Let’s be real — you’ve already asked an AI to write a sales email, summarize a meeting, or name your dog. So why not get really good at it?
I break down how founders, marketers, creators, and solo operators are actually using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney to automate the boring, scale the brilliant, and make more money with less effort.
No fluff. No jargon. Just actionable ideas, spicy prompts, and the occasional meme.
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AI is no longer this far-off, sci-fi buzzword. It’s here. It’s real. And it’s already running quietly in the background of more businesses than you might think. In fact, 78% of companies are using AI in some…
Hey there, folks! I want to share a piece of advice that hit me like a lightning bolt a few years back. It's one of those gems that sounds so simple you almost overlook it, but once it…
I think a lot about building a business that eventually scales beyond just the business. Beyond just profit and taking money off the table. One of the things that has pulled Rocking through some really hard times, has been the…
Let’s be honest — sales feels like a grind most of the time. Your inbox fills with half-interested replies. Leads sit forgotten in spreadsheets. Follow-ups slip through the cracks because you were in back-to-back meetings. It’s chaos. And worst…
Everybody knows the age-old Ray Kroc story. You’ve probably heard it in some MBA class or business book. Ray Kroc — the man behind the McDonald’s empire — once stood in front of a classroom and asked, “What business is…
I’ve been on the AI bandwagon since day one. Text generation? Obsessed. Image generation? Wildly impressive. AI voice tools? Creepy good. But for some reason, I never actually got around to using AI for what a lot of people…
One of the more challenging parts of building a business, especially a tech business has been getting the right systems in place. I've played with dozens of systems, platforms and tools looking for the single pane of glass…
Rocking came about in a rather unexpected way. Back in the day I was running a little business, focused on tech support. Of course, you get dragged into all kinds of other bits and pieces. Connectivity was one of the…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shocked markets by developing an AI model matching U.S. leaders' performance for just $6M versus billions. Nvidia lost $600B in value as investors questioned high AI spending, while U.S.-China tech competition intensified.
I was chatting to a friend recently about vibe coding. The conversation started with using vibe coding tools to build solutions for his own business, but it quickly drifted to
If you can't distribute don't execute — HackerCabin (@hacker_cabin) September 3, 2025 I came across the above tweet this week and it's been stuck
Good Morning, Rockers! Rise and shine, tech titans and AI aficionados! It’s Sunday, August 24, 2025, and if your coffee’s as jittery as the stock market this week,
Good Morning! Rise and grind—it’s Friday, August 15, 2025, and India’s throwing a massive party for its 79th Independence Day. PM Modi is set to drop wisdom
Good Morning! Rise and grind—it’s Thursday, August 14, 2025, and the world’s spinning faster than a Bitcoin rally (which, spoiler: just hit a mind-blowing all-time high). We’
Good Morning! Rise and grind—it’s Wednesday, August 13, 2025, and the world’s spinning faster than a crypto pump-and-dump. We’re talking wildfires raging in Greece, AI drama
Slowly but surely, we’ve been building replicas of the tools we use into The Portal. When I say “replicas,” I don’t mean we’re trying to reinvent every
📩 Newsletter: The USB Drive for My Business Brain Hey guys, Have you ever plugged in a USB stick, opened it, and found exactly what you needed — a spreadsheet from 2012,
✉️ Today’s story: You know that feeling when you’re halfway through a repetitive task and think, there has to be a better way? That was me yesterday. I had
Last week, a client got hacked. Not a little breach. A full-blown compromise. An attacker gained access to an inbox and started replying to emails as if they were the
Hey there, Last week I wrote about using Otter.ai to take meeting notes, transcribe conversations, and auto-generate action items. This week, I gave Notion’s new AI-powered Meeting Notes
So here’s a little experiment I’ve been running behind the scenes: I’ve been using ChatGPT as a kind of virtual productivity manager. Think: personal assistant, accountability buddy,
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