I've decided to start a personal blog/website to start collecting my thoughts on building companies, fostering amazing teams and finding good product fit. I'm hoping it can be a good repository for things I'm seeing in my day-to-day as a CEO. chrisbeals.com
I put together some thoughts on how to quickly get more advanced using AI agents, build a stable foundation and not over-engineer your setup. The most impactful step is getting an agent team that debates output. chrisbeals.com/symptom-first…
This was my 4 month evolution for the AI agent setup I use as my Koronet CEO cabinet project. Each rung, what came next and why, and the research it builds on. Wrote it cited so it's safe to feed your agents — they should come back with concrete upgrades. chrisbeals.com/the-compoundi…
Some thoughts on the real blockers to getting teams to really advanced AI agent utilization. I feel like for mid-level employees. It’s more of an issue of training on how to split tasks and proper delegation than it is a technical problem. chrisbeals.com/four-tiers-ai…
Another week of blowing through my Claude usage limit way too early in the weekly cycle. It feels like there’s been a quiet drift upwards in token burn for the same tasks on a week over a week basis.
I've been thinking a lot about lately is the absolute explosion of vector data AI is creating and the mass transformation of ephemeral data (e.g. phone calls) into permanent AI transcripts. I think we see earth changing litigation on this soon. chrisbeals.com/the-case-for-…
I've decided to start a personal blog/website to start collecting my thoughts on building companies, fostering amazing teams and finding good product fit. I'm hoping it can be a good repository for things I'm seeing in my day-to-day as a CEO. chrisbeals.com
I predict one of the non-obvious byproducts of AI will be a push into much deeper investment into vertical SaaS - especially on industries with nuanced supply chains.
You can’t use AI to effectively reduce spoilage of perishable products if you don’t have clean digitization and inventory management for those product.
Excited to come aboard as an advisor to @JasonVego and his team at Bevz as they build out their SaaS and e-commerce solution for convenience and liquor stores.
I'm excited to welcome Chris Beals, the former CEO of Weedmaps, to our Bevz Board of Advisors!
I met Chris through the Techstars Los Angeles Accelerator. Chris has extensive experience bringing integrated technology and e-commerce to thousands of retaile…lnkd.in/gQD-6bPM
A small 🧵 : Most of the takes on Twitter seem to focus on change to technical org or him cutting fat. But #Twitter is overwhelmingly ad revenue based and there’s been little talk of how well (or likely poorly) Twitter is selling ads (and thus making revenue).
So bottom line - most large marketing departments would pay a premium on ads to not work with an advertiser they dislike or perceive potential PR risk in associating with.