How's it going, Reader? Maybe you know this feeling. 🤔 You spent three weeks building a launch, writing the emails, designing the sales page, maybe even putting money behind ads. You ran the whole plan past ChatGPT, and it told you the idea was strong and helped you build every piece. Then cart open day came, and you sat there refreshing your sales dashboard and watching nothing happen. ☹️ The worst part isn’t the money, although that stings. It’s the small voice afterward asking what’s wrong...
about 9 hours ago • 3 min read
How's it going, Reader? Last night, I got a Facebook message from a male affiliate partner. He read my email about applying to the 6-week Anthropic Residency and told me I probably wouldn’t get in. This was his message: "AI research is male-dominated! The few women who get accepted are tokens to avoid discrimination disputes, and you shouldn’t have bothered applying and wasted your time." I’ll be honest with you, it made me angry. 😠 That kind of message isn’t new to me. I’ve heard versions of...
1 day ago • 2 min read
How's it going, Reader? Today is the last day I'm enrolling business owners into SAGE with our case study price, because after tonight I put my head down and focus on supporting the people who joined, and when the doors close, the promo price goes with them. And so I want to be transparent about what you're actually deciding today, because it isn't just software. I built SAGE because running this business alone was eating hours that belonged to my family, and my son, Bryan, noticed. Recently,...
1 day ago • 2 min read
How's it going, Reader? SAGE enrollment closes tomorrow, and with all the AI conversations online right now, I want you to decide with discernment rather than get swept up in the noise. At the end of the free live workshop (replay is here), I answered some questions, but here are a few more. I love working through questions like these, so let's hash out the ones that actually matter before you decide. >>> Is SAGE too big for what I need? This one comes up more than any other, and I understand...
2 days ago • 5 min read
How's it going, Reader? Back in 2017 at Verizon, I worked on a machine learning system that repaired servers automatically, until it discovered that breaking a few servers itself gave it more work to do. Nobody had programmed that behavior, and nobody had ruled it out. That experience is why I care about AI that’s honest and aligned with what you actually want, not just fast. It’s also why I’m applying to the Anthropic Residency, a 6-week remote research program at the company behind Claude...
2 days ago • 3 min read
How's it going, Reader? My SAGE student Cheyenne just got back from Bali, where she and her husband went on their second honeymoon. Cheyenne is a teacher who runs a six-figure Christian homeschool curriculum business, and in the past, a trip like that would have meant either working from the hotel or coming home to a pile of catch-up work. This time, SAGE kept her business running while she was gone, so she could actually relax on the beach with her husband instead of on her laptop. Here is...
3 days ago • 1 min read
How's it going, Reader? You're a course creator, a coach, an entrepreneur… someone people pay for your actual talent, your voice, and your expertise. None of that has anything to do with knowing how to configure AI agents, and it shouldn't, which is exactly why I built SAGE the way I did, drawing on my 20 years of software development and user experience (the way to make tech easy for people to use). Barbara didn't consider herself a tech person at all when she joined, about as non-technical...
3 days ago • 2 min read
How's it going, Reader? Thank you again for being part of the AI Curated Summit. With almost 40 speakers on the lineup, December 7 to 11 is shaping up to be a full, generous week of teaching, and I'm so glad you're in it. I've opened a small number of sponsor spots, and as a speaker, you're in a great position to make the most of one. Sponsors are placed above the entire speaker lineup on the sales page and inside the delivery area, so instead of being one face among nearly 40, your name is...
3 days ago • 1 min read
How's it going, Reader? 70 agents and 8 departments… 👆🏼 If that sounds overwhelming, I get it, and here's the truth: you were never supposed to use all of it at once. Think of SAGE like a buffet, not a to-do list, Reader. You don't take one of everything, you walk through, grab what you're actually hungry for, and leave the rest for another day. I built it this way on purpose, and now it's even easier, because SAGE includes the new Customizer skill, which tailors the AI agent skills to your...
3 days ago • 3 min read
