Chris Beals

Vertical SaaS and E-Commerce. Currently CEO @ Koronet - SaaS, Ecomm and Payments for B2B Floral Industry. Former Pennsylvanian.

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I've decided to start a personal blog/website to start collecting my thoughts on building companies, fostering amazing teams and finding good product fit. I'm hoping it can be a good repository for things I'm seeing in my day-to-day as a CEO. https://t.co/Lb7W3B1OR3

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For new vertical SaaS/marketplace senior leaders - I wrote up how I get up to speed on a new industry, as a two-time vertical software CEO: where the outside view fails, what to verify in person, and the first ninety days.
https://t.co/eKmOb2APGM

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I put together some thoughts on how to quickly get more advanced using AI agents, build a stable foundation and not over-engineer your setup. The most impactful step is getting an agent team that debates output. https://t.co/Mp5zpRwFt6

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This was my 4 month evolution for the AI agent setup I use as my Koronet CEO cabinet project. Each rung, what came next and why, and the research it builds on. Wrote it cited so it's safe to feed your agents — they should come back with concrete upgrades. https://t.co/iMQwwyLsDB

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What it feels like kicking back watching your 5 AI agent teams go nuts incinerating tokens.

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@drunknbass Yeah. The harness bugs feel like they are poking through. I was comparing on a 4.6 basis because I kept some tasks throttled to just 4.6 and Sonnet.

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Another week of blowing through my Claude usage limit way too early in the weekly cycle. It feels like there’s been a quiet drift upwards in token burn for the same tasks on a week over a week basis.

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Some thoughts on the real blockers to getting teams to really advanced AI agent utilization. I feel like for mid-level employees. It’s more of an issue of training on how to split tasks and proper delegation than it is a technical problem. https://t.co/3Y2fEy4kGP

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I've been thinking a lot about lately is the absolute explosion of vector data AI is creating and the mass transformation of ephemeral data (e.g. phone calls) into permanent AI transcripts. I think we see earth changing litigation on this soon. https://t.co/zitqP2qwlD

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And I welcome suggestions for topics to cover.

[Chris Beals @chrisbeals]

I've decided to start a personal blog/website to start collecting my thoughts on building companies, fostering amazing teams and finding good product fit. I'm hoping it can be a good repository for things I'm seeing in my day-to-day as a CEO. https://t.co/Lb7W3B1OR3

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@FreightAlley @StephenRuhe You aren’t changing your leverage. You are changing your duration. You pay for that extra duration with a higher interest rate. A 6.25% 30 year would price at about 7.25-7.45% as a 50 year. It would also be an instrument that would have fewer sources of refinancing.

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Whether it be produce or recyclable materials, far more of the steps are manual or low-res due to incompatible systems, bad data or on-Prem solutions

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I predict one of the non-obvious byproducts of AI will be a push into much deeper investment into vertical SaaS - especially on industries with nuanced supply chains.

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You can’t use AI to effectively reduce spoilage of perishable products if you don’t have clean digitization and inventory management for those product.

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@Larryjamieson_ @buccocapital This is generally not true for any SaaS product or vertical e-commerce application that is sticky. It’s not even close.

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Excited to come aboard as an advisor to @JasonVego and his team at Bevz as they build out their SaaS and e-commerce solution for convenience and liquor stores.

[Jason Vego @JasonVego]

I'm excited to welcome Chris Beals, the former CEO of Weedmaps, to our Bevz Board of Advisors!

I met Chris through the Techstars Los Angeles Accelerator. Chris has extensive experience bringing integrated technology and e-commerce to thousands of retaile…https://t.co/tNNppYrOSK

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@bradracino @NYCannaInsider The NY marketing restrictions just give a massive advantage to NJ operators and unlicensed operators. It stops stores from actually differentiating and winning on selection, deals or comments any culture.

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And the discounting in the value advertisers ascribe to the ROAS on Twitter ads doesn’t bode well for Twitters revenue.

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A small 🧵 : Most of the takes on Twitter seem to focus on change to technical org or him cutting fat. But #Twitter is overwhelmingly ad revenue based and there’s been little talk of how well (or likely poorly) Twitter is selling ads (and thus making revenue).

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So bottom line - most large marketing departments would pay a premium on ads to not work with an advertiser they dislike or perceive potential PR risk in associating with.