Guest
Jad Koulwan
1 indexed appearance on the show — Paid Media, AI, Finance & Exits, Brand Strategy, Retention & CX
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2026-06-25 AI
Anthropic's rapid Claude updates are increasingly displacing startups built adjacent to its capabilities, echoing how Apple updates once killed competing apps overnight.
Claude is basically innovating out multiple companies with every single update that they push out... I personally would not want to be building that close to the space.
▶ 18:25 2026-06-25 Paid Media
Meta should keep prioritizing investment in its core ads product over speculative side projects like a prediction market.
I want to see more investment in the ad product just because that's like what's most important to our community.
▶ 9:45 2026-06-25 Finance & Exits
Building genuine brand community through ambassadors and events is an underrated lever that directly boosts a brand's exit valuation.
it's going to help you in terms of your brand's going to perform better, but as well it's going to also of course affect the valuation.
▶ 53:05 2026-06-25 Finance & Exits
The DTC M&A market has matured past the 2020-2022 aggregator boom toward high-net-worth buyers and strategics.
20 to 22... was huge boom those aggregators and then now I think the market's um maturing a little bit in the sense that there's more high net worth individuals and and and sort of you know and strategics.
▶ 44:25 2026-06-25 Retention & CX
Diversifying revenue channels, as Bryan Johnson's Blueprint has done, strengthens LTV and overall business resilience.
this is an example of expanding your LTV, diversifying your channels, and making sure your business is super sound.
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