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Speak Like A CEO | November Ep 13

Lazy language is the fast food of the 21st century. There's four steps to remove lazy language, each matched to levels of awareness. At first you wonder why people don’t understand you. You blame how others think instead of how you speak. Then you start hearing the maybes, I thinks, literallys, ums, and likes. You hear yourself mean well yet sound rude. Next, you think of the word and stop yourself before you say it out loud. Lastly, you’re back to being unaware, but now people lean in to hear what you have to say. You sound like you belong in the board room.If you turn on the jargon, you turn on the smoke machine. Pick one of these to stop saying this month. Lazy labels: Turn them into actions. * "The opposite of slow is flow" Especially Very Thing Kind of Corporate Jargon Innovative Robust Seamless Impactful Cutting-edge Non-committal ly words. Probably Possibly Potentially Personally Ideally Hopefully October carry-overs: you know what I mean basically essentially I think just stuff something maybe interesting Let’s do it later Cut it if it’s vague, too polite, or too proud.Use it if it’s short, simple, and observable.

No More Lot Sitters | Ep 12

This episode introduces LoRalot. The parking system that enforces itself. If you own a grocery store, a bank, a mall, a restaurant, or a parking lot, and wonder why your lot is full but your building isn't, or why revenues don't add up on busy days, this episode was made for you. You'll hear my description of the tradeoffs to each current parking management solution and then I'll explain ours at LoRalot. To counteract my bias, I want to give you a framework you can use to decide if this is right for you. Any parking management solution needs each of the following three pillars. If it's missing only one, then lot sitters love you. Loud honking, customers circling, and the occasional swear word will all be the too common appearance. Here are the three pillars: You need a way to track the cars. Which means you know exactly which parking spots are occupied at any time. A way to time the cars. How long each car has been in your lot and when they overstay the time limit. And a way to alert to tow the cars.To quickly let your staff or tow partner know if needed. Track, Time, and Tow. Use this framework to make informed decision for yourself. How does how you manage your lot align with track, time, and tow? Here's how we approach managing your parking lot: Sensors are laid in the ground in each spot. They see when cars come and when they go. They update a live map. It shows grey spots open, green spots taken, red spots overstayed. If time runs out, an alert of your choice is sent. Warn, ticket, tow, or anything you'd like. No need to tow if you don't want to. Next, the sensors collect lots of data. Average stay time, total cars parked per day, peak hours, busiest spots, turnover percentage, legal hours, illegal hours, occupancy rate and more. But I truly believe that unless data is applied it’s useless. If it’s a metric that sits there and it doesn’t change behavior you don’t need it. We focus on the actions to take that make your lot so that people parking in it are happier and spend more. We avoid expensive cameras and it's privacy friendly. Plus no more running around. Run our self-enforcing solution through the track, time, and tow framework. Up to you if it checks each box. If you’re listening before we talk, it’s very nice to meet you. We start with our free 7-day No More Lot Sitters System. To see if it's a good fit for you. Looking forward to answering any questions you may have. Thanks so much for your time.

Trillion Dollar Questions | Ep 11

Two trillion. That's the amount that one of the big three consultant firms thinks AI models needs to generate in annual revenue by 2030. Today? AI makes 50 billion dollars per year. 1.95 trillion short. Why do they predict such a timeline? What happens if the gap doesn't close in five years? I had no idea where to even start to get to the bottom of this. So I asked a founder who lived through the internet bubble and has a company with a market capitalization of 2.27 trillion. In my mock interview with Jeff Bezos, he teaches us about the potential of an AI industrial bubble. And what it would be like to live through it. Before my interview, I knew that billions of dollars were being invested in data centers and GPUS, but I didn't realize what could go wrong. Has overexcitement led to overinvestment?Is this really the price of progress? This episode is my attempt at grasping at a simple understanding of the future of AI. Thanks for listening to day 10 of Off Payroll.

Quiet Dealbreakers | Ep 10

These six things that entrepreneurs do drive me crazy. I hear these online, at fireside talks, and I hear these all the time at entrepreneur clubs and incubators at UC San Diego. Listen to hear my top six business pet peeves from entrepreneurs. 1: Being secretive about business ideas. 2: Splitting attention between more than one business. 3: Saying you need outside investment to have a business. 4: That students are taught how to pitch instead of how to build. 5: Focusing on new inventions instead of proven playbooks. 6: How partnerships are formed without a good reason. The pattern between all of them is ego dressed up as strategy. I hope now you see different perspectives. Thanks for staying with me. See you tmw! We're talking about the state of AI with Jeff Bezos.

The Magic Genie | Ep 9

It’s your lucky day. A magic business genie grants you a wish. But you only have three options. Are you ready? You only get one shot at this. Nothing else will change and you can either: double your price, double your customers, or double how long they stay. Which do you pick? One of them I choose every time. Thanks for listening to Day 8 of Off Payroll. We’re making as many episodes as possible in October. Check back soon to see where the intro goes next.