Growth Insights for CEOs
Advice for CEOs on Growth and Scaling
Doug Bell
A 20-year SaaS and technology veteran, Doug is adept at driving revenue growth across well-known brands and nimble startups. A gifted strategist, storyteller, and hands-on leader, he passionately unleashes the power of communities, brand advocacy, and the wrap-around marketing mixes that drive sustainable growth. Organizations looking for breakout growth while facing diminishing returns from their go-to-market approach seek Doug’s help.
Recent Posts

The AI Training Economy: The Human Expertise Behind the Agent Revolution
Wed, Apr 22, 2026 | Posted by Neil Isford
The challenge of training AI models on human expertise is not new.What is new is that three college dropouts just built a $10 billion business by productizing that exact problem at scale.
Executive Takeaways
- The AI training economy is already here — and a $10 billion startup is proof.
- You can't have capable AI agents without well-trained models. Human expertise isn't being replaced; it's being harvested.
- Fast followers still have a window, but waiting another 18 months may mean competing on scale alone, not quality.
- Most organizations are underestimating the speed of this workforce transformation. The time to build AI fluency is now.
Recent Posts

Why Generative AI Will Eat Your Website and Change B2B Marketing Forever
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 — The Tsunami We’ll start with an opinion and put it upfront to save you time. B2B marketing is over as we know it. Full stop. A tsunami of buyer behavioral change is coming. Generative AI will truncate buyer research cycles and steal away with the first-party and third-party data that drives so much of our buyer engagement.
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