Clean Data Rooms Accelerate Startup Sale Success
Selling your startup isn’t just about finding a buyer. It’s about being ready when they show up. Due diligence kills deals every day. But the real reason isn’t product quality. It’s when buyers hit sloppy org, missing docs, unclear metrics, and they lose confidence. Here’s a stat worth thinking about: 54% of buyers say poor data quality is one of their biggest roadblocks in diligence. (Source: Experian Data Quality Benchmark Report) That means messy financials, scattered metrics, no clear ownership docs, or missing handoff plans cost you leverage. At @acquiredotcom, we help founders get that stuff in order before serious buyers ever step in: > Financials with add-backs explained > Organized, anonymized customer metrics > Product walkthroughs & Looms > Ownership docs, cap tables, access lists > Handoff plan for team, ops, and customers Nothing fancy. Just a clean, organized data room that made buyers confident. One founder told me they were “months away” from being able to sell. We helped them clean up their data room over a couple of weekends. They ended up with multiple offers and a smooth close, without the usual 11th-hour surprises. Build your business, keep it clean, and be ready before you think you need to be. It pays. PS - Thinking about selling someday? Our M&A team will give you an honest take on how ready you are and what to fix before buyers show up. You can grab time here: https://t.co/6hqLR8REAe
NTLA Rises Despite FDA Hold; Hy’s Law Remains Core Risk
Reminder that at $14 $NTLA is *already* trading higher than when the FDA hold was put in place. Novice retailers getting this twisted. There’s no “take backs” on a Hy’s Law case. That is the real problem...
Second New Glenn Launch Adds 223 M² BlueBird,
This launch on @blueorigin New Glenn, will be second launch new-gen BlueBird with 223m2 antenna. Future New Glenn missions will carry up to 8 Bluebirds. Co sticking with forecast of having 45-60 sats in orbit by end of this year.
AzimutGroup Pours €110M Into D‑Orbit Space Logistics
Italian asset management co #AzimutGroup invests EUR 110M ($129M) into space logistics/transport perovider @D_Orbit - EUR 45M as part of D-round capital raise, + EUR 65M in purchases of D-Orbit shares from existing shareholders. https://t.co/m03h44pTbC
LLMs Aren’t Bulletproof Superhumans, They Have Vulnerabilities
Please stop considering LLM-based systems like bulletproof super humans. It’s powerful but has as much if not more vulnerabilities than one individual could. https://t.co/sYCgwmBDUO
AI Agents in GTM Tech Poised for 10x Improvement
"Now is a great time to be in GTM tech. "All the AI agents we use are good. But they could all be 10x better." with @kylecnorton CRO @owner "It's just getting good. The AI Agents are still just...
Exploration Co's Orbex Acquisition Benefits Companies and UK Space
Exploration Co CEO @helenehuby: Here's why our purchase of @orbexspace would be win-win for both co's and for @spacegovuk. @esa @DLR @CNES.https://t.co/AENZYRvt96 https://t.co/5gE27W9Gei
Satisficing Choices Compound Into Enterprise‑scale AI Risk
How satisficing models, degraded baselines, and compromises compound at scale There is a moment in almost every AI project when someone says the words “This is probably good enough.” It is rarely said carelessly. More often it arrives after months...
UNDP: Chinese Open‑Source AI Crucial to Prevent APAC Divide
A sobering UNDP report warns that unmanaged AI risks widening inequality between nations — and that China's open-source models are the only way for many nations not to be left behind The UNDP’s “The Next Great Divergence: Why AI May...
Water Deluge System Tested for Lunar Landing Pad
Water deluge system test for a lunar crewed landing mission pad at Wenchang spaceport. Via Douyin/dyums21210av. https://t.co/PXJeBVKW4u
Sharp ICP and Simple Onboarding Win Overseas Customers
Our first customer in the Netherlands wasn't planned.. We didn't localize. Didn't run outbound sales. Didn't hire local reps. And yet - last week we signed our first customer in the Netherlands. What we did do: - razor sharp ICP...
Fintech Faces Headwind as Nationalism Fuels Foreign Distrust
Foreign neobanks and US stablecoins just got a reality check as growing insularity & nationalism threaten fintech's global ambitions The latest Edelman Trust Barometer (37,500 respondents across 28 countries) reveals a stark reality for fintech: 70% of people now distrust...
Free AI & Productivity Tools Curated Weekly Newsletter
I’m relaunching my newsletter. Yes, again. This time with intent. It’s weekly. It’s practical. And it’s not here to make you feel bad about all the tools you’re not using. The first edition is a list I actually want myself....
Defender, Not Attacker, Determines Cyber Attack Impact
I wrote a short post on how the impact of cyber attacks is determined by the target, not the attacker. It’s important to remember how much control the defender has over not just the terrain but the effects of an...
Airwallex's Longstanding Red Flags Tied to Evolve Bank
Red flags on Airwallex have been obvious for some time (incl its prior relationship with... Evolve Bank & Trust)
AI Strategy Must Evolve Beyond Inherited Software by 2026
“𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲?” I ask this when speaking with executives. The answers are usually honest, insightful, and refreshingly self-aware. In a discussion today, someone told me: “We’re still very early. We use AI if it...
Never Starting Is the only True Failure
The only true form of failure: Never starting. I see this in 99% of "wantrepreneurs." Talk, talk, talk. No action. Sitting around waiting for the perfect idea, perfect timing, and perfect everything. I get it. I did the same thing...
AI Efficiency Obsession Sacrifices Creative Quality
I was told a story this week about a big agency pitch, where a whole section was dedicated to how much efficiency they had found through AI. Effectively, how much self-inflicted commoditization they’d accomplished which they could pass on as...
Rocket Lab's Neutron Test Failure Delays Progress
Rocket Lab had a failure during a qualification testing of their new Neutron rocket. Testing of Stage-1 tank “resulted in a rupture during a hydrostatic pressure trial.” Will provide an update during its fourth quarter earnings call next week next...
Remotion + Replit Agent Animates Nike Swoosh Instantly
This @Remotion video tool is pretty cool. Just asked @Replit agent to animate the Nike swoosh with Remotion and it did it quickly. https://t.co/TkuDDCHvPe
Unique Creative Concepts Outperform Volume‑Driven Iterations
Biggest shift we've seen from an creative perspective over the last 6 months is a shift from volume --> unique concept identity. Previous volume would carry 90% of accounts into positive growth performance. But something changed in August / September...
Apple’s Dual‑camera Pin Validates Voxel‑ingestion Prediction
What got leaked by Apple today (a pin with two cameras) sounds a lot like what I predicted @sama was building, coming later this year. That prediction is here. My video is worth watching if you missed it last September. It...
Your One-Stop Tracker for AI VC Deals, Exits, IPOs
Here's a good place to track all the AI VC investments, exits, and IPOs... https://lnkd.in/ds-76UfY
Single Core .md File Streamlines Agent Context Organization
we need an agents .md for everything coding agents got better when we collectively decided on a design pattern: point the coding agent to a single md file they got even better when we started organizing multiple md files, stemming from our...
Full Customer View Enables Speed and Relevance
Customers expect relevance and speed. Without a complete view of the customer, representatives cannot deliver either. https://t.co/cvbaoUmh1n
Capital Efficiency and Aggressive Growth Can Coexist
Today NextView’s portfolio company Hatch was acquired by Yelp for $270M. Having led the company’s seed round and served on the board, I’m grateful for the journey – and the lessons learned from founders Chris Bache and Bill Violante 👇...
Product-Led Success Requires Human Support in Red Oceans
Being "Product-Led" does not mean being "Human-Free." This is especially true if you are building in a "Red Ocean" category with high switching costs. In these markets, you are fighting against Inertia. You can’t assume that if the product is...
Polarized Reactions: 60% Hate, 40% Love AI Singer
What 2026 will be like. Just got this DM: “Hi Robert, we're working with a major artist (billons of streams, household-name collaborators) on something that feels like it's crossed a new line. We've created a social robot with her voice. Early users...
Define Your ICP—Even Roughly—To Simplify Success
Block or unfollow me, but I will keep repeating it—defining your ideal customer profile (ICP), even in vague terms will make your life so much easier. I just wrote an article on how to create your ICP 👇
New Deal Framework Enables Profitable 10% Cap Credit Lending
Good news: I have formed the framework of a future deal to profitably do credit card lending with a 10% rate cap 😐
AI Cuts Sales Headcount, Supercharges Top Reps
GTM tools made the mid-pack reps more effective. That was the story from 2005-2024 or so. They created repeatability and efficiency so that 50%, 70%+ of your team could run the exact same playbook and at least hit quota. Many...
Share Templates, Cut Friction, Scale AI Prototyping
A pattern I keep seeing with AI prototyping. One early adopter in the org gets it. Then there's a canyon to get the next 10 people to adopt. The problem? Too much friction. Every new person has to rebuild design...
Fizzy’s Whimsical Simplicity Revives Boring Business Software
"...what I noticed within seconds of trying Fizzy was the absence of overwhelming menus, buried options, and integrations I never asked for. At the same time, I was struck by the presence of a distinctive design and sense of whimsy...
Robotic Modules Bloom Like Flowers to Shade Rooms
Scientists have developed rearrangeable robotic modules that can “bloom” like flowers to shade a sunlit room by sensing light levels and adapting collectively. @m_alhafnawi Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/0zas9GijHE https://t.co/VedsvFCCOG
NASA Holds Crew‑11 Post‑Flight Brief After Early Return
NASA post-flight news conf with Crew-11, which returned from ISS last week earlier than planned because one of the crew has a medical issue, should begin in about 15 min at 2:15 pm ET. Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/oJ467pMZhg
Blue Origin to Deploy 5,
..@blueorigin: We're building a constellation of 5,280 LEO sats & 128 in MEO orbit for symmetrical 144 Gbps connectivity using Q/V-band RF, & up to 6 Tbps w/ MEO optical links, to serve ~100,000 corporate, govt users. Launches start Q4...
APEX-Agents Expands AI Benchmark to Real‑World Knowledge Work
We're excited to partner with Mercor on their new APEX-Agents benchmark to evaluate complex, real-world knowledge worker tasks across banking, consulting, and legal. Today, most of the powerful agentic use cases and benchmarks in AI are for code-related tasks, but soon...
High‑growth SaaS Firms Thrive While Low‑growth Tumble
Will designers design first in a world where AI can code software immediately, or just describe the design? Will large enterprises pay for premium observability when AI can migrate & monitor open source competitors? As Michael Mauboussin writes , there’s...
Personal Email Replies Keep Customers Engaged, No AI Needed
Today my day is responding to nearly 200 customer emails. My direct email is in Basecamp for all customers to see, so occasionally when I send product announcements I get a lot of emails back. No assistant, no AI — just...
AI Learns Transferable Skills Through Simple Video Games
can you learn generalizable skills playing video games? can AI? great article from @antimlabs on their experiments training AI by having them play flappy birds, snake, and more.
Alignment, Not Accuracy, Determines AI System Success
A system can be incredibly accurate and still be wrong for your goals. Because correctness that matters isn’t a mathematical property - it’s a purpose property. If you define the system’s purpose poorly, it will confidently produce the wrong thing...
OHB SE Lifts 3‑year Outlook, Targets €2B
.@OHB_SE raises 3-year rev, profit forecast on @esa ministerial results and @DLR_en's contribution, and both German and @defis_eu planned milspace spending. Subsidiaries in multiple EU nations will help reach goal of > EUR 2B ($2.34B) in 2028. https://t.co/nW8I92dibn https://t.co/HNu4XOpDYU
Real AI Value Lies in Unglamorous, Time‑Bleeding Work
Enterprise AI strategy is backwards. Most people are focusing on Chief AI Officers and pilot programs, when the real value is in the unglamorous work where organizations bleed time. More thoughts:
Differentiable Simulation Enables Real‑World Quadruped Locomotion
Can differentiable simulation actually work for real robot locomotion? This work answers that with a rare yes❗️ The core problem has always been contact. Soft contact models give smooth gradients but break realism. Hard contact models are realistic but kill...
Copywriting Works When You Tap Human Emotions
Effective copywriting isn’t about clever words. It’s about understanding human emotion. Once you know what drives people, you can write copy that actually moves them to act. Clayton Makepeace broke this down into 16 dominant emotions. Bookmark this and use it as a reference....
AI Agent Washing: Deceptive Risk Businesses Must Spot
What is AI Agent Washing — And Why Is It a Risk to Businesses? Not all AI agents are built equal: this article explores “AI agent washing”, why it’s deceptive — and why businesses need to watch out. Read more...
Upsell & Cross‑sell Boost M&A Valuation
As a SaaS company, the benefits of being able to up-sell or cross-sell a customer go beyond just growing your revenue base. When the time comes to start conversations with strategic buyers or investors, your ability to grow the average...
Weak Robots Still Pose Harm—Missing Stop Button
Is there no stop button for these robots? I get they’re fairly weak, but they can still hurt you.
Harvard Classroom Refines My Scaling Framework, Benefits All
Teaching at Harvard Business School has been one of the toughest and most rewarding experiences of my career. I’ve been in some tricky startup boardrooms before, but the rigor it takes to work with HBS students is next level. When...
SEO Visibility Spikes for Entertainment Title Pages
Interesting trend: There was recently an uptick in SEO visibility among these similar page types (@sistrix): - IMDB movie titles - Spotify track pages - Netflix movie titles - Spotify artist pages - Rotten Tomatoes movie pages - Goodreads book titles https://t.co/lyQjJf6ds1