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Why I Stopped Calling It AI Strategy

Every board deck now has an 'AI strategy' slide. Most of them are just roadmaps to nowhere. Here's what actually works when you're building, not just talking.

18 Apr 20264 min read

VenturesFounder LifeReflection

21 Years of Building Things Nobody Asked For

Two decades of ventures, failures, exits, and the uncomfortable truth about what it actually takes to build products people use.

10 Apr 20265 min read

AITech StackAgents

The AI Agent Stack I Actually Use

No fluff, no affiliate links. This is the exact stack powering my autonomous agents across 6 ventures — and what I'd change if I started today.

5 Apr 20264 min read

DashboardsOperationsFounders

Why Most Dashboards Fail Founders

Most dashboards look impressive but don't help founders make better decisions. They show too much, too little, or the wrong things. A good dashboard should create clarity, surface risk, expose opportunity — and change what happens next.

19 Mar 20269 min read