Entrepreneurship
The Absorption Test: Will AI Absorb Your Business?
The real moat question is not whether AI can do what you do. It is whether anyone still pays you after it does. Here is the Absorption Test and how to pass it.
Essays & Field Notes
Field notes from four reinventions — a $200M exit, two unicorns, and building AI-native. Published as I learn.
Entrepreneurship
The Initiative Problem: The Skill AI Quietly Erodes
AI is great at the how and silent on the what. The skill that atrophies is initiative: deciding what to do when nothing prompts you. Here is how to protect it.
Entrepreneurship
AI Agent Costs: When Headcount Becomes a Variable Bill
AI agent costs do not just shrink payroll. They change its shape, turning a fixed salary into variable metered compute. Here is the margin trap and the fix.
AI & Technology
Why AI Agents Ship in Regulated Work First
AI agents reach production in regulated, auditable work first. The moat is the audit trail, not the model. Here is the deployment order and why.
Entrepreneurship
AI Burnout: Why the Bar for Enough Keeps Rising
AI burnout is not about working too little or resting too much. It is the bar for enough rising faster than you can meet it. Here is how to define enough.
Entrepreneurship
Revenue Per Employee: The Signal That Inverted
Revenue per employee became the number investors trust, and headcount growth turned into a warning sign. How the signal inverted, and how to hire lean.
AI & Technology
The Evaluation Gap: Why AI Agents Fail in Production
AI agent evaluation is where demos lie. Why agents pass benchmarks yet fail in production, and how to measure real production readiness before you ship.
Entrepreneurship
Decision Fatigue: The Hidden Tax of AI Output
Decision fatigue is the hidden tax on AI output. Cheap execution multiplies your decisions, and deciding is the one skill that gets worse the more you use it.
AI & Technology
Computer-Use Agents: The Interface Ladder
Computer-use agents can automate any software a human can see, but they are slow, costly, and brittle. The Interface Ladder shows founders when to use them.
Entrepreneurship
Automation Bias: The Business Risk Hiding in AI Output
Automation bias is the operating risk that shows up when your team quietly stops checking AI output. How it compounds, and where to make checking mandatory.