Had a great first call with a hardfacing/coatings (potential) seller here in Texas today
Plasma transfer arc, HVOF, laser cladding, cobot machines, etc
I won't have this feeling again for 8-12 months
Has anyone used an AI headshots app that actually looks realistic?
With a remote team I want to get us on a matching background and lighting
On the phone with a client (a contractor) who just said
“hell at least I ain’t losing money on any jobs. I’ve just about had my name on the side of school buildings with a ‘donated by’ plaque because I lost so much money on them”
The Swearingen SJ30 is an incredible performer and a beautiful jet, and I was sad to see Tevor Milton take over the development with (now) Syberjet
The SJ30 went through sale after sale and redesign after redesign and never overcame the phenomenal developments costs and lack of market
Now the stretch model is coming with in-house avionics…one of the same mistakes that Eclipse made, making it even more difficult
This makes zero sense to essentially anyone in aviation. If you can’t see a garmin G3000 or G5000 setup work, then it’s likely you aren’t looking hard enough
But money loves over-promising
Say what you will about Schottenheimer but who else has the balls to risk his absolute weapon for a -3 yards per carry jet sweep? Ball guy.
~24 million people in the US with a net worth over 1m 🤣
just met this guy in the coffee line outside of the American Gardens building on West 81st, told him I love his style
he’s said he tries to dress as real men would when the world had class
legend
I love election season commercials because my 6 year old gets to hear the line "Talarico supported using taxpayer dollars for sex change surgeries on young children" every single time we watch football ☠️
This is similar to a point in @Clay’s fantastic writing policy guide: it’s disrespectful to your reader to ask them spend more time consuming your output than you spent authoring it
Two clicks for you. Two minutes for your counterparty to (painfully) talk to your AI
YTD my firm’s cost on outsourced labor is 2.5% what we spent in 2025
(we haven’t hired anyone)
I left Wall Street in 2021 and started my own business focused on data analytics, financial modeling, and strategy consulting.
While AI has made new things possible, it has ruined a lot of the older core things.
Net net, most of the work I do is now so depressing that I have no choice but to radically remake myself.
Yes, AI can do the excel work in 10 minutes that took me 3 hours… but the little bit of “flow state” satisfaction has been eliminated entirely.
Worse, now clients not only expect things to be done immediately.. but are using AI themselves which muddies not only the deliverables but begs the question… “what are we all doing here?”
I might take a bartending course.
It’s nice to have the ball rolling
We closed a deal in April and I personally had very little on my plate for most of summer
A few years ago I would have been sweating the pipeline, but we’ve been in it long enough to know it’s hard to predict when good work will come in
Now, we’re busy again
Pitches every week
Surprise deals coming back from the dead
Sending engagement letters to sellers who want to get started quickly
It was a nice break…now back to work!
Nothing kills momentum like bad audio and it would take me 5 seconds to end this and switch to a phone call
Here's a demo of a conversation between two people at Deveillance @be_inaudible
Watch the live transcription fall apart.
What a great aviation maintenance training setup from Texarkana College!
The regional economic development groups have done a great job making KTXK a hub for aircraft maintenance, and the college is a big part of that
