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350,000 Patriots, One 18-Year-Old Phenom, and the Deals that Take Place in the Pits
The Indy500 is as Good for Business as it is for America
The safest stock on Earth just tapped out
Dominion has paid a dividend every quarter since 1925. This week they sold the company. Here's why.
They Booed Her. She Was Right.
The UCF Graduation Speaker Didn't Expect to Offend Everyone
Your Industry Expertise Is Now a Technical Skill
The worst code is written by software engineers
You Can't Have this Model
Anthropic did something no major AI lab has done before: they built their most powerful model and decided the general public doesn't get it.
The Audience Is the Moat.
OpenAI just bought a podcast. An actress from The Fifth Element just beat every AI memory product on the market. A newsletter platform evangelist just got handed one of the most interesting shows in business media. Three headlines. One pattern. And if you're not paying attention,
The Great AI Race is Already Over
Every AI platform now claims to do everything. Most of them don't. Here's the brutally honest breakdown of who does what well, how to stop wasting your subscription budget, and why the Clawd bot vs. Open Claw debate is the wrong question entirely.
The Cold Start
Everything You Need to Start a Business Is Already in Your Hands
I Used Claude to Automate Fiction
Writes edits and posts across X, Substack, Spotify and Youtube by Itself
How to Win on Linkedin
Cringey and Sterile, but Possibly the Most Valuable Audience on Social Media
How to Claude
There are millionaires being made by the hour through Claude AI
The Irish Goodbye
Make Email Consensual Again
Youtube is Most Valuable Form of Content for Your Brand
What your marketing department needs is a filmmaker
It's the Financial Ozempic
Passive income is more accessible than ever according to Chris Koerner, but passion projects are not how you find it
AI, PE, and the Landscape of the American Economy
Where do Employees, Entrepreneurs and Customers go from here?
💵 Freddy Media's B2B Publishing Strategy 💵
💵 How I Built a $8 Million Dollar Inbound Lead Pipeline in 12 Months 💵
Vibecoding Will Change Your Life
Curiosity, platform addiction, and cashflow.
Trade Shows are Dead, Media Killed Them
How digital storytelling, niche media, and LinkedIn cult followings are eating the convention center alive
Addressing the Influencer Bubble in The Room | Freddy Media
The Influencer Bubble & Why it Just Won’t Pop