crow
Finally solved my new book discovery problem by building an AI agent. Glorious results! Try it and tell me if it saves you a ton of time too: crow.fyi Here is why I built this and how it works. Every Tuesday, new books flood the market. As a voracious
Idea check
$22M+ raised, 100+ VC pitches, 12 years as startup founder. I've learned a few things about ideas that can get big. Is your idea worth building in 2025? The answer has changed. I built an AI idea evaluator to help: ideacheck.dev My scoring framework (each criteria: 0-2
finch
My 4-year-old son is forever hungry for stories. I constantly have to come up with stories to tell him. The stories have to have specific things in them. Dada, tell me a story with a... chipmunk, an excavator, and an osprey. Ok... I come up with a story, make it
nightingale
Over the weekend, I built three AI agents for my Brand Architects podcast. They now save me several hours per week. Normally, I spend a bunch of time researching the guest, coming up with relevant questions related to their (and their company's) background, make sure they would be
Renaissance
We're officially in a renaissance. Fully autonomous AI agents have arrived and I'm here for it. Kicking off the year with two new projects I started during the holidays: 1. ai.gent.dev: A developer API for building AI agents with templated capabilities. 2. aigencia: An
From Unique Insight to Original Idea: A Founder's Process
As startup founders, we're on a quest for that elusive breakthrough idea - the one that could reshape an industry or create an entirely new one. But when it seems like every idea has already been thought of, how do we unearth truly original concepts? The landscape of
Pattern Breakers: Why Some Startups Change The Future – A Book Summary
Steve Blank calls "Pattern Breakers" by Mike Maples Jr. and Peter Ziebelman the most important start-up book of the last ten years. So I naturally picked it up. I found the concepts in it helpful to me, and important enough to write a book summary post that can
The ultimate book list on creativity and innovation for builders of products and brands
As builders, makers, and creators, we must innovate. Innovation requires us to generate original ideas that are both surprising and valuable. These ideas will emerge from the unique insights we gain, ultimately leading to our next creation. As I wrote in my Startup as artist essay, "The startup of
Cultivating Creativity Through Rest: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang on the Hidden Benefits of Downtime
Lessons from Nobel Laureates, Rock Stars, and Neuroscience on Maximizing Your Creative Potential In this episode, I talked to Alex Soojung-Kim Pang about his book "Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less" Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed Introduction and Background: * Alex lives in
Startup as artist
The Future of Business: Infusing Artistry into Startups In 2018, musician and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams gave a presentation to the Berklee College of Music community for a course. [1] The course description says, “In this course, artists are developing business-related skills that will be fundamental in their career.” Artists developing
