Episode 27 | Neil Patel’s “No Comment,” Canva Layoffs & LinkedIn’s New Verification Rules

In Episode 27 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas record their first in-person episode at Drive by Exit Five thanks to Dom Odoguardi (ask him why he quit his job), and the docket’s packed with interesting takes, data breaches, and some AI-fueled controversy. First up: Neil Patel makes headlines at Inbound by refusing to share how he’s actually using Reddit for LLM visibility, literally answering “no comment” on stage. Then, another wave of B2B data breaches hits, including Insight Partners quietly disclosing a January cyberattack, and Canva shocks LinkedIn with layoffs just weeks after making employees millionaires. LinkedIn also rolls out new verification rules for recruiters and executives to fight fake profiles and scams, sparking debate about what’s next (education verification, anyone?). And in Big Prompt Energy, Adam Robinson claims his $6M ARR company ran better with zero employees for a week thanks to AI only to have customers publicly contradict him with unanswered support tickets.   What’s inside:  • Neil Patel refuses to spill his Reddit playbook at Inbound (Or maybe he doesn’t even know)  • Insight Partners hack exposes employee + investor data  • Canva layoffs raise eyebrows after “overnight millionaire” headlines  • LinkedIn adds recruiter & exec verification to stop scams  • Adam Robinson tests running RB2B entirely on AI agents  • Support tickets and churn show AI “smooth sailing” might be hype Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro: Oat Milk, Standing Desks & B2B Chaos 1:52 – Neil Patel’s “No Comment” at Inbound 5:06 – Hackers for Hire? The Cybersecurity Irony 7:42 – Canva Layoffs After Millionaire Headlines 11:36 – LinkedIn’s Verification Crackdown (and Fake MBAs) 20:13 – AI Runs a SaaS Company for a Week 26:32 – Wrap-Up: B2B Is Still an Expensive Guessing Game -------------------------   📲Connect with the crew: Tim Davidson –⁠ linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠ Tas Bober –⁠ linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠ Dom Odoguardi –⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/odoguardi/   👉Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.