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The Hype Cycle, Vol. 7
We're switching it up this time!
A Break From Regularly Scheduled Programming...
I've been out of your inbox for a while. It's been a wild month for me; one that's been full of anxiety and reflection. Out of appreciation for your subscription, I felt an obligation to deviate from our usual discourse and focus on something
Get In Gear: A Digital GTM Series (Episode IV)
This is not a political newsletter. At least not intentionally (I can’t promise it won’t slip in - I’m human 🤷🏼). However, it’s hard not to reflect on what’s happened in the past month. It feels consequential. And I know, that’s something you could say
Get In Gear: A Digital GTM Series (Episode III)
I know, I know… I’m slacking. I’m usually hitting your inbox on Sundays, and I missed the last one. Now I’m later than usual today. It’s been a hectic couple of weeks since the 4th holiday, and I chose to prioritize elsewhere. Womp womp. OK, on
The Hype Cycle, Vol. 6
Three Things, My Thoughts. Some topics from this week — with my own 🔥 (or 🥶) takes: The Great Copyright Clash Continues Music and AI continue to tussle over ownership. Meanwhile, the pace of the landscape shift continues to accelerate. Just in the past month: Universal Music Group and SoundLabs revealed an AI
Get In Gear: A Digital GTM Series (Episode II)
Before we dive in, I have a quick update: there will be no newsletter next week. Yours truly will be enjoying some family time in upstate New York on the shores of Chautauqua Lake. I have a Hype Cycle in the queue for next Tuesday, and then I’m off
Get In Gear: A Digital GTM Guide (Episode I)
Greetings, digital managers, marketing mavericks, and the occasional bewildered intern who clicked the wrong link! Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Get In Gear,” your soon-to-be favorite newsletter (yes, I’m aiming high) dedicated to helping you, the aspiring or newly minted digital leader, turn your brilliant marketing ideas into
Ambush Algorithms to Drive Growth
I’m fascinated by the mysteries of the universe. This evening I took my daughter to her music class. I enjoy it because music is such a passion of mine. It provides me with an opportunity to influence her taste. After all, a person can only listen to Taylor Swift
Think Small For Big Growth
🎵 🎧 🎸 Music has always been my foremost passion. As an elementary student, I was drawn to the arts (might’ve had something to with my natural ability to draw and my natural disdain for numbers). For a period of time I played the saxophone, experimented with my brother’s violin, toyed
The Fediverse May Unlock New Growth
I’ve been hooked on Apple’s new TV+ series, Dark Matter. As usual, the book is better, but so far, the series does an impressive job of adapting the story. The basic premise is that a physicist is abducted by a version of himself from an alternate reality, where
The Hype Cycle, Vol. 5
Three Things, My Thoughts. Some topics from this week — with my own 🔥 (or 🥶) takes: OpenAI and ‘Her’ Spat The tech company got into a very public and awkward spat with Scarlett Johansson last week. There’s a great behind-the-scenes roll-up on how this all appears to have gone down by
Storytelling Sells Your Ideas
We’ll begin this week’s edition with a video. I agree with Lord Tyrion. Stories are incredibly powerful. It’s not the idea that wins, it’s the narrative that cloaks the idea. The context that relates it to someone else. The vessel in which the idea is conveyed
Is Retail Media an Endgame?
I identify as a ‘comic book nerd’ by way of Saturday morning cartoons. It started with Transformers and G.I. Joe, then it graduated to X-Men and Batman: The Animated Series. I can’t tell you how excited I’ve been watching X-Men ’97, btw (it’s 😜😱🤯). I knowone I
Organic Brand Growth Is a Myth
My wife and I decided to sell our house during COVID. It was April 2021, and we realized that living in a three-bedroom house with two kids while we both worked from home was not a great setup. We got lucky with our timing, secured an insanely-low interest rate and
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Organic Brand Growth Is a Myth
My wife and I decided to sell our house during COVID. It was April 2021, and we realized that living in a three-bedroom house with two kids while we both worked from home was not a great setup. We got lucky with our timing, secured an insanely-low interest rate and
AI Can Accelerate You.
Your time is a precious resource. Treat it as such. The concept of time is wild. As I approach the midpoint of my life, I find myself dwelling on it more often. Our lives can feel like they move in different directions, but time only moves forward. It is unyielding.
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AI Can Accelerate You.
Your time is a precious resource. Treat it as such. The concept of time is wild. As I approach the midpoint of my life, I find myself dwelling on it more often. Our lives can feel like they move in different directions, but time only moves forward. It is unyielding.
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We're still Waiting On Web3…
We’re almost there. Not quite… but almost. I love to read to my kids. My oldest daughter is six years old and reading chapter books (🤯!!!), and she’s just now starting to accelerate her comprehension. A favorite memory is my mother-in-law reading Aesop’s Fables to her during one
We're still Waiting On Web3…
We’re almost there. Not quite… but almost. I love to read to my kids. My oldest daughter is six years old and reading chapter books (🤯!!!), and she’s just now starting to accelerate her comprehension. A favorite memory is my mother-in-law reading Aesop’s Fables to her during one