Michael Greenberg

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[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

I am bearish on personal agents

Can’t quite articulate why yet, will try to explain my reasoning soon

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@hnshah We just started soft offering this a few weeks ago - I think it will be over half our business next year

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@AndrewWarner Just posted to X last week, getting the channel live this week - will link you then

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

started recording two videos a day

posted one this week and I think I’m gonna post another tomorrow

they’re pretty darn fun to record since I dialed in the setup

AI edits and adds images so it’s not just all my mug yapping at you

seems like the start of something fun

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@BetterCeo For you John, I’ll put them up written as well

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@AndrewWarner Don’t give clear tokens/usage pricing

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

1000%

[Andy Berman @berman66]

10 months ago, every public company board told their CEOs to "go all-in on AI" and basically just expected them to figure that out.

I talk to a lot of leaders today who are stuck in the same spot they were in January.

One VP of IT told me they're still on Copilot.

I'm not saying AI will take 15 years to take over like cloud did, but you're probably overestimating how fast the enterprise moves when security, proprietary data, and access are in play.

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@Williamgreen If you wanna do this, I am game

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@Will_Schryver The local rollup/holdco is a great play and will continue to make millionaires for years to come (AI proof too)

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

never forget that napoleon hill just made up his origin story while on the run from fraud charges and used that to become the OG self help guru

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@jspujji I haven’t met anyone who’s gotten these to work yet, but that’s probably because most of the value is for brands that are large enough for mentions in AI overviews to work - not as direct as PPC

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

Nightmare fuel

This is how Skynet happens

[Rand Larsen @RandBusiness]

“Have your AI talk to my AI” is going to be an increasingly common phrase in the coming years

Needs a better word than “AI” though

Agent? Bot? Need something easier to say

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

after a few dozen CBA projects with clients on agentic employees and similar AI first replacements 1 thing has become immensely clear

Agents are only cheaper if you own the whole stack or you're running on discounted tokens
- open weight/fine tuned models + strong evals allow continuous cost cutting
- most roles don't need a 24/7 team member, they need an ambitious high energy learner (AKA human)
- global talent is cheaper for many things due to capital investments and maintenance costs
- just because a bot can do it, doesn't mean it should or is cost effective in doing it
- AI is often faster and makes a different set of mistakes, but it's cost to learn is often much worse

I expect this will change with time, but under 20% of our cost/performance analysis projects resulted in a greenlight for the AI this year

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

A friend asked how I'd reignite a dormant X account right now.

I told him I'd start by looking their algorithm (X open-sourced its For You algorithm, it's on github)

Then I reverse engineered it into a tool to find which posts to engage with:

- spots breakout posts in your network and niche
- auto-maps communities and high potential accounts
- Retunes itself to your custom graph every 6 hours

Open-sourced just like the algo that showed you this: https://t.co/UlXRHrC9I7

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@jspujji Selling candy at school was a much better hustle IME

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@SMBMoneyMike Yeah should work so long as you give it a number to text with (I'm a big @gowithquo guy myself)

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

This advice never goes out of style

[Jesse Pujji @jspujji]

In September, we funded 4 pre revenue teams in our first Seedstrapped founder fellowship.

All of them are generating revenue. Two are already profitable.

I get pinged for advice often.

I will save you time… these are the 13 things I teach all my founders:

1) Bias to action always WINS.

You really do not understand something until you've done it. So when you are stuck, TAKE ACTION vs keep thinking.

2) Never be the bottleneck for someone to get work done.

3) Tenacity is the most important trait for building a company.

It is not intelligence, creativity or salesmanship, but sheer determination.

4) There is no RIGHT way to start and build a company, stop looking for one.

5) Making decisions is hard; but a 'bad decision' outweighs NO decision every time.

6) Services businesses are great ways to generate cash flow to start other ideas!

Don't obsess over the right "business model" - Just start!

7) Competition is usually a sign you picked a good market; don't obsess over competitors.

As Jeff Bezos says, Obsess over your customers.

8) When it comes to business results, be ruthless.

But when it comes to people, be very compassionate.

9) There is no such thing as a momentary lapse of integrity.

When you first see it, take decisive action.

10) Have everyone "assume positive intent."

If your team does this, 99% of conflicts go away.

11) As a founder/owner/manager, you are not the same as your team.

Your ability to impact someone's career (and therefore their life) makes you different.

12) Learn the art of selling

Selling isn't just required in business, it's required in everything you do.

13) Stay healthy

Eat healthy, exercise consistently and sleep well.

We're building @GatewayX, the only founder fellowship for seedstrapped founders.

Applications for spring open up in January.

[Michael Greenberg @gentoftech]

@jspujji I don't think AI has really changed the basics much at all