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Send the client a pre-call questionnaire (Google Docs) or a short set of questions 👍If they don't respond, nudge at least once(!) and step away. Addressing these questions UPFRONT and early helps you make sure there is 100% transparency and mutual alignment between BOTH of you.Something along the lines of:“Hello! Before we schedule in a call, coul... See more

THIS WAS NOT WRITTEN BY CHATGPT....chasing LinkedIn impressions is probably about to ruin your personal brand & brand marketingI spend a lot of time thinking about the next big content/marketing shiftIt’s the most important question in marketing - alwaysBeing early brings real rewards.In 2015, I started creating social content as a CEO (back when i... See more

friendly reminder: productizing AI agents is the biggest zero-to-one play on the internet right now.step 1start with the workflow. open someone’s “how-to” loom, watch for any section where the mouse repeats itself for more than 30 seconds. that is your extraction point. i call this step looking for drudge. step 2add the context. scrape the internal... See more

“When life gets tough, some of us feel that we’ve lost the game and life has won. But life isn’t trying to defeat you. Life isn’t even a participant—the game is yours.” — ​Mo Gawdat​ in ​Solve for Happy ​

Elon Musk just dropped a masterclass for young founders at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School.Here’s the no-BS, skin-in-the-game wisdom he shared (and how to actually use it):➤ 1. Plan to fail. Still build anyway."I started SpaceX expecting to fail... probably die."Elon gave himself a 10% chance.First 3 rockets exploded. The 4th barely made it.Most o... See more

The worst way to learn how to monetize your writing is from people who sell “how to monetize your writing.” Not because they’re scam artists — some are quite good — but because that’s the easiest way.The TAM for the 'make money on linkedin' person is humongous. They're pushing a boulder down the hill while other writers are Sisyphus pushing it up t... See more

Align before you hustle — direction beats speed

Years ago, when I ran my company, I used to hand out responsibilities based on what I thought people should do.It made sense on paper. But in practice, the work dragged. People were slower, less inspired, and far more prone to burnout.So I tried something different.I started asking potential hires one question: “What’s your perfect job?”If their an... See more

At the global level, climate change and other systemic crises often feel abstract and overwhelming—too big to grasp and too complex to act on. But when we zoom in to the bioregional scale, something profound happens: the 'polycrisis' we speak of suddenly has a face, hands, and legs, as Leon Seefeld aptly put it, in a recent webinar. It becomes huma... See more