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Sooner or later, a founder hears the same line from someone on their team:
"You're too intense."
If you've heard it, you know how confusing it can be. Intensity is part of who you are.
You care deeply, move quickly, and hold a high bar. So does the feedback mean you should become less driven?
Of course not.
What usually goes unsai...
The market for AI talent is white hot.
I don't just mean AI engineers. The most sought-after execs right now are those who have integrated AI and agents into how they work and lead.
In some cases, their salaries have doubled over the last 12 months.
So what does it take to compete for this talent?
The Dominant Talent StrategyA good strategy i...
Is the SaaS Apocalypse real?
I recently got a group of my enterprise SaaS CEOs together to discuss what's working in GTM.
Surprisingly, they'd each had some of their strongest quarters ever.
While this doesn't mean growing a SaaS company is easy, but it does suggest the SaaS apocalypse narrative is too simplistic.
If you're running an ent...
Even AI-native companies struggle with this.
Some of my CEOs run AI companies with hundreds of millions in revenue.
Do you think everyone on their team is building AI agents?
Nope.
Remember that agents only became viable around 5 months ago. It's new for everyone.
Yes, there are early adopters in every department. But the major...