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تشرفت بالمداخلة عبر قناة الإخبارية لتحليل مشهد التحول الاقتصادي والرقمي في المملكة، وكخبير في سلاسل الإمداد والمشتريات ومراقب للمشهد أستعرض أبرز ما تم تناوله: 79% من المدفوعات في قطاع التجزئة باتت إلكترونية في 2024 (مقارنة بـ70% في 2023)، بفضل تطور البنية التحتية الرقمية وتغيّر سلوك المستهلك. السوق السعودي ينمو بوتيرة تفوق المتوسط العالمي للأسواق الناشئة. المنشآت الصغيرة والمتوسطة نمت بنسبة 193%، من 440 ألف إلى 1.3 مليون منشأة منذ بدء الرؤي عام 2016. الاستثمار في اللوجستيات والتحول الرقمي عزّز الكفاءة وخفّض التكاليف وساهم في توطين التقنية. برامج مثل منشآت، كفالة، امتثال، وصنع في السعودية تدعم ريادة الأعمال للشركات الصغيرة والمتوسطة وتفتح فرصًا جديدة. السعودية اليوم سوق ناضج رقميًا، ومغري للاستثمار، ويقدّم تجربة أكثر مرونة وأمانًا للمستهلك. رابط اللقاء في موقع قناة الإخبارية: #التحول_الرقمي #رؤية_2030 #الاقتصاد_السعودي #التقنية #الاستثمار #المنشآت_الصغيرة #الإخبارية #سلاسل_الإمداد #المشتريات #الأخبار #قادة --- It was an honor to appear on قناة الإخبارية channel (Owned by Saudi Broadcasting Authority.) to comment on the economic and digital transformation landscape in Saudi Arabia. As a supply chain and procurement expert closely observing these developments, I highlighted the following key insights: 79% of retail payments in 2024 are now electronic, up from 70% in 2023, driven by advanced digital infrastructure and evolving consumer behavior. Saudi Arabia's market is growing at a pace that exceeds the global average for emerging markets. The number of SMEs has surged by 193%, growing from 440,000 to 1.3 million establishments since the launch of Vision 2030. Investment in logistics and digital transformation has improved efficiency, reduced costs, and supported the localization of technology. Programs like Monsha’at, Kafalah, Istitlaa, and Made in Saudi are empowering entrepreneurship specially for SMEs unlocking new opportunities. Today, Saudi Arabia stands as a digitally mature market, highly attractive to investors, offering consumers a more flexible and secure experience. The link to the interview on Al Ekhbariya Channel's website: #DigitalTransformation #SaudiEconomy #Vision2030 #Fintech #Investment #SMEs #AlEkhbariya #SupplyChain #Procurement #Saudi #News

Hussam AlSammani - حسام الصماني

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In this special live event, Founders In Arms Podcast brings together a room full of founders at Mercury's San Francisco headquarters for an intimate conversation about building, investing, and the future of AI. Max Mullen is co-founder at Instacart, where he led product and grew it from a contrarian idea into the leader in online grocery delivery and eventually a publicly traded company. Now Max Mullen is an active investor and runs a founder community in San Francisco called Workshop. Max shares lessons from over a decade of building and his perspective on AI's transformative potential. In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Welcome to the first live Founders in Arms event at Mercury HQ (00:43) Introduction to Max Mullen and his early investment in Mercury (03:58) Max's origin story and first startup at Startup Weekend (04:36) Building a social network and getting acquihired (05:39) The path from acquihire to founding Instacart (06:19) Why Max wanted to solve real-world operational problems (07:17) Starting Instacart when there was no gig economy (09:15) Overcoming the "grocery delivery is dead" narrative (11:48) Market timing and why Webvan was too early (14:37) Being a non-technical co-founder in a technical role (17:45) The PARE framework for building company culture (22:09) Max's approach to M&A at Instacart (24:00) The Caper smart shopping cart acquisition story (25:31) How founders can position for acquisition (28:26) Why product-market fit attracts acquirers (29:46) Evaluating investments: market size vs. founder quality (32:54) Max and Immad's differing investment philosophies (35:39) The current state of VC funding and AI companies (36:51) The three best times to raise money as a founder (39:15) Instacart's seasonal business patterns and fundraising timing (39:59) The most interesting opportunities in AI right now (40:24) Why every profession will have AI agent co-pilots (41:44) What AI-native companies will look like for the next generation
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In this special live event, Founders In Arms Podcast brings together a room full of founders at Mercury's San Francisco headquarters for an intimate conversation about building, investing, and the future of AI. Max Mullen is co-founder at Instacart, where he led product and grew it from a contrarian idea into the leader in online grocery delivery and eventually a publicly traded company. Now Max Mullen is an active investor and runs a founder community in San Francisco called Workshop. Max shares lessons from over a decade of building and his perspective on AI's transformative potential. In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Welcome to the first live Founders in Arms event at Mercury HQ (00:43) Introduction to Max Mullen and his early investment in Mercury (03:58) Max's origin story and first startup at Startup Weekend (04:36) Building a social network and getting acquihired (05:39) The path from acquihire to founding Instacart (06:19) Why Max wanted to solve real-world operational problems (07:17) Starting Instacart when there was no gig economy (09:15) Overcoming the "grocery delivery is dead" narrative (11:48) Market timing and why Webvan was too early (14:37) Being a non-technical co-founder in a technical role (17:45) The PARE framework for building company culture (22:09) Max's approach to M&A at Instacart (24:00) The Caper smart shopping cart acquisition story (25:31) How founders can position for acquisition (28:26) Why product-market fit attracts acquirers (29:46) Evaluating investments: market size vs. founder quality (32:54) Max and Immad's differing investment philosophies (35:39) The current state of VC funding and AI companies (36:51) The three best times to raise money as a founder (39:15) Instacart's seasonal business patterns and fundraising timing (39:59) The most interesting opportunities in AI right now (40:24) Why every profession will have AI agent co-pilots (41:44) What AI-native companies will look like for the next generation

Rajat Suri

144,095 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce

Ep. 18 | Free the Money | How to Live Entirely on Crypto in 2026 with Joël Valenzuela Joel Valenzuela from Dash joins me to break down what it really looks like to live entirely on crypto and why is becoming easier than ever. From getting paid in Bitcoin in 2015 to today’s evolving ecosystem, Joël explains how bill pay services, reloadable cards, QR payments, and platforms where users can lend, borrow, and earn yield are making crypto usable in everyday life. Beyond crypto, we explore the Free State Project and why New Hampshire has become a magnet for liberty minded individuals. From policies that support homeschooling to local action creating real change, it reflects a bigger trend described in The Sovereign Individual: in a world where people and capital can move freely, governments must compete to attract them. As individuals and businesses leave high cost, restrictive states like California and New York, places like New Hampshire are positioning themselves as compelling alternatives. At the core is one question: what happens when trust in institutions breaks down? For many, it already has and that’s driving a shift toward choice in money, education, and ultimately where and how you live. Open a Crypto, Gold & Silver IRA with ITrustCapital and get a $100 funding bonus when you use my link below. See why so many people are using tax-advantaged accounts to diversify their future. Joël’s How To Privately Live on Crypto article: 0:00 Joël’s Background 3:05 The Evolution of Crypto Adoption 5:59 The Ultimate Guide to Living Off Crypto 12:59 Why DeFi Is Bigger Than Speculation 15:48 The Self-Custody Problem Holding Crypto Back 19:19 Dash Usernames, Contacts, and Encrypted Payments 23:40 Dash’s Integration with NEAR Intents 28:53 AI Agents, Blockchain Surveillance, & Financial Privacy 33:19 Inside the Free State Project 39:05 The Bill That Could Make New Hampshire #1 for Homeschooling 42:52 The Role in Choice of Education and Governance. Exodus from CA & NY 49:17 Dash Pay Wallet and Dash’s Privacy Upgrade
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Ep. 18 | Free the Money | How to Live Entirely on Crypto in 2026 with Joël Valenzuela Joel Valenzuela from Dash joins me to break down what it really looks like to live entirely on crypto and why is becoming easier than ever. From getting paid in Bitcoin in 2015 to today’s evolving ecosystem, Joël explains how bill pay services, reloadable cards, QR payments, and platforms where users can lend, borrow, and earn yield are making crypto usable in everyday life. Beyond crypto, we explore the Free State Project and why New Hampshire has become a magnet for liberty minded individuals. From policies that support homeschooling to local action creating real change, it reflects a bigger trend described in The Sovereign Individual: in a world where people and capital can move freely, governments must compete to attract them. As individuals and businesses leave high cost, restrictive states like California and New York, places like New Hampshire are positioning themselves as compelling alternatives. At the core is one question: what happens when trust in institutions breaks down? For many, it already has and that’s driving a shift toward choice in money, education, and ultimately where and how you live. Open a Crypto, Gold & Silver IRA with ITrustCapital and get a $100 funding bonus when you use my link below. See why so many people are using tax-advantaged accounts to diversify their future. Joël’s How To Privately Live on Crypto article: 0:00 Joël’s Background 3:05 The Evolution of Crypto Adoption 5:59 The Ultimate Guide to Living Off Crypto 12:59 Why DeFi Is Bigger Than Speculation 15:48 The Self-Custody Problem Holding Crypto Back 19:19 Dash Usernames, Contacts, and Encrypted Payments 23:40 Dash’s Integration with NEAR Intents 28:53 AI Agents, Blockchain Surveillance, & Financial Privacy 33:19 Inside the Free State Project 39:05 The Bill That Could Make New Hampshire #1 for Homeschooling 42:52 The Role in Choice of Education and Governance. Exodus from CA & NY 49:17 Dash Pay Wallet and Dash’s Privacy Upgrade

Bri Teresi

46,287 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce

1/ One thing I learned from Lyron during this conversation about Seismic was the importance of discovering a key insight, first hand, from experience, which led to the creation of Seismic Systems. Listen or watch this episode and you'll see what I mean. Summary In this episode, Lyron Co Ting Keh, co-founder and CEO of Seismic Systems, shares the story behind their recent funding round and what Seismic is building—a blockchain platform for encrypted financial services. Lyron explains how the current financial infrastructure still meets the minimum bar for most users, but fails to serve more sensitive or complex needs, especially around B2B lending and credit. He talks about how Seismic is tackling fragmentation in crypto, offering a unified and encrypted environment that can support native applications and allow for meaningful experimentation. Lyron reflects on the importance of deep user research, how his background in AI influences Seismic’s design choices, and why long-term thinking is essential when building in crypto. He also outlines their roadmap, the role of the community, and how Seismic plans to empower underserved small businesses. Takeaways — Seismic focuses on high-sensitivity payment flows, bringing encrypted financial services on-chain. — Most existing systems are “good enough,” but don’t meet the needs of more complex or privacy-sensitive users. — A major problem in crypto is fragmented encryption—Seismic aims to solve that by unifying the environment. — The team is building native apps from the ground up, informed by deep user research. — Fragmentation in crypto complicates order routing and transaction execution. — Seismic targets the SMB lending market, which is underserved and inefficient. — Crypto provides structural advantages for underwriting and loan distribution. — Seismic’s model includes incentivizing developers and users in differentiated ways. — Community engagement is core to Seismic’s long-term strategy. — Lyron draws inspiration from AI and emphasizes faster iteration and feedback loops. — The roadmap includes beta testing, developer incentives, and a full mainnet launch. Timeline (00:00) Introduction to Seismic Systems and Funding Announcement (01:43) Understanding Seismic’s Market and Value Proposition (06:21) Seismic’s Unique Approach to Encrypted DeFi (12:14) Incubation of Native Applications for Seismic (15:02) Lyron’s Journey into Crypto and Seismic’s Development (17:17) User Research and Identifying Market Needs (21:52) Challenges in Feedback Loops and Market Signals (26:07) Understanding Fragmentation in Crypto Transactions (28:18) Seismic’s Approach to Credit and Lending (29:09) The Challenges of SMB Lending (32:32) Innovations in Underwriting with Crypto (34:09) Seismic’s Business Model and Community Engagement (39:21) Roadmap and Future Plans for Seismic (41:04) Incentivizing Community and Developer Engagement (45:41) Inspirations and Influences Beyond Crypto
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1/ One thing I learned from Lyron during this conversation about Seismic was the importance of discovering a key insight, first hand, from experience, which led to the creation of Seismic Systems. Listen or watch this episode and you'll see what I mean. Summary In this episode, Lyron Co Ting Keh, co-founder and CEO of Seismic Systems, shares the story behind their recent funding round and what Seismic is building—a blockchain platform for encrypted financial services. Lyron explains how the current financial infrastructure still meets the minimum bar for most users, but fails to serve more sensitive or complex needs, especially around B2B lending and credit. He talks about how Seismic is tackling fragmentation in crypto, offering a unified and encrypted environment that can support native applications and allow for meaningful experimentation. Lyron reflects on the importance of deep user research, how his background in AI influences Seismic’s design choices, and why long-term thinking is essential when building in crypto. He also outlines their roadmap, the role of the community, and how Seismic plans to empower underserved small businesses. Takeaways — Seismic focuses on high-sensitivity payment flows, bringing encrypted financial services on-chain. — Most existing systems are “good enough,” but don’t meet the needs of more complex or privacy-sensitive users. — A major problem in crypto is fragmented encryption—Seismic aims to solve that by unifying the environment. — The team is building native apps from the ground up, informed by deep user research. — Fragmentation in crypto complicates order routing and transaction execution. — Seismic targets the SMB lending market, which is underserved and inefficient. — Crypto provides structural advantages for underwriting and loan distribution. — Seismic’s model includes incentivizing developers and users in differentiated ways. — Community engagement is core to Seismic’s long-term strategy. — Lyron draws inspiration from AI and emphasizes faster iteration and feedback loops. — The roadmap includes beta testing, developer incentives, and a full mainnet launch. Timeline (00:00) Introduction to Seismic Systems and Funding Announcement (01:43) Understanding Seismic’s Market and Value Proposition (06:21) Seismic’s Unique Approach to Encrypted DeFi (12:14) Incubation of Native Applications for Seismic (15:02) Lyron’s Journey into Crypto and Seismic’s Development (17:17) User Research and Identifying Market Needs (21:52) Challenges in Feedback Loops and Market Signals (26:07) Understanding Fragmentation in Crypto Transactions (28:18) Seismic’s Approach to Credit and Lending (29:09) The Challenges of SMB Lending (32:32) Innovations in Underwriting with Crypto (34:09) Seismic’s Business Model and Community Engagement (39:21) Roadmap and Future Plans for Seismic (41:04) Incentivizing Community and Developer Engagement (45:41) Inspirations and Influences Beyond Crypto

papiofficial

24,801 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

GOLD TELEGRAPH CONVERSATION #8 JOHN MCCLUSKEY "There's no question that gold is under accumulation now and the market is shifting from West to East." For our 8th conversation, I’m joined by John McCluskey, CEO of Alamos Gold (Alamos Gold Inc.), as we cover a wide range of topics including the early days of building Alamos and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Alamos is now valued at ~$15 billion CAD, but it started with humble beginnings. John shared a story of when the company was worth just $30 million and how it was an uphill battle to convince investors of the value that Mulatos represented. We also dive into: • Leadership insights from decades in the mining industry • His views on the gold market and the shift of gold from West to East • The critical importance of exploration for the future of mining A big thank you to John for sharing his time and perspective. I hope you all enjoy the conversation. TIMESTAMPS: (0:45) – The early days: Learning from Chester Miller and the founding vision for Alamos Gold (3:44) – How a life-threatening accident in 1999 reshaped John’s philosophy (9:25) – Building Alamos from a $30M market cap to a $15B gold company (9:25) – Convincing the market on Mulatos: Early challenges and the critical role of vision (17:10) – Did you envision Alamos evolving into a multi-mine, international producer when you co-founded it? (23:26) – How Alamos connected the Magino acquisition with Island Gold through shared infrastructure, workforce, and regional strategy (23:40) – How Alamos connected the Magino acquisition with Island Gold through shared infrastructure, workforce, and regional strategy (33:33) – Gold’s role in a multipolar monetary system (38:00) – In a world driven by instant gratification, how can gold companies capture investor attention and show the long-term value of gold? (43:27) – With global exploration spending at historic lows, what risks does that pose for the future of the mining sector? (50:09) – The next generation of mining leaders (58:26) – How John defines success
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GOLD TELEGRAPH CONVERSATION #8 JOHN MCCLUSKEY "There's no question that gold is under accumulation now and the market is shifting from West to East." For our 8th conversation, I’m joined by John McCluskey, CEO of Alamos Gold (Alamos Gold Inc.), as we cover a wide range of topics including the early days of building Alamos and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Alamos is now valued at ~$15 billion CAD, but it started with humble beginnings. John shared a story of when the company was worth just $30 million and how it was an uphill battle to convince investors of the value that Mulatos represented. We also dive into: • Leadership insights from decades in the mining industry • His views on the gold market and the shift of gold from West to East • The critical importance of exploration for the future of mining A big thank you to John for sharing his time and perspective. I hope you all enjoy the conversation. TIMESTAMPS: (0:45) – The early days: Learning from Chester Miller and the founding vision for Alamos Gold (3:44) – How a life-threatening accident in 1999 reshaped John’s philosophy (9:25) – Building Alamos from a $30M market cap to a $15B gold company (9:25) – Convincing the market on Mulatos: Early challenges and the critical role of vision (17:10) – Did you envision Alamos evolving into a multi-mine, international producer when you co-founded it? (23:26) – How Alamos connected the Magino acquisition with Island Gold through shared infrastructure, workforce, and regional strategy (23:40) – How Alamos connected the Magino acquisition with Island Gold through shared infrastructure, workforce, and regional strategy (33:33) – Gold’s role in a multipolar monetary system (38:00) – In a world driven by instant gratification, how can gold companies capture investor attention and show the long-term value of gold? (43:27) – With global exploration spending at historic lows, what risks does that pose for the future of the mining sector? (50:09) – The next generation of mining leaders (58:26) – How John defines success

Gold Telegraph ⚡

199,925 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

🎙️Architecting the Monetary Endgame Ep. 97 with allen farrington My guest today is Allen Farrington, writer, investor, and co-founder of Axiom, a Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm backing companies that use Bitcoin as real infrastructure rather than speculation. Allen co-authored “Bitcoin is Venice” and “Only the Strong Survive” and draws on a background in math, philosophy, Austrian economics, and long-term equity investing to explain why Bitcoin is both a technological breakthrough and a venture opportunity hiding in plain sight. In this episode, he shares why he believes the most valuable startups will use Bitcoin as invisible plumbing for payments, energy, and financial services rather than marketing themselves as “Bitcoin companies.” We explore why current stablecoin systems break under real demand, how Lightning and Taproot Assets enable issuer competition and scalable payments, and why the long arc ends with e-cash and Bitcoin-native money. Allen frames Axiom’s edge as “temporal arbitrage”: investing early where technical understanding and adoption are low, anticipating that in a decade the market will recognize the value created by Bitcoin-based infrastructure. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 00:00 - Coming Up 01:12 - Introduction to Allen 03:20 - Discovering Bitcoin & Career Trajectory 12:03 - Ad Break - Trezor & BitVault 15:22 - Investment Philosophy & Lightning as Inspiration 17:52 - Company and Investment Selection for Axiom VC 30:12 - Stablecoins & Regulations 37:32 - Why Most Stablecoin Systems Fail At Scale? 44:50 - The Importance of Stablecoin Issuers 51:16 - Stablecoins on Lightning & Taproot Assets: A New Approach 1:01:23 - The Future of Digital Money: E-Cash 1:05:47 - Steps to Migrate From Fiat To Bitcoin 1:10:28 - Companies to Watch in the Bitcoin & Lightning Space 1:16:43 - Allen Loves What He Does & Why He Does It >>
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🎙️Architecting the Monetary Endgame Ep. 97 with allen farrington My guest today is Allen Farrington, writer, investor, and co-founder of Axiom, a Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm backing companies that use Bitcoin as real infrastructure rather than speculation. Allen co-authored “Bitcoin is Venice” and “Only the Strong Survive” and draws on a background in math, philosophy, Austrian economics, and long-term equity investing to explain why Bitcoin is both a technological breakthrough and a venture opportunity hiding in plain sight. In this episode, he shares why he believes the most valuable startups will use Bitcoin as invisible plumbing for payments, energy, and financial services rather than marketing themselves as “Bitcoin companies.” We explore why current stablecoin systems break under real demand, how Lightning and Taproot Assets enable issuer competition and scalable payments, and why the long arc ends with e-cash and Bitcoin-native money. Allen frames Axiom’s edge as “temporal arbitrage”: investing early where technical understanding and adoption are low, anticipating that in a decade the market will recognize the value created by Bitcoin-based infrastructure. ► If you got value, please like, comment, share, follow and support my work. Thank you! 00:00 - Coming Up 01:12 - Introduction to Allen 03:20 - Discovering Bitcoin & Career Trajectory 12:03 - Ad Break - Trezor & BitVault 15:22 - Investment Philosophy & Lightning as Inspiration 17:52 - Company and Investment Selection for Axiom VC 30:12 - Stablecoins & Regulations 37:32 - Why Most Stablecoin Systems Fail At Scale? 44:50 - The Importance of Stablecoin Issuers 51:16 - Stablecoins on Lightning & Taproot Assets: A New Approach 1:01:23 - The Future of Digital Money: E-Cash 1:05:47 - Steps to Migrate From Fiat To Bitcoin 1:10:28 - Companies to Watch in the Bitcoin & Lightning Space 1:16:43 - Allen Loves What He Does & Why He Does It >>

Efrat Fenigson

75,862 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce

Episode #92: How AI Changes Governments & Business Models Mike Vichich is the Co-founder and CEO of Pursuit, which helps companies drive more revenue from the public sector. We talk about how AI is changing Helmer’s 7 Powers, how it’s impacting the government, if DOGE is actually working, building a startup in the Midwest (specifically Ann Arbor, MI), and how to disagree with your team. We also get into Mike’s prior company Wisely, and how they went from $11 in the bank account and unable to run payroll for six months, to over $10 million ARR and a $187 million exit to public company Olo a few years later. Thanks to Jack Altman and Blake Robbins for their help brainstorming good topics for Mike! Full episode here on X, or grab a link in the replies. Timestamps: 3:21 How AI changes Helmer’s 7 Powers 17:06 What becomes important in AI-first economy 21:02 How AI interfaces with the government 24:02 “The rules intended to save taxpayer money ironically cause taxpayer money to be wasted” 29:34 How change orders impact public sector costs 33:20 Why DOGE has not impacted US government spending yet 38:15 Three pieces of wisdom from 2nd-time founders 41:44 Starting Pursuit to make selling to the public sector as easy as the private sector 45:35 Why cities grow expenses 5x faster than tax revenue 51:42 Pros + Cons of building startups in Ann Arbor, MI 57:43 Hiring talent density in the Midwest 59:30 Starting his first company to fix consumer credit cards 1:08:50 Pivoting Wisely to restaurant loyalty 1:12:49 $11 in the bank, missing payroll for six months 1:15:21 Embarrassing demo at an Ann Arbor tech meetup 1:18:18 Why CEOs don’t always have to be right 1:20:54 How to disagree 1:25:48 Hiring at Pursuit 1:28:30 “A bad day with customers is better than the best day in the office” 1:31:33 Crashing their first customer’s PoS on Labor Day Weekend 1:35:55 Using “The Cadence” to hit $10M ARR 1:41:55 Selling Wisely to Olo for $187M
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Episode #92: How AI Changes Governments & Business Models Mike Vichich is the Co-founder and CEO of Pursuit, which helps companies drive more revenue from the public sector. We talk about how AI is changing Helmer’s 7 Powers, how it’s impacting the government, if DOGE is actually working, building a startup in the Midwest (specifically Ann Arbor, MI), and how to disagree with your team. We also get into Mike’s prior company Wisely, and how they went from $11 in the bank account and unable to run payroll for six months, to over $10 million ARR and a $187 million exit to public company Olo a few years later. Thanks to Jack Altman and Blake Robbins for their help brainstorming good topics for Mike! Full episode here on X, or grab a link in the replies. Timestamps: 3:21 How AI changes Helmer’s 7 Powers 17:06 What becomes important in AI-first economy 21:02 How AI interfaces with the government 24:02 “The rules intended to save taxpayer money ironically cause taxpayer money to be wasted” 29:34 How change orders impact public sector costs 33:20 Why DOGE has not impacted US government spending yet 38:15 Three pieces of wisdom from 2nd-time founders 41:44 Starting Pursuit to make selling to the public sector as easy as the private sector 45:35 Why cities grow expenses 5x faster than tax revenue 51:42 Pros + Cons of building startups in Ann Arbor, MI 57:43 Hiring talent density in the Midwest 59:30 Starting his first company to fix consumer credit cards 1:08:50 Pivoting Wisely to restaurant loyalty 1:12:49 $11 in the bank, missing payroll for six months 1:15:21 Embarrassing demo at an Ann Arbor tech meetup 1:18:18 Why CEOs don’t always have to be right 1:20:54 How to disagree 1:25:48 Hiring at Pursuit 1:28:30 “A bad day with customers is better than the best day in the office” 1:31:33 Crashing their first customer’s PoS on Labor Day Weekend 1:35:55 Using “The Cadence” to hit $10M ARR 1:41:55 Selling Wisely to Olo for $187M

The Peel

27,474 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

How to measure Iranian influence in Iraq - and whether it is declining A growing body of commentary holds that Iranian influence in Iraq is in decline. The claim rests on visible changes in behaviour: fewer militia attacks, public distancing from Tehran, quiet acceptance of American demands. The conclusion does not follow from the evidence. It rests on a measurement error, and the error is compounded by three factors: the character of Iranian statecraft, a category mistake about what Iraq is within Iran's regional system, and a wartime economic environment in which restraint is the rational instruction. The measurement problem: Iranian statecraft was built under decades of sanctions and intelligence pressure, and it developed accordingly: strategic ambiguity, layered signalling, delayed response. Concealment and passive posture are standing instruments of how Tehran operates when it is being watched. An analyst who reads a quiet period as decline is treating a deliberate tool of Iranian statecraft as evidence against it. Any serious measurement of influence therefore has to separate what Iran and its partners can do from what they currently choose to display. Visible activity is an output that responds to pressure, incentives and instruction. The underlying stock of influence, meaning parliamentary weight, institutional integration, social base and public attitudes, has to be measured on its own terms. Iraq is a state asset, and the comparison to Hezbollah misleads: Assessments of Iran's regional position routinely group Iraq with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Those are non-state actors whose value to Iran lies in armed disruption. The main pro-Iran factions in Iraq sit inside the state itself: in parliament, in ministries, on the public payroll through the Popular Mobilisation structures. Their obligations, exposure and utility are of a different kind. That difference defines what Iraq is worth to Tehran. Iraq's value lies in remaining unsanctioned, solvent and internationally connected. A sanctioned, broken Iraq offers Iran very little. In this war, Iran's binding constraint is economic survival, and a functioning neighbour that indirectly helps with trade and commercial depth which matters more to it than an additional source of hard power, which Iran already supplies for itself and which Iraqi factions could add little to. The contribution of the Iraqi factions runs through the economic and social arena, including manpower and mobilisation through their social base. The wartime economy makes restraint the rational order: This is the context in which the current quiet has to be read. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has placed Iraq in an existential position: roughly 90 percent of state revenue comes from oil, and about 90 percent of that oil moved through Hormuz. The revenue base of the salary state has collapsed. On top of this, Washington holds a structural instrument dating to the post-invasion settlement: Iraq's oil revenue is held at the Federal Reserve, which gives the United States the capacity to strangle Iraqi state finance by administrative decision. Under these conditions, restraint by the pro-Iran factions preserves the asset. Provoking sanctions or a financial cutoff would destroy the very thing that makes Iraq valuable to Iran. The observed quiet is what the protection of a strategic asset looks like under maximum coercion, and it is fully consistent with instructed discipline from Tehran. The regional picture reinforces the logic on both sides. Iraq's western frontier is now exposed to a Sunni government in Damascus under Ahmad al-Sharaa. Turkey sits to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. At the strategic level, Iran is the only ally Shia-led Iraq has left in the region, and Iraq is the last open flank Iran has left. Each side's dependence on the other has increased, and that mutual dependence raises the cost of any behaviour that would jeopardise Iraq's international standing and hence its own internal cohesion. What the observable record actually shows: Once measurement shifts from visible activity to structural indicators, the record points in one direction. The 2025 elections delivered the pro-Iran Shia coalition its strongest result since 2003. The Coordination Framework bloc won at least 170 of 329 seats, 52 percent of parliament, even with the Sadrist boycott. Candidates directly linked to Iran-aligned militias took over 80 seats across multiple lists, the highest figure on record, in an election where turnout rebounded by more than 10 points from the previous cycle. Public attitudes have moved in the same direction. Gallup finds approval of Iran's leadership among Iraqi Shias rising from 17% in 2022 to 52% in 2025. Arab Barometer's Iraq survey, fielded between late September and early November 2025 and therefore a genuinely post-war observation, records favourable views of Iran rising from 34% to 44%, with positive assessments of Khamenei's regional policy rising from 37% to 48%. The war likely accelerated this shift: with 87% of Iraqis holding unfavourable views of Israel, the confrontation read as just to much of the Shia public, and Iran's survival of the war has been framed in Shia media as a form of victory. Figures post-February 2026 are not yet available, but the trajectory is unlikely to have reversed. The Tishreen episode completes the picture, because it shows what genuine decline looks like when it happens. Between 2019 and 2021, mass protests produced a real legitimacy crisis: Fatah (coalition of Shia militias) fell from 48% in 2018 to 17 in 2021, and protest-aligned candidates entered parliament in numbers. That was a measurable, structural setback. By 2025 the Tishreen vote had collapsed entirely, its figures exposed as weak, divided and unable to deliver, while the militia-linked seat count reached its historical peak. The one documented episode of Iranian decline in Iraq has been reversed on every indicator that registered it. The decline narrative measures the wrong variable. Visible militia activity has fallen because Iraq's value to Iran under wartime sanctions and a Hormuz blockade depends on Iraq staying solvent, unsanctioned and connected, and because Iranian statecraft defaults to concealment under pressure. Every structural indicator, from a record parliamentary position to a documented recovery in Shia public opinion to the collapse of the only movement that ever genuinely eroded Iran's standing, shows an influence that is more consolidated, more institutionally embedded and more socially anchored than at any point since the ISIS era.
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How to measure Iranian influence in Iraq - and whether it is declining A growing body of commentary holds that Iranian influence in Iraq is in decline. The claim rests on visible changes in behaviour: fewer militia attacks, public distancing from Tehran, quiet acceptance of American demands. The conclusion does not follow from the evidence. It rests on a measurement error, and the error is compounded by three factors: the character of Iranian statecraft, a category mistake about what Iraq is within Iran's regional system, and a wartime economic environment in which restraint is the rational instruction. The measurement problem: Iranian statecraft was built under decades of sanctions and intelligence pressure, and it developed accordingly: strategic ambiguity, layered signalling, delayed response. Concealment and passive posture are standing instruments of how Tehran operates when it is being watched. An analyst who reads a quiet period as decline is treating a deliberate tool of Iranian statecraft as evidence against it. Any serious measurement of influence therefore has to separate what Iran and its partners can do from what they currently choose to display. Visible activity is an output that responds to pressure, incentives and instruction. The underlying stock of influence, meaning parliamentary weight, institutional integration, social base and public attitudes, has to be measured on its own terms. Iraq is a state asset, and the comparison to Hezbollah misleads: Assessments of Iran's regional position routinely group Iraq with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Those are non-state actors whose value to Iran lies in armed disruption. The main pro-Iran factions in Iraq sit inside the state itself: in parliament, in ministries, on the public payroll through the Popular Mobilisation structures. Their obligations, exposure and utility are of a different kind. That difference defines what Iraq is worth to Tehran. Iraq's value lies in remaining unsanctioned, solvent and internationally connected. A sanctioned, broken Iraq offers Iran very little. In this war, Iran's binding constraint is economic survival, and a functioning neighbour that indirectly helps with trade and commercial depth which matters more to it than an additional source of hard power, which Iran already supplies for itself and which Iraqi factions could add little to. The contribution of the Iraqi factions runs through the economic and social arena, including manpower and mobilisation through their social base. The wartime economy makes restraint the rational order: This is the context in which the current quiet has to be read. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has placed Iraq in an existential position: roughly 90 percent of state revenue comes from oil, and about 90 percent of that oil moved through Hormuz. The revenue base of the salary state has collapsed. On top of this, Washington holds a structural instrument dating to the post-invasion settlement: Iraq's oil revenue is held at the Federal Reserve, which gives the United States the capacity to strangle Iraqi state finance by administrative decision. Under these conditions, restraint by the pro-Iran factions preserves the asset. Provoking sanctions or a financial cutoff would destroy the very thing that makes Iraq valuable to Iran. The observed quiet is what the protection of a strategic asset looks like under maximum coercion, and it is fully consistent with instructed discipline from Tehran. The regional picture reinforces the logic on both sides. Iraq's western frontier is now exposed to a Sunni government in Damascus under Ahmad al-Sharaa. Turkey sits to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. At the strategic level, Iran is the only ally Shia-led Iraq has left in the region, and Iraq is the last open flank Iran has left. Each side's dependence on the other has increased, and that mutual dependence raises the cost of any behaviour that would jeopardise Iraq's international standing and hence its own internal cohesion. What the observable record actually shows: Once measurement shifts from visible activity to structural indicators, the record points in one direction. The 2025 elections delivered the pro-Iran Shia coalition its strongest result since 2003. The Coordination Framework bloc won at least 170 of 329 seats, 52 percent of parliament, even with the Sadrist boycott. Candidates directly linked to Iran-aligned militias took over 80 seats across multiple lists, the highest figure on record, in an election where turnout rebounded by more than 10 points from the previous cycle. Public attitudes have moved in the same direction. Gallup finds approval of Iran's leadership among Iraqi Shias rising from 17% in 2022 to 52% in 2025. Arab Barometer's Iraq survey, fielded between late September and early November 2025 and therefore a genuinely post-war observation, records favourable views of Iran rising from 34% to 44%, with positive assessments of Khamenei's regional policy rising from 37% to 48%. The war likely accelerated this shift: with 87% of Iraqis holding unfavourable views of Israel, the confrontation read as just to much of the Shia public, and Iran's survival of the war has been framed in Shia media as a form of victory. Figures post-February 2026 are not yet available, but the trajectory is unlikely to have reversed. The Tishreen episode completes the picture, because it shows what genuine decline looks like when it happens. Between 2019 and 2021, mass protests produced a real legitimacy crisis: Fatah (coalition of Shia militias) fell from 48% in 2018 to 17 in 2021, and protest-aligned candidates entered parliament in numbers. That was a measurable, structural setback. By 2025 the Tishreen vote had collapsed entirely, its figures exposed as weak, divided and unable to deliver, while the militia-linked seat count reached its historical peak. The one documented episode of Iranian decline in Iraq has been reversed on every indicator that registered it. The decline narrative measures the wrong variable. Visible militia activity has fallen because Iraq's value to Iran under wartime sanctions and a Hormuz blockade depends on Iraq staying solvent, unsanctioned and connected, and because Iranian statecraft defaults to concealment under pressure. Every structural indicator, from a record parliamentary position to a documented recovery in Shia public opinion to the collapse of the only movement that ever genuinely eroded Iran's standing, shows an influence that is more consolidated, more institutionally embedded and more socially anchored than at any point since the ISIS era.

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