Case Study: Local.Pet, Local.Dog, Vetsnear.me
The problem Pet owners search across a fragmented landscape, Yelp for vets, Google for groomers, Rover for sitters, Facebook for trainers. None are pet-first; none reliably surface attributes what pet…
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Practical Lessons from the Anthropic Plugin Ecosystem
Most of the AI conversation in 2026 happens at the model layer, which model is best, which is cheapest, who shipped the new capability this week. That conversation is interesting…
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Why most SMBs Are Doing AI Wrong
Spend an afternoon on LinkedIn and you'll see a lot of small-business owners proudly posting that they "added AI" to their company. Look closer at what they actually did and…
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What Three Decades of PM Taught Me About Shipping AI
I've been a product manager since 1994, three decades of shipping products in fintech (the world's first end-to-end B2B credit card encryption service), mobile (Qualcomm's BREW Managed Services and Mobile…
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Building Production AI as a Solo PM
In the last twelve months, I've built and shipped a portfolio of AI applications without an engineering team. Two are in production: a multi-domain Next.js platform with NLP-driven web enrichment,…
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AI Doesn’t Need More Engineers, It Needs Product Managers
Most AI projects fail. The data on this is now reasonably clear, and the failure rate isn't dropping as the tools improve. The conventional read of the failure data is…
Outrigger Amazing Saturday
Saturday morning we had Outrigger Canoe practice for everyone who didn’t race the previous weekend. Outrigger canoeing is that sport with 6 paddlers in a Hawaiian open ocean canoe with…
Mom and Momma Mia!
Instead of a birthday gift, my mom and I decided to spend a weekend in Vegas. At the time, I was fairly well connected with the various casinos due to…
Neil’s Wedding Toast
I spent many years, and many many miles, traveling with Neil on various journeys all over the west coast. Through all the miles, one woman continued to come up in…