“The open web will not be killed by regulators or hackers. It will be killed by ROAS targets and quarterly revenue goals.” The open web is losing ground because money is moving somewhere else. Ad buyers keep shifting budgets into closed platforms where attribution looks cleaner, CAC is more predictable, and LTV models update in … Read more
“The next billion-dollar companies will not own more data. They will connect better data.” Investors keep putting money into companies that sit on top of someone else’s data, not their own. The market values API-first businesses because they move faster, ship product cheaper, and can show revenue before they ever build a full data stack. … Read more
“Every dollar you raise that does not come from customers will, at some point, ask you to trade product love for growth charts.” The market keeps proving the same uncomfortable pattern: once a startup raises a significant round, user experience quality often flattens or drops right when growth charts spike. Revenue climbs, downloads grow, NPS … Read more
“A 6-figure agency is not built on talent alone. It is built on repeatable systems, powered by a tech stack that prints predictable revenue.” The market rewards agencies that treat their tech stack like a P&L line item, not a shiny toy box. The data from agency operators points to a simple pattern: once an … Read more
“Open source is free like a puppy, not free like a beer.” The market keeps proving the same uncomfortable truth: for many stores doing between 1 and 10 million dollars a year in online revenue, WooCommerce often costs more than Shopify when you factor in development, maintenance, extensions, and lost time. The sticker price misleads … Read more
