Notes from the field.
Occasional thoughts on relationships, deal-making, and what it actually takes to move technology and marketing companies forward.
Voice AI and where things are heading.
Voice AI’s Reality Check: What’s Actually Working vs. What’s Just Hype There’s this massive disconnect in voice AI right now between what everyone’s saying they’re going to do and what’s actually working in the real world. The funding numbe…
How are we going to power all this AI Stuff??
The Infrastructure Reality Nobody Wants to Talk About So everyone’s obsessing over AI and who’s going to win the model wars, but there’s this massive problem that’s way more fundamental than anyone’s discussing. We can’t actually power all …
Great design has always mattered, but it matters more now than ever!!!
Why Design Is About to Become Everything The technical barriers that used to protect companies for years have just evaporated. AI tools mean anyone can spin up a functional SaaS product over a weekend. No-code platforms let non-technical pe…
Some Contrarian Thoughts about Networking and Hiring
The Network Effect Secret That Changes Everything About Hiring So I was having coffee and doing some thinking about this conversation I had with a founder recently. They were walking me through their hiring process. Standard playbook stuff.…
Traditional AI Delivers Real Impact
Traditional AI Delivers Real Impact While generative AI captures headlines and billions in investment, Small Language Models and traditional machine learning are quietly revolutionizing industries with measurable, transformative outcomes th…
This is something near and dear to my heart!!
Dementia Tech is Hitting a New Groove The way things are moving right now, dementia tech feels less like science fiction and more like watching a new instrument tune up before joining the band. It’s not loud or flashy, but the notes are get…
When the Golden Boy Gets Humbled: A Longhorn Heartbreak Story
Look, friends, I’ve been around long enough to see dreams crash and burn in spectacular fashion, but watching our Longhorns get absolutely schooled 14-7 by Ohio State yesterday? That one hit different. 107,000 screaming Buckeye fans, our go…
AI is about making someone’s life better, physically…hear me out.
The Hardware Awakening: Why Nashville’s Next Big Play Isn’t Another App Settling into my Adirondack chair with a proper Captain and Coke, watching the Tennessee sunset paint everything amber and gold. There’s something about this hour that …
Product Managers are doing it differently!!
When AI Flipped Product Management Upside Down So I’m sitting here in Nashville, catching up with some friends who run product teams, and we’re talking about how wild things have gotten since AI showed up to the party. Like, remember when t…
We are going back to analog…thank goodness
The Great Job Interview Plot Twist: How AI Made Face-to-Face Cool Again So here’s a story that’s got all the makings of a perfect tech industry plot twist. You know how we’ve all been doing these Zoom interviews for the past few years, thin…