Business

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Over 81,000 tech jobs were eliminated in the first quarter of 2026 alone. Microsoft cut 15,000. Intel cut 24,000. A ResumeBuilder survey found 58% of companies plan more layoffs this year, most citing AI-driven restructuring. The headlines are terrifying. “AI is coming for your job.” “The white-collar recession is here.” “No one is safe.” I read those headlines too — and then I looked at what’s actually happening underneath them. The real story is more nuanced, more interesting, and if you’re a solo creator or small business owner, it’s actually good news. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Last month I watched a solo founder demo his “team” to me. He had five employees — none of them human. One monitored his Stripe payments and flagged anomalies. Another triaged his inbox and drafted replies. A third scheduled his social media. A fourth tracked competitor pricing. A fifth onboards new customers. He manages all five through a single dashboard. His total cost: about $200/month. His competitors are hiring humans for the same roles at $50K+ each. That gap is going to break some industries. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I keep seeing the same thread on Twitter: “I went from $0 to $10K/month building AI automations in 90 days.” It gets 50K likes. The replies are full of people asking how. The person selling the course makes $10K/month — from the course, not the automations. So I spent three months actually trying to build an AI automation business, and here’s what nobody’s telling you. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. White-label this open-source tool and sell it for $200/month Last week I was paying $12/month for Calendly. Then I found Cal.com — an open-source alternative that does everything Calendly does, plus more, for free. But that’s not the interesting part. The interesting part is the business model hiding inside this repo. White-label it. Sell it to professionals who’ll never find it themselves. $200/month per client. No coding required. ...