Entrepreneurship
AI has created a new problem.
It has introduced something called AI burnout.
This is when AI is causing more problems than it fixes due to sloppy implementation.
Not only that, when AI actually works it introduces a new problem, more work.
Parkinson's law states that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
So if AI solves
... See moreAI as a productivity tool alone is not enough to differentiate.
Everyone can create an AI automation in minutes now.
The true differentiator is using AI as a differentiator and quality improvement tool.
You want to not only capture the productivity gains from AI, that's the least interesting aspect.
You also want to focus on scaling WHILE improving
... See morePeople do business with brands they relate to and whom they share their values with.
As humans, we're evolutionarily wired to prioritize short-term gain. Hunter gatherers had no use for five-year plans, and those instincts are still within us. Combine that with our current economic system, ad-driven business models, and algorithmic social media platforms, all of which visibly reward cynical short-term games, and you've got the... See more
Author Address • The Ungated Manifesto
For years, we feared automation would replace humans. But as AI reshapes the economy, it’s becoming clear that far from replacing human ingenuity, AI has amplified it. The critical dividing line in our economy is no longer simply education or specialization, but rather agency itself: the raw determination to make things happen without waiting for... See more
Pirate Wires • Agency Is Eating the World
AI has eroded the value of specialization because, for many tasks, achieving the outcome of several years of experience now takes a $20 ChatGPT subscription.
If a decade ago it took me nine months to gain enough experience to ship a single prototype, now it takes just one week to build a state-of-the-art platform ready to be shipped — a project once... See more
If a decade ago it took me nine months to gain enough experience to ship a single prototype, now it takes just one week to build a state-of-the-art platform ready to be shipped — a project once... See more
Pirate Wires • Agency Is Eating the World
Like the artist, the business professional or founder must develop the capacity to see what others have missed—to recognize patterns and possibilities invisible to those trapped in conventional thinking. While we praise businesses as competitive when they capture market share, we might better describe them as artful when they've mastered value
... See morereadwise.io • Value Creation Is Art, Not War- Why Leaders Should Rethink Their Business Metaphors to Increase Upside
What we have long called the creator economy is evolving to become more of a “meaning economy,” where the creators and brands and experiences that engage us will do so through story, craft, and a deeper and more sophisticated sense of meaning. The creator economy was ultimately driven by content (enabled by ubiquitous access to content creation and... See more
The only enduring value is in identifying hard problems that face customers you understand, solving that problem better than anyone else, and staying obsessed with serving that customer forever.