Quit dicking around with AI-generated content. If you're trying to build/manage/maintain an online reputation (whether for yourself or for a company), do not post anything that comes out of these AI platforms.

Internal linking is one of those simple SEO things that has a clear and tangible benefit. But most WordPress plugins that help you manage internal links bury you in clutter and upsells. So, meet Drew's Simple Internal Linking. It's super-fast, super-easy, and free: chapin.io/drews-simple...

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And another thing! If someone breaks Ken Jennings' Jeopardy streak, I think they should get Ken's hosting job. Automatically. No questions. And if Ken wants that job back, he's gotta go earn it back.

I am sure Washington football fans like Tuddy the Pig, but the Commanders mascot needs to be the commander in chief. A mascot with a term limit. Hail to the Chief. Salutes. A mascot who has secret service and nuclear codes.

"AI is coming for coders but not (insert list of blue collar jobs)" is one of those takes that sounds interesting in this moment - but it will age like milk.

The startup world loves to talk about resilience and grit, but it never talks about the ways pressure warps your thinking. Many founders respond by moving into isolation, which can be a dangerous place: chapin.io/talk-the-ris...

Programmatic SEO sucks. But it can suck less - with the right tools and a little bit of effort. Remember effort? hackernoon.com/ai-tools-can...

Between rising tuition costs and rising athlete compensation (via NIL), a seat on a college athletic roster is more valuable than ever before. And coaches are struggling to keep up.

Landlords determine a renter's credit worthiness based on a score that has nothing to do with their rental history - does that make sense? Of course not.

Major press, pitch awards, incubators, corporate pilots, big meetings. Nice. But it's all theater. Maybe "momentum" is a better way to say it. But momentum is not a business: hackernoon.com/the-differen...

Wet floor sign... by Amazon Basics??? Is nothing sacred???

My landlord is taking Rich Dad, Poor Dad to the next level - now they make money while *I* sleep?

I like the cut of their jib. I hope they make it.

The question with text-to-voice is no longer "does this sound human" - it's "how do you want this to feel?" There have been some improvements here that are really hard to believe. Models like OpenAudio (accessible via fish.audio/studio/) now allow you to include intention, mood, and emotion.

I decided to write more this year. Tech business writing is something I've swung in and out of the last decade. And it had been a few years. Here's what I didn't count on when I decided to dial back in this year: publishing isn't just about the blog post anymore.

Been in the mood to write, I guess.

It feels noble to pour everything into your startup. You want to be the obsessed founder, outworking everyone, burning the midnight oil. Early, that founder-company fusion can be a real edge. But we rarely talk about how that can become a real blind spot: hackernoon.com/you-are-not-...

The OpenAI device can't be a pendant. Jony Ive is better than that.

On deck: something totally new. ⚡️ If you want to hear what we're cooking up, sign up for my monthly newsletter: chapin.io#/portal/signup

Wordle 1,439 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I'd like to thank opposites, climate change discourse, that seltzer, the bears, that Tom Hanks movie, Coca Cola, and, obviously, the WooSox. Feels good. 😎

In the startup world, people love to call it “founder-friendly.” But really, it’s "no questions asked." The result is a culture of deference and founder isolation which becomes the perfect breeding ground for ethical fading, dangerous self-talk, and poor choices.

I've updated my May deal memo to include the Hustle Fund's deal assessment framework. These are the essential questions they use to score opportunities - and now I'll include them at the bottom of every deal memo I share.

Anyone else feel like this has nothing to do with your network connection and everything to do with the fact that ChatGPT just doesn't feel like doing what you asked?

I'm doing some research about banking (and specifically, de-banking). 🏦 If you or someone you know is working on solutions in this area, please reach out: [email protected]. 🙏

Planning group travel is a real pain. Team, Assemble! is a real solution. You provide a list of people (from 3 to 3,000), their cities of origin, dates, locations you're considering, and any preferences (dietary, etc.) - and TA spits back a list of options with estimated costs.

The Philadelphia Founder Fridays crew ran a pitch event for the This Week in Startups Pitch Madness tournament a few weeks ago - our winner was burble. If you’ve been around the wellness app block (Headspace, Calm, etc.), you know the space is crowded and, frankly, a little stale.

80% of email newsletters don’t make it past their first year. So when I ask you to sign up for one, do so with confidence, knowing there’s a good chance I won’t be in your inbox a year from now. But while it lasts, we'll have some fun. It's about startups. Sign up: chapin.io#/portal/signup

OpenAI is launching a shopping experience inside of ChatGPT. 💰 E-commerce operators need to focus up, because this represents both a huge opportunity as well as a gigantic risk. There are two important things all shop owners need to do to prepare... 🧵

Future-proof your e-commerce store for ChatGPT’s new shopping features, by prioritizing tools like Reviews.Shop (for off-page) and Schema.org (for on-page). #ecommerce

OpenAI's Adam Fry dropped something BIG about new ChatGPT shopping features: product reviews are going to carry some serious weight. If you're in e-comm, get ready: hackernoon.com/if-your-prod...

Newsletter. Monthly. Startup stuff. Projects I'm building. Pitches I'm hearing. Stuff I'm learning. Stuff I'm un-learning. You probably won't unsubscribe. Maybe you will. I'm not sure. I'll try my best to keep you subscribed. Anyway. Enough about that. 5/5/25. Sign-up: chapin.io#/portal/signup

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense. I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

Nothing like a pitch day to get me to a new city for the first time. And my intro to Wilmington could not have been any better - congrats to Darren and the team at gener8tor Bronze Valley on a strong cohort! Looking forward to watching this batch of startups run -🏃‍♂️💨

When Philly's Founder Fridays is in the building, you drop everything and go. This was where we selected Philly's submission to Jason Calacanis' Pitch Madness, a bracket startup tournament. And I KNOW our selection is going to go full Saquon (which is to say, run over everybody). 💪

The worst decisions happen in isolation. When founders stop seeking outside input and disengage from their communities, objectivity becomes extremely difficult. It's a recipe for disaster. More from my talk on ethical fading at Yale SOM earlier this week: chapin.io/talk-ethical...

Dear Elon, To what end? Best regards, 🌎

Man, was THIS a fun night in Philly... never been in the building for a comeback like that. 🍀🏀

Happy Truck Day, for all who celebrate.

"Trump is unable to act like a dictator unilaterally. He needs the consent, acquiescence, and apathy of enough people to frustrate the normal operation of constitutional and legal checks and balances. We must not grant that assistance to Trump." - @rbhubbell.bsky.social

If you’ve read a product review that felt like it was written by AI — or worse, a marketer pretending to be a happy customer — you’re not alone. Everywhere you look, there’s hyperbole, clickbait titles, and sneaky advertorials. Exhausting. Infuriating. We had enough: reviewed.world/introducing-...

This minivan dad just tryna beat you to the joke

It certainly is a lesser thing than dismantling government and the tell here is what Musk’s true focus is: To use the power of the government to get to Mars:

so are we just doing this on every video call until the end of time, or... ?

we simply want healthcare

W for "Make the Internet Fun Again:" techcrunch.com/2025/01/01/p...

he was so entertaining and such a goofster that we tend not to think of him this way, but rickey henderson was flat out one of the very greatest american athletes who's ever lived

what happens when "fake it 'til you make it" goes wrong? unfortunately, i have a pretty good idea: chapin.io/interviewed-...