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For a hardware company, the most expensive screen is the pairing screen
Published: Tue, Sep 22 2026 @ 2:30:45

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

Before your next technology investment, ask someone who gains nothing
Published: Mon, Sep 14 2026 @ 17:48:22

Technology due diligence should not happen after you have decided what you want
Published: Sun, Sep 13 2026 @ 16:33:44

The person recommending the technology should not be the only one valuing it
Published: Fri, Sep 4 2026 @ 5:22:06

I shipped an app that got 47 downloads and zero dollars in 90 days
Published: Sat, Aug 29 2026 @ 23:08:58

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

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

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

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

AI made software dramatically cheaper to create
Published: Thu, Aug 13 2026 @ 3:14:57

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

Custom software should have to earn the right to exist
Published: Sat, Aug 8 2026 @ 22:16:27

Build versus buy is an incomplete question
Published: Fri, Aug 7 2026 @ 21:01:49

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

The dangerous AI project is the one that works
Published: Sun, Aug 2 2026 @ 14:48:41

Before spending $250k building software, spend a week trying to kill the idea
Published: Wed, Jul 29 2026 @ 9:50:11

The most useful question before approving a software project
Published: Mon, Jul 27 2026 @ 7:20:56

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

Years of internal operational mess are about to have a market value
Published: Mon, Jul 20 2026 @ 23:53:10

A custom domain can hide the builder from your customers
Published: Mon, Jul 13 2026 @ 15:10:47

It took me less than an hour to reach 200,000 people's private data
Published: Thu, Jul 9 2026 @ 10:12:17

Your company may own a valuable data asset that has never appeared on your
Published: Mon, Jul 6 2026 @ 6:28:24

"We don't have anyone who knows how to do this." Neither did the companies
Published: Sat, Jul 4 2026 @ 3:59:09

Most AI pilots produce nothing measurable
Published: Fri, Jul 3 2026 @ 2:44:32

A $150k employee no longer costs $150k
Published: Sat, Jun 27 2026 @ 20:31:24

Rules are often an admission that incentives were never designed
Published: Mon, Jun 22 2026 @ 14:18:16

Owning your own e-commerce store has become cheaper than earning attention
Published: Tue, Jun 16 2026 @ 6:50:30

Entry-level jobs are becoming a less reliable way to predict future headcount
Published: Mon, Jun 15 2026 @ 5:35:53

People are confusing "can build" with "should own"
Published: Sun, Jun 14 2026 @ 4:21:15

Many CEOs get blamed for decisions the incentive system was designed to produce
Published: Sat, Jun 6 2026 @ 19:38:52

UI is the worst thing technologists built
Published: Wed, Jun 3 2026 @ 15:55:00

120 employees, 40 experimenting with AI, all trapped in private tabs
Published: Mon, Jun 1 2026 @ 13:25:44

Most firms are optimizing the wrong variable
Published: Sun, May 31 2026 @ 12:11:07

AI is unbundling professional services by deleting the middle of the work
Published: Sat, May 30 2026 @ 10:56:29

“10x engineering” is a comforting story because it gives you a single lever
Published: Fri, May 29 2026 @ 9:41:52

In some companies you’ll see headcount traded for tokens
Published: Thu, May 28 2026 @ 8:27:14

I grew up in Italy
Published: Wed, May 27 2026 @ 7:12:37

Domain expertise has always been the real moat because it is the only advantage
Published: Mon, May 25 2026 @ 4:43:21

Coding and design keep getting cheaper
Published: Sun, May 17 2026 @ 13:31:12

AI adoption fails when learning stays trapped inside individual workflows
Published: Thu, May 14 2026 @ 22:02:24

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

Another INNOVIT - Italian Innovation and Culture Hub startup mentorship event
Published: Sun, May 10 2026 @ 22:49:12

Freezing junior engineering hiring is not a cost move
Published: Sat, May 9 2026 @ 15:04:48

AI cost conversations usually start at the model and end at pricing
Published: Fri, May 8 2026 @ 7:20:24

AI is being discussed as if the economy is mostly software, content
Published: Mon, May 4 2026 @ 8:07:12

Vibe-coded apps usually deliver on the big features but they bleed out
Published: Sun, May 3 2026 @ 0:22:48

Speed is no longer a differentiator once the customer has to finish the job
Published: Mon, Apr 27 2026 @ 17:25:12

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

Agile fails when it optimizes the speed of building instead of the speed
Published: Wed, Apr 22 2026 @ 10:27:36

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

If your strategy requires you to fight for every deal
Published: Sun, Apr 19 2026 @ 18:58:48

Most “disruption” is just a better interface on top of the same system
Published: Sat, Apr 18 2026 @ 11:14:24

People often ask if you still need to be in San Francisco to build something
Published: Wed, Apr 15 2026 @ 19:45:36

If your ARPU did not go up by at least 50%
Published: Sat, Apr 11 2026 @ 20:32:24

The highest paid AI roles will belong to the people who can make
Published: Tue, Apr 7 2026 @ 21:19:12

One of the stranger patterns in AI adoption is emotional, not technical
Published: Sun, Mar 29 2026 @ 15:08:24

Most AI risk conversations are framed like this:
Published: Wed, Mar 25 2026 @ 15:55:12

Most leaders are mispricing AI
Published: Tue, Mar 24 2026 @ 8:10:48

Racing used to punish mediocrity
Published: Tue, Mar 17 2026 @ 17:28:48

Most operators say they want teams that “understand the system.”
Published: Mon, Mar 16 2026 @ 9:44:24

AI in Engineering, Leadership, and Sales
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:25

Most Pricing Problems Are Discovery Problems
Published: Sat, Jan 10 2026 @ 10:16:25

AI in Customer Support, Ecommerce, and Leadership
Published: Sat, Jan 10 2026 @ 10:16:24

AI, Customer, and Hiring
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:30

AI in Customer Support, Product, and Leadership
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:29

AI, Product, and Delivery
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:26

This year reinforced something I have seen over and over across products
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:29

The 10x productivity claim with AI Is still mis
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:26

corporate transformations
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:43

Fast cheap good. Pick two?
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:40

AI in Growth, Engineering, and Leadership
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:38

If your advisor only knows your industry
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:30

AI and Leadership
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:27

AI in Strategy, Leadership, and Startups
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:26

💥 LAST MINUTE Workshop for Founders
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:38

Most founders don't run out of ideas
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:37

"Let's just get the requirements right the first time." That's how millions
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:36

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

It's not the code that kills your vision, it's the unclear decisions
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:30

AI doesn't raise the ceiling, it raises the floor
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:28

Burger King spent like a League Two club and got a Champions League return
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:29

I'm increasingly hearing about these frustrations from Startup Founders who
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:25

The hashtag#EU just dropped a preview of its 2025–26 Startup & Scaleup Strategy
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:24