Max Beauroyre

“ Owning the workflow” means embedding the product so deeply into the customer's operations that it's not just a tool, it’s the nervous system of a department.

First time founders think about product. Second time founders think about distribution. Exceptional founders think about both, and how they work together.

Instead, it’s becoming obvious that the “software” businesses of the future will be more like compound companies that combine software with operational excellence, services, and/or real world physical businesses. And software might be the least interesting part of that to work on!

“Social media can be a wonderful tool to keep up with people that you once shared great times with. On the flip side, it weirdly compels us to retain every single “connection” for the sake of… what, exactly?”

Just delete them

https://caoilainn.substack.com/p/just-delete-them

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If I were an AI researcher who had a bunch of grad students who are really good at prompt engineering, I’d take them to ordinary businesses to see just how much they could increase efficiency. I’m not talking about tech companies but insurance firms, warehouses, or retail stores that don’t necessarily have high-level coders. Their job would be to e... See more

Ideally, powerful AI should help the developing world catch up to the developed world, even as it revolutionizes the latter.

Many will point out that AI systems are not yet writing award-winning books, let alone patenting inventions. But most of us also don’t do these things.