A strong reputation doesn’t travel with your business. Jason shares how one beverage brand shifted from chasing retail shelves to building an audience online. Sometimes entering a new market means reconsidering the order of everything that worked before.

Long’s excitement about AI comes back to practical questions: what to stock, where margins are slipping, and how to help a business grow. These are the decisions he hopes AI can support. Which decision would you want help understanding, rather than handing over?

One price tag changed the conversation. Long’s story about a $699 cooking product led us to talk about R&D, customer feedback, and building a brand beyond low prices.

Sometimes a business problem follows you outside the office. On a morning run, Long started looking at his customer search from the buyer’s side instead. A different question opened a new direction.

Where should a German fintech open its China office? The answer was Shenzhen. Long shares why e-commerce and the local supply chain helped make the decision.

What happens when a Shenzhen perspective meets global finance? In this episode of TiP, Long takes us through his journey from Tencent to MODIFI and the decisions that brought him into cross-border B2B. We talk about why Shenzhen became the right place for a German fintech to build, how Chinese manufacturers are moving beyond the old “Made in China” model, what selling to Amazon really looks like, and why product development matters more than ever. Then we get into AI: from processing invoices and monitoring risk to helping businesses decide what to sell, where to invest, and how to scale. A conversation about Shenzhen, global commerce, manufacturing, fintech and what AI could change for businesses behind the scenes.

What would convince you that an AI tool actually works? For Bob, that question led Questflow from agent payments toward financial intelligence. He shares why testing the product matters, and why he wants evidence beyond an impressive demo.

More financial data doesn’t always make the next decision easier. Bob shares why @questflow is working on AI agents that connect experienced investors’ strategies with individual needs and risk profiles.

@Bobbxu joins TiP to share Questflow’s journey toward financial intelligence, from users who didn’t stick around to the idea of a “Financial Codex.”

The vision of tailored financial intelligence for everyone TiP @lp_coder sits down with @Bobbxu , founder of @questflow, to explore his bet on a “Financial Codex”: AI agents that aim to make experienced investors’ strategies more accessible. Behind that vision? A workflow tool users didn’t stick with, a move into agent payments, and some difficult decisions about what to build next. A conversation about finance, treasury, AI, agents and building something people actually keep using. Watch the full conversation.

As Muun grows through partnerships, Martin is excited about having more time for people. He sees AI taking repetitive work off the team’s plate and making room for closer connections. What would a more human working day look like?

Music, festivals, VICE, the creator economy, and now Muun. Martin’s career has changed shape, but one lesson keeps coming back: give people a real reason to connect.

A better day might start the night before. Martin introduces Muun’s world of nighttime wellness, from the bed to the rituals around it. What makes you look forward to bedtime?

Martin Hell spent a decade in the attention economy: music, festivals, media and creators. Then he pivoted to co-found MUUN, built around the quality and design of everything that surrounds sleep. Owning the hours from 9PM to 9AM. In this episode: his journey, Danish design and what running festivals taught him about business. Plus how his team uses AI to spend less time on admin and more with customers. A conversation about changing careers, building things people actually use, and why Martin thinks a future with more AI could also be a more human one. Out now.