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The Startup Junkies Podcast | 421: Celebrating 10 Years of Black Apple Cider with Leo Orpin

SummaryIn this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Caleb...

Steve Blank Blind to Disruption – The CEOs Who Missed the Future

How did you go bankrupt?”Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Every disruptive technology since the fire and the wheel have forced leaders...

How to Get Rapid YouTube Subscriber Growth for Creators

Hundreds of hours of research and 73 pages of notes—that’s what it took for Aprilynne Alter to multiply her YouTube subscriber count by 12...

8 Ineffective Marketing Strategies Small, Local Businesses Should Avoid

Key TakeawaysAvoid One-Size-Fits-All Strategies: Tailor marketing approaches to fit your unique business characteristics and target audience for better engagement and efficiency.Conduct Target Audience Research:...

The Top 5 Best Website Builders in 2025

With a lot of business tools, it doesn’t matter what you pick. We can’t say the same for website builders. It matters. And it...

AI Voice Note Taker: Speak, transcribe, and save, all in your browser

I’ve been using the AI Voice Note Taker for a couple of weeks, and it’s genuinely improved my workflow. As someone who attends frequent...

How to Work Hard

June 2021It might not seem there's much to learn about how to work hard. Anyone who's been to school knows what it entails, even if...

Pricing AI agents: What does ‘value-based pricing’ really mean for AI?

As builders, we obsess over the AI experience – how smart it is, how fast it replies, how many conversations it resolves. But none...

Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is hitting back at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent AI talent-poaching spree. In a full-throated response sent to OpenAI researchers...

Is AI Just Software? – Feld Thoughts

I decided to ask Claude (Opus 4), Gemini (2.5 Pro), and ChatGPT a few personal questions. I’m tired of the excessive anthropomorphizing of “AI...

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OpenAI’s API lead on how enterprises are succeeding with agents

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more At VentureBeat’s...

The Startup Junkies Podcast | 420: Leveraging AI in Enterprise Resource Planning with AssistNow

SummaryIn this engaging episode of Startup Junkies, hosts Daniel Koonce and Harrison...

Steve Blank Lean Launchpad at Stanford – 2025

The PowerPoints embedded in this post are best viewed on steveblank.com We just finished the 15th<>annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. The class had gotten...

Effective Local Marketing Ideas for the Holidays to Boost Sales

Key TakeawaysLeverage Online Platforms: Optimize your Google My Business profile and utilize social media to enhance visibility and engagement during the holiday season.Host Local...

The 9 Best Static Website Examples for Beginners to Copy

Static websites are pre-built web pages that display the same content to every website user. Unlike dynamic websites, there’s no back-end database serving up...