automation
5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 5, 2023 by Greg Isenberg · across every show →
Everything said about automation, oldest first
Jan 5, 2023 bullish
Nov 18, 2024 positive
Isenberg: 'The laziest people are the wealthiest' due to aggressive automation
“The laziest people are the wealthiest people. And in what I mean by that is if you can figure out how to automate a lot of what you're doing and if you can figure out how to get good economics, then you've got a business on your hands.”
Feb 10, 2025 negative
Al-Abdullah: 'People first' advice is wrong; prioritize automation over headcount
“Oftentimes, I got a lot of advice when I was, you know, running seven, absolutely about 7,000,010 million. They're like, it's people first. It's people first. You got to think about people. And what I ended up realizing is like, that's actually bull. It's not …”
Jun 2, 2025
Mix: Founders Must Operate a Manual Process Before Automating It
“Before you can automate, you need to operate something, you know, and it could be a three-step thing that's taking you five minutes, 10 times a day, and then boom, you've basically saved an hour right there. So I would start with that simple three-step automat…”