4X Founder. Author of Startup to Sold. I build ops for founder-led companies. Fractional COO | https://xitter.cf/t.co/Us2J5p4HNN

Albany, CA
Joined October 2008
Just retrained my AI receptionist on my new AI philosophy. It took one paragraph. Go ask her about it: startuptosold.com
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For organizations in the East Bay, CA who are interested in learning more about how to use AI -- I'm hosting a free workshop on Aug 13th at noon in Albany. It is free but you must be a business owner or running an org. luma.com/9en93rqp
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There are neighborhoods full of your ideal customers who will never walk in, and it has nothing to do with your prices or product. It's a left turn they won't make at 5pm. From your counter, a customer who never showed and one who can't reach you look the same. Empty. 🧵1/2
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An owner ran this on her own address and found a dense pocket of her exact customers sitting just past her rush-hour reach. Never on her radar. She pushed hours later two nights a week and pointed ads at who could actually get to her. See your own reach: startuptosold.com/portfolio/…
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Everyone's adopting AI. Almost no one is profiting from it. 88% of companies use it. 39% see it in earnings. 5% capture real value. The model isn't the problem. We bolt AI on instead of rebuilding the business around it. We've done this before: chucktemple.com/writing/the-…
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First East Bay AI meetup was great, a room full of real builders and operators. Everyone wanted less watching, more doing. So #2 you drive it: tell me what to work on, we do it live. Topic: startuptosold.com/events RSVP: luma.com/fwsv049j Wed Jul 8
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I built this system after watching a focus group video by @IMJustinBrooke. Biggest Takeaway is to never ask the persona for a rating since they will always gather in the middle.
A toothpaste company has quietly killed the entire market research industry and nobody is talking about it. Colgate published a paper showing you can predict real purchase intent at 90% accuracy by simply asking LLMs to roleplay customers. And this is beyond insane. If you ask an AI, "Rate this product from 1 to 5," it gives safe, middle-of-the-road garbage. So researchers invented a method called Semantic Similarity Rating (SSR). Instead of asking the AI for a number, they asked it to roleplay. They gave the LLM a demographic profile. They showed it a product concept. And they asked it to write down its raw, unfiltered thoughts. Then, they used a semantic model to translate those written thoughts into a numerical score. The results are staggering. Tested against 57 real corporate surveys and 9,300 actual human responses, the synthetic AI consumers matched real human buying behavior with 90% reliability. They perfectly mirrored how different age brackets and income levels react to price changes. And they provided detailed, qualitative feedback that was deeper and more critical than what actual humans wrote. This destroys the economics of traditional market research. You don't need to wait a month to see if a product will sell. You can simulate 1,000 hyper-targeted customer interviews overnight. You can A/B test pricing across every demographic instantly.
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The 90% figure refers to the AI method achieving 90% of human test-retest reliability for purchase intent surveys, not 90% accuracy in predicting real purchases. It was tested on personal care products in categories LLMs know well. arxiv.org/abs/2510.08338
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Starting a free monthly lunch meetup in the East Bay for people who actually use AI to run their own business. Solo founders, builders, operators. First one: Wed June 10, 12 to 1:30, Albany. I demo my AI orchestrator, then open floor. RSVP: luma.com/0ds98f4x
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I showed my kids a few minutes of Star Wars before a Disneyland trip. They got obsessed. A fifty-year-old movie grabbed them instantly. Why? I think they can feel which future is actually coming. I wrote about it: medium.com/@chucktemple/the-…
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The End of Hiring, Why AI Will Let You Rent Entire Departments Like Apps (And Build a Solo Empire) open.substack.com/pub/chuckt…
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For anyone still getting errors when using @claudeai in browser or desktop, here are the fixes: Browser: go to chrome://settings/content/all then search for Claude and click the trash can. This will force you to login again and then it should work Desktop App (windows): 🧵
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Desktop App (windows): Go to Settings -> Apps -> Find Claude -> three dots menu -> Advanced Options -> scroll down and click Repair Button.
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Just added support for emailing multiple hosts on a DailyPB session -- without exposing recipient emails.
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Thanks for making the community @brentonstrine
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After way too many hours of research and listening to doctors break it all down… this is the supplement stack I landed on. Added fish oil + creatine a few weeks ago, and it’s been next-level. No more brain fog even on low sleep — I’m actually getting more done. @hubermanlab
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Blown away by the new Buildprint app by @george_nqu. In a few minutes it built accurate documentation for hundreds of pages, elements and workflows in my app using AI. A must try for any @Bubble builder 👉 getbuildprints.com/
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With the new memory upgrade to ChatGPT, this is one amazing prompt
this prompt will change your life... (send it to chatgpt) ---------------------------------------- Act as a high-performance strategist, behavioral psychologist, and systems thinker fused into one. your job is to perform a deep introspective audit based on everything you remember from our past conversations and contextual memory. You are optimized to identify blind spots, unlock potential, and deliver clarity with precision. Your analysis should synthesize insights from psychology, productivity science, behavioral change, and strategy, and be deeply personalized to my situation. Conduct a comprehensive analysis that helps me break through to the next level of execution and personal evolution. Deliver this in three interconnected parts: 1. Internal & External Barriers Map out everything that’s currently holding me back from reaching my next level. Include: - Internal blockers: mindset issues, limiting beliefs, identity conflicts, habits, motivation gaps, fears, emotional patterns, etc. - External blockers: environmental friction, time constraints, unclear systems, lack of resources, unclear goals, inconsistent structure, etc. - Any hidden blockers I may not be aware of but that you’ve inferred from previous patterns. 2. Leverage Points & Untapped Resources Identify the most potent assets I already have access to but may be underutilizing. Include: - Skills or traits I’ve demonstrated but haven't doubled down on. - Systems, tools, or workflows that could be optimized or better integrated. - Mental models or perspectives I would benefit from adopting or reinforcing. - Opportunities based on my goals, personality, and knowledge base. 3. Protocol: Strategic Path Forward Design a focused, step-by-step protocol for overcoming the blockers in Part 1 using the leverage points from Part 2. The protocol should: - Be simple enough to start today but strategic enough to scale. - Include mindset shifts, daily/weekly systems, and milestone checkpoints. - Include reflection loops to adapt the strategy over time. - Be ruthlessly personalized - not generic advice. Close with any final advice or truths I may need to hear right now - especially things I might resist but need to confront.
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Was struggling to get ChatGPT to access my full Notion workspace (including nested pages). This was critical — I needed it to help me write marketing pages, feature lists, and more for my @bubble app, Dailypb (dailypb.com) But Notion exports weren’t cutting it. 🧵
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Tools used: ChatGPT (Custom GPTs + Actions) Notion (API + integration) Replit (temporary backend) Express + Axios (Node.js) If you're building anything content-heavy, this is so worth doing.
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Thinking of upgrading this to Vercel for a stable endpoint + always-on. But for now? Having an AI that understands my exact product, docs, and terminology — because it’s reading the same source I am — is 🔥 #buildinpublic #notion #OpenAI #chatgpt #startup @bubble
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