Startups

The Samsung Galaxy Watch feature in One UI 8 I rely on more than my phone

Most mornings follow the same pattern. The alarm rings, the phone lights up, and the day begins with a tap on the screen. What starts as...

@bfeld v60.0 – Feld Thoughts

My father Stan and I in our default states.lsof -ti:3000 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null; npm run devI’ve been wandering up to 60 for...

DeepSeek just dropped two insanely powerful AI models that rival GPT-5 and they're totally free

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released two powerful new AI models on Sunday that the company claims match or exceed the capabilities of OpenAI's...

The Startup Junkies Podcast | 433: Reinventing Private Aviation Staffing with Tyler Flagg and Flying Company

SummaryIn this week’s episode of Startup Junkies, host Daniel Koonce sits down...

The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off

Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science?...

Top 7 Free Social Scheduling Tools for Boosting Online Presence

If you’re looking to improve your online presence, exploring free social scheduling tools can be highly beneficial. These tools help you manage and schedule...

Top 6 Best Bare Metal Hosting Services in 2025

Bare metal hosting is what you move to when “good enough” performance and control stops being good enough. If you’re running latency-sensitive apps, training AI...

How to Think for Yourself

November 2020There are some kinds of work that you can't do well without thinking differently from your peers. To be a successful scientist, for example, it's...

New series: Planning your 2026 customer service organization

Like many support leaders right now, I’m deep in 2026 planning. I imagine this cycle is bringing a big question into focus for most: if...

“Good engineering management” is a fad

As I get older, I increasingly think about whether I’m spending my time the right way to advance my career and my life. This is also a...

Enshitification – Feld Thoughts

I’ve been a long-time Cory Doctorow fan. His new book Enshitification is delicious. Yup – I understand that a shit emoji doesn’t inspire deliciousness.Now...

Google's upgraded Nano Banana Pro AI image model hailed as 'absolutely bonkers' for enterprises and users

Infographics rendered without a single spelling error. Complex diagrams one-shotted from paragraph prompts. Logos restored from fragments. And visual outputs so sharp with so...

The Startup Junkies Podcast | 2: The Transship Story: A Journey from Cold Storage to AI-Powered Shipping with Amit Hasak

SummaryIn this episode of the Fuel Podcast, Grace Gill sits down with...

Steve Blank The Department of War Just Shot the Accountants and Opted for Speed

Last week the Department of War finally killed the last vestiges of Robert McNamara’s 1962 Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS).  The DoW has pivoted...

How Victoria Moll Built a Six-Figure Brand in a Small Niche

Here at SPI, we talk a lot about how the riches are in the niches—and Victoria Moll of Contempo Coding is living, breathing proof...

What Is a Referral Rewards Program and How Does It Work?

A Referral Rewards Program is a strategic marketing tool designed to encourage your existing customers to bring in new clients. By offering rewards, such...

Which Ones Actually Ship a Decent Site?

AI website builders promise a lot: “Describe your business in a sentence and we’ll generate a beautiful, high-converting site in 30 seconds.” Sometimes you actually...