Sam Floy

I've been a Twitter voyeur for the past few years and have decided to try and become more "active" (not the best metaphor, I know) Below is a running commentary of how I'm going about it. Any tips/ advice are welcome!

@RasmusJarlov if you had been elected Mayor in the recent Roskilde election would you not be Chairman of Danish Defence Committee in Folketinget? Or could/ would you have done both?

@garyseconomics have you been following Michael W Green's 3 part series on fixing the US via a series of "tax wealth not work" proposals? Would be curious to hear your thoughts - seems like crossover with your world view open.substack.com/pub/michaelwgr…

@jakobgreenfeld doesn't Feedly etc. have filters?

@Sam_Floy filters out everything I don't want to see

Started using AI as a firewall for my mind. AI checks sites I used to visit myself, filters out all the nonsense (politics, clickbait etc.) and prepares a list of articles I might find interesting every day.

@WillRead Good read! Curious what your thoughts are regarding charging for PoCs E.g. + it becomes a way to get a foot-in-the-door vs "the big deal" and creates a sunk cost that (potentially) means there's a desire to convert - even more unnecessary friction/ distraction early on

Wrote about Proof of Concept trials in enterprise SaaS. Would love to know what I missed smallfishbigdeals.com/2024/09/12/so-…

Potty Training GPT Asking ChatGPT "What would Dr Becky suggest..." based on an uploaded @GoodInside PDF of potty training advice has been immensely helpful this weekend @jodie_cook - are there many Coachvox parenting coaches?!

@robdix Awesome @robdix! I particularly like the "creative tension" that comes from the presenters of @RestIsPolitics + @TheRestHistory - have you + Rob consciously thought about this?

After 11 years, our podcast needed a refresh. Here are 5 key changes that breathed new life into our show: 1: Cut the fluff We were ambling into episodes with a load of announcements and throat-clearing. Not great for hooking listeners. Our challenge: hit the main content within 60 seconds. Result? The last two episodes I checked clocked in at 58 seconds. It launches listeners into the show with real momentum. 2: Beef up the length Over time, some episodes had dipped to less than 15 minutes. As a podcast listener, I often skip short episodes: too short for a commute, too brief to promise real value. Our new rule: 20 minutes, minimum. It forces us to dig deeper and offer more substance. Adding length also comes from being more conversational. No more rattling off "5 things you need to know about [X]" lists – those belong elsewhere. Speaking of which… 3: Inject personality People love podcasts for that "hanging out with friends" vibe. So we ditched "presenter mode”: we’re not podcast hosts, we’re your friends having a chat while you listen in. Now we interject with silly comments, cut each other off, make noises of agreement… everything that happens in a normal conversation. Sometimes (OK, often) it doesn’t work and our producer has to rescue it in the edit – but when it works, the show comes alive. 4: Cut the ads We experimented with 30-second mid-roll ads for our services. The result? Crickets. No uptick in enquiries at all. So we axed them. Now we stick to casual, contextual mentions. Just as effective, way less intrusive. 5: Make the listener the hero "Community" might be a buzzword, but it matters. We now end each episode with a quick shout-out to a listener who's achieved something impressive. It reminds everyone they're part of something bigger. The impact? It's tough to measure in downloads, but as podcast junkies ourselves, we hear the difference. It's objectively a better show. More importantly? We're genuinely excited again. In podcasting, that enthusiasm is contagious – and it's a metric worth chasing.

@benkellyone Biz

A boring business will set you financially free. - $0 of your own money - 6 figures in profit - 90 days Ready to do this? I created a doc with the 10 steps you'll need. - Like this post - Comment "Biz" And I'll DM it to you. (Must follow, 24 hours only)

@brookeleblanc @thesamparr @harr

@thesamparr Of course. Consider this as one of many proof points to keep running the pod!

So much fluff and repetitiveness in most podcasts today. Whatever @thesamparr is doing with MoneyWise, I want more of it! Efficient, straightforward, entertaining and actionable. Listened to the entire set of episodes these past few days.

@jodie_cook @theaiexchange Slack community

Where do you go for your AI news? Tag your site of choice and tell me why. I'm writing an article about this. All responses used will be credited 😊 Please only answer here, don't DM or email me. Thanks! #journorequest

@tomaspueyo @robdix - thoughts?

You think housing prices will keep going up because you've seen it all your life. But this is a historic anomaly that is likely to reverse soon: Prices might start shrinking in many places. This thread is the case against investing in housing:

@benkeene Awesome read Ben - glad you guys had such a positive experience! You mentioned the kids were in school in Kenya - will they go right back into where they were in the UK? Or something different?

Reflections on our big life experience to Kenya. @benkeene/our-radical-family-sabbatical-to-kenya-ffdd6463746f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@benkeene/our-…

Just found out that the guy at my co-working space who has been looking at me weird when I nod hello to him recently is actually his identical twin (who apparently also works here too)

@thesamparr @desertislandtom won the UK version of this. His write up of the experience is fascinating (especially oral hygiene 😅) tomwilliams.tv/i-survived-sol…

This is interesting. Not sure their living conditions. But I assume most modern things were removed. No excess food, processed foods, gyms, huge running shoes, fancy beds, phones. And look how much healthier they look!

@KevinEspiritu Love the concept, though how defensible do you think it as a business? Doesn't seem like there's much opportunity for multiple purchases even after an initial successful experience which would mean, after CAC, the (ahem) lifetime value of each customer would be fairly capped?

Bold prediction, one of these human composting burial businesses is going to explode in the next 10 years In my will, I've mandated that I must be thrown into a hole with a multi-grafted citrus grown on top of me, and only when my heirs eat of each fruit will they get my assets

There's something really endearing about hiring recent graduates. Just read one CV where a key achievement was "Played on school's football first XI - scored on debut"

@jodie_cook @dawid

Will AI replace lawyers? Let me know your answers for a Forbes article. All used will be credited 😊 Start with: "YES because..." or "NO because..." And include your title and/or company name. #journorequest

@sachinrekhi @Wharton @GregDrach @tomchris

Amazed that my talk at @Wharton on The Art of Product Management now has over 445,000 views! I still get notes every week from new viewers like this: "I can't thank you enough for shaping my knowledge, awareness as well as helping me craft my product management skills. Your video on Wharton School 7 years back changed every aspect of how I'm doing product management now. Thank you!!!" If you haven't seen it yet, I distill the role of product management into driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution for a product. I then deep dive into each of these four dimensions and share what great looks like. Check it out if you'd like to hear my perspective on what product management is really all about! youtube.com/watch?v=huTSPa…

@mrollyrichards Where would you place Sales?

If you want to scale your business past 7-figures… And spend a LOT less time working inside your business… Here is the simple solution! Put good people in charge of these four functions and your life will never be the same again.

It makes me sad that WhatsApp looks to be going from legitimate person-person communication to becoming a "business channel" a la email. Or maybe I'm being too pessimistic? Is it different?