Building temporary communities and staying ahead in the age of AI
Week 37. From building in public a Brittany running club to OpenAI’s leadership memo.
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Ask Mark, part two: adding action to custom GPT
Hacking a custom GPT into Meta Ads.
Lovable, until it breaks.
Week 36. Bugs, swag and the quiet rise of brand culture.
Wait before betting on LLMs
Week 35. Not the moat I thought.
Ways of working: principles, communities, early feedback
Week 34. Lessons in non-attachment, communities. Patterns in feedback loops.
The messy middle of taking notes
Dedicated to the inconsistent note-takers.
ASO Sprints, Soft CPMs, and the Granola Effect 🇬🇧
Week 33. From a 7-day ASO sprint to falling streaming CPMs, and the loops fueling Granola’s compounding growth.
Growth is boring
Week 32. This week was all about doing less, on purpose.
🇪🇺 Capital up, credibility down
Week 31. European startups roar while their leaders roll over.
Delete your link in bio
Week 30. From campaign DMs to AI ads, everyone’s bypassing the old playbook.
🇸🇪 Lovable raises big, ChatGPT sells cars, OpenAI takes its cut
Week 29. Here’s what the internet’s whispering about (loudly).
Another week, another shift.
Week 28.
Ask Mark
A case for scrappy, human-first AI tools in small teams
How would you grow ChatGPT?
ChatGPT’s growth depends on four moats. What would you bet on?