Expert advice for leaders in software companies. Covering leadership, team performance, operational efficiency, and growth strategies to help you scale.
AI agents are absorbing the comparison step that marketplace businesses were built on. Search and financial data from edtech, automotive, and solar reveal a consistent pattern.
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Airbnb, DoorDash, Etsy, Upwork, and Angi reveal a consistent pattern: high sales and marketing spend does not predict growth. This study shows what the paid acquisition trap looks like in the data, what escaping it requires, and how to diagnose whether you are in it.
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Product strategy is a set of choices about where to compete and what not to do. Most fail because they avoid making real choices. Here's what it actually looks
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In 2009, I was charging $800 a day, working four days a month per client, and had a hard rule: no more than four clients at a time. Nobody called it fractional. The model was already there.
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I built a team of AI agents to run my fractional advisory practice. They handle tasks autonomously, on a seven-year-old laptop. Here's exactly how I did it, what broke, and what it costs. With profound apologies to Claire Vo, Lenny Rachitsky, and the Coen Brothers
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A fractional CPO owns the roadmap and is accountable to revenue. Not a consultant. Not a discount hire. Here is what the model actually looks like.
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