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Meta is back

I can finally stop calling them Facebook

Nike forgot where it came from

And it's getting crushed for it. Plus a warning from inside AI, Nvidia’s $13 billion Hugging Face deal, and what Miro’s sale means for its employees.

Commitment in business?

Sticking to a direction, even when you're not "selling" (plus, something new I made).

Companies have two major pipelines now

Stripe agreed to buy the one that meters intelligence. OpenAI now makes more from companies. Workers already use it. The youngest ones are getting scared.

Hermes Agent

What it is, and how I use it.

Why do we only do it when we’re desperate?

The most important thing for closing out 2026.

Who gets paid when everyone can create?

Claude is marking its work, Twitch wants to train on its creators, YouTube is moving the monetization line, and Lovable made a $13.3 billion bet.

The internet spent decades fighting bots. Now it needs them.

AI agents are forcing courts, payment networks, countries, and markets to rewrite old assumptions.

How did Linear actually get this big?

The founders, product decisions, and distribution system behind a $1.25 billion issue tracker.

When AI learns to cheat on tests

The benchmark broke, open models caught up, and another AI product category is getting smoked.

What even is a job anymore?

When anyone can do the work, what will be paid for?

Eight years later

It's only been a few years with AI, but it feels like double.

The Incentives Always Win

First they're against it, then it's winning (for someone else), so they flip like pancakes. .

The "Prosumer"

How things change when one-person businesses are normal.

The work my ego hates

Nobody thinks they have an “ego” problem.

When AI costs more than the people it replaced

Is the industry changing?

Taking on billion-dollar companies in year one

beehiiv. Building faster, staying closer to users, and making customers part of the story

The Next Chapter of Liight Work

plus, beehiiv hits $30M in subscription revenue.

It's great to see you

On gratitude and culture

Same Hustle. New Game.

Admitting to so much cope.

What a time to be alive

The best to build in. Maybe the hardest to survive.

Levels to the game

How the best use AI, and what it means for us.

OpenAI bought a podcast for more than $100M

And it was less than two years old.

Executives are worried

Turns out they're not so safe after all

Rappers discover Claude

Ben Affleck sells his AI company to Netflix for $600M. Meta loses $80B. OpenAI cuts the AI (slop) video app.

Superpowers

Get yours yet?

Big decisions

Are you ready to make yours?

What's next?

After the companies, tools, and careers, it's about personal agency.

Busted

Will AI expose you at work?

Picking Winners

Are you sure you want to work there?

"You're Fired!" (or not?)

Here's how to keep your job

Welcome to Probation

How to crush your first 90 days at a new job.

"You're hired!"

This is how to make them say it.

35 years

Personal software is the next Rolex

There's an app for you, and you could make it in a few min.

It's that time again

Welcome back

Say hello, again

To everything you’re keeping in 2026

Plan your marketing like a CMO

Using AI in 2026

Do you really need another side-project?

Tis the season, of the holiday side-hustle

Giving thanks

Arming the rebels

beehiiv turns 4

The Stress of Wanting More

Seasons, not solutions.

I tried to buy a robot

Will we even need to work in the future? Is basic income the answer?

Marketing will never be the same

Corporate bullying

When work turns toxic

Welcome to the Content Economy

The best lessons after 3 years at beehiiv

The Future of Work

When everyone can know everything at work

The Growth Hack No One Talks About

Go fast, without having to break things

3 Years After Blowing Up My Career

And the many lessons learned

The Great Lock In

TikTok's answer to New Year's resolutions

A new richest man in the world?

Thanks to a $500B AI deal, and a trillion-dollar comeback.

Great advice, just not for you

Would you pay $1,000 for 15min with an 'expert' in your field? I'd just ask ChatGPT.

You're not the customer anymore

What happens when the company turns on you

When hard work is not enough

The one thing that makes or breaks everything

Arts & Crafts are so back

Is minimalism dead?

Is controversy a bad thing?

What we can learn from Sydney Sweeney’s jeans.

Standing out

Would anyone bet on you?

Generational Unemployment

Tough numbers, new opportunities, and one of the most under-rated industries in the world.

Major Milestone

beehiiv's hit $30M. These are my top takeaways.

Riches in the niches

Now more than ever

$100M base salary

Meta is poaching AI talent from OpenAI and what it means for the rest of us

Luxury in 2025

Is it about wealth, freedom, status or all three? This might surprise you.

The Next Gen's “Sure Thing” Career Path

It used to be "go to school, get a job." But not anymore. Here's what's next.

Stress and Anxiety

Growing pains

The best thing to happen in my career, and maybe yours too

Unfair Advantages

They’re real, but not everything. Stay in the game. Here’s why.

Crushing Billion-Dollar Companies

By doing less, but better

Zooming Out

The Power of Trajectory

Dealing With People Who Did Me Wrong

When “nice” doesn’t cut it anymore.

Restarting From Zero

How I blew up my life and rebuilt it with emails & candles

Building at beehiiv

What nobody tells you about building a $300M product

Hiring Has Changed

It's AI first now

Working With "Vibes"

It’s a real thing and the future of work.

Owning Your Role

Going beyond a job description (my best post yet)

Changing Careers After 30

Why it's not as scary as you might think.

Millionaire Designer vs AI Designer

Both built a website in 1 hour. Who won?

The Cracked Economy

$20M in 2 months, layoffs, and what else keeps me up at night.

Business Courses =🗑?

Fast-tracks only.

Tomorrow's technology (today)

Tookit inside

Working like a $300M+ company.

The tech, systems, practices that enable hyper-growth (and what I wish someone told me ten years ago)

Bad Manager?

We’ve all been there. Here’s what’s worked for me.

World-Building in Marketing

And why every brand will focus on it.

Time for a Promotion?

Here's what's worked for me.

Management Has Changed

What works, what sucks, and the future player-coach model everyone will use.