🌶️ Hot Fudge Sunday for 2025-08-31
NexusTek, NC TECH, AI, and OpenToWork Alumni
Last Week
Last week saw a new NexusTek Winners Circle episode dropped, I joined the NC TECH Board of Advisors, and more NexusTek Insights.
https://www.nexustek.com/insights/winners-circle-episode-4-resilient-technology-foundation
https://www.nexustek.com/insights/modern-hotel-technology-guest-experience
https://www.nexustek.com/insights/the-grok-wake-up-call
This Week
I have no travel plans and I’m looking forward to tuning up more automation.
📈 Markets Monday for 2025-08-25
My screener is getting closer!
| Symbol | Company Name | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| ASTS | AST SpaceMobile, Inc. | +5.88% |
| RBLX | Roblox Corporation | +5.84% |
| NN | Nextnav Inc. | +5.36% |
Wackyparse RetCon Thesis: AST SpaceMobile and Nextnav are focused on new connectivity and precision location infrastructure to… play Roblox? 🤣
🔥 Hot Takes Tuesday for 2025-08-26
💰 AI continues to attract huge amounts of capital
- Casca (AI-powered loan origination tools): $29M
- Blue Water Autonomy (AI-powered unmanned defense ships): $50M
- Attio (Agentic AI-powered CRM service): $52M
🤪 Wacky Wednesday for 2025-08-27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRtyMCeDw8o
🔙 Throwback Thursday for 2025-08-28
Goole data centers articles over the years paint an interesting picture.
2025
https://www.techmeme.com/250828/p14#a250828p14
2020
https://www.techmeme.com/200226/p11#a200226p11
2016
https://www.techmeme.com/160322/p7#a160322p7
✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-08-29
📶 🗼 🛜 I believe biggest story of the week was the sale of spectrum licenses.
Addition of spectrum can increase competitiveness and ORAN could (should?) expand.
https://www.techmeme.com/250826/p11#a250826p11
🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-08-30
🌮 + 🍔 + 🍟 + 🥤 + 🗣️ + 🤖 = 🤔
When it works, you’ll know — eventually. In some use cases, there are reasons for tactile knobs, dials, and buttons are better than touch screens.
The same might be said for humans and mobile apps being better than the current imagination for AI powered fast-food ordering in a drive-thru.
In 2025, voice ordering from a standard drive-thru fast food menu connected to AI is still challenging.
https://www.techmeme.com/250829/p27#a250829p27
In 2024, the challenge was just as stark.
https://www.techmeme.com/240617/p5#a240617p5
In 2023, the learning curve was steep.
https://www.techmeme.com/230509/p13#a230509p13
In 2019, the aspirational goals were just starting to form.
https://www.techmeme.com/191023/p19#a191023p19
#OpenToWork Weekly
I participated in a #NeverSearchAlone #JSC after rebooting Cuthrell Consulting and joining NexusTek.
I added those #OpenToWork from my LinkedIn network to this newsletter. Over time, we’ve grown an Alumni 🎉 section for those that transitioned to their next career adventure.
Alumni 🎉
- Congrats Nathan Clyker 🎉
- Congrats Kelly Britt 🎉
- Congrats Tamera Rousseau King 🎉
- Congrats Thomas Chatham 🎉
- Congrats Dan Kelleher 🎉
- Congrats Jarrod Weise 🎉
- Congrats Karl Edwards 🎉
- Congrats Paul Lysko 🎉
- Congrats Bob Lima, PMP 🎉
- Congrats Rich Green 🎉
- Congrats Sheri Gearhart 🎉
- Congrats Shianna Maxwell 🎉
- Congrats Richard Arnesen! 🎉
Those in my network that are #OpenToWork:
- Scott Place - High Performance Sales Rep
- Trevor Schulz - 20+ Years in Tech Sales | Loyal, Dedicated, and Ready to Work Today
- Brian Booden - Ranked #1 in the UK for Qlik and DataViz Content
- Elizabeth Quintanilla - Fractional CMO, Digital Marketing Consultant & Coach, Marketing Gunslinger
- Barbara Hadley, EdM, SPHR - Strategic HR Leader | Employee Engagement Expert
- Andrew Webber - Proven Leader | Consumer Product Innovation & Scaling
- Lida Tohidi - Award-Winning Product & Marketing Leader | Startup Advisor
- Gina (Gina Minks) Rosenthal - Global Product Marketing Manager | Technical Content Strategist
- Janel Van Beek - Business Strategist & Master Coach | Leadership & Change Expert
- Greg Phillips - Cloud Platform & Strategic Marketing Leader
- Ricardo Perez - Virtualization Architect | PowerFlex & VxRail Specialist
- Mike Berteletti, CISSP - Experienced IT Professional | Infrastructure & Security
- Chris Mojica - Technical Sales & Solutions Architect
- Matthew Leib - Datacenter, Cloud & Storage Architect | Technical Writer & Analyst
- Michael Joffe - Global Technology Leader | P&L Management | SaaS & OEM
- Colleen Coll - Event Technology & Digital Media Specialist | Live Reporting
- Sam Aiello, Ph.D. - Cybersecurity & Technology Strategist | Pre-Sales Leadership
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