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In 2007 I got a remote job (rare at the time), and used the chance to move to Panama to learn Spanish. My employer soon ran out of money, and I found myself unemployed in a foreign country. After failing to find a job in Panama City, I became a freelancer helping local businesses with SEO and PPC. I charged $1…

We gave every person at Wynter 1 week to build their own AI agent. Budget of about 4 hours each. Today was demo day. Everyone presented what they built. Most had never built anything like this before. Some had zero technical background. Didn't matter. The combo of Claude for teaching and n8n for agent building mad…

A marketing category that didn't exist last year is now the #2 investment priority. We asked 101 B2B SaaS CMOs what they're investing in for 2026. AI/Automation: 62% GEO/AEO: 34% Intent data: 28% Events/Webinars: 22% Sales enablement: 18% ABM: 16% Content tools: 14% Analytics: 12% Stack consolidation: 8% In our…

Half of B2B companies say brand isn't worth the budget. Their reason: nobody can prove the ROI. Marketing Week asked 450 B2B marketers. 50.7% said brand building isn't a priority. 58.3% blamed a lack of ROI. It makes sense they say that as brand pays back over years, but budgets get defended every quarter. Any me…

A marketing category that didn't exist last year is now the #2 investment priority. We asked 101 B2B SaaS CMOs what they're investing in for 2026. AI/Automation: 62% GEO/AEO: 34% Intent data: 28% Events/Webinars: 22% Sales enablement: 18% ABM: 16% Content tools: 14% Analytics: 12% Stack consolidation: 8% In our…

In 2017 we sold out our conference. It almost bankrupted the company. We started CXL Live in 2014 with a unique format - we'd buy out an entire resort outside the city and lock everyone in for 3 days. Nobody leaves. It made for incredible networking. It was also a ridiculous financial risk for a small company. We…