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OpenAI is commoditizing successful AI startups unusually fast
Published: Sun, Sep 27 2026 @ 16:41:20

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

Companies may be about to fire exactly the wrong people
Published: Wed, Sep 23 2026 @ 3:45:22

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

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

The most worrying sentence in a vendor demo: "Yes, we can customise that"
Published: Fri, Aug 28 2026 @ 21:54:21

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

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

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

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

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

"We need an AI strategy" is usually the wrong first sentence
Published: Sat, Aug 1 2026 @ 13:34:04

Your vendor says you need a custom solution
Published: Tue, Jul 28 2026 @ 8:35:33

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

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

"What if I get a $4,000 bill?" This is the most solvable fear on the list
Published: Thu, Jul 2 2026 @ 1:29:54

"I don't trust it to be right." You shouldn't
Published: Wed, Jul 1 2026 @ 0:15:17

Every customer issue should make the company slightly harder to surprise next
Published: Sun, Jun 28 2026 @ 21:46:01

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

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

How to make AI "know everything" about your business
Published: Sun, Jun 21 2026 @ 13:03:38

Companies are struggling to innovate because nobody has priced the cost
Published: Sat, Jun 20 2026 @ 11:49:01

The people most obsessed with startup ideas rarely start a company
Published: Sun, Jun 7 2026 @ 20:53:30

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

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

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

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

I’ve been in mobile since 2010
Published: Sat, May 16 2026 @ 5:46:48

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

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

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

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

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

The AI job everyone is talking about does not exist
Published: Fri, Apr 3 2026 @ 22:06:00

Anthropic just changed how AI coding tools will be used
Published: Thu, Mar 26 2026 @ 23:39:36

Most AI conversations inside companies start with: “We need to be faster.”
Published: Mon, Mar 23 2026 @ 0:26:24

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

Customer Support: Growth Lever or Labor Sponge?
Published: Thu, Jan 15 2026 @ 14:16:24

How Companies Will Hire Based on AI Usage
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:28

GEO: The New Frontier Beyond SEO and AEO
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:24

Why Education No Longer Guarantees Employment
Published: Tue, Jan 13 2026 @ 10:16:24

Why Agentic Checkout Will Break Your Business Rules
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:28

Why Early-Stage Founders Don't Need a Full-Time CTO
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:34

Why Most GenAI Rollouts Fail
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:33

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

AI, Growth, and Delivery
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:48

AI, Engineering, and Startups
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:45

AI in Operations, Growth, and Engineering
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:42

AI and Enterprise
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:34

AI in Operations, Product, and Engineering
Published: Sat, Oct 18 2025 @ 11:16:28

AI, Operations, and Startups
Published: Sat, Oct 18 2025 @ 11:16:26