AI Insights from Independent Practitioners

Stu Willson

Founder

Pluris

Network Insights

September 22, 2026

Assessing AI, when you cannot see inside it

Dhruv Gulati

Founder & CEO, Caliper Lab

Caliper Lab

Network Insights

September 15, 2026

The Migration Can Wait

Why Most AI Spending Never Reaches the P&L | Jimmy Bijlani, AI Momentum Partners

AI Won't Break Private Equity, It'll Sort It | Doyl Burkett, Integrity Growth Partners

Doyl Burkett

Managing Partner

Integrity Growth Partners

Video

June 4, 2026

Why Most 'Data-Driven' Companies Are Fooling Themselves | Alex Lirtsman, CorralData

Proof of Work: Who to Trust With Your AI

The Rebuild Moment: Why Most SaaS CEOs Are Sequencing AI Wrong | Tom Scott, Wrike

Why You Can't Vibecode Portfolio Monitoring — Yann Magnan & Joe Zein on AI in Private Equity

Why 'Sprinkling AI' Is Both a Green Flag and a Red Flag | Jonathan Hansing, Wallabi

How to Operationalize AI: 32 Kickstarts, One Consistent Pattern | Justin Massa & Jason Rubinstein

Why 97% of AI Projects Fail in the Middle Market (And How to Fix It in 1 Week)

How AI Caught What Bonuses, Training, and Pay Raises Couldn't Fix

How Sunrun Found $80M in Hidden Costs by Finally Understanding Its Data

Stop Buying AI Slop: How Mid-Market Companies Actually Get ROI from AI

Arman Hezarkhani

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Tenex

Video

January 5, 2026

How Smart AI Guardrails Unlock Faster Growth (Without Killing Innovation)

How AI Cut a 3-Hour Workflow to 10 Minutes for a Home Restoration Company

How Marble’s AI Clones Uncovered 40% Redundant Work. And Saved 250+ Hours/Month

How Tau9 Labs Helped a Manufacturer Cut Quoting Time from Hours to Seconds — and Double Win Rates

Alex Gruebele

Co-founder & President

Tau9 Labs

Video

November 3, 2025

From Playtime to Production: How Every Builds AI That Teams Actually Use

From POC to 7-Figure ARR in 6 Months: Bonsai Labs’ AI Playbook for PE-Backed Companies

How BlueLabel’s 6-Step SPRINT Framework Turns AI Pilots Into Profitable Workflows

How to Turn AI Experiments into Enterprise Systems—Lessons from 300+ Deployments

How AI Gave a Private Credit Firm 50% More Deal Capacity — Without Hiring

From Idea to MVP in One Week: AI Product Building for Small Teams

Caralanay Cameron

Founder & CEO

PartnerWork Innovations

Video

October 7, 2025

Turn AI from a Tool You Rent into an Asset You Control

Case Study: How a Manufacturer Saved $500K by Automating Finance Data

The CFO’s AI Playbook: How to Save $500K+ by Fixing Finance Data Flows

AI That Actually Gets Used: How Casper Studios Cut Hedge Fund Research Time by 80%

Case Study: How a PE-Backed E-Commerce Company Cut Costs by 84% with AI Instead of BPO

AI Red & Green Flags in M&A: What PE Firms Must Watch

84% Cost Savings & 30-Second Turnarounds: The PE Playbook for Production-Grade AI

Cut ERP Time by 75%: How AI is Transforming Manufacturing & Construction

The Great Transition: 5 Human Skills Every Leader Needs in 2025

Tommy Knoll

Co-Founder

Human Innovation Institute

Video

September 1, 2025

The Growth Edge: A Faster Path to AI-Enabled Product Innovation

How AI Unlocked Millions in Hidden Deal Value for a Media Company

Case Study: A Park Ranger Built a GPT That Writes Federal SOWs (In an Hour)

Jeremy Utley

Adjunct Professor, Author, Podcaster

Stanford University, Ideaflow, Beyond the Prompt: How to Use AI in Your Company

Video

August 17, 2025

Ban “Do Nothing”: The 10-Experiment Rule for AI Adoption

Jeremy Utley

Adjunct Professor, Author, Podcaster

Stanford University, Ideaflow, Beyond the Prompt: How to Use AI in Your Company

Video

August 15, 2025

How I Use AI to Stress-Test Tough Talks (HR Loved the Result)

Jeremy Utley

Adjunct Professor, Author, Podcaster

Stanford University, Ideaflow, Beyond the Prompt: How to Use AI in Your Company

Video

July 28, 2025

Turning Unique IP Into Scalable AI Products: A Real Case Study

Daniel Ostrower

Founder & Managing Partner

3rd Horizon LLC

Case studies

July 25, 2025

Case Study: How AI Cut Hiring Time by 60% in a Healthcare Company

Cass Mao

Operating Partner, AI

Bonsai Labs

Video

July 21, 2025

How AI Helped an SMB Healthcare Firm Accelerate Hiring by 50%, Boosting Revenue & Profits

Cass Mao

Operating Partner, AI

Bonsai Labs

Network Insights

July 15, 2025

The 2-Month AI Transformation: How Private Equity Firms Drive Immediate EBITDA Impact (Amrit Saxena)

How AI Helped an Eyewear Brand Reduce Rx Verification Time by 95%, Cutting Costs & Growing Revenue

The Future of Work Isn't Human vs. AI - It's Human + AI

How an Equipment Rental Company Cut Customer Service Time by 50% Using AI Agents | Case Study

Len Landale

Chief Strategy Officer

Helios Core AI

Video

July 7, 2025

How SMBs Can Free Up 35% of Owner Time Using AI Agents

Len Landale

Chief Strategy Officer

Helios Core AI

Case studies

July 3, 2025

How a Private Equity Firm Avoided a $2M AI Mistake: The Due Diligence Playbook That Actually Works (Melania Calinescu)

Beyond Time Saved: How to Calculate AI ROI That Actually Matters (Nicole Castillo)

The 80/20 AI Rule: Why "Good Enough" Solutions Beat Custom Every Time (Nicole Castillo)

The 10-Minute Vendor Reality Check: Stop Wasting Time on Generic AI Demos (Nicole Castillo)

Identifying Effective AI Use Cases: Advice from News Corp’s Nicole Castillo

Nicole Castillo

VP of Special Products

News Corp

Video

June 23, 2025

How to Build AI Strategy Without Herding Cats

Nicole Castillo

VP of Special Products

News Corp

Network Insights

June 20, 2025

How UserTesting Drove AI Adoption: A Four-Part Deep Dive

How to Measure and Maximize AI ROI: Insights from UserTesting's Michael Domanic

Michael Domanic

Head of Generative AI Business Strategy

UserTesting

Network Insights

June 20, 2025

In the Age of AI, Clarity Is Your Real Power

4 Essential Qualities of an Effective AI Leader | Michael Domanic's Advice

Michael Domanic

Head of Generative AI Business Strategy

UserTesting

Video

June 20, 2025

How to Measure and Maximize AI ROI: Insights from UserTesting's Michael Domanic

Michael Domanic

Head of Generative AI Business Strategy

UserTesting

Network Insights

June 19, 2025

Picking a Model Family

AI overwhelm is killing your career.

Top-Down, Bottom-Up: How UserTesting Drove AI Adoption

Michael Domanic

Head of Generative AI Business Strategy

UserTesting

Network Insights

June 13, 2025

Start With Friction: The Smarter Way to Bring AI Into Your Work

AI Due Diligence: Uncovering Hidden Risks Before You Invest

Smart Customer Service

Reducing Downtime in Wind Power Plants with AI: A Case Study by Jozef Petro

Stop Random AI Experiments: Unlock True Value with Strategic Prioritization

Juan Alfageme Puga

AI Strategy Consultant

Deloitte Spain

Case studies

June 10, 2025

Automating Luxury Fashion Sourcing with AI: How Gab Waller Scaled Her Business

Two-Hour Rabbit Hole → 15-Minute Landing Page Win

Why AI Forecasting Fails More Than It Works—And Why You Should Try Anyway

The Leadership Skill I Didn’t Expect to Learn from AI

How Synthetic Consumers Accelerate Product Development with AI | 5-Minute Breakdown

Amir Ouki

Managing Director, Applied AI

BOI

Network Insights

June 9, 2025

🚀 601 AI Use Cases from Google, Distilled into 25 Practical SMB Strategies

How AI Compresses Innovation Cycles from 6 Months to Just Days

Amir Ouki

Managing Director, Applied AI

How to Prompt Like a Pro (Even If You May Think You Hate AI)

From 6 Weeks to 7 Days: How AI Revolutionized a Costly Workflow

AI Copyright Wars: The Battle for Creative Control

Launch Real Products in Weeks: How AI Changes the Game

How 30+ GPTs Saved a $40B Private Equity Firm Millions

Brandon Gell

Head of Studio & Consulting

Every

Network Insights

May 29, 2025

Competitive Intelligence

Agentic Protocols: Cutting Through the Noise

Travis Frisinger

Technical Director of AI

8th Light

Network Insights

May 28, 2025

Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Building AI Culture That Works

How AI Enabled One Team to Go 80% Faster and Slash Outsourcing by 90%

Escaping AI Pilot Purgatory: How to Achieve Real Business Impact

Jump Into the AI Pool: Mastering Storytelling with AI

Stop Automating, Start Experimenting: How AI Drives True Innovation

Stop Ignoring 'Shadow AI': How Employees Secretly Drive Innovation

Alex Goryachev

Head of AI Innovation

Alex Goryachev Innovation

Video

May 24, 2025

Stop Drowning in Data: Use AI for Deep Research and Actionable Insights

Transform Your Creative Process: How AI Accelerates Idea Generation

🚀 “A single prompt eliminated a 17-step workflow.”

Why Every Leader Needs a Thought Partner—Even if It’s Not Human

What to Focus on in the Age of AI: A Guide for Professionals

How to Work, Hire, and Lead in an AI-First World

How to Build AI Controls for High-Stakes Workflows

Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: How AI Proves Marketing ROI

Matt Seitz

Director, AI Hub for Business

University of Wisconsin

Video

May 15, 2025

Get Out of AI Chaos: How Product Teams Can Adopt AI Effectively

Michael Hirsch

AI & Product Leadership Coach

Break A Pencil Consulting

Video

May 15, 2025

From AI Hype to Real Results: How Startups Scale Successfully

How Ashley Gross Slashed a Marketing Org's Campaign Prep from 90 Days to 45 Minutes with AI

Ashley Gross

CEO & Founder

AI Workforce Alliance

Network Insights

May 13, 2025

Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Move in 2025

Building an AI Coding Assistant with No Internet Access

Travis Frisinger

Technical Director of AI

8th Light

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