13 Agents Watching 76 Agents I have two shows for you this week. First, check out the newest episode of Founder Mode. Then stick around for episode two of the Pretty Good AI Podcast. 🎧 Listen to Founder Mode Episode 72 here: 13 Agents Watching 76 Agents Sep 3 · Founder Mode 28:27 On the latest Founder Mode episode, Jason Shafton and I get into how we price our services, what happens when AI quietly breaks instead of loudly failing, and why some of the biggest deals in healthcare tech are...
8 days ago • 3 min read
SaaS Made Her Love Services with Jess Chan (Plus New Podcast Alert: The Pretty Good AI Podcast Is Here) I have two shows for you this week. First, check out the newest episode of Founder Mode. Then stick around, because I'm launching something brand new: the Pretty Good AI Podcast. 🎧 Listen to Founder Mode Episode 71 here: SaaS Made Her Love Services... Aug 27 · Founder Mode 28:43 On the latest Founder Mode episode, Jason Shafton and I sit down with Jess Chan, founder of Longplay. Jess grew...
15 days ago • 2 min read
The Internet Isn't Dead Welcome back to Founder Mode! Jason and I covered a lot in this episode. We talked about AI-generated content, founder thought leadership, token usage, and why getting millions of views doesn't matter if the right customers never see you. The common thread was trust. As AI creates more content than ever before, founders have to work harder to build credibility instead of just producing more posts. One comment from the episode summed it up well: "The internet's not...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Think Week is Now Build Week Welcome back to Founder Mode! Every once in a while, Jason and I record an episode without a guest. Those conversations usually turn into some of my favorites because we get to share what's actually working right now. This episode covered everything from AI workflows and building software faster to fundraising, team management, and something we don't talk about enough: using leverage to create more freedom. One thing I said near the end really captures the point:...
29 days ago • 3 min read
The Profit Whale with Jason Cohen Welcome back to Founder Mode! Most founders think growth comes from working harder. But after talking with Jason Cohen, I came away with a different conclusion. The biggest gains usually come from finding the few things that create outsized results. Jason has spent decades building companies, investing in founders, and studying what separates businesses that grow from those that stall. His new book, Hidden Multipliers, is all about finding those overlooked...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Stop Chasing Plan A with Anthony Ng Monica Welcome back to Founder Mode! Most founders think burnout is part of the job. I used to think that too. But after talking with Anthony Ng Monica, I kept coming back to one idea: Your business can only perform as well as the person building it. Anthony has built and exited a global company. Today, he helps founders improve their health without stepping away from their businesses. This wasn't a conversation about six-packs or biohacking. It was about...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
You Are The Bottleneck Welcome back to Founder Mode! AI is moving faster than ever. Every week there's a new model. Every month there's a new startup claiming it has the next breakthrough. But after recording this episode of Founder Mode, I came away with a different conclusion. The companies that win won't necessarily have the smartest AI. They'll have the best systems around it. As Jason and I talked through everything happening over the past week, one pattern kept showing up. The real...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Default Alive Without VC Money Welcome back to Founder Mode! AI is moving so fast that it's easy to focus on the wrong thing. Every week there's a new model. A new benchmark. A new company claiming to have the smartest AI. But after this conversation, I don't think that's where the real opportunity is. The founders who are winning aren't building a better brain. They're building a better nervous system. They're connecting AI to real businesses, real workflows, and real customer problems....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Better Or Just Busier? Welcome back to Founder Mode! Last Thursday, Jason and I skipped the guest list and talked about what we've actually been seeing inside companies that use AI every day. One conversation from the past week kept coming back to me. I asked several companies one simple question: "What's your stack?" Most couldn't answer it. Some said, "That's a question for our CTO." One company that claimed to be AI-powered turned out to be two outsourced call centers manually passing WAV...
2 months ago • 3 min read