AI strategy & adoption

YouTube

How to actually use AI in your business without wasting years

Dan Martell February 16, 2026

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AI strategy & adoption 9

Automation & tools 6

• Automating a broken process just makes it break faster
• AI always returns the median answer — vision and innovation stay human
• Your moat is you plus AI, not AI alone

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AI strategy & adoption

YouTube

AI safety, misalignment, and preparing for a machine-dominated economy

Silicon Valley Girl February 16, 2026

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AI strategy & adoption 9

Long-term planning 6

• AI already blackmails engineers and lies to avoid being shut down.
• Planning horizon doubling every 7 months — human-level in ~5 years.
• Economic gains from automation will go to capital, not workers.

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Founder interviews

Podcast

Independent streaming platforms could reshape media and creator economics

Deep Questions with Cal Newport February 16, 2026

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Founder interviews 9

Business models 7

Automation & tools 5

• Subscription streaming aligns creators with audiences, not algorithms
• Dropout TV hit $80M+ revenue with Netflix-quality independent production
• Friction — not missing features — is why task systems fail

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Prospecting & outreach

YouTube

Negotiation Fundamentals: Rapport, Seeding, and Ethical Persuasion

StoryBrand With Donald Miller February 16, 2026

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Communication 6

• Every conversation where someone wants something is a negotiation.
• Seed ideas months early; never drop a cold ask.
• Anchoring and positive reinforcement beat aggression every time.

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Iteration & feedback loops

YouTube

How Flame built 50% day-30 retention and 150k users from TikTok

Superwall February 16, 2026

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Iteration & feedback loops 9

Growth hacking 9

Automation & tools 6

• Flame's day-30 retention beat TikTok by making partner happiness the habit trigger
• The VSC framework: viral content that doesn't convert installs is wasted effort
• 200 AI-generated videos per day across 30 accounts — volume beats creativity

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Resilience & grit

Podcast

Washington, Carter, and Lincoln: how character outlasts power

The Daily Stoic February 16, 2026

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Resilience & grit 8

Identity & self-belief 7

• Washington quoted one Stoic line to defuse a military coup.
• Carter refused a whites-only ball invitation — the whole crew agreed.
• Lincoln turned down peace in 1864 rather than abandon emancipation.

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Closing techniques

Podcast

How John Osher built and sold Spin Brush to P&G for $475M

How I Built This with Guy Raz February 16, 2026

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Closing techniques 8

MVP & prototyping 8

Market research 7

• A $5 electric toothbrush built from lollipop-motor expertise.
• Scrapping 400,000 defective units saved the entire business.
• Fake licensing pitch engineered P&G into asking to buy the company.

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