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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…
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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