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Month: July 2025

The AI Job Apocalypse and Corporate Fraud

The AI Job Apocalypse and Corporate Fraud

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We have a place outside of the city, with fruit trees and a blueberry bush, which we purchased years ago, at the end of the season, when they were basically dead. We have a green thumb, so we went for it, and nursed it back to life. Our bush is now flourishing. The fruit come ripe in July, one by one, then all at once when it hits peak season. It’s behind a fence to protect it from the animals, but birds are a different story. Try as you might, birds always find a way to get to the fruit, and we do our best to scatter them.

We needed to go into the city for a few days for meetings, just as the blueberries were beginning to hit their prime. We expected that the birds would have a field day in our absence, but we were looking forward to enjoying at least a few berries.

We were wrong: the ripe berries had been picked clean. Read More...

Did Video Just Kill the Radio Star – Again?

Did Video Just Kill the Radio Star – Again?

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Image by Pikurā from Pixabay

Ok, the proverbial radio star, this time around. When the once iconic MTV first launch, the first video the network aired was the Buggles’ Video Killed the Radio Star.

And it did. That was then and this is now, and as we often warn, no one stays on top forever. Now we’re witnessing the demise of cable in favor of streaming services et al, and where is this leading?

“There was a time, not long ago, when Americans — regardless of region, class, or politics — shared a common cultural foundation,” said The American Spectator in this must-read: Gen Z Isn’t Just Online — They’re Living in Parallel Realities. “From the Saturday morning cartoons children watched to the nightly news programs adults relied on, mainstream culture was both a mirror and a glue: it reflected our values while keeping us tethered to the same national experience. That era is over. Read More...

The Founder’s Mid-Summer Must-Do List

The Founder’s Mid-Summer Must-Do List

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It’s roughly midsummer. Investment deals are still being closed, but they generally tend to slow down or in many cases, take a bit longer in summer, as investors unplug a bit for the season, or at least spend less time vetting deals. They like to kick back, too: travel, spend time with their friends and/or families and generally spend more time minding their SPFs than the latest pitch deck that just came to them over the proverbial transom.

We host an Investor Insights – online – roughly every two weeks, with a different investor each time and have done for years. You’d be surprised at the number of founders who have gotten funded by investors they’ve met at this event, which we always post in our free newsletter.

Andrew Ackerman spoke at a recent Online Investor Insights, and shared great information, as the investors we host often do, each one imparting different advice from a unique perspective – and all valid. In fact, Ackerman, who has sat on both sides of the table as both a founder and an investor, recently published a book entitled The Entrepreneur’s Odyssey (25% off discount code: TEO25) which spells out what every founder needs to know. Read More...

Summertime – and the Livin’ Ain’t as Easy as It Was

Summertime – and the Livin’ Ain’t as Easy as It Was

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Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

It’s summer in our part of the world, where we were recently hit with MAJOR heat waves, and before you go all global warming, do remember that it’s summer. It’s meant to be hot.

The week of July 4th  is the biggest vacation week of the year, and just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, Jaws is making a big-screen comeback in honor of the movie’s 50th anniversary! Since its release, we have a lot more to fear from the water than just sharks:

Many of you are or will be taking vacations right about now, hitting the beaches or points unknown, and considering the heat, let’s get into the water: you’ll no doubt be carrying a bottle of the stuff – staying hydrated is important – and may even pick up one or several more along the way. Read More...