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  • Jul 29

    The Depreciating Asset

    Models Are the Depreciating Asset. The Interface Is the Moat. In 2023, the thing you needed a frontier cloud model to do…

    AI & Implementation, Building in Public · 6 min
  • Jul 07

    The Org Chart Is the Product

    For most of my career I believed I was building products but looking back, I was mostly building org charts. Every real…

    AI & Implementation · 3 min
  • Jun 15

    Radical Uncertainty Is the Job

    Most advice about building a company is the answer to a puzzle. The hardest parts were never puzzles. In 1921, the economist…

    Building in Public · 4 min
  • May 05

    The Builder’s Bet

    I’ve spent 15+ years building things inside other people’s companies. This week I started building one of my own. It’s called Aqen.ai.…

    Building in Public · 4 min
  • Apr 27

    One-Person Companies Are a Forcing Function, Not a Fad

    Every few months someone posts a screenshot of a one-person company doing a million dollars a year. The replies split clean in…

    AI & Implementation · 4 min
  • Apr 20

    The Non-Product Surface Area

    Every time I’ve watched a company get built from the inside, the same thing happens. The founders pick a product direction, start…

    Engineering Leadership · 4 min
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