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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