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Churn Prediction: A Practical Build-Versus-Buy Framework
A practical framework for choosing build, buy, or hybrid churn prediction based on speed, proprietary data, activation, talent, and total cost.
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Commercial vs. Internal Products: Hard Truths, High Leverage, and How I Make the Call
Internal products quietly drive customer experience, margin, and speed—yet they’re often underfunded. Commercial products expand scope with positioning, pricing, and GTM complexity, making them harder to…
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How to Build Cost-Effective PR Review Agents In-House
A practical blueprint for building an in-house PR review agent that controls model spend, limits false positives, and improves review flow.
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Apex Arrives: Vertical AI That Beats GPT-5.4 on Customer Service Speed, Accuracy, and Cost
Apex is a new vertical model for Fin that outperforms GPT-5.4 and Opus 4.5 on speed, accuracy, and cost—now powering ~100% of English chat and email…
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A Practical Strategy for Foundational AI Platforms and Analytics
A practical framework for choosing platform capabilities, closing governance gaps, linking AI evaluation to analytics, and scaling adoption.
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Build vs. Buy in an AI-First World: My Framework to De-Risk Decisions and Own Your Data
Build vs. buy shows up in every product organization, and AI is changing the calculus without eliminating the tradeoffs. In this first-person framework, I walk through…
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The Modern Playbook for AI Agents: Build One‑Person Departments and Scale with Amplitude
AI agents deliver outsized value when they’re treated as productized workflows tied to clear outcomes. In this guide, I share how to consolidate processes, create “one-person…
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A Practical Framework for AI-Era Build-versus-Buy Decisions
A practical framework for separating strategic AI IP from commodity tooling, comparing true ownership cost, and preserving a safe exit as scale changes.
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The Operating System Product Teams Need for Disciplined Scale
A practical operating system linking strategy, economics, portfolio choices, delivery, and team design so growth does not erode product quality.
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