Lex Roman
@lexroman.com
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I almost didn't go: come with me to my first conference in another language
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Re: Airtable - I’m seeing folks say let’s see what happens. Thats fine but you do need a plan because we know what will happen. They were acquired by a company with a predictable playbook. Major layoffs. Massive price hikes. Worse service. This is not an investment. It was a firesale
Airtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable.
If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make your own exit plan
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I’m headed back to the US today and while I’m gone, Colombia will change Presidential regimes
PE and VC are usually both bad in the end, but PE is almost always worse every step of the way, especially when their "acquisitions" are funded by making the company they acquire take on a ton of debt to make the acquisition happen.
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · 17h agoI'm seeing folks conflate private equity with venture capital when it comes to Bending Spoons buying Airtable. This is not an investment. This is a buyout. That makes our timeline for needing to leave FASTER. Wrote a second story about this to explain
After I posted about the Bending Spoons/Airtable buyout, Ted Fickes shared that his pricing for Harvest (bought by Bending Spoons in 2025) is going up 1000% next month. From $12 to $122 PER MONTH I may be a hyperbolic cynic but I am not wrong about the need for an exit plan
I'm seeing folks conflate private equity with venture capital when it comes to Bending Spoons buying Airtable. This is not an investment. This is a buyout. That makes our timeline for needing to leave FASTER. Wrote a second story about this to explain
Help! My favorite tool was bought by private equity
Bending Spoons buying Airtable has small business owners conflating two VERY different types of funding (private equity and venture capital). Here's what those terms mean and what they imply about what's next.
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I announced our fall event series today: September is booking paid speaking gigs. October is selling more books as an indie author. November is converting clients from email. I'm bringing in a few guest speakers to pull this off. Read more and join us! revenuerulebreaker.com/events
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I'm talking here about Chilean journalist Mónica González who gave a huge pep talk at a conference I just went to...in Spanish. Watch my vlog about how this conference went and what I'm taking away from it www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGI...
Maybe I need to do a post about what VC is vs what a private equity acquisition is because there’s a lot of conflating going on and they have completely different implications for whats next
It’s important to understand the difference between venture capital—committed to grow a company usually on the trajectory they’re already on and private equity—an extraction of value from a company as a last ditch effort to squeeze cash out before it dies
I'm not a journalist. I don't give a fuck about being objective. I'm hyperbolic, cynical and speculative. I always root in facts AND source them but when it comes to my viewpoint, I say what I think unfiltered and I don't think I owe anyone anything other than that
People get on me about being a tech skeptic. I do often take the worst possible outlook view of what's coming next for tech companies and that's because I worked in tech. I spent a lot of time with VCs and founders. I know the game. And we're not part of it.
When large chunks of my hair go missing from my head over the next few months... this would be why. 😡
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · yesterdayAirtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable. If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan. I wrote about what this means for small business owners. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/airtable-was...
My vlog about my first conference in Spanish is live. I went to LATAM journalism conference Festival Gabo a couple weeks ago and in this video I talk about how it went and what I'm thinking about now for small biz media (The video is in English) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGI...
I almost didn't go: come with me to my first conference in another language
Join 2k+ creative entrepreneurs at Revenue Rulebreaker: https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/newsletterI almost didn't go to this conference because it was mos...
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welp, good thing we moved all of our stuff out of AirTable a few months ago. That sucks.
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · yesterdayAirtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable. If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan. I wrote about what this means for small business owners. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/airtable-was...
I was already planning on moving away from Airtable but this made it leap to the top of my to-do list.
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · yesterdayAirtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable. If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan. I wrote about what this means for small business owners. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/airtable-was...
Wow, I hate this news
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · yesterdayAirtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable. If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan. I wrote about what this means for small business owners. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/airtable-was...
Airtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable. If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan. I wrote about what this means for small business owners. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/airtable-was...
Airtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable.
If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan
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“A fundamental shift is needed in how we approach the development and deployment of AI agents,” argues Meredith Whittaker. “Basic lessons in privacy and digital security are being discarded,” she warns
AI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker
The Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security
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Our latest sale was such a success we're extending it for another week! Until midnight on August 9 you can get 25% off our 'Member' tier annual sub, OR pay just $1 for your first month! aftermath.site/aftermath-sale...
“All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake ‘public opinion’ for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.” -Lenin, tapping the sign.
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · yesterdayShameful: The #BrokenTimes hands David Ellison op-ed space rather than challenging his bullshit pap and propaganda about journalism with the receipts he has already delivered at CBS. That would be journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
Was trying to do an annual update, but it has come to my realization that Trump wiped everything between FY2024 and FY2026 from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. @thexylom.com now has one of the last independent copies of data re: H-1B skilled workers in America's top higher education institutions.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate...
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The Xylom@thexylom.com · 10mo agoEXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
I think it’s so rad how @aftermath.site has turned subscriber drives into an editorial opportunity. Hater Week is brilliant and it’s fun to watch them grow doing what they do best
these numbers going up are super important because we invest as much money back into the site as we can without starving. more $$$ means more writers, more freelance, more merch, more everything. so your $75 sub in 2026 will get you so much more by 2028, etc etc. it's an investment!
when i say it was a big week: look at these spikes for unique visitors, paid subscribers and monthly revenue (the subs and MRR are scaled and dont start at zero, obv, we didn't double them, but still!)
thank you SO MUCH to everyone who subscribed or just otherwise enjoyed Hater Week, it was one of the biggest weeks in the site's history (in terms of pageviews AND new subscribers) Because of this, we're extending the sale. $75 for a 'Member' sub is an absolute steal.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2d agoOur latest sale was such a success we're extending it for another week! Until midnight on August 9 you can get 25% off our 'Member' tier annual sub, OR pay just $1 for your first month! aftermath.site/aftermath-sale...
I'm coming to Portland this week. My friends are celebrating their wedding and so I'm mostly doing that, but if you are based there and I didn't already reach out to you about hanging, pls let me know!
This is an important read. The US is dismantling 20+ yr old programs that give minority-owned businesses the slightest shot at opportunities. It's happening city by city, state by state and the feds are doing it too. Christine Edwards Pitkin wrote about why it matters qcnerve.com/opinion-nort...
OPINION: North Carolina Just Closed the Door on My Business and Thousands Like It | Queen City Nerve
In July, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a state budget. While there has been plenty of discussion around teacher pay raises and whether Charlotte will have to pay for …
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I took Typebar magazine off patreon at the beginning of the year and it was the most important decision in the history of the site. So far I dare say it was the correct one.
Lex Roman@lexroman.com · 2d ago“Patreon should make ‘fan mail’ feel magical again. Not the chaotic comment-section kind. I mean structured, playful, human connection” Great rundown of why Patreon sucks and what they can do about it from @angelahollowell.bsky.social www.pleasehustleresponsibly.com/p/the-patreo...