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Speed to Conviction: Osman Ghandour on Building AI Systems That Scale

Oct 29, 2025

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10 min read

Speed to Conviction: Osman Ghandour on Building AI Systems That Scale

The Soal Labs Founder & CEO on how private capital firms can standardize, systematize, and scale AI without hiring headcount.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
Intent and Quality: How Jay Singh Builds AI That Wins with Singles and Doubles

Oct 22, 2025

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9 min read

Intent and Quality: How Jay Singh Builds AI That Wins with Singles and Doubles

The Casper Studios CEO on why lasting AI adoption comes from calm execution, modular design, and measurable results. Not moonshots.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
From Pilot to Production: Fractional AI’s Playbook for Making AI Real

Oct 15, 2025

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9 min read

From Pilot to Production: Fractional AI’s Playbook for Making AI Real

Chris Taylor on how PE firms can move beyond proofs of concept and deliver production-grade AI systems that drive measurable value

Stu Willson
Stu Willson

AI

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Extending Cognition: From Knowledge Hoarding to Knowledge Leverage

Oct 9, 2025

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7 min read

Extending Cognition: From Knowledge Hoarding to Knowledge Leverage

DevDash Labs’ Nitesh Pant on how companies can automate research, reuse past work, and scale their expertise.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
4 AI Due Diligence Playbooks That Prevent Costly Mistakes

Jul 10, 2025

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11 min read

4 AI Due Diligence Playbooks That Prevent Costly Mistakes

How to see past flashy demos and uncover hidden risks before you invest

Stu Willson
Stu Willson

AI

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 5 Battle-Tested Playbooks for AI Transformation

Jun 26, 2025

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10 min read

5 Battle-Tested Playbooks for AI Transformation

Skip the theory. Michael Domanic shares what actually works when deploying AI at scale.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
From Months to Days: How AI is Compressing Innovation Cycles

Jun 18, 2025

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14 min read

From Months to Days: How AI is Compressing Innovation Cycles

Plus: Hidden costs of AI rollouts, agency accelerator launch, and why ChatGPT thinking limits business potential

Stu Willson
Stu Willson

Artificial Intelligence

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The Quiet Urgency of AI: What to Build, When to Act, How to Win

Jun 11, 2025

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15 min read

The Quiet Urgency of AI: What to Build, When to Act, How to Win

Nicole Hedley on building real AI products in 5 weeks, Alex Goryachev’s bottom-up strategy for shadow AI adoption, Glenn Hopper on turning finance teams into insight engines, Juan Alfageme’s matrix for prioritizing AI with business impact, and Sam Altman on why the future arrives faster than we think.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson

AI

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80% Faster, 90% Cheaper: AI Value Creation from Tahnee Perry & Ed Ortega

Jun 4, 2025

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11 min read

80% Faster, 90% Cheaper: AI Value Creation from Tahnee Perry & Ed Ortega

Tahnee Perry on overcoming AI resistance and accelerating team adoption, Ed Ortega’s frameworks for quickly identifying high-value AI opportunities, and Greg Shove on rethinking leadership for AI-driven results.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson

Artificial Intelligence

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Stop Drowning in AI Pilots: Start Prototyping, Collaborating, and Scaling

May 28, 2025

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10 min read

Stop Drowning in AI Pilots: Start Prototyping, Collaborating, and Scaling

Fred Grinstein & Kate Cook on creative ideation, Sean Wood's micro-change formula, The Grin Labs on finally escaping pilot purgatory, and Hiten Shah from Dropbox on AI beyond chat.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
AI That Actually Pays Off

May 21, 2025

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16 min read

AI That Actually Pays Off

Ashley Gross on escaping AI pilot purgatory, the Just Curious Agency Symposium,Michael Dell’s clarity-driven growth playbook, actionable insights for SMBs from Mike Mayes, Andreas Sjöström, Aanikh Kler, and Matt Seitz, and more.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson

Artificial Intelligence

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Your AI Edge Starts With People, Not Models

May 13, 2025

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10 min read

Your AI Edge Starts With People, Not Models

Amrit Saxena on PE x AI, Tahnee Perry on The AI Risks You're Overlooking, Emma Grede’s SKIMS story, and the mindset shift behind real AI momentum.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
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