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Ruthless Prioritization vs Ruthless Self-Disruption

Ruthless prioritization is the phrase frequently thrown in corporate boardrooms to focus resources on fewer projects to produce the most competitive advantage. I’d argue that ruthless prioritization is the sure way to make your company a one-hit-wonder. Multi-generational companies routinely find new ways to serve their customers. Because if

LLM Gold Rush

Large language AI model (LLM) seems to be at an inflection point. Popularized by ChatGPT, the barrier to entry to this technology has lowered to near-zero. Any developer can plug into the API to build wonderful products on top of it. A parallel moment in the past was when the

Can Twitter survive with significantly less staff?

Twitter reportedly reduced its staff by ~80%. Pundits have either praised Musk’s ability to run a lean company, or criticized him for leading the company towards an impending doom. He deserves neither, he is simply changing the business model from a growth business to a cash cow business. Technology

White collar recession

The 2022 and 2023 economy was marked by a previously unseen trend. The white collar workers are seeing a downward shift in their compensation and employment prospect while blue collar and front-line workers are experiencing a massive boom - record low unemployment rate and increases in wages. I believe this