What Leading Without Authority Teaches You That Titles Never Will
Leading without a title forces a level of trust, alignment and influence that formal authority can’t replicate.
The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last month with a huge claim: it had solved a mathematical bottleneck…
SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO
SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.
Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them
While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.
Don’t Just Be the Nice Guy — How Falling Into the ‘Empathy Trap’ Made Me a Bad Leader
If you are a founder stuck in the “nice guy” cycle, you need to remember that you can be a nice person and a demanding leader at the same time.
The Trade Show Strategy No One Is Talking About — and How It Built Nearly $1M in Pipeline
We turned a 10×10 booth into a live content engine that generated 80+ videos and nearly $1 million in pipeline. Here’s how.
3 SEO Mistakes That Are Making Small Businesses Invisible in AI Search
Nearly 70% of Google searches now end without a click. If your business is still optimizing for a world that rewarded keywords over clarity, you are already behind.
Don’t Just Be the Nice Guy — How Falling Into the ‘Empathy Trap’ Made Me a Bad Leader
If you are a founder stuck in the “nice guy” cycle, you need to remember that you can be a nice person and a demanding leader at the same time.
What Happens When You Keep Running From Conflict — and Why It Always Catches Up
Cultures that are capable of navigating conflict start at the top, and that means leadership has to be open to disagreements and discussions. Here’s how.
Don’t Just Be the Nice Guy — How Falling Into the ‘Empathy Trap’ Made Me a Bad Leader
If you are a founder stuck in the “nice guy” cycle, you need to remember that you can be a nice person and a demanding leader at the same time.
From QVC to Countdown Timers — How eCosmetics Is Turning Beauty Shopping Into a Live Auction Game
A look inside eCosmetics’ strategy to grow online shopping by tapping into the fun and competition of live auctions.