have safe, trusted AI and still have incredible innovation, those two things...
Agentic Platform Race Heats Up with OpenAI Browser
I'm off to @rwang0's enterprise conference today. On the way out @flowith_ai just dropped me a note and a new thing to use that takes their agentic platform a lot further. More coming on Thursday from them. Can't talk about...
Don’t Cripple Free Plans—Be Honest About Pricing.
Having a free plan but making it very limited/borderline unusable doesn't work. You're setting up a negative anchor with your users. - They thought they found a free tool. - They figure out they have to pay to really use it. = disappointed users. And...
AI Video Generator Kling Shines at Cannes MIPCOM
Have you ever been to Cannes? I have. The audience there is the most powerful in the content business, so this caught my eye. @Kling_ai was there for the first time this year, significant because AI video generators haven't gotten that...
RiveterHQ Unveils All‑In‑One Search API
.@RiveterHQ is replacing the entire scraper infrastructure stack with a single API. Their all-in-one search agent replaces SERP, scrapers, proxy managers, and more. And it knows which tools to use to find exactly the data you’re looking for. https://t.co/WN3adWx2l5 Congrats on the launch,...
AI Launches the Agentic Enterprise Era
Thrilling day keynoting @Gartner Symposium in Orlando with 10,000 customers! 🌟 The Agentic Enterprise era has begun — where AI empowers people and redefines how organizations think, work, and trust. Still riding the Dreamforce high. 🤖💙 https://t.co/x5TfceOpHf https://t.co/Io8dSuMNw8
Meta Releases 500‑hour 3D Motion Dataset for AI
Datasets you need to build an AI JARVIS — Meta dropped 500 hours of 3D motion data spanning everything from individual gestures to multi-person conversations and co-living scenarios, complete with motion tracking, annotations, and audio tracks. https://t.co/ZDEiMmeq0Q
Help Shape Our B2B Sales Deep Dive Podcast
I’ve got a deep dive pod with @jjen_abel coming up on all things enterprise sales. What’s tripping you up most or confusing when it comes to b2b sales that you’d love us to cover?
Take Acquisition Offers Seriously—High Valuations Favor Selling
Dear Founders, If you have acquisition interest from a bigger co, take it very seriously. If you don’t sell, that bigger co will buy your competitor or build. Not great for you. Also, valuations are sky high right now,...
State of AI Report Rumored to Launch Standalone Browser
boom in @stateofaireport "rumored to be launching a standalone browser" https://t.co/u7dMAEqnBc
Simple Slack Email Tool Generates $22K Profit Autopilot
I love simple tools like this on @acquiredotcom. Manage team emails directly inside Slack. > $22K TTM revenue > $20K profit > 200+ customers > Runs on autopilot > Lean, profitable, dead simple Full listing: https://t.co/b3BlAnxTAb https://t.co/1DDfmVFl2z
AI Coding Tools Spawn a New, Primitive Dev Language
Having now watched 3 different devs this week use Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, I can tell you that neanderthal dev speak is a new language. "Make plz" "Do it" "now more" https://t.co/3iVnoEwbJF
Why Most Founder Lead Magnets Fail on Social
Lead Magnets are one of the most effective ways to get inbound leads that fill your pipeline (even today in 2025). But most Founders who are trying to use organic social get lead magnets wrong. Here's the real reason...
Winning Marketplace Vendors Embrace Service Delivery Partners
After that fight, it becomes a fight of Marketplaces to reach customers and scale solutions. “The most successful vendors in the marketplace will be the ones that understand how to include service delivery partners as part of their marketplace strategy.”
Modular News Recommendation Framework Scales with Keras 3 and JAX
NewsRex! 🦖 A modular framework for SOTA news recommendation, built on Keras 3 + JAX backend for extreme scalability and performance with XLA acceleration. Extensible and easy to use. GitHub link in next tweet. https://t.co/zSVkOgIqQC
Build Free Multimodal Gemini Apps, Deploy Instantly on Google Cloud
Wow. Anyone can now build *multimodal* AI apps powered by Gemini, and deploy them instantly to Google Cloud! 🔥 All inside @GoogleAIStudio. Completely free. → https://t.co/laqQ9ZY6x7 https://t.co/MoV5dXe9Yg
Benchmark Your Pitch Deck Against 4,000 Startups
Wondering how you stack up? Try the new https://t.co/iXj7ZJdxfx VC Pitch Deck Analyzer -> https://t.co/S5UFYzoN7a We’ll share how you stack up against 4,000+ other start-ups. And we’ll provide you honest and confidential feedback on how to do better. https://t.co/YtZxaYnamq
Ship Often; Each Release Sharpens Your Judgment
The more often you ship, the stronger your judgment gets. Every release is a rep. You learn how your instincts hold up against reality. You get feedback while it still matters. Teams that wait to ship are really waiting to learn.
Turn Papers Into Production-Ready Code in Minutes
Go from research paper → codebase in minutes. DeepCode turns prompts, PDFs, or URLs into complete production-grade codebases: with backend, frontend, even algorithmic logic! 🔥 100% open-source. Repo in 🧵↓ https://t.co/jNbLhRqlH2
AI Agents Streamline Trade Compliance for Suppliers and Brokers
MarkIt is building AI agents for trade compliance—helping suppliers, importers, and customs brokers classify products, manage documents, and navigate government requirements. https://t.co/tTaCTxaPR9 Congrats on the launch, @ch6nkim and @supadupacoda! https://t.co/cxhpOAGgFV
ChatGPT Atlas: AI‑First Browser Launches on macOS
Our new AI-first web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is here for macOS. Please send feedback! Availability on other platforms to follow.
AI Boosts Marketing Efficiency with New SparkToro Feature
"You need to use AI to make your marketing tasks more efficient." - everyone's boss right now I've been notably skeptical of AI, but begrudgingly admit... sometimes it's helpful. So, we built a "Take Action" SparkToro feature. If you're up to...
AI Voice Agents Boost Dealership Revenue by Six Figures
AutoAce (@AutoAce_AI) is the AI-native operating system for car dealerships, starting with voice agents that automate calls, bookings, and updates across service, sales, parts, and F&I. They're already driving six-figure revenue gains for dealerships. https://t.co/Zz7vP4sWjl
OpenAI Launches AI‑first Web Browser for Innovators
OpenAI introducing a new Web browser for AI first thinkers.
Too Many Options, No Strategy = Slow Startup Death
The startups that die slowest are the ones with the most options and no real strategy.
ChatGPT Atlas Launches as macOS Browser
ChatGPT Atlas. Macos browser https://t.co/1jdCCZN5Gl
SubImage Raises $4.2M for AI-Driven Vulnerability Mapping
Congrats to @alexchantavy, @kunaalsikka, and @SubImageSec on their $4.2M seed! From the creators of Cartography at @Lyft, SubImage is an open-core alternative to Wiz, using AI to show how vulnerabilities and access paths lead to compromise. https://t.co/HpMp0e8sfN https://t.co/KMyFtUYNkC
Built 7 Apps in 100 Days, Saved $200K Annually
.@Replit asked me to do a deep dive on "How I Built 7 Production Apps in 100 Days (And Saved $200K/Year)" It's true. A thread 🧵 https://t.co/i319llfN72
Human Nature Stays Constant; Master Attention to Future‑proof Business
Algorithms change fast. Human nature doesn’t. Wanna future-proof your business? Learn the science of attention and persuasion so you can build an audience of future buyers.
SF Tech Firms Adopt New Ideas Far Easier than Others
Getting tech companies in San Francisco to try your new thing is A LOT easier than convincing the other 99% of companies out there.
