THE BIG WORD: SURVIVING THE AI DISRUPTION CYCLE WITH JOSHUA GOULD

How do you take a traditional service business and turn it into a $100 million tech titan? Joshua Gould did exactly that, and he warns that the current generative AI boom is a massive disruption cycle mirroring the 1990s dot-com bust. If your company isn't rebuilding its tech stack right now, you are already behind.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN🚀 Surviving the AI Disruption: Discover why the current AI revolution is history repeating itself, and how to spot real AI solutions versus empty promises.💡 The Capital Moat Strategy: Learn why integrating AI requires massive capital expenditure to rebuild legacy tech stacks, and why relying on internal profits is a losing game.🧠 Tough Love Leadership: Find out why "protecting" your team from AI is actually destroying their future careers, and how to upskill them on the job instead.QUICK TIMESTAMPS> 04:32 - Building the "Uber for Language" with 15,000 linguists > 22:42 - The real reason managers and companies are terrified to adopt AI> 37:55 - Why scaling AI requires serious capital and a modernized tech stack ONE BIG THINGLoved this masterclass on tech leadership and AI? Hit the SUBSCRIBE button to support the Venture Step Podcast, and let us know in the comments how you are integrating AI into your daily workflow!CHAPTERS00:00 Show Intro and Guest00:27 Agenda for the Episode01:31 Josh’s Origin Story02:49 Recession Pivot to Government04:32 WordSync Uber for Language07:17 AI Cycles Like Dotcom11:12 Translation Memory Shock12:25 Neural MT and Automation18:17 Orchestration Beats Model Building22:42 Why AI Adoption Is Slow25:06 CEO Turnover and Data Readiness27:18 Getting Ahead of the AI Curve28:21 Automate Without Abandoning29:35 Tough Love Upskilling32:37 Learn AI On The Job34:50 Risk Taking Mindset36:24 Boating Life Metaphor37:55 Capital Markets Reality40:52 Rebuild Stack For AI44:17 Train AI Like Staff46:01 AI Engine Integration48:03 Entrepreneurship Gets Real49:12 CEO In The Weeds51:18 Closing And ContactIMPORTANT LINKSOur Website: https://www.daltonanderson.net/venture-step/Host LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daltonbanderson/Guest's Main Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadgould/Guest's Podcast (Exec Craft): https://www.youtube.com/@exec_craftThe Big Word: https://en-gb.thebigword.com/