Our Perspectives

Enterprise AI consolidation is underway — and the companies winning the deals aren't just from Sand Hill Road. This week's SmartCommerce/Ahold expansion is a case in point . . .

Five provocative takeaways from this week's Recast Summit at Parker Palm Springs — including why one experienced LPs is now openly skeptical of track record. Notes from the flight home to Atlanta.

Lessons from a live Valor workshop on AI go-to-market for founder-led sales. Frameworks, Claude skills, and real founder wins from the room.

Did you know your board meeting reflects how you're growing from founder to CEO? Here are three stages top founders grow through fast.

When you build AI where the domain expertise already lives, you compress the cycle from prototype to paying customer.

Running 30-day free trials? You're training your prospects to treat your AI solution like a science experiment. Here's a sales strategy that works better.

The coasts are in a capital arms race over who builds the biggest foundation model. Good for them. It's fueling big victories for applied AI in the South.

Right now, all the AIs are dancing in the dark — flashing new capabilities like birds-of-paradise in a rainforest courtship ritual. But this spectacle is not the story--you are. Here's why you as a business leader need to focus more on how you relate to AI.