https://ibenps.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Breakdown-of-Motifs-46-Million-Pitch-Deck-_-TikTok.mp4 Inspired by a $46M stealth startup deck that broke all the “rules” and won anyway. Introduction: Rethink Everything You Know About Pitch Decks In the traditional world, pitch decks follow rigid formulas: Problem → Solution → Business Model → Team → Ask. But great decks for top-tier investors or strategic partners aren’t just about…

By Ben The art of intuitively guiding an AI model through inspired, relational interaction to unlock its deepest reasoning and creative potential. 1. Introduction: The Shift Beyond Prompt Engineering Prompt engineering once dominated the AI landscape. It focused on crafting specific instructions to guide outputs. However, as large language models (LLMs) have evolved, the user-model…

In cafes, classrooms, boardrooms, and on late-night podcast rants, a persistent question echoes across our age of algorithms: Is AI smarter than humans? And if so, what does that even mean? It’s the wrong question—at least, the way it’s often asked. Because what we’re really dealing with isn’t a single metric of “smartness.” It’s a…

In every corner of the business world—from the glass towers of Manhattan to the crowded backrooms of emerging markets—there are the usual suspects: domain experts, specialists, executives, advisors. These are the ones with titles, credentials, dashboards, and data. They dig deep wells of expertise, mastering their slice of the economy and staking their value on…

A Strategic View of Branding Evolution with the Case of Apple Inc. IntroductionIn Branding, there are three core pillars: The Product or Service The Brand Name The Brand Representation (packaging or presentation) These three work in tandem. One cannot thrive without the others. But their order of impact—especially in the early stages—follows a very specific…