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I’m an entrepreneur, writer, and creator. Most recently the co-founder of CraftedLabs.

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CraftedLabs

Crafting AI experiences to amplify your business.

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AskJack

Instant answers to your work questions

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Blog

Musings and thoughts on business, life, and more that don’t fit within my other newsletters.

✅ You don’t need a product management prioritization framework

Most product management frameworks are not useful and many are harmful for startups. RICE, Kano, MoSCoW, etc. sound good on paper. But frameworks fail most startups for 3 reasons.

💻 Hiring in tech is broken

After 11 years as a CTO, here's the hard truth, traditional tech hiring is failing us. Here's why, and what actually works...

🧠 9 cognitive biases every startup founder should be aware of (and how they impact you)

As a startup founder, you face decisions daily. Each day you're taking in new data and deciding on a course of action. Being aware of how cognitive biases can skew the data you gather, and the decisions you make on it can help you reduce errors in judgment and improve your odds of success.