
Kevin Henrikson
@KevinHenrikson • 11,819 subscribers
Founder building AI healthcare | Scaled @Microsoft & @Instacart eng teams | Focused on curing complexity in healthcare IT with better systems @prettygoodai
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The biggest AI opportunity isn’t building another feature. It’s removing friction your customers deal with every day. This week on Founder Mode, JJ Zhuang returns to revisit predictions from a year ago and share what building Pretty Good AI has taught him since. The technology keeps changing. The companies that win won’t be the ones chasing every new model. They’ll be the ones staying close enough to their customers to know which problems are actually worth solving. Don’t build around AI. Build around the work people need done. CHAPTERS 00:00 – Cold Open: Why Not Just Solve All Your Problems? 00:31 – JJ Returns: Grading 10 Predictions One Year Later 01:58 – Generalists vs. Specialists: Who Should You Hire? 04:39 – Is AI Really Writing Half of All Code? 07:28 – Taste, Comprehension, and the Human Edge 09:58 – Instant Prototypes, Fast Software, and the Death of Slide Decks 12:39 – Directing AI and the Most Overhyped Buzzword 14:32 – Overhyped or Underestimated? The Opus 4.6 Moment 17:09 – The Scorecard: 6.5 for 10 18:00 – Pretty Good AI's Big Bet: Solve Every Problem 20:02 – What Success Looks Like: Becoming Your Customers' AI Team 20:39 – Designing Around AI That's Confidently Wrong 22:20 – Where the Line Between AI and Humans Moves Next 24:09 – Building on Models That Change Every Few Months 25:58 – Compliance When Your Team Is Agents 28:23 – What Patients Notice First 30:17 – How a Lean Team Wins a Crowded Market
Kevin Henrikson24,249 次观看 • 10 天前

Naval separates "deep work" from "shallow work." Deep work: Focused, distraction-free periods on cognitively demanding tasks that produce high-value outcomes. Shallow work: Low-effort, administrative tasks that produce minimal value. Extraordinary results come from this distinction.
Kevin Henrikson52,510 次观看 • 1 年前

Startups and flying have one thing in common: you need a checklist before you take off. On Founder Mode, we went airborne with Max Trescott to talk: → How pilot discipline mirrors startup execution → Why “slow is smooth” applies to building → The secret to learning fast (without crashing) → What founders can learn from aviation training Because whether you’re flying or founding—momentum without method is a mistake. CHAPTERS 00:00 – Flying as a stress reset and the “are you ready?” check 00:48 – Welcome to Founder Mode from the Vision Jet 02:55 – Kevin’s pilot journey: college license to getting hooked on the Vision Jet 05:23 – The founder/pilot overlap: effort, SOPs, and staying calm when things change 13:09 – Buying (and upgrading) a jet: the sales cycle, timing, and “right message, right moment”
Kevin Henrikson15,363 次观看 • 9 个月前

Most ideas suck. Including yours. John Hancock 🚀 built Validate so you could figure that out before wasting 6 months. • 2-minute landing pages • AI that exposes bad ideas • Why founders stop talking to users • And who shouldn’t be a founder at all This Founder Mode episode’s a startup gut check. Use it—or save yourself the pain. CHAPTERS 00:36 – The hype fades: AI as leverage + anyone-can-build moment 07:42 – From Stonks to walking away: the pivot and why it didn’t fit 10:31 – Validate: kill bad ideas fast (landing pages, plans, comps) 13:46 – Don’t bolt on AI no one wants (“better shoes, not wings”) 27:07 – The uncomfortable truth about being a founder
Kevin Henrikson16,239 次观看 • 1 年前

Millions of views. Tens of dollars. On Founder Mode, Kajabi CEO breaks down why creators burn out—and how to flip it. → 2025 is a reckoning → Don’t chase virality. Build systems. → Content market fit is the new MVP → Ownership > algorithm Not every creator is a CEO. But every great one will be. CHAPTERS 00:00 – Why “Creator CEO” is the Future of the Creator Economy 06:51 – Building for Everyday People and Customer Obsession at Kajabi 12:55 – Content Market Fit and Monetizing Beyond Virality 17:36 – Using AI to Scale Without Losing the Human Touch 25:07 – Leadership Cadence and Work-Life Integration as a Post-Founder CEO
Kevin Henrikson10,488 次观看 • 1 年前
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