Dan Hock's Essays

Dan Hock’s Essays

Home
Long Reads
Charts
Leadership Stories
Archive
About
How to future-proof a career in data science
Where data science and analytics are headed, what the best roles are going to look like, and what anyone can do now to prepare
 • Dan Hockenmaier and Jess Lachs
The End of Fragmentation
Why AI will consolidate markets and create the biggest businesses of all time
 • Dan Hockenmaier
The Software Shakeout: What Is Durable and What Is Not in the Age of AI?
A lot has been said about the software selloff in the last few weeks. This is an attempt to distill all of that into a framework to predict which…
 • Dan Hockenmaier
Becoming an artist to outrun the machines
The skills that still matter as AI progresses, and how to develop them
 • Dan Hockenmaier
LLMs vs. Marketplaces
Which marketplaces will probably win the battle with LLMs, which will probably lose, and what any marketplace can do to improve its odds.
 • Dan Hockenmaier
How to make your writing C.R.I.S.P.
A framework for improving your business writing with templates and an LLM prompt
 • Dan Hockenmaier
Vibe Analysis
AI is coming for data analysis, and it will never be the same
 • Dan Hockenmaier
Build, Sell, Understand
A framework for navigating your startup career
 • Dan Hockenmaier
The internet killed general-purpose products. AI will bring them back.
AI will break fundamental trade-offs in product design and bring back massive general-purpose products in retail, media, education, and more.
 • Dan Hockenmaier
How to Design an Org for Founder Mode
Examples from Apple, Airbnb, Shopify, and Nvidia
 • Dan Hockenmaier
Dan Hock's Essays
Dan Hock's Essays
The strategy and tactics of growing startups and growing your career. Less frequent, more rigorous essays.

Dan Hock's Essays

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 Dan Hockenmaier · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture