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He founded numerous companies, including Test Prep Gurus, a test prep and education consulting firm based in Newport Beach, California, that works with students across the United States, and more than a dozen other countries. Nick is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and podcaster.
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If you like to ask questions, dive beneath the surface, and learn about fascinating individuals, you’ve found your home. Join Nick Standlea for long-form conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, creators, and other brilliant experts.
Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow
You can follow Nick and the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/
A little bit about Nick: He earned a perfect score on the SAT, but thinks standardized tests are overrated. He won grants to teach kids to surf in China, explore caves in Tibet, study business at the University of Oxford, and explore Art History in Italy. Nick is a former Research Associate at the Quality of Life Research Center, where he studied creativity, flow, and learning, under his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author of Flow.
He founded numerous companies, including Test Prep Gurus, a test prep and education consulting firm based in Newport Beach, California, that works with students across the United States, and more than a dozen other countries. Nick is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and podcaster.
Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.
Sam Altman Says 95% of Marketing Is Going to AI (Here’s What That Means)
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Sam Altman Says 95% of Marketing Is Going to AI (Here’s What That Means)
Sam Altman told him that 95% of marketing as we know it will be done by AI within 3–5 years. That single sentence became the “holy smokes moment” that shaped the entire book AI First, written by this week’s guest, Andy Sack (co-author Adam Brotman) — a technologist who has built companies across four tech eras: internet, mobile, social/cloud, and now AI.
Andy is the co-founder of Forum3, a VC investor, and senior executive who worked directly with Satya Nadella at Microsoft. His latest work centers on helping leaders actually transform their companies for the age of AI — not just talk about it.
In this conversation, we cover:
Sam Altman’s prediction that will reshape entire industries
Whether white-collar work is the next “factory floor”
AI-only schools with no human teachers
Why radiologists, marketers, and lawyers should worry
Why trade schools like HVAC and plumbing are surging
Why AI will make entrepreneurship explode
How leaders become “AI-first” — and why almost none are
Why most companies will miss the coming wave
How to transform your organization before it’s too late
If you’ve been wondering how to lead, not react, in the era of AGI — this episode is your playbook.
🔹 Chapters0:00 — Intro: Four tech eras & the “holy smokes moment”2:08 — Meeting Sam Altman at OpenAI3:26 — “95% of marketing will be done by AI”6:12 — Andy’s background: internet → mobile → cloud → AI7:51 — Working directly with Satya Nadella11:19 — Why AI is bigger than the internet15:34 — Case study: AI that detects customer churn18:17 — Radiology & white-collar job risk20:08 — Bill Gates on the biggest shift in 40 years22:05 — Job displacement & AI proficiency24:01 — Why trade schools are exploding25:24 — Donkey-corns: billion-dollar companies with tiny teams27:26 — Entrepreneurship in the AI era30:13 — AI-only schools & personalized learning33:40 — Where human teachers still matter35:03 — Sponsored: Manta Sleep37:15 — Sponsored: Zapier MCP & AI agents39:38 — Why higher ed is “clearly broken”41:42 — Writing, cheating & critical thinking44:02 — The “yes, and” future of learning46:04 — What makes an AI-first leader47:44 — Iron-Man suits: humans + AI48:43 — Ethan Mollick’s challenge49:51 — What businesses need to reinvent51:02 — Where to find Andy
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The Nick Standlea Show
If you like to ask questions, dive beneath the surface, and learn about fascinating individuals, you’ve found your home. Join Nick Standlea for long-form conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, creators, and other brilliant experts.
Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow
You can follow Nick and the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/
A little bit about Nick: He earned a perfect score on the SAT, but thinks standardized tests are overrated. He won grants to teach kids to surf in China, explore caves in Tibet, study business at the University of Oxford, and explore Art History in Italy. Nick is a former Research Associate at the Quality of Life Research Center, where he studied creativity, flow, and learning, under his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author of Flow.
He founded numerous companies, including Test Prep Gurus, a test prep and education consulting firm based in Newport Beach, California, that works with students across the United States, and more than a dozen other countries. Nick is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and podcaster.
Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.
