Business leader in FinTech / Retail Tech. Prior CMO, VC and start-up guy (analytics & cloud). Overly enthusiastic ice climber.

Joined March 2011
Work hard. Play hard. Spend time with your family and friends. This is the only time you get.
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A million seconds ago was May 23rd A billion seconds ago was 1993 A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 B.C. The US national debt is now rising by $1 Trillion every 180 days.
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Devon Watson retweeted
Mammoth spending bills are bankrupting America! ENOUGH
This is not Apple, Tesla or even Nvidia. It’s the US National Debt.
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Seems like a good time for an update on a graph from my 2015 post on AI.
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2025 is 25% complete.
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Time for some spring shredding
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A stunning essay in the FT on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things. It began or accelerated in the early 2010s. It's hitting teens AND adults. Self-report and objective scores. by @jburnmurdoch ft.com/content/a8016c64-63b7…
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Good reason to ban phones in schools.
NEW 🧵: Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s. What should we make of this?
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Starting back at 0. Better get after it.
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Fun tailgate “trunk or treat” for the kids today at @tunneldrb
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All the excuses are lies. Do the work.
He had some good points…
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Really great to see the USA women’s rugby team earn a bronze. Huge win for the sport overall.
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Good marketing and product management framework: Benefits - why buy one Differentiation- why buy mine Urgency - why buy now Keep it simple.
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Data team: "The AB test results are directionally positive, but let's not jump to any—" Product manager:
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Timeless
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This is a big deal. Makes everyone a merchant/recipient and allows some anonymity for P2P payments.
Tap to Cash lets you pay by touching iPhones tcrn.ch/3x1cocN
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Great pointers, especially for those about to enter the workforce: kellblog.com/2024/04/20/six-… I wrote a related piece on the transition to leadership - linkedin.com/pulse/leadershi… What do you think @Kellblog ?
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Devon Watson retweeted
CRO priorities in a triage situation 1. Prediction. Get forecasting under control. You may not be able to immediately start hitting plan, but you must start hitting forecast. Get in control of the business. 2. Performance. Hit plan. It may not be pretty in terms of efficiency, but now you're predicting (in control) and delivering (hitting plan). 3. Efficiency. Focus on improving GTM efficiency metrics like CAC or CPP. Once you're predicting where you'll land and landing at/above plan, we change the focus to efficiency. Key point: you can't do them all three at once. Like the Red Cross taught me back in the day: bleeding, breathing, poisioning, shock.
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