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▶️ Seasonal drag, marketplace gaps, and the adjuster's dilemma
On last week's office hours... Your users love you. Your revenue model hates them. Or: they'd totally pay — if only they controlled the budget. Three…
Nov 10
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JDM
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22:19
Replay: AI brand voice, economic buyers, and the taco dilemma
Your customers say they love your product but won't pay for it. You're serving the user, but the buyer controls the budget. And somewhere, there's a…
Nov 4
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JDM
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Cameron Law
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28:57
Replay: Churn math, franchise squeeze, and wedding vendor whiplash
You solved their problem, so they left. They love you, but can't pay. The product work, but nobody cares. This week: three founders learn the hard way…
Oct 28
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JDM
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Cameron Law
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22:39
Replay: AI trust gaps, marketplace mismatches, and data paralysis
Quick hits on when "smart" recommendations backfire, why value propositions can't be forced, and the difference between data and actual decisions
Sep 22
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JDM
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Cameron Law
2
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32:06
▶️ Service traps, liquidity lies, and the "I wish this existed" fallacy
Founders building custom solutions for every customer, marketplaces connecting people who don't want to be connected, and why "I always wished this…
Sep 15
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JDM
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Cameron Law
3
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34:59
Replay: Sample sizes, ego splits, and the "everything is free" myth
Most founders are drawing big conclusions from laughably small data sets while avoiding the hard conversations that actually matter. This week: why your…
Sep 8
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JDM
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Cameron Law
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36:49
Replay: pricing experiments, waitlist reality, and investor ultimatums
Watch now | A recording from JDM's live video
Aug 25
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JDM
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30:19
Replay: global pivots, crypto curveballs, and fuzzy dice wisdom
When should you pivot for unexpected users, ignore investor “advice,” or admit your traction is just your friends? This week, we tackled founder FOMO…
Aug 11
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JDM
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27:56
Replay: UX fixes, dead leads, and the "Kramer throttle"
Some users need a tweak. Others need a fire. And sometimes, your LLM answers its own questions like a caffeinated improv actor. Let’s talk experiments…
Jul 28
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JDM
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Cameron Law
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30:19
Replay: free users, flimsy pilots, and the fantasy of readiness
Startups don’t fail because they build the wrong thing—they fail because they launch too late, believe every soft “yes,” and can’t tell the difference…
Jul 21
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JDM
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Cameron Law
3
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25:57
Replay: founder flakiness, feature overlap, and... a rock emoji?
Your co-founder vanishes, users ghost, and a competitor just shipped your roadmap — it’s been a week. We tackled the founder drama, market panic, and…
Jul 15
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JDM
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Cameron Law
3
26:17
Replay: pilot purgatory, defensibility drama, and the gym sock of startup funnels
We're live 3x per week now, and this one was jam-packed with another stack of founder questions — and a few brutal truths.
Jul 7
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JDM
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Cameron Law
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25:58
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