No. 01
BusinessJuly 22, 2026
The MCP gives you the voice; the skill gives you the judgement
A brand-voice connector pipes your tone into every AI tool, but it can't judge when not to apply it. That judgement is policy — a layer you still own.
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No. 02
BusinessJuly 21, 2026
When AI agents start hiring humans — and on whose terms
AI agents are starting to hire and manage humans, not replace them. What matters is on whose terms your people enter the loop, and who is left liable.
No. 03
BusinessJuly 21, 2026
Counter-dependency: the trait that costs you friendships and builds businesses
Counter-dependency is a liability in friendship but an asset in business. Why the trait that holds people at arm's length can be a career-making edge.
No. 04
BusinessJuly 18, 2026
The zero-dollar acquisition: the businesses nobody wants are often worth owning
IAC paid $26m for CollegeHumor, then gave it away for nothing. What that says about the scoreboard we use to judge whether a business is worth owning.
No. 05
BusinessJuly 14, 2026
Your AI bill has stopped being a licence and started being a meter
AI has stopped behaving like software and started behaving like a raw material. Budget it as a variable cost, cap it and meter only what pays its way.
No. 06
BusinessJuly 12, 2026
AI agents are not a staffing strategy
An AI agent can do the job but it can't be answerable for it. Why agents aren't a staffing strategy, and four questions to ask before delegating work.
No. 07
BusinessJuly 9, 2026
Founder mode at scale: what Brian Chesky's 18% growth lift teaches SMB owners
Consultants tell owners to delegate and step back. Chesky's hands-on Airbnb just posted 18% growth — the instinct to stay close to the work was right.
No. 08
BusinessJuly 7, 2026
Triage, not execution — the new shape of knowledge work
Knowledge work is shifting from doing to triage: approve, redirect, audit. Gerber saw this coming, and AI has made it impossible to keep deferring it.
No. 09
BusinessJuly 6, 2026
The cash gap that kills more scaling businesses than a bad idea
Growth spends money months before it pays you back. Five simple habits that keep the cash gap from closing a business that was doing everything right.
No. 10
BusinessJuly 3, 2026
The $50k-hire fiction: what an AI stack actually replaces — and what it doesn't
The 'AI replaces a $50k hire' lists see only tasks. A salary also buys judgement and accountability: the real work you can't hand to a stack of tools.