Stop getting slop from AI—do this instead
The mindset shift to sharpen your AI output, fintech messaging that lands, and cold emails that convert
The founders who win right now lead with clarity—clarity in how they use AI, how they speak to customers, and how they start conversations that convert.
Let’s break it down.
Today’s agenda:
🎙️ Why AI “slop” happens (and how to avoid it)
🧊 Write cold emails that actually get replies
📚 Your brand isn’t boring—you’re just telling the wrong story
💼 Briefly: Bold founder moves, AI scaling, and how work is evolving
⏱️ Up & coming: Lead like a top support rep
🤖 This is why your AI output feels off
When we’re new to AI, we often make the mistake of opening a chat, dumping in a vague prompt, and hoping it churns out a perfect blog post or newsletter draft.
Instead, we get junk. 🤦♂️
Here’s the thing: AI isn’t our intern. And even an intern isn’t going to be able to magically read your mind.
But used right, AI can be one of the smartest, fastest-thinking collaborators on your team.
👇 In this clip from my latest podcast appearance on Your Partner In Success Radio, I break down exactly why most founders get garbage results—and how a simple mindset shift can turn AI into your unfair advantage.
🎙️ What we get into:
Why “just write this for me” always leads to junk
The real way to brief AI (like a colleague, not a task rabbit)
How to expand your thinking—not just offload work
Why context is everything in quality output
How I use AI to stretch ideas, test messaging, and sharpen angles
🎧 Listen to the full episode on Your Partner In Success Radio
🔊 How to earn attention in a noisy inbox
Cold outreach works—lazy email doesn’t.
Effective cold emails connect, not pitch. They show you’ve done your homework. They speak to the reader’s world. And they make saying “yes” feel effortless.
📤 Here’s what’s working right now:
Subject lines that don’t scream “automation”
→ “Saw your post on RevOps—had to reach out”
→ “That ops hiring move—brilliant”Icebreakers that show you did your homework
→ Reference their SaaStr episode, funding round, or recent post
One-line value props with teeth
→ “We helped a similar AI SaaS cut demo no-shows by 42%”
CTAs they’ll actually say yes to
→ “Want the outbound playbook we used? Happy to send it.”
I‘ve got a full example you can model—and five tweaks to test this week.
👉 Steal the full framework + email example
📢 Give your brand a story worth sharing
A lot of fintech sites sound like a spec sheet. Not because the product’s boring—because we forgot who the messaging is for.
Your buyers aren’t engineers. They’re under pressure to deliver, defend decisions, and avoid risk. If your copy doesn’t speak to that, it gets ignored.
Here are the messaging shifts that work in 2025:
🏆 Talk outcomes, not features
“We help you close books 5 days faster”—not “end-to-end reconciliation automation”
🦸 Make your customer the hero
Tell stories like: “Before switching, they missed 3 vendor payments in one month”
🗣️ Say what you believe—without sounding like a startup cliché
“We built this for small teams who need speed, not headcount”
You don’t need a rebrand. You need a message that sounds like you, and feels like a win for your customer.
📖 See the full story + quick fixes
Briefly
🚀 Bold beats big in 2025
Founders winning this year aren’t waiting for permission—they’re rewriting the playbook. That means treating AI like a co-founder, ditching traditional funding paths, and reverse-engineering the exit from day one. The shift? Build with conviction, not consensus.
🏗️ AI doesn’t scale without structure
Most enterprise AI still lives in pilot purgatory—stuck in demos, not delivering value. But leaders like Walmart and JPMorgan are pulling billions in ROI by treating AI as infrastructure, not an experiment. Govern like it’s core ops, not R&D.
🧠 Work’s getting more personal
Forget just drafting emails—people are now using AI to prep for performance reviews, plan finances, and even talk through tough conversations at work. AI isn’t just a productivity tool anymore—it’s becoming a trusted sounding board for personal and professional growth.
Up & Coming
Turns out, the people solving tickets might be your best model for leading through uncertainty. The best reps are empathetic, adaptable, and crystal clear communicators—skills every founder needs when the pressure’s on.
This article unpacks how those same traits—when practiced at the top—build stronger teams and sharper decision-making. Empathy and adaptability aren't soft skills—they're survival skills for modern leadership.