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New episode on Todd Graves —one of my favorite living entrepreneurs Todd owns over 90% of Raising Canes — a business that's worth at least $10 billion Todd's maxim is "Do one thing and do it better than anyone else."

My timeline is just Jacob Posel AI ads and I won't have it any other way

IMO, Jeff Sheldon is one of the most aesthetically perfect brands to ever exist. Naturally, I wanted to create an ad with the new model. The output is 🔥

Vibe coding...

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Your product page has no urgency. That’s killing your conversions. The problem isn’t traffic. It’s that shoppers land on your PDP, hesitate—and leave. The fix? Social proof builds trust and urgency at the exact moment they’re deciding to buy. Here’s the gap: 1/ You buried

I've been playing around with a bunch of text-to-SaaS tools. So far, Replit ⠕ wins by a mile. Kudos to Amjad Masad and the team! It's not perfect, but their EXTREMELY GENEROUS free plan makes it easier to fix the bugs. Been at it for 4 hours, and the free plan is still going on

what's happening with ai adoption in india right now is amazing to watch. we love to see the explosion of creativity--india is outpacing the world.

Every DTC brand obsesses over getting visitors to click "Buy Now." But the biggest revenue opportunity happens in the 90 seconds AFTER that click. 3 reasons post-purchase upsells are the most underrated growth lever: 1. Purchase momentum is real. A customer who just bought is

Last night I mowed my lawn and thought about tariffs. Over the last week I've talked to countless CEO's and industry leaders. I've had conversations with people in DC and in China. Just like everyone else, I don't know what the future holds. But we are clearly in a new era. The

Yeah, none of the text-to-app platforms are good at fixing bugs that they create.

New essay: Every marketing channel sucks right now (full thing on my newsletter, just subscribe via link in bio) These days I’m spending a lot of my time with very early stage startups (yes, as part of the program at a16z to invest up to $1M into each, called a16z speedrun --

You spent $50 to acquire a customer. They bought. Great. Then what? Most DTC brands stop there. No next step. No post-purchase journey. No revenue lift. But here's the part nobody talks about: The easiest revenue isn’t from new customers. It’s from customers who

Most DTC brands think AOV = bundles or discounts. It’s not. The truth? AOV is a system outcome, not a tactic. And if you chase it with hacks, you’ll hit a ceiling fast. Here’s what drives sustainable AOV growth: 1. Clarity on customer intent If someone buys once a year,

Dear President Trump, Donald J. Trump I am the founder of a clothing brand called CUTS. We are a bootstrapped business that has been around for eight years and are a true example of living the American dream. We’ve built this business to millions of dollars in revenue over the

Thoughts on tariffs & impacts to DTC operators' businesses 1. Tariffs are a part of COGS per GAAP Because they're part of the full cost of "bringing a product to it's location or condition for sale." Now, ordinarily they'd be capitalized like any other part of COGS. Meaning

I do not recommend building a SaaS without a technical co-founder 🫥 It'll feel like swimming to the shore with one hand and two legs tied up.

I just wish I had a couple of millions to spend on GTM for Blync AI 💭

Hey Airbnb Help Airbnb,Brian Chesky how do you let such scammers on to the platform? This host asks me to cancel, suddenly increases the price and says I have to pay him that cost. Is this a F joke? Is this how you run your platform?