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Daily Edition · Page 13

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

GENERAL

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THE RISE OF THE NEO NEO LAB

The last generation of enterprise software was built around proprietary data and workflows. The next will be built around the intelligence derived from them. Frontier labs will continue pushing the ceiling of general intelligence, but enterprises will take that intelligence and teach it what only they know. Companies with enough proprietary data, expert judgment, workflow volume, and distribution will have the raw materials to produce proprietary intelligence of their own.

aspiringforintelligence.substack.com · 6 min

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THE IRREPLACEABLES. THE EMPLOYEES TO NEVER LET GO. EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO INVENT A ROLE

You will always regret letting one of the truly irreplaceable people on your team leave. This usually happens with scale. As things change, you need larger teams and different processes, and new executives may not think these employees are so irreplaceable. However, they are the ones who truly know how and why everything works and are often the best to help figure out how the next move can work. Top performers are the people you'd rehire into their role - irreplaceables are the ones you would rehire into a role that doesn't exist yet.

saastr.com · 8 min

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GUSTO'S COFOUNDER SAYS AI MADE YOUR REVENUE WORTH LESS TO AN ACQUIRER AND YOUR SPEED WORTH MORE

An acquirer may love your product and still decide it's faster to build its own. Gusto's cofounder explains that AI has shortened the time the company expects internal development to take, making acquisitions harder to justify. His example is hypothetical. If buying a company saves 18 months' worth of $50 million to Gusto, a business with $5 million in revenue might fit at a 10x multiple. One with $50 million in revenue probably won't. Your revenue can raise your asking price without increasing how much development time the buyer saves.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

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THE CAUTIOUS TALE OF CAL AI

Before Cal AI reached a reported $50 million in annual recurring revenue, one founder's mom had to co-sign the company bank account. Two of the four founders were still in high school. People now ask how they assembled that team, but the answer involves a cousin's YouTube recommendation, a cold DM, and meeting a future cofounder while working at another startup. There was no recruiting process to copy. The advice is more realistic: look for someone who is available and can learn, and expect to offer enough money or equity to make joining worthwhile.

operatorsnotebook.beehiiv.com · 4 min

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VALUE ACCRUAL FLYWHEEL

Software accrues value by creating dependencies that compound over time and raise switching costs. These dependencies compound internally as the product embeds deeper into workflows and externally through network effects and ecosystem adoption. Dependencies inside critical systems get a value multiplier because ripping them out threatens the business itself. Resulting revenue from these embedded software systems funds new features that create new dependencies, creating a Value Accrual Flywheel.

konvoy.beehiiv.com · 5 min

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