Macgill Davis

@peer_rich 100p agree. Love the cooking together activities

i like offsites where people do something real together things like gaming cooking or physically building something those offsites are way better than slide deck retreats you learn a lot more about how someone thinks from how they play than how they present

@Nash @scottastevenson @rize_io Haha absolutely love this idea!

@scottastevenson come on @macgillbdavis add this as SC/battle.net/broodwar mode to @rize_io :)

Starcraft is an incredible foundation for entrepreneurship. It wired my brain at an early age to think about ROI, APM, macro, micro, the benefit of keeping your minerals at $0. It is no coincidence that many of the great founders of this generation have played this game. Here is my APM (actions per minute) tracker that I use for playing the startup game (had it closed for a couple days -- I still APM on the weekend). One of the things you learn playing SC is that there is a base level of APM needed to be successful. The speed at which you can plan and act on a computer is a lot faster than most people realize. It's not everything. But if you aren't hitting a minimum level you will just get overwhelmed and get crushed.

AI isn't saving most agencies money. COGS are dropping but operating expenses are rising. 50/30/20 ratio is completely changing. Performance-based pricing is coming and if your service can't hold up to it, you won't survive.

Just had a site navigate me to google.com. Made me realize how long a time it's been since I've seen this page. Crazy how fast things change

@samlambert Switched to google meet and there’s been literally zero noticeable difference

i can't wait to move off zoom

Excited to be cafe @cursor_ai in Lisbon today! Excited to see what everyone else is building out there.

@AladdinOtm @Rize We're actually working on a Linux build! Not sure about Wayland support tbh but we can try. Need to do some research

@macgillbdavis @Rize btw hyprland - wayland is important

@macgillbdavis Brother any news for @Rize Linux version. We’re desperate for it.

Tessa Rolf just told me most agencies will be dead in 2 years because of AI. Most agency owners are dropping Slack messages saying "educate yourselves on AI" and calling it a strategy. The agencies that will win have owners leading by example. They're testing things out and providing space for their team to explore too. She said it comes from the top 8 times out of 10. Owner-led or it doesn't stick.

The old agency model [more bodies = more capacity = more revenue] is dying. Clients can now get 80% of the execution done themselves using AI tools. Which means if you're just selling capacity (hours, headcount, deliverables) you're in a race to the bottom. The market is rewarding expertise and strategic thinking.

"Man won't fly for a million years" – NYT 1903

You have no experience. You’ve never started a company. You’ve never had a full time job. Nike is going to kill you. You’re a kid. You don’t have technical skills. You shouldn’t build hardware. Apple is going to kill you. You can’t build hardware. You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively. Athletes don’t care about recovery. Under Armour is going to kill you. It won’t be accurate. You don’t listen. You’re an ineffective leader. You can’t recruit great talent. You’re going to have to pay every athlete. You can’t measure sleep non-invasively. It’s too expensive to research. Athletes are a small market. The product costs too much to make. The product costs too much to sell. Your valuation is too high. Consumers aren’t going to want it. Hardware is too hard. You should measure steps. Fitbit is going to kill you. You can’t build a marketing engine. You can’t raise enough money. You need a real CEO. Google is going to kill you. You can’t be a subscription. You can’t build a brand. You can’t do consumer in Boston. Your valuation is too high. You shouldn’t make accessories. You shouldn’t make apparel. Lululemon is going to kill you. You can’t predict Covid. Stay in your niche. You are going to run out of money. You can’t build a health platform. Amazon is going to kill you. You can’t measure blood pressure. You can’t get medical approvals. The market is too small. You don’t understand AI. The market is too competitive. It won’t work internationally. The supply chain is too complicated. You can’t build an AI. You can’t raise enough money. It’s too competitive. Healthcare isn’t going to want it. … Just keep going ✌️

@A1Mish @jordihays Amazing, thanks! Good for them

@macgillbdavis @jordihays Covered by the WSJ, definitely real: wsj.com/cmo-today/open…

TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI The world is changing quickly but TBPN will stay the same. Live every weekday just with a lot more resources. Thank you to everyone that has been a part of this journey big or small. We are 17 months in and unironically just getting started.

Agencies lose and underbill all the time. We just built a little calculator to show you much profit you're losing. Let us know what you think! rize.io/tools/profit-c…

Manual time tracking will feel insane 12 months from now. Tessa Rolfe (Agency Ops Co) just told me every agency she's worked with struggles with the same dilemma: either you're rigorous with time tracking and your culture suffers, or you skip it and lack the data to make real decisions. She estimates 2% profitability just sitting on the table from better tracking. The moment she said it made her "want to throw up" thinking about manual tracking, I felt that in my bones.

Try it free: rize.io or DM me if you’d like to see how it could work for your team.

Most teams aren’t unproductive. They’re just constantly interrupted. Context switching quietly destroys more billable time than difficult clients ever will. A Slack ping here, a quick meeting there, and hours disappear with little to show for it. Most teams never fully see the impact. @rize_io changes that. It runs silently in the background and automatically shows where your team’s time actually goes. No timers, no manual logging, no end-of-week chases. You get a clear view of billable vs non-billable time, which clients are affecting your margins, and how the days are really spent. Set it up in 60 seconds. Within a week it will obvious how much you're leaving on the table.

Checkout the full video here on the new features 👇

We’re not at 0 seconds yet. But we’re getting closer.

Our main goal @rize_io is simple: Make time tracking 100% automated and 100% accurate. That means getting time review as close to 0 seconds as possible.