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Your most exposed IP may be how your company knows what to do
Published: Sat, Sep 26 2026 @ 4:22:41

Before hiring an AI consultancy, find the part that actually needs AI
Published: Sun, Sep 20 2026 @ 0:01:30

A $5,000 technology decision can deserve more scrutiny than a $500,000 one
Published: Thu, Sep 10 2026 @ 12:49:52

A CEO sent me a technology proposal
Published: Wed, Sep 9 2026 @ 11:35:14

If a CEO sent me a $500k software proposal tomorrow, this is what I would review
Published: Tue, Sep 8 2026 @ 10:20:36

When should a CEO get a second opinion on a technology decision
Published: Sat, Sep 5 2026 @ 6:36:44

What to know before signing a three-year SaaS contract
Published: Tue, Sep 1 2026 @ 1:38:13

The contract clauses that create the most lock-in get the least scrutiny
Published: Mon, Aug 31 2026 @ 0:23:36

The software demo was fantastic
Published: Thu, Aug 27 2026 @ 20:39:43

Changing ERP or CRM systems often recreates the old company's problems
Published: Wed, Aug 26 2026 @ 19:25:06

In a SaaS agreement, the data exit clause matters more than liability
Published: Tue, Aug 25 2026 @ 18:10:28

Before replacing your CRM or ERP, check whether the software is the problem
Published: Mon, Aug 24 2026 @ 16:55:50

The most expensive sentence in a software project: "We'll figure that out later"
Published: Sun, Aug 23 2026 @ 15:41:13

Your development agency says the project is 80% complete
Published: Fri, Aug 21 2026 @ 13:11:58

A CEO I advise canceled the company's hosting account
Published: Wed, Aug 19 2026 @ 10:42:42

Software projects look green right until they fail
Published: Tue, Aug 18 2026 @ 9:28:05

A software project can be on time and already lost
Published: Mon, Aug 17 2026 @ 8:13:27

Your software project is six months late
Published: Sat, Aug 15 2026 @ 5:44:12

The first 10% of a software project usually determines whether the other 90%
Published: Fri, Aug 14 2026 @ 4:29:35

The prototype took three weeks
Published: Wed, Aug 12 2026 @ 2:00:19

An ad group of mine was set to exact match
Published: Tue, Aug 11 2026 @ 0:45:42

The $20 AI tool versus the $200,000 AI implementation
Published: Wed, Aug 5 2026 @ 18:32:34

Your team just proposed an AI initiative
Published: Tue, Aug 4 2026 @ 17:17:56

The questions a CEO should ask in the approval meeting
Published: Fri, Jul 31 2026 @ 12:19:26

Three proposals for the same project: $80k, $240k and $600k
Published: Sun, Jul 26 2026 @ 6:06:18

I pulled every live app on the US App Store into a database this week
Published: Thu, Jul 23 2026 @ 2:22:26

The expertise that built an institution can quietly become the reason it stops
Published: Wed, Jul 22 2026 @ 1:07:48

AI demos work because the data is clean
Published: Tue, Jul 7 2026 @ 7:43:02

Everyone seems focused on when we’ll reach AGI
Published: Fri, Jun 26 2026 @ 19:16:46

Newer AI models cost more per token but often still cheaper to use
Published: Thu, Jun 25 2026 @ 18:02:09

Signs your business has outgrown its off-the-shelf software
Published: Wed, Jun 24 2026 @ 5:34:51

Four months after I shipped SnackCheckApp.com
Published: Tue, Jun 23 2026 @ 15:32:54

At #WWDC26, Apple finally delivered much of what it had promised two years
Published: Mon, Jun 8 2026 @ 22:08:07

When intelligence becomes abundant, customers pay for outcomes
Published: Thu, Jun 4 2026 @ 17:09:37

Agentic code is free like a baby goat
Published: Wed, May 13 2026 @ 14:18:00

Most people assume digital has already won
Published: Thu, Apr 30 2026 @ 8:54:00

In AI work, volume is not vanity
Published: Sat, Apr 25 2026 @ 1:56:24

Engineering teams that went heaviest on AI coding tools are now the ones
Published: Thu, Apr 23 2026 @ 18:12:00

Most people do not want your app
Published: Tue, Apr 21 2026 @ 2:43:12

Serial founders talk about "batting average" like the goal is to never strike
Published: Sat, Mar 14 2026 @ 8:00:00

With AI agents, complexity stops being a tax and starts becoming a moat
Published: Thu, Mar 12 2026 @ 3:00:00

AI is going to create job categories that sound fake until you need one tomorrow
Published: Sun, Mar 8 2026 @ 3:00:00

The early labor signal from AI is not layoffs.
Published: Sun, Mar 8 2026 @ 0:00:00

Most SaaS is designed to be chosen by a person who is slightly unsure.
Published: Sat, Mar 7 2026 @ 18:00:00

AI Is Commoditizing Intelligence.
Published: Sat, Mar 7 2026 @ 2:00:00

Most organizations are thinking about AI backwards.
Published: Fri, Mar 6 2026 @ 2:00:00

The theory that we'll vibe code everything is 'flat wrong'.
Published: Tue, Feb 24 2026 @ 2:00:00

"Digital transformation" is not disruption.
Published: Mon, Feb 23 2026 @ 2:00:00

Your data moat gets weaker the moment interpretation gets cheap.
Published: Sun, Feb 15 2026 @ 1:00:00

AI will commoditize the part of software your CFO obsesses over.
Published: Sat, Feb 14 2026 @ 23:00:00

The internet did not kill publishing. It broke the unit of value.
Published: Sat, Feb 14 2026 @ 2:00:00

Tokens are not the bottleneck. Humans are.
Published: Thu, Feb 12 2026 @ 2:00:00

AI did not kill software engineering. It moved the mistakes upstream.
Published: Wed, Feb 11 2026 @ 2:00:00

Law is just the first industry to break (thanks to Harvey and Legora).
Published: Tue, Feb 10 2026 @ 2:00:00

AI is not blocked by intelligence. It's blocked by org charts.
Published: Tue, Feb 10 2026 @ 0:00:00

Data advantage is no longer about owning data.
Published: Tue, Feb 3 2026 @ 0:00:00

Drone Delivery Is Easy. Getting Picked by AI Is Hard.
Published: Mon, Jan 12 2026 @ 10:16:24

The Ugliest Process Is Usually Keeping You Alive
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:26

AI Output Quality Mirrors Your Operating Discipline
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:25

Why You Should Use Plan Mode Before Writing AI Code
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:24

Your AI Strategy Will Break With the Next Model Release
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:36

Enterprise and Data with AI
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:32

AI in Product, Delivery, and Data
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:31

AI in Engineering, Pricing, and Data
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:27

AI in Engineering, Hiring, and Data
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:31

Most “privacy-first” products still know your real identity
Published: Fri, Dec 26 2025 @ 10:16:25

AI in Product, Engineering, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:56

Operations and Data with AI
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:52

AI, Customer, and Enterprise
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:50

AI, Customer, and Delivery
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:49

AI in Engineering, Delivery, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:39

AI in Product, Sales, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:33

AI in Product, Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:32

AI in Automation, Strategy, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:29

AI in Customer Support, Education, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:28

AI in Strategy, Product, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:27

AI in Engineering, Startups, and Education
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:32

Strategy and Data with AI
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:28

Growth, Strategy, and Product
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:39

AI, Strategy, and Engineering
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:34

The truth? Nobody really knows.
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:33

Startups and Data with AI
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:29

AI in Product, Ecommerce, and Data
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:24

AI in Strategy, Startups, and Data
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:28

Sales and Data with AI
Published: Wed, May 21 2025 @ 11:16:26