Andrew Head

Co-founder @AlaiPartners

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

@fin465 SEND

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, / Or what's a heaven for?" - Robert Browning

We should aspire to things beyond our current ability. Our goals should be uncomfortably ambitious. Shoot so high that you never get there.

This attitude will result in two potential outcomes:

you fall short but achieve more that you thought possible

OR you actually hit the 'impossible' goal... in which case, reset even higher

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Agency > Intelligence

I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?

Grok explanation is ~close:

“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path.

People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next.

It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

@denk_tweets @meetdotasim Would you recommend?

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Book 2.5)

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

Feel like other fantasy leagues would get some laughs out of this.

Would be pretty easy to make an app - user would input league ID, select tone, & populate quick info about each team manager. lmk if you want this for your league.

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

last week I created an agent to automate my NFL fantasy league's weekly power rankings (tone set to savage & insensitive)

Agent pulls weekly stats from our ESPN league, i give it info about each manager, and it writes rankings that tie team performance to personal life.

Honestly, it did a pretty good job. Main feedback from the league was to be more savage... switching to grok unhinged and will see what happens.

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

btw, this is AI's circular economy I'm referring to

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

I sent my cofounder @Larsenjwallace a video about AI's circular economy... couple hours later hits me up:

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

Took the rabbit hole to another level... just built an ai bubble tracker that uses quality data that updates real-time. building stuff > doom-scrolling

[Sam Mather @Sam__Mather]

Scrollz is live on the iOS App Store.

Four cofounders with full time jobs, building nights and early mornings to free newsletters from email and put readers and authors first.

Read, discover, and listen to your newsletters in one platform.

I’ll share build in public updates every few days and want your feedback. Link in reply.

[Larsen Wallace @Larsenjwallace]

Find the founder who was at a wedding, was supposed to take time off, but couldn’t resist joining the 7am check in.

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

Product Distribution > Product Development

Had a great conversation today about how in today's world, anyone can go build a pretty great product in a matter of days / weeks. The harder part is getting users... "if you build it, they will not come"

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

Weekend project - “automate the automation”

Goal is to get from discovery call / idea
—> working POC as fast as possible

The flow:
1. Discovery call (identify pain point xyz)
2. Meeting transcript trigger agent(s)
3. Agent develops PRD from transcript
4. PRD sent to Prompt Agent that creates prompt w/detailed steps to develop POC w/MCP in mind
5. Claude uses prompt to build POC via MCP (n8n, zapier, airtable, etc.)
6. Documentation Agent creates 1-pager of solution
7. Manual review, edit, fix bugs
8. Record loom of working POC & send to client, along with 1-pager

Our approach is to build what clients want before we even start talking about a contract… while a POC is just the start, this shows immediate value & our ability to move quickly.

We started to track time to POC (TTP). Lower TTP means higher close % (and less time spent on BD / negotiation).

It won’t be perfect & will take iteration. But we see this as a worthwhile time investment.

Curious if anyone else has similar thoughts or processes?

p.s. if you haven’t setup n8n-MCP yet, you should!

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

@Zephyr_hg NEWS

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@recap_david Agents

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@Ai_here202 Send

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

I just quit my Big 4 consulting job to start a company.

It was a hard decision - and in case it helps someone else thinking about taking a leap, here’s why, how, and what’s next:

Why:
“Choose the path that makes for the better story.”

Fear of regret & not living up to potential > fear of failing & going broke

Didn't want to watch others build what I didn’t

Realized not taking the leap was the scarier option

How:
Fear-setting w/@tferriss (sharing 1-pager template)

Talked with my wife & aligned on the future we want

Put together a financial/budgeting plan

What’s Next:
Co-founded @AlaiPartners - AI Consulting & Product Development

Building @Scrollz_App - Spotify for Newsletters

Developing AI-first products

Excited for what’s ahead

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

@10X_AI_ N8N

[Andrew Head @STOP_ahead]

@NoahEpstein_ Send my way - thank you!