John M. P. Knox
@windaddict.bsky.social
Patented CEO Chaos Killer. TinySeed mentor. Advisor, consultant.
A risk of AI as a product is that the foundational model exceeds your functionality. What if OpenAI can replace your entire app with a prompt?
Differentiation strategies: proprietary data, custom integrations, focus on a vertical, brand building.
@robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf #ai
Differentiation strategies: proprietary data, custom integrations, focus on a vertical, brand building.
@robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf #ai
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A risk of AI as a product is that the foundational model exceeds your functionality. What if OpenAI can replace your entire app with a prompt?
Differentiation strategies: proprietary data, custom integrations, focus on a vertical, brand building.
@robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf #ai
Differentiation strategies: proprietary data, custom integrations, focus on a vertical, brand building.
@robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf #ai
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Introverts, rejoice: @windaddict.bsky.social shows how to skip the small talk and build connections that *actually do stuff*. #MicroConf
September 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Introverts, rejoice: @windaddict.bsky.social shows how to skip the small talk and build connections that *actually do stuff*. #MicroConf
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🚨 TinySeed Fall Accelerator batch applications are officially open Sept 1-9! 🚨 Head to tinyseed.com/apply to apply, and join us on YouTube this Wed for an application Q&A: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7KI...
September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨 TinySeed Fall Accelerator batch applications are officially open Sept 1-9! 🚨 Head to tinyseed.com/apply to apply, and join us on YouTube this Wed for an application Q&A: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7KI...
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(1/2) Save the date: Applications for our Fall 2025 accelerator batch will open Sept 1-9! 📅
Get access to direct mentorship from topic experts in SaaS, playbooks, masterminds, in-person retreats, a supportive community of other founders, and the right amount of funding.
Get access to direct mentorship from topic experts in SaaS, playbooks, masterminds, in-person retreats, a supportive community of other founders, and the right amount of funding.
August 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
(1/2) Save the date: Applications for our Fall 2025 accelerator batch will open Sept 1-9! 📅
Get access to direct mentorship from topic experts in SaaS, playbooks, masterminds, in-person retreats, a supportive community of other founders, and the right amount of funding.
Get access to direct mentorship from topic experts in SaaS, playbooks, masterminds, in-person retreats, a supportive community of other founders, and the right amount of funding.
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We're announcing the Spring 2025 TinySeed Accelerator Batch! 🎉
Going live on May 7th: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzos...
Going live on May 7th: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzos...
Announcing the Spring 2025 TinySeed Accelerator Batch! 🎉
TinySeed, MicroConf's venture fund and SaaS accelerator, is announcing their Spring 2025 accelerator companies!To get notified when applications are open aga...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We're announcing the Spring 2025 TinySeed Accelerator Batch! 🎉
Going live on May 7th: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzos...
Going live on May 7th: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzos...
Great business communicators should be judged by results, not feelings. Only a closed feedback loop can ensure that both sides convey the correct information.
Repeat what you hear; ask what they heard.
Repeat what you hear; ask what they heard.
April 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great business communicators should be judged by results, not feelings. Only a closed feedback loop can ensure that both sides convey the correct information.
Repeat what you hear; ask what they heard.
Repeat what you hear; ask what they heard.
Look at how many folks have suddenly become experts in market futures. If these folks could predict the market, they would have done it before last week.
Today is not the day to take up a new hobby day trading, hedging currency risk, or dabbling in options. #investing
Today is not the day to take up a new hobby day trading, hedging currency risk, or dabbling in options. #investing
April 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Look at how many folks have suddenly become experts in market futures. If these folks could predict the market, they would have done it before last week.
Today is not the day to take up a new hobby day trading, hedging currency risk, or dabbling in options. #investing
Today is not the day to take up a new hobby day trading, hedging currency risk, or dabbling in options. #investing
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Next @leenyburger.bsky.social will tell us how to do cold outreach without Ick. @microconf.com #microconf
March 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Next @leenyburger.bsky.social will tell us how to do cold outreach without Ick. @microconf.com #microconf
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Time savings is table stakes. Nobody buys software hoping to spend more time on stuff. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf #b2b #saas
March 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Time savings is table stakes. Nobody buys software hoping to spend more time on stuff. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf #b2b #saas
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“I have never in my life wanted to ‘learn more.’” – @punchlinecopy.com on calls to action that are NOT exciting. @microconf.com #microconf
March 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“I have never in my life wanted to ‘learn more.’” – @punchlinecopy.com on calls to action that are NOT exciting. @microconf.com #microconf
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March 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Why would we use skepticism in your copy? Because people feel it when they read your claims. – @punchlinecopy.com #microconf @microconf.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Why would we use skepticism in your copy? Because people feel it when they read your claims. – @punchlinecopy.com #microconf @microconf.com
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Your money story is at the heart of your business decisions. @robwalling.com @dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social #microconf.
March 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Your money story is at the heart of your business decisions. @robwalling.com @dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social #microconf.
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Not everything difficult is an emergency. Don’t turn speed bumps into roadblocks. @robwalling.com @dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social #microconf
March 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Not everything difficult is an emergency. Don’t turn speed bumps into roadblocks. @robwalling.com @dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social #microconf
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March 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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What matters most to you? Are you an artist? A leader? A entrepreneur?
Products/people/$$
@dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social @robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf
Products/people/$$
@dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social @robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf
March 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What matters most to you? Are you an artist? A leader? A entrepreneur?
Products/people/$$
@dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social @robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf
Products/people/$$
@dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social @robwalling.com @microconf.com #microconf
In business, you can see challenging events as scars or skills.
A customer angrily complains about a bug. Is that a scar, or are you building skills?
A promising ad campaign burns through $10k without results. Scar? Or the price of a new skill?
Sometimes you make reality through your reaction.
A customer angrily complains about a bug. Is that a scar, or are you building skills?
A promising ad campaign burns through $10k without results. Scar? Or the price of a new skill?
Sometimes you make reality through your reaction.
March 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In business, you can see challenging events as scars or skills.
A customer angrily complains about a bug. Is that a scar, or are you building skills?
A promising ad campaign burns through $10k without results. Scar? Or the price of a new skill?
Sometimes you make reality through your reaction.
A customer angrily complains about a bug. Is that a scar, or are you building skills?
A promising ad campaign burns through $10k without results. Scar? Or the price of a new skill?
Sometimes you make reality through your reaction.
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Next up, @dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social and @robwalling.com tell us about exiting a business. #microconf
March 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Next up, @dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social and @robwalling.com tell us about exiting a business. #microconf
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March 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Paying dividends is like distilling water. The water condensing on the apparatus's cool side isn’t manifesting from the ether – it transfers from the boiling vessel.
Investors focused on dividend returns for income are confused. Selling stock and receiving dividends reduce portfolio value.
Investors focused on dividend returns for income are confused. Selling stock and receiving dividends reduce portfolio value.
March 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Paying dividends is like distilling water. The water condensing on the apparatus's cool side isn’t manifesting from the ether – it transfers from the boiling vessel.
Investors focused on dividend returns for income are confused. Selling stock and receiving dividends reduce portfolio value.
Investors focused on dividend returns for income are confused. Selling stock and receiving dividends reduce portfolio value.
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Thrilled to announce that I'll be speaking at @microconf.com Europe in Istanbul in September!
See you there?!
See you there?!
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thrilled to announce that I'll be speaking at @microconf.com Europe in Istanbul in September!
See you there?!
See you there?!
An under-appreciated benefit of attending a mega-social conference like @microconf.com is that I don’t read the news. I don’t miss it either; spending time with friends cures doom-scrolling. #microconf
March 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An under-appreciated benefit of attending a mega-social conference like @microconf.com is that I don’t read the news. I don’t miss it either; spending time with friends cures doom-scrolling. #microconf
Free for life is like crack cocaine. It works, but…
How do you get people off of it? Put it in a box. Don’t add new features to the free plan; entice the users to pay for an upgrade. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf
How do you get people off of it? Put it in a box. Don’t add new features to the free plan; entice the users to pay for an upgrade. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf
March 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Free for life is like crack cocaine. It works, but…
How do you get people off of it? Put it in a box. Don’t add new features to the free plan; entice the users to pay for an upgrade. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf
How do you get people off of it? Put it in a box. Don’t add new features to the free plan; entice the users to pay for an upgrade. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf
Put guardrails around your discounts with a discount matrix. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf #b2b #saas
March 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Put guardrails around your discounts with a discount matrix. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf #b2b #saas
Time savings is table stakes. Nobody buys software hoping to spend more time on stuff. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf #b2b #saas
March 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Time savings is table stakes. Nobody buys software hoping to spend more time on stuff. – Marcos Rivera of PRICINGIO @microconf.com #microconf #b2b #saas