DeReKWaTSoN

The Last Jobs Standing: What AI Can’t (Yet) Replace

From Gates’ shortlist to the skills I’m teaching my son — a founder’s take on surviving the next decade of disruption.

Mar 30 •

Working IN vs ON the Business

Chit-Chat Doesn’t Build Startups. Execution Does.

Feb 23 •

If— Talk Less. Execute More.

A healthy moment of introspection

Feb 1 •

My 15 predictions for 2025 🔮

Written by my alter ego: a wizard in a blizzard, a mystical machine gun.

Dec 28, 2024 •

🥇🥈🥉 Medals vs. Metrics ⚖️ 📊

Who punched above their weight at the 2024 Olympics.

Aug 12, 2024 •

No Distance Left to Run, Closing N2.

Why I closed it down, what I learnt and how it makes me feel.

Apr 18, 2024 •

We have given AI the keys to our kingdom

Now we must embrace it, work with it, and be really good.

Feb 25, 2024 •

A brief history:- DeReK WaTSoN

➡️ From pencil and paper to AI

Feb 5, 2024 •

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves”

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Jan 1, 2024 •

WInner Winner Chicken dinner.

My childhood intro to unit economics.

Dec 31, 2023 •

I have never had a Unicorn

But I still manage to get better returns than the majority.

Dec 31, 2023 •

💡 Valuable lessons I learnt from my first startup 👇🏼

The fundamentals remain the same

Dec 31, 2023 •

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