If you’re looking for a “job” don’t join an early-stage startup. If you’re looking for a smorgasbord of growth, heartbreak, meaning, best friends, and some money, definitely join an early-stage startup.

The average CEO cannot tell you the difference between an automation and an AI agent. This breakdown (h/t @wadefoster ) makes it glaringly obvious. An automation is anything that requires no-trust decision making (if this, then that). An AI agent is anything that requires some-trust decision making. The most powerful workflows that I’m seeing businesses use today are neither pure automations nor pure agents. They’re agentic workflows. Agentic workflows get the leverage of AI (read: intelligent decision making) that deterministic software never offered. But they also have the predictability of automations, where the cost of error is too high. Knowledge work will continue to get pushed further right on this spectrum as the technology improves, but today living in the middle is often the sweet spot.

I've always wondered why more podcasts don't record live to build an obsessive audience. So I decided for my (upcoming) AI podcast, Human In The Loop, every episode will start with a live recording followed by posting the edited version. Example: Today, I'm having @wadefoster teach me how to build AI agents in @zapier . (RSVP below) 600+ people are already registered for the live event. This does two things: 1) Grows our email list wayyy faster 2) Allows people to engage with badass guests Post-event, we'll repurpose this anchor content and turn it into the following: - Long-form YT video - Long-form podcast - On-demand version of the video on website - Tactical playbook on website - Hero story of our (upcoming) newsletter - Short-form video cuts (for IG, TT, LI, YT) - Text-based social posts with highlights This is how you build community & stretch one piece of great content as much as possible.