I'm OK—You're OK

Your AI demo looks great. Now defend the investment.
Companies are spending serious money on AI projects without knowing whether they'll ever deliver a return.
Sep 23 • Andra Vaduva
A pilot should buy you an answer. Not another pilot.
The biggest failure in mid-market and enterprise AI isn’t building the wrong thing. It’s deploying capital without knowing what’s worth building.
Sep 23 • Andra Vaduva
Most AI Projects Shouldn’t Get Funded
AI can build more than your company can afford to fund. Judgment is now the scarce resource.
Sep 17 • Andra Vaduva

August 2026

Everyone Is Learning AI. I Think They’re Learning the Wrong Thing.
AI is making capability abundant. Deciding what deserves capital is becoming the scarce skill.
Aug 21 • Andra Vaduva

December 2024

Resilience Is the New Currency
As essential to measure as sales or marketing.
Dec 11, 2024 • Andra Vaduva

August 2023

From Founder's Burnout to Breakthrough: How Empathic AI can become your emotional ally
In a fierce and relentless startup ecosystem, where founders often walk the fine line between passion and burnout, I, an AI empath of sorts, have…
Aug 28, 2023 • Andra Vaduva
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