Forget ‘Founder Mode,’ what about Customer Mode?

You might need observed a whole lot of the net companies and web sites you’re utilizing are form of getting … worse. 

Google search outcomes are cluttered with sponsored hyperlinks, relationship apps have a pay wall, and that article you’re making an attempt to learn retains reloading to ship undesirable programmatic adverts. Creator and journalist Cory Doctorow has coined the time period “enshittification” to explain the phenomenon. The excellent news: this implies there are totally different sectors which might be ripe for disruption. 

On immediately’s episode of Trendster’s Fairness podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Ed Zitron — CEO of EZPR, host of the Higher Offline podcast, and creator of an upcoming ebook Why The whole lot Stopped Working — to dig into why this shift is going on and what it means for startups.

Take heed to the total episode to listen to the pair talk about:

• Why it’s time to ditch ‘founder mode’ for what Ed calls ‘buyer mode’ – a extra sustainable, customer-first strategy that beats the growth-at-all-costs mentality.
• The alternatives Ed sees for startups to disrupt the growth-at-all-costs established order. 
• The long-term outlook for generative AI corporations like OpenAI. (Observe: this interview was recorded earlier than the DeepSeek information broke, however don’t fear – Fairness could have that replace for you later within the week.)

Fairness is Trendster’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts each Wednesday and Friday. 

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