Simplifying thoughts about business & life. Management/Owner Advisor • Multi-Owner • Professor & EIR Authoring: Foundational Thinking | The SIMPL Method
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Figured it might be time to reintroduce my professional self a bit, though with this account who knows what I'll post on...😅
For the last 30 years I’ve spent my time around businesses, technology, operations, leadership, entrepreneurship, and a lot of problem solving.
Some of that time was spent in executive leadership roles, some in startups and small business, some teaching, some advising, and a lot of it getting into the trench with owners and leaders figuring out how to make things work better.
Over the years I’ve helped companies grow, reorganize, improve operations, navigate change, and some work through extremely difficult periods. I’ve also had the chance to help a bunch of entrepreneurs get started for the first time.
One thing I’ve learned through all of it:
To fix the majority of business problems, it requires clarity, accountability, excellent management, and a willingness to confront reality honestly and quickly.
That realization is what eventually led me to develop a two part business governance system: Foundational Thinking and the SIMPL Method.
Today I spend most of my time:
-advising companies
- operating a few businesses
- teaching entrepreneurship
- working on nonprofit/community efforts
- and helping business owners think through growth, operations, leadership, and organizational challenges
I hate hustle culture. I’m here on X because I genuinely enjoy helping people succeed.
If you’re building something meaningful, going through change, stuck at an inflection point, or just enjoy thoughtful conversations around business and leadership, I’m always happy to connect.
Clarity drives the best results.
If there is any signal of a bubble it is the fact that token spend has become the false flag of productivity.
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I've tried to explain this to sooo many folks...
Often large investments in new tech infrastructure hurt more than help.
@grok will current (today's) AI skills, the AI developed saas, and bot architecture be relevant in 18 months when you look at the pace of frontier lab development? Be concise with your answer.
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Looks like @elonmusk hit the 🎯, data centers in space here we go.
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I think I'm about to buy a large stake in $NVDA again. Sold my last st $196, setup looks good.
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The $NVDA selloff is kind of lame what relationship does the CEO have with demand today?
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Unfortunately for Jensen his career has come to a end.
No one besides he will know the truth... unless you have leverage on him, then you will also know.
Obliterating trust is niche corporate career death, that space between a rock and a hard place.
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Local grocery puts a dozen eggs on sale, buy two get them $.99. watched a lady take them all 30 dozen 🤨
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When an personal AI agent company's primary source of revenue is planned to be a % of the agents purchase (fees) is it really working for you?
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It's not easy. It takes a ton of resources, focus, and energy.
Companies are notorious for "strategically" implementing new tech into cost centers.
Only the truly exceptional turn it into new sustainable revenue.
I spent executive career trying to find and work with these types of firms. The ones that truly saw/see tech as a strategic differentiator and competitive advantage.
The truth? They are few and far between.
Also, even for the great ones as the new business matures the advantage is usually only sustainable for a few years before it's pivoted back into a cost center.
This is the CIO delima.
Companies are starting to pull back on AI and treat AI spending as a cost that weighs on margins rather than a source of growth, per Apollo
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