Catégorie : Strategy
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2026 AI predictions 1. SaaS and agents merge completely in 2026. Every SaaS product becomes an agent platform, and every agent platform builds SaaS features. The ones that don’t adapt die or get… | Greg Isenberg | 345 comments
2026 AI predictions 1. SaaS and agents merge completely in 2026. Every SaaS product becomes an agent platform, and every agent platform builds SaaS features. The ones that don’t adapt die or get bought for pennies. 2. Google continues to crush in 2026. OpenAI feels the heat. Doubles down into becoming a social company, lots…
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Travel Tech Essentialist #191: Reality Check
“The only value of forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good” – Warren BuffettBeware.Special thanks to Zoftify for sponsoring this edition of the newsletter:Looking for a 100% travel-specialized engineering partner or support for your in-house dev or design team? Zoftify helps travel brands modernize their digital products and ship faster. Check out our Conversion…
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26 Predictions for 2026
Weekly writing about how technology and people intersect. By day, I’m building Daybreak to partner with early-stage founders. By night, I’m writing Digital Native about market trends and startup opportunities. If you haven’t subscribed, join 70,000+ weekly readers by subscribing here: You know the drill. Last week we graded our 25 Predictions for 2025. Now…
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How AI can change the hotel booking industry | Sanjay Vakil posted on the topic | LinkedIn
The world just shifted, and most of the hospitality industry hasn’t even blinked. OpenAI just launched a browser that can book travel. Not search. Not compare. Book. With Agent Mode, it can complete entire reservations on your behalf. Flights. Hotels. Transportation. Everything. This isn’t a future scenario. It’s live right now. That means how people…
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The smarter way to hire staff: rethinking hotel recruitment
Talent shortages remain widespread throughout hospitality. The competition for dependable, motivated staff is fierce. Hotel owners, general managers and HR teams are still navigating the fallout of a post-Covid labor market shaped by economic pressure, shifting expectations and reduced mobility in key regions. In the latest episode of Matt Talks, Mews CEO Matt Welle sits…
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We were warned in 2015. We ignored it. Now we’re paying for it. Just re-read this brilliant 2015 FT piece (full article in the comments) about advertising’s great digital delusion, and bloody hell,… | Gustaf Wick | 102 comments
We were warned in 2015. We ignored it. Now we’re paying for it. Just re-read this brilliant 2015 FT piece (full article in the comments) about advertising’s great digital delusion, and bloody hell, it reads like prophecy. Ten years ago, whilst everyone was genuflecting before the altar of « engagement metrics » and « precise targeting », Byron Sharp…
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Megatrends 2026
Step right up and see the future. Every December, Skift’s editorial team ventures into risky territory: decoding what the travel industry will be obsessing over in the year ahead. There’s a fair amount of hubris there, of course. The future rarely cooperates – it reminds me of that old Yiddish saying about God and plans. …
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TikTok just opened a new front door for hotels with the ‘Nearby Feed’ and if you work in hospitality you should treat this like an alarm bell 🛎️. TikTok isn’t just entertainment anymore. It’s… | Scott Eddy
TikTok just opened a new front door for hotels with the ‘Nearby Feed’ and if you work in hospitality you should treat this like an alarm bell 🛎️. TikTok isn’t just entertainment anymore. It’s search. It’s discovery. It’s influence. And now it’s becoming the place where travelers choose what hotel feels right before they ever…
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Most startups don’t need a CMO as their first marketing hire. They need two hungry operators who actually do the work. A startup founder on Intro recently asked me: “Should I hire a CMO? I’m running… | Enrico Ferrari | 17 comments
Most startups don’t need a CMO as their first marketing hire. They need two hungry operators who actually do the work. A startup founder on Intro recently asked me: “Should I hire a CMO? I’m running marketing myself. CAC is rising on the one channel that works and I don’t want to keep doing all…
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Creative systems, not stars
Brand turnarounds are a business setup, not a creative miracle Welcome to the Sociology of Business. In my last analysis, Ecosystem, not empire, I explored how niches drive scalable growth and how to scale in fragmented markets. If you are on the Substack, join the chat. With one of the paid subscription options, join Paid…