Notes from the field.
Occasional thoughts on relationships, deal-making, and what it actually takes to move technology and marketing companies forward.
I’M Not Your Agent and Why that Matters
Let Me Tell You Something Nobody Wants to Hear: I Don’t Work for You I need to have a conversation that’s going to disappoint some people. Maybe frustrate others. But I’d rather shoot straight with you than let you operate under assumptions…
That expensive recruiting fee just saved you 2 million!!!
The Real Cost of Going It Alone: Why Smart Companies Partner with Headhunters Let me tell you about a conversation I had last month with a VP of Engineering at a growing tech company. Smart guy, good team, real business. His VP of Product h…
When the Goldrush Ends. What happens to hiring when the AI bubble bursts.
When the Gold Rush Ends: What Happens to Hiring When the AI Bubble Bursts Listen, I’ve been in this game long enough to recognize the sound of hoofbeats heading toward a cliff. Earlier in my career I watched the dot-com boom turn into the d…
When the Market Gets Tough, Channel Your Inner New Orleans
I’m sitting in the French Quarter this morning, watching this city wake up the way it always does – with music spilling out of doorways, people laughing over coffee, and that unmistakable energy that says “we’re going to make today count, n…
Stop Building Chatbots and Start Building Conversations
The Conversation Revolution: Why Voice and NLP Are the Real Game Changers Sitting here this morning, watching the Tennessee landscape come alive, and something’s been gnawing at me about this whole AI conversation… Everyone’s losing their m…
The Entry Level Explosion That Everyone Is Missing
The Human Element: Why Entry-Level Hiring Is About to Surge Sitting here this morning, coffee still steaming, thinking about a conversation I had with some bright college students yesterday. Got me pondering something that’s been rolling ar…
The Common Sense Way
Where Did Common Sense Ride Off To? Sitting here with my morning coffee, watching middle Tennessee come alive with that first light, and I keep thinking about something that’s been nagging at me… We’ve got more data than we know what to do …
Data is great but it’s not the be all to end all…there’s more to it than that!!
When Your Gut Knows What Your Spreadsheet Doesn’t There’s this moment that happens when you’re sitting across from someone, maybe over coffee or in one of those conference rooms that feels too sterile for real conversation, and you realize …
AI is not going to take your job, but someone using AI just might!!! That’s Facts!!
The whole “AI is coming for your job” narrative is getting pretty tired at this point. It’s like watching people panic about robots walking around replacing everyone, when the real shift is way more subtle and interesting than that. AI isn’…
It’s All About Context
Context Is Where AI Actually Works You know that feeling when you’re talking to someone who totally gets your world? They don’t need the whole backstory every time. They remember what you discussed last week, they understand the weird quirk…