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Adaptive: Building the System of Action for Construction Finance

System of Action — Part 4: The Case for the Application Layer

Getting to the Software Factory: Moving Up the EPD Hierarchy in the Agentic Age

The Race to Own the Agentic Future

Rob Giglio on Platforms & Ecosystems at Canva

Vertical SaaS–Using Better Analytics to Improve Your Odds of Success

Pricing & Packaging as a Growth System

Building the Industry Ledger in Construction with Chase Gilbert, CEO, Built

Selling to Private Equity is Now a GTM Motion

Building GTM Flywheels with Kevin Hamilton

How CCC Built a Billion-Dollar Supplier Network, One Workflow at a Time

Selling AI to the Enterprise: Fear, Friction, and the Long Road to Yes

The Next Systems of Action: Agentic Workflows and the End of Toil with John Foreman, CPO, Clio

Don Spear on AI & Learning Platforms at OpenSesame

Drew Sechrist on Trust & Relationships at Connect The Dots

What Census Data Tells Us About Growth, Fragmentation, and the Next Great SaaS Markets (Maybe)

The Evolution of Vertical SaaS: What We Heard at Collective Live 2025

Antonio Bravo, BBVA

2025 Vertical & SMB SaaS Benchmark Report

System of Action — Part 3: How Control Points Win

Excellence In Action

Driving Economic Empowerment and Financial Inclusion at Square

Caught Being Good

Robert Chatwani, Tidemark Fellow

Excellence In Action

In the Trenches with Ron Hirson: Brian Echols, Confluent

Excellence In Action

In the Trenches with Ron Hirson: Bill Wetherell, DocuSign

Excellence In Action

The Making of a Modern Software Executive

Excellence In Action

Pursuing Revenue Predictability and Customer Love

Excellence In Action

In the Trenches with Ron Hirson: Eric Snowden, Adobe

Part 3: How to Start, Scale, and Think About Your Platform + Ecosystem

Part 2: What Does It Mean to Be a Platform + Ecosystem Company?

Part 1: Why should you build a Platform + Ecosystem company?

Excellence In Action

Building Zillow’s Data-Based Brand and Loving the Long View

Caught Being Good

Tidemark Fellow Nick Mehta, CEO of Gainsight

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