Brigitte Lyons
@brigittelyons.bsky.social
Sold my agency, now I'm helping other small business owners build themselves out of the day-to-day without exploiting your team.
https://brigittelyons.substack.com/p/inside-my-agency-sale
https://brigittelyons.substack.com/p/inside-my-agency-sale
A note to my agency owner and founder friends. If you're setting up accounts on apps and tools you want to retain access to after selling your company, do not use your branded email!
Signed, someone who spent an hour swapping emails over for a whole bunch of software.
Signed, someone who spent an hour swapping emails over for a whole bunch of software.
February 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A note to my agency owner and founder friends. If you're setting up accounts on apps and tools you want to retain access to after selling your company, do not use your branded email!
Signed, someone who spent an hour swapping emails over for a whole bunch of software.
Signed, someone who spent an hour swapping emails over for a whole bunch of software.
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Because what else would I be doing on a Sunday
February 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Because what else would I be doing on a Sunday
I got an email about a president's day sale this morning, and since I'm remodeling a bathroom, I wanted to go check out the discounts.
What is the late stage capitalism is wrong with this picture?!
SIX DOLLARS -- Wow, you really did something with this.
What is the late stage capitalism is wrong with this picture?!
SIX DOLLARS -- Wow, you really did something with this.
February 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I got an email about a president's day sale this morning, and since I'm remodeling a bathroom, I wanted to go check out the discounts.
What is the late stage capitalism is wrong with this picture?!
SIX DOLLARS -- Wow, you really did something with this.
What is the late stage capitalism is wrong with this picture?!
SIX DOLLARS -- Wow, you really did something with this.
Proud to be from Chicago today
January 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Proud to be from Chicago today
I'm rumbling with this, as well. I'm in the midst of an audience shift, which means that I'm more engaged online than I have been in years -- right at a time when I feel like our energy and attention is being intentionally hijacked on these platforms. I'm not sure what the answer is.
January 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm rumbling with this, as well. I'm in the midst of an audience shift, which means that I'm more engaged online than I have been in years -- right at a time when I feel like our energy and attention is being intentionally hijacked on these platforms. I'm not sure what the answer is.
I've been reflecting on this, too. I am so worn out by take culture, and I don't think it's remotely helpful. We can't keep letting the right steal our attention and energy. We're allowing them to set the agenda on their terms, over and over again.
January 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been reflecting on this, too. I am so worn out by take culture, and I don't think it's remotely helpful. We can't keep letting the right steal our attention and energy. We're allowing them to set the agenda on their terms, over and over again.
I thought this was an extremely kind and generous take. Not nearly what I’d say!
January 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I thought this was an extremely kind and generous take. Not nearly what I’d say!
This isn’t something I know much about!
January 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This isn’t something I know much about!
There is evidence that extreme wealth does the opposite - erodes morality by encouraging paranoia and cutting the wealthy off from community. Billionaire Wilderness is a great book examining this dynamic.
January 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is evidence that extreme wealth does the opposite - erodes morality by encouraging paranoia and cutting the wealthy off from community. Billionaire Wilderness is a great book examining this dynamic.
"Zuckerberg just happens to be cursed with the reality that he became very rich at a very young age by being a pioneer in a technology that is basically harmful."
- @mattyglesias.bsky.social is sharp on Zuck's latest about-face in his mailbag
www.slowboring.com/p/last-biden...
www.slowboring.com/p/last-biden...
January 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Zuckerberg just happens to be cursed with the reality that he became very rich at a very young age by being a pioneer in a technology that is basically harmful."
A huge influx of mental space previously spent on meal planning.
Probably with some side effects.
Probably with some side effects.
January 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A huge influx of mental space previously spent on meal planning.
Probably with some side effects.
Probably with some side effects.
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It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
January 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Can we all admit now that capitalism isn’t the best driver of innovation and creativity…
January 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Can we all admit now that capitalism isn’t the best driver of innovation and creativity…
There’s something I need you to know - something that is true for every business owner, no matter what your long-term goals are…
Everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) would be better off if you built yourself out of your business.
#agencyowner
Everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) would be better off if you built yourself out of your business.
#agencyowner
January 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
There’s something I need you to know - something that is true for every business owner, no matter what your long-term goals are…
Everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) would be better off if you built yourself out of your business.
#agencyowner
Everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) would be better off if you built yourself out of your business.
#agencyowner
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Stop looking for unicorn hires and start building systems that work with regular humans.
January 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Stop looking for unicorn hires and start building systems that work with regular humans.
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Authors, could I please beg you again to add the 📚💙 emojis to posts about your books so we can see them over on #BookSky? Please. It only takes 2 characters to reach your intended audience. There’s a Feed dedicated to people who went out of their way to want information about books! YOUR BOOKS!
January 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Authors, could I please beg you again to add the 📚💙 emojis to posts about your books so we can see them over on #BookSky? Please. It only takes 2 characters to reach your intended audience. There’s a Feed dedicated to people who went out of their way to want information about books! YOUR BOOKS!
Can't decide which was worse today. Realizing that my architect made every single interior wall too small in the plans I already submitted to the city for my home renovation...
Or reading that Vulture article.
(definitely the second)
Or reading that Vulture article.
(definitely the second)
January 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Can't decide which was worse today. Realizing that my architect made every single interior wall too small in the plans I already submitted to the city for my home renovation...
Or reading that Vulture article.
(definitely the second)
Or reading that Vulture article.
(definitely the second)
@hankgreen.bsky.social I can’t stop thinking about the post you did a year or so ago on Tik Tok creator compensation vs YouTube. With the app probably leaving the US, I’m curious: Is YouTube still better in terms of pay? What would be the benefits and drawbacks or Tik Tokkers moving to shorts?
January 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social I can’t stop thinking about the post you did a year or so ago on Tik Tok creator compensation vs YouTube. With the app probably leaving the US, I’m curious: Is YouTube still better in terms of pay? What would be the benefits and drawbacks or Tik Tokkers moving to shorts?
As momentum builds to divest from Meta, I wonder how many Tik Tokkers are not already on Instagram. If you already have a community over there, it’s difficult to give up, but reach is 💯 pay to play, meaning there’s little value for new accounts.
Folks not joining at all is the best play.
Folks not joining at all is the best play.
January 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As momentum builds to divest from Meta, I wonder how many Tik Tokkers are not already on Instagram. If you already have a community over there, it’s difficult to give up, but reach is 💯 pay to play, meaning there’s little value for new accounts.
Folks not joining at all is the best play.
Folks not joining at all is the best play.
I’ve been trying to figure this out!
January 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve been trying to figure this out!
Netflix could never
January 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Netflix could never