Sell Their Wants, Deliver Their Needs: Trojan Horse Strategy
How you frame an offer matters: What people need often isn’t what they want They want new opportunities > new tactics > new channels > new business models But they often *need* optimization Do more of what’s working, better Your play? Sometimes you’ve got to sell people what they want and then deliver what they actually need I call this the Trojan Horse technique And it works
AI Will Create Content; Human Connection Remains Key
I spent last week at MAICON in Cleveland talking with some of the smartest minds in AI and marketing. Here’s what I heard again and again: We have about three years before the way content is created, delivered, and consumed...
Safer, Smarter Connected Transit with First Student and Samsara
Ringing in a safer, smarter, connected operation with @FirstStudentInc and @Samsara 🔔🚍🗽 https://t.co/IHuW6Y1uiZ
Cloud Hype Scared Devs Into Costly Centralized Dependencies
Cloud marketing convinced a generation of programmers that the scariest thing in the world was to connect their own server to the internet. All so they could be sold and resold the same centralized dependencies at huge markups. https://t.co/2JlPY9Pcz0 https://t.co/yB9ZBPJr0J
Overreliance on AI Risks Undermining Critical Decision-Making
The danger of AI dependency https://t.co/HFtMCYQf9g #AI #GenAI #TechNews #Technology #healthcare #Innovation #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence
From Fine‑tuned CNNs to ChatGPT’s Pixel‑perfect Descriptions
It do be like that these days... 😅 I remember when we had to fine-tune an ImageNet-pre-trained CNN and preprocess the image to then send it and get a top-5 classification that was somewhat accurate... Now ChatGPT describes every pixel...
Specific Upgrade Messaging Drives Conversions for B2B Marketplace
Our ProductLed Implementer 🔥 Anastasia Kudrow has been CRUSHING it for a new client we onboarded in August. They're a B2B marketplace helping people find and buy small businesses. Think: executives looking to escape the 9-5 grind and become financially...
Internal AI May Replace Risky Open‑Source Contributions
Even though this particular example worked out as you'd expect today, Open Source dynamics will certainly change. Accepting and merging contributions is always a risk and has high cost, so trusting an internal AI system for minor codebase improvements may become...
Benchmarkit’s November Events & 2026 Strategy Highlights
Here is a quick list of events that Benchmarkit has hosted, spoken at and/or will be hosting in November: SaaS CFO Dinner San Francisco: Sep 15th SaaS Metrics Executive Summit - SF: Sep 16th SaaS Metrics Palooza '25: Oct 8th...
Energy, AI, and Policy Converge at ADIPEC 2025
How do we power a world demanding more energy, intelligence, AND resilience – simultaneously? Nov 3-6, Abu Dhabi becomes the epicenter of this transformation at #ADIPEC2025 🌍⚡ Energy. Intelligence. Impact. Excited to see prominent US leaders joining: 🏛️ Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior...
Defining “Large” In Language Models: GPU Limits
how large the model should be to be called large language model? if it doesnt fit on home gpus, its large?
Avoid the RL Hammer: Choose the Right Tool
If you sub-optimally define any problem to require RL, when most can be solved with different approaches, then of course the RL hammer looks like the right solution! Rather than defending RL thru semantics, better would be to ask: how can...
2026 Robotics Trends: AI Goes Physical, Transforming Work
The 5 Robotics Trends In 2026 You Must Get Ready For Now In 2026, #artificialintelligence is moving from software into the physical world through humanoid #robots , #autonomous vehicles, and collaborative machines, transforming workplaces and cities. From #robotaxis operating in...
Obsessed with the Fresh Claude Interface Design
I am so very obsessed with the new Claude layout. https://t.co/BdqmCg9BU2
Meta Gives Parents New Tools to Block Flirtatious AI
"Meta" Grants Parents Wider Powers to Protect Teens from "Flirtatious AI" https://t.co/LvkJaPspkc #ParentingTips #parenting #Meta #AI #artificial_intelligence @PawlowskiMario @chidambara09 @Ym78200 @CurieuxExplorer @efipm @bigfundu @sayedflah @Ronald_vanLoon @cyngn @belindabeibi @odisseiaalfa @DigitalColmer @MyCompanionsAI @KirkDBorne @patricegorissen @jeffkagan @EdwardKens50830 @enilev @insom_ai333 @ChrisCCrowley @sallyeaves @gurmeet_judge @VairagyaSadhana @andresvilarino...
Join SaaStr Fund: Fast-Track Venture Deal Experience
I’m hiring an Associate at SaaStr Fund ($200m AUM) The job: 1️⃣ Screen 50+ inbound deals/week, find the 2-3 worth the deep dive. 2️⃣ Help manage the new https://t.co/D1x4RaX5t7 which over 5,500 founders have used in 5 years anywhere else for...
Williamsburg Launches New AI Safety Company
the ai safety company of williamsburg https://t.co/EWwuDys8Ry
One Human's System Beats Billionaire AI Teams
Spent the entire day with @blevlabs. My first prompt in his system completely outclassed the results I got from Grok, Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT. Breakthroughs are possible. From a 20-year-old who has been working on his system for seven years. Gave me hope...
Coding's Text Nature Makes AI Agents Thrive Faster
One critical point made by Karpathy on the Dwarkesh podcast was about the difference between AI coding agents and the rest of knowledge work. It’s clear that AI agents in coding have taken off extremely quickly. There are many reasons...
Meta Bans Third‑party AI Chatbots on WhatsApp
No more #ChatGPT and #Perplexity on WhatsApp! Meta quietly updates its policy on third-party AI chatbots https://t.co/511MLKZ83e #WhatsApp #META #aichatbot #AI #artificial_intelligence @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @RagusoSergio @FrRonconi @Shi4Tech @sallyeaves...
Mediocre Sales Leaders Start Day One Ignorant of Product
One constant among almost all mediocre sales reps and VPs of Sales and CROs I've ever worked with: They show up on Day 1 knowing almost nothing about the product
Rethinking the Meaning of Personal AI
Thinking about the definition of “personal ai.”
ChatKit Cuts Workflow Hours, Boosts Business Efficiency
OpenAI's ChatKit just unlocked mega time savings for businesses. Most people aren't thinking about it right now, so read this to gain an unfair advantage. I was asking one of our SEOs how much time our SEO product, ClickFlow, was saving...
Skilled Trades Set to Profit From AI Boom
👀🚨🤷🏽♀️ AI isn’t just for coders. It’s creating a boom for builders. 🏗️ Nvidia’s Jensen Huang told CNBC that electricians, plumbers & carpenters are the big winners of the AI era, powering the data centres that fuel intelligence itself. Nvidia’s investing $100B+,...
Distributed AI Community’s Aesthetic Inspires Across Organizations
The aesthetics and language of the distributed AI training / homebrew AI community are fascinating and motivating, and this is true across multiple organizations ranging from Prime Intellect to Nous to Exo. It's cool!
Master Customer Perspective to 100x GTM Impact
💯 % of your GTM can be 100x improved by learning just these 2 things… Thing 1: NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU OR YOUR SOFTWARE Just do whatever you’re doing, and before you ship to the customer, read what you...
Four Free AI Tools to Accelerate Fundraising
SaaStr.ai just launched four FREE AI tools that can save founders 100+ hours in fundraising prep. And maybe even get you funded: 1️⃣ AI Start-Up Valuation Calculator. Get VC-grade valuations using data from 5,000+ recent rounds, public comps, and AI...
Entrepreneurs Build Audiences to Overcome Obscurity
I never wanted to be an influencer. I don't even see myself as a “creator”. I'm an entrepreneur. I love building things. I love solving problems. I built an audience to solve my own problem: obscurity. After all, people can't buy your stuff…...
Returning to Clarity: Rebuilding Analytics for Simplicity
When we first built Crazy Egg in 2005, we made a rule after watching people struggle with traditional analytics. Dashboards were cluttered. Reports were confusing. We wanted clarity so we focused on showing, not telling. That’s when we invented heatmaps for...
Salesforce CEO: AI Lacks Soul, Just Cut 4,000 Jobs
After going for AI agents, laying off 4,000 employees; Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says: AI doesn't have a soul, it is not... https://t.co/Pz3MRjV15F #Salesforce #artificial_intelligence #AI @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun...
AI Adoption Slips, Yet Spend and Retention Surge
Fascinating new data from Ramp: Paid AI adoption actually *declined* by 0.7% in September. This was the second decline of the year, but far more material than the one in June (0.1%). Other highlights from the data: - 73% of...
AI Agents Thrive When Paired with Contextual SaaS Platforms
The latest Karpathy podcast was actually laying out the bull case for AI agents + SaaS. We know that we’re years away from a “magical” superintelligence that will do anything and everything for us. What we have right now, increasingly,...
Claude Powers First Full Calendar Client Upgrade
Claude Code has been working all weekend on a major feature upgrade to @groupthinkAI — a full calendar client This is my first major feature going end-to-end with Claude as the planner of the epic, breakdown to multiple issues and...
Founders Reset Stripe for Zero‑Revenue Startup
Founders hitting refresh on Stripe for their $0 MRR startup: https://t.co/waf7rwqrgd
ChatGPT Apps Open 800M-User Channel—First-Mover Advantage
ChatGPT just launched its apps and unlocked a new distribution channel with 800M+ users. This feels like the App Store in 2008, huge first-mover advantage if you’re fast. Risk a few weeks now or miss out for years... https://t.co/1Qb4HAha2q
Great Agencies Win by Mastering People, Not Just Metrics
99% of being a successful agency owner is managing people and expectations. A majority of agencies out there can all fulfill the work. What sets great agencies apart is their ability to work with people (hiring, growing, retaining) and communicate...
In‑person Visits Drive Higher Closures and Revenue
The more customers you visit in person, The more customers you close. The more revenue you retain. And the more they buy from you. As true in 2025 as it ever was.
AI Mimics Emotion, But True Empathy Remains Human
Why AI Will Never Truly Understand Your Feelings — And Why That Matters Empathy, nuance, and emotional intelligence remain deeply human traits. This article explores why AI can mimic emotion but can’t genuinely feel—and the implications for trust. Read more...
Active Choice Boosts Add‑On Sales by 50%
Often marketers ask customers to opt into an extra service or an add-on. And what happens? Usually nothing. The alternate approach is to automatically include these services and have people opt out if they don’t want them. But that is...
AI Tool Needed to Auto‑convert YouTube Videos for Reels
Does anyone know an AI video tool that can do this? I like VEED.IO ( Sabba Keynejad tell me if better way to do this...) David Zitoun does Submagic have this sort of capability yet? I want to be able...
AI Shifts Power From FAANG to Emerging Players
From the #FAANG gang to #MANGO: how AI came to dominate US tech https://t.co/y2hDAPZx2o #AI #artificial_intelligence #UStech #technology #US @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1 @Nicochan33 @RagusoSergio @FrRonconi @Shi4Tech @sallyeaves @LaurentAlaus @Fabriziobustama @smaksked @MargaretSiegien...
Vibe Coding’s Hype Collapses: AI’s Messy Reality
The rise and fall of Vibe Coding: The reality of AI slop https://t.co/LQPaM6b4Jg #vibecoding #artificial_intelligence #AI #codingforlife #Coding @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun @TerenceLeungSF @SourabhSKatoch @wil_bielert @HsrYueli @faustospain @Whats_AI @kaifulee...
Transmutative AI Turns Your Own Content Into New Formats
This is beyond generative AI. I call it transmutative AI. It’s not about repurposing. It’s not about mass-producing content. While speaking at Content Marketing World, I realized something. We often think using AI in content means repurposing or generating fluff...
Thinking Less Can Outperform Chain‑of‑Thought Prompts
Last week, I had the chance to attend the Conference on Language Modeling (COLM 2025) here in Montreal - a must-attend conference for anyone starting out in AI/LLM I was lucky to get an invite, it was awesome. Almost every session circled...
Reevaluating BERT: Still an LLM?
do we still consider bert as an llm?
Automate Product Updates: N8n Saves Two Hours Monthly
I stopped writing product updates and made n8n and GitHub do it. n8n pulls merged PRs → Summarizes diffs → Put together a blog post in Strapi. 2 hours saved every month. Yes, totally worth it.
Google Launches Free Course on Real-Time Voice Agents
Google just dropped an ace new course on building real-time voice agents using ADK + Gemini. You’ll learn how to build agents that can search, call APIs, remember context, and talk naturally. 100% free (link in 🧵↓) https://t.co/enAatsRTjV
Ruben Hassid Releases Free Comprehensive AI Guides
Ruben Hassid (@RubenHssd) is one of the biggest AI voices on LinkedIn. He just shared all his AI guides in a single doc. And made it free! 🔥 → Great guides on prompting, LLMs, workflows, image models → Custom GPTs → His fave AI courses Really...
Free 36‑page Guide Mastering N8n Workflows
By far the best n8n guide I’ve seen. Nate’s worked with 1,000s of users and just wrapped everything he’s learned into this 36-page guide! 🔥 → Clear lessons on JSON, nodes and debugging → Cloud vs self-host setup → AI integrations & LLM chains Totally...