Nice to see new startup hubs doing well, per Sherwood Neiss - Investment Crowdfunding research from 6,000 companies: tech.einnews.com/pr_news/626147… #startups #entrepreneurs #lasvegas

Interesting lessons learned by Rand Fishkin, founder of Moz. In particular, potential downsides of #VC funds and why you need to think about upsides/downsides when you build a company: youtube.com/watch?v=uobtmi… #startups #VC #funding #Entrepreneurship #SEO

Universal studio head Sid Sheinberg was not sold on the title of BACK TO THE FUTURE, and sent Steven Spielberg this memo with his very odd name change suggestion.

Any marketer who has ever had to name something, “loves” this type of feedback. 😜

Only fined 1% of sale price, announced same day as massive billion dollar sale, and most parties are apparently happy? Not the way to run a business / league. #NFL #espn espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

Pulling for Bieniemy and Rivera. Employees often mistake passion for intensity. Both are critical for success! espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

How can we improve startup acceptance rates at top incubators & accelerators for impact investors? Some early thoughts about YCS2023 after digging into 25 startups and creating VIII to help: valleyinnovators.com/post/impact-in… #startups #VC #impactinvesting #Entrepreneurship

Happy Dreamforce week (throwback pic from 2017)! So much has changed but helping ISVs scale as an SFDC employee and now business owner, hasn't changed a bit! #Salesforce #Dreamforce #Dreamforce2023

For anyone looking to learn more about dynamics of corporate boards, structures, pitfalls, etc. read this in depth write up about OpenAI's debacle from the vantage point of a technology lawyer: medium.com/@duanevalz/the… #openAI #samaltman #corporateboards #boardofdirectors

As the year comes to an end, it's time to start planning for next years successes. Here are some tips for creating content as you make plans for the 2024 year! #Marketing #Content #2024herewecome

Inspiring words from Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Read more of his quotes at: thecultureur.com/15-favorite-qu… #MLK #MLK2024 #leadership #inspiration

As a 1st time visitor at Tulare World Ag Expo, I was impressed! There were some really innovative #agtech #startups showing off products and telling interesting stories at the VINE Connect lunch panel. Thanks farm-ng for letting me drive the Amiga and Ag&Natural Resources for the invite.

AI use case: #GenAI quickly fact checks political statements and flashes a green, yellow or red emoji per comment. Deloitte Bain & Company PwC IBM watsonx Salesforce

My thoughts on why marketers, agencies, and founders should be running AI powered campaigns, today. Not tomorrow, today. (Includes a high level case study.) linkedin.com/pulse/persimmo… #AI #GenAI #marketing #salesenablement #demandgen #productmarketing

AI-first marketing is VERY exciting right now. Over a few cups ☕ today... 📽️ Avatar video blog summary w/ 💚 Brand framework update w/ Agent.ai 🤖 Sales call transcript to FAQ w/ You.com ARI 💡 Assets into MySidecar AI for updated strategy 💪 #AI #marketing

It's time to embrace AI-first marketing. DM me to get started on your journey--happy to provide marketing-related advice and tech recs. #AI #genAI #marketingAI #mysidecarAI

Mary Meeker and the Bond team have released their latest 300+ page annual report, this time all on AI It's very good but long, so I've summarized the Top 10 Points for B2B and enterprise founders here:

Just had some fun w/ #GPT-5 over a ☕ . Created a web app that analyzes your B2B sales & marketing alignment based on what's on your website (copy, docs). The framework & scoring is REALLY actionable. Curious about your score? DM me if you'd find value in this analysis. 💡

Some more fun w/ a cup ☕ & GPT...excited to join Joe Griffith from Cloud113 to record a pod on marketing, AI, other tech, and I'm sure other entertaining threads. PS- My mic game is definitely bottom row in this GPT image! #marketing #AI #marketingpodcast #podcast #GPT

Salesforce just reset the rules for its partner ecosystem: 🔹 2 tiers: Select and Summit 🔹Legacy badges replaced with competencies 🔹 Incentives tied to customer value The partner landscape is being redefined for the AI era. Source: salesforceben.com/salesforce-mas…