Welcome back to part 2 of our miniseries where we recap the full-blown B2B SaaS James Bond tale of 2025: the Rippling vs Deel rivalry and the accusations of corporate espionage.    Here’s what actually went down:   Rippling sues Deel over alleged corporate espionage A fake Slack “honeypot” used to catch a spy A former Rippling employee allegedly recruited while still employed Payments involving cash and cryptocurrency A court order, a locked bathroom, and a wiped phone Deel’s Head of Comms resigns Rippling reportedly raising at a $16B valuation Deel fires back with five serious counter-allegations   Including defamation, deceptive trade practices, whistleblower retaliation, and financial misconduct.   Live through it again with us.    --- Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments. ---   Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B. Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community. Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026. Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities. ---   Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector - the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam. Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?) Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin. --- Finally, huge shoutout to Sahil, CEO of Spiralyze, the company that captures winning A/B tests from 78,000 websites. He kinda knows what works on B2B websites. This February, he's teaming up with folks like Anthony Pierri, Jess Cook, Rob Kaminski, Alina Vandenberghe, and our very own Tas Bober, to host Above the Fold - a workshop-style event designed to help you build a better website. No keynotes. No panels. Just hands-on, practical sessions you can actually use.  Join us in February. Get the details at spiralyze.com/abovethefold

We are ending the year with a miniseries recapping B2B’s biggest stories in 2025 starting with one of the most talked-about B2B moments this year - LinkedIn removing company pages for major data providers like Apollo, Seamless AI, and other lesser-known rivals.   The move signaled something bigger: ⦁    A clear stance against tools scraping LinkedIn personal data ⦁    A warning shot to the B2B data ecosystem ⦁    And a reminder of how fragile platform-dependent distribution really is   What makes this story notable isn’t just the ban. It’s what happens after (and it isn’t all bad news).    In this episode, we break down: ⦁    Why LinkedIn made this move in 2025 ⦁    What the ban actually targeted ⦁    Why it didn’t slow buyer demand ⦁    What this means for B2B companies relying on platforms they don’t control   If you’ve been under a rock, this is the recap you need.    --- Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments. ---   Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B. Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community. Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026. Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities. ---   Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector - the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam. Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?) Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin. --- Finally, huge shoutout to Sahil, CEO of Spiralyze, the company that captures winning A/B tests from 78,000 websites. He kinda knows what works on B2B websites. This February, he's teaming up with folks like Anthony Pierri, Jess Cook, Rob Kaminski, Alina Vandenberghe, and our very own Tas Bober, to host Above the Fold - a workshop-style event designed to help you build a better website. No keynotes. No panels. Just hands-on, practical sessions you can actually use.  Join us in February. Get the details at spiralyze.com/abovethefold

In this episode, we break down a viral xAI hackathon project that lets AI dynamically insert product placements into TV shows and movies.Not ads.Not sponsorships.Actual objects inside the scene.   This goes for new shows AND old.  Coffee cups in Suits replaced with Coca-Cola cans.Headphones in Friends swapped for modern brands.Clickable product placements inside Netflix-style interfaces.Tas loved it but Tim is foreseeing absolute abuse of the tech and he explains why. In this episode, we cover: Updated LinkedIn demographics data from Tas and why reporting on it is messier than it looks (long way of saying Tas was wrong?) It's that time of year again - SaaS is increasing prices but is 3x acceptable? Kit faces backlash while competitors cash in on the bad PR.  Hustle culture is now going fully off the rails And…the possible return of the crying CEO?? B2B is messier than your family drama during holiday get-togethers.    --- Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.---Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B.Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community.Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026.Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities.---Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector - the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam.Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?)Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin.---   Finally, huge shoutout to Sahil, CEO of Spiralyze, the company that captures winning A/B tests from 78,000 websites. He kinda knows what works on B2B websites. This February, he's teaming up with folks like Anthony Pierri, Jess Cook, Rob Kaminski, Alina Vandenberghe, and our very own Tas Bober, to host Above the Fold - a workshop-style event designed to help you build a better website.No keynotes. No panels. Just hands-on, practical sessions you can actually use. Join us in February. Get the details at spiralyze.com/abovethefold

It's Tas' birthday but she has a present for you - results from a LinkedIn demographic change...and the numbers are messy.We break down the “straight white male” profile switch, the 16–18x impression spike ChatGPT claims, why Tim won’t trust a single line without a Google Sheet, and whether the lift came from demographics, better content, or one 85K-view outlier post boosted by Chris Walker.   Then we zoom out into the wider B2B circus:• A Reddit marketing thread showing exactly how NOT to use Reddit unless you enjoy getting shredded in the comments.• A product manager with 500+ applications and zero callbacks now filing legal data requests to every company’s ATS. • The debate on cold calling on Christmas Day and why Tim thinks you should • Tas takes on Closed/Won by herself with a special message If you care about how LinkedIn demographic settings, platform norms, and shady tactics shape reach, trust, and revenue in B2B, this episode pulls the curtain back and shows what’s really happening.--- Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.---Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B.Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community.Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026.Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities.   --- I’m Sahil, CEO of Spiralize, the company that captures winning A/B tests from 78,000 websites. So yeah, we’ve seen what actually works.   This February, I’m teaming up with folks like Anthony Pierri, Jess Cook, Rob Kaminski, Tas Bober, and Alina Vandenberghe to host Above the Fold - a workshop-style event designed to help you build a better website. No keynotes.   No panels. Just hands-on, practical sessions you can actually use. And one more thing…   We’re skipping the useless conference swag. No stress balls, no XXL shirts, no USB drives from 2008. Instead, we’re donating that budget to charity AND giving you something better: real takeaways that don’t end up in a landfill.   Join us in February. Get the details at spiralyze.com/abovethefold---Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector — the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam.Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?)Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin.-- I’m Sahil, CEO of Spiralize, the company that captures winning A/B tests from 78,000 websites. So yeah, we’ve seen what actually works.This February, I’m teaming up with folks like Anthony Pierri, Jess Cook, Rob Kaminski, Tas Bober, and Alina Vandenberghe to host Above the Fold - a workshop-style event designed to help you build a better website. No keynotes. No panels. Just hands-on, practical sessions you can actually use.
And one more thing… We’re skipping the useless conference swag.
No stress balls, no XXL shirts, no USB drives from 2008.
Instead, we’re donating that budget to charity AND giving you something better: real takeaways that don’t end up in a landfill. Join us in February.
Get the details at spiralyze.com/abovethefold.

Adobe just dropped $1.9B to acquire SEMRush, and we're already bracing for impact. In Episode 36, we speculate what a big acquisition means if history has told us anything.We cover it all: First, we need your feedback to make this show even more notorious  Do LinkedIn’s demographic settings impact your impressions? Cloudflare’s 4th outage of the year that took down 25% of the internet  Cursor’s 12X jump and the real drama behind it (with OpenAI) Why ChatGPT keeps saying yes to everything and how to make it stop  The candidate who did 11 technical interviews and still got rejected The new hiring practice turning applicants into unpaid contractors If you care about B2B marketing, SEO, LinkedIn culture, and everything happening in tech right now, this one’s loaded.--- Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.---Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B.Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community.Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026.Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities.---Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector — the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam.Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?)Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin.

This week on Notorious B2B, we break down one of the wildest SaaS origin stories out there.Fireflies AI - It's in the name but there was no AI (at least in the beginning). Just the founder sitting in calls and taking notes by hand. The purest form of validation: do the work manually until you know people want it.We also get into:• Duolingo pulling the salary range on their social role and the internet noticing instantly• Umault’s B2B horror short about marketing jargon (and the strange reuse of the same video months ago)• LinkedIn’s algorithm reading posts for context and why the feed feels broken• The debate over being called “buddy” and the words people hate being called• Accent-erasing voice tech and whether it’s clarity or erasureClosed Won (Our new segment celebrating those who won the internet this week)• Renee Shaw (tl;dv) and the OpenAI C&D chaos• Kieran Flanagan on comment-gating pain• Replacement.ai’s elite parody work--- Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.---Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B.Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community.Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026.Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities.---Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector — the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam.Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?)Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin.---Finally, thanks to our friend Clay at SmokeLadder for being an OG supporter of the podcast. SmokeLadder is like your own researcher giving you a full brief of any brand's target persona, key competitors, differentiators, and category benchmark scores based on thousands of brands. It’ll even help you craft messaging that actually makes sense.Analyze any brand and their competitors for free right now at: SmokeLadder.com

This week, Clark Barron, the King of B2B call outs, set his sights on Warmly, a company that helps sales teams identify anonymous website visitors. He called them out for allegedly deanonymizing website visitors without their consent (with logs and receipts). But that’s not the core of the drama.Warmly’s CEO responds and…it’s not what you think. Watch to see how the thread unfolded.We also cover: Clay’s marketing plays that has the internet deciding if they love or hate it One SaaS company’s unique take on addressing competitors on their website A controversial pricing experiment that’s against what LinkedIn preaches Why one founder shut down his company and more should follow his lead The new role of humans with AI And finishing strong with Cameo’s lawsuit against OpenAI Buckle up. This one’s part exposé, part therapy session for every marketer who’s ever said, “Wait, they can do that???”    Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.---Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B.Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community.Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026.Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities.---Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector — the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam.Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?)Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin.   ---   Finally, thanks to our friend Clay at SmokeLadder for being an OG supporter of the podcast. SmokeLadder is like your own researcher giving you a full brief of any brand's target persona, key competitors, differentiators, and category benchmark scores based on thousands of brands. It’ll even help you craft messaging that actually makes sense.Analyze any brand and their competitors for free right now at: SmokeLadder.com

Grammarly is no longer Grammarly. It’s now Superhuman. A billion-dollar brand name… gone overnight. In this episode of Notorious B2B, we dig into why a company with insane brand equity would scrap its own name — and what it says about B2B’s obsession with “category creation” and AI positioning. We also cover:• The $500 LinkedIn influencer experiment that turned into a fake-engagement horror story• Amazon’s rumored plan to replace warehouse workers with “Cobots” while cutting 14,000 jobs• The rise of invisible AI edits — and how one “AI-enhanced” headshot crossed the line• Palmer Luckey’s GPT jailbreak prompt and new AI writing flags• Why “vibe coding” doesn’t survive real users• And the newest cursed LinkedIn feature: Open to Marry It’s rebrands, robots, and relationship status — all in one episode. —  Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe to Notorious B2B for smart, irreverent takes on SaaS, marketing, and the chaos of modern B2B.  ---Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B.Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community.Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026.Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities.---Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector — the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam.Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?)Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin.

Ramp somehow made one of the most boring SaaS products on Earth go viral. They locked Kevin Malone from The Office in a glass box for his “first day as CFO,” live from Flatiron in NYC.Receipts flying, weddings happening, TikTok stars crashing the scene, and hundreds of people gathering to watch.They made some noise and people showed up.In this episode of Notorious B2B, we break down how Ramp pulled off the most entertaining brand campaign in recent B2B history, and what your team can actually learn from it.Plus: BirdDog’s “rage-bait” war against Clay Why companies like C3.ai and WPP are being sued over fake forecasts LinkedIn sued over sharing PII from video (and the growing streak of lawsuits: Reddit vs. Perplexity, People vs Microsoft and OpenAI) The 9-9-6 workweek trend (yes, hustle porn is back) And startup founders share some...interesting ways they garnered interest for their products. This one’s about creativity, chaos, and the fine line between brilliant and completely unhinged, just like we like it.Posts Links: Joseph Smith ( Ramp Video )  Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.---Today's episode is brought to you by Exit Five. Thanks to Dave and the Exit Five team for being OG supporters of Notorious B2B.Tim and Tas have both been members since the beginning and get a ton of value from being part of this community.Join the top community of B2B marketers now at ExitFive.com and get access to one of the 30+ in-person events Exit Five is hosting in 2026.Also, we heard Dave is super jacked, a millionaire, a great father, a speed reader, he’s run 300 marathons, and donates over $1M a year to very important charities.---Also, special thanks to our friends at Vector — the only ad platform brave enough to say what we’re all thinking: native targeting is a scam.Vector lets you build audiences by name. Not “job title at tech company.” Actual people who clicked your ad, visited your site, or creeped on your pricing page. (Also, the branding has cute ghosties. What more do you want?)Check them out at vector.co and stop paying to show ads to your uncle’s dentist’s cousin.

A startup called Virio posted a $1.5M job for “Head of CEO Content.” LinkedIn lost its mind. Turns out, the job wasn’t real.  It was a PR stunt and one of the smartest we’ve seen in B2B.    Some other things we cover this episode:  • How a “default to AI” note from a CEO backfired  • Deloitte’s 440k report that was written by AI  • B2B’s demo process that remains broken    If you’ve ever cringed at LinkedIn “thought leadership,” this one’s therapy.   Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet's wildest B2B moments.

Episode 30 of Notorious B2B is pure B2B madness. Tas and Tim dive into the most chaotic marketing stories of the week: Neil Patel’s email that tells you to gate everything and also nothing Accenture laying off 11,000 people for “AI reasons” that make zero sense Comment gating fails on LinkedIn that prove marketers have lost the plot AI startup "Friend" has their million-dollar ads vandalized in NYC  And Chris Walker vs Clark Barron in the “Vibe Grifting” debate no one asked for Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson –  linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober –   linkedin.com/in/tasboberSubscribe for more weekly chaos from the B2B underworld. Posts Links: Circling Back - ⁠Neil patel/Beth O'Malley's Post⁠ Big Prompt Energy - ⁠Alex Lieberman's take⁠ -⁠ Amrita Mathur's Post⁠ Let's Noodle - ⁠Clark Barron⁠

In Episode 29 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas made it through a really beefy docket filled with AI drama, weird Linkedin automations, and more layoffs because of “AI”. First up: Little Post Manager’s bizarre tactic of tagging creators in AI-generated one-liners that make zero sense (including Tas “ditching lectures”). Then it’s onto Fiverr, who just laid off 30% of its workforce in the name of AI and told their internal freelancers to “find work on the platform.” Brutal. OpenAI is also in the spotlight, with its $500B Stargate project raising questions about debt, environmental impact, and the future cost of AI. Zoom’s chatbot fails spectacularly in customer service screenshots, while a viral “flan recipe” trick exposes the cracks in cold email automation.    Plus, troll marketing gone wrong, LinkedIn copycats, and the funniest HR rejection email slip-up you’ll ever see. Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober  Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.

In Episode 28 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas are back on Zoom (boo) after Drive to debrief on all the B2B chaos (sort of) from event drama to brand growth that won’t quit.They kick things off by announcing their brand-new podcast The Marketer’s Exit, sharing why they launched it and what listeners can expect. Then it’s onto Drive highlights: the first-ever Notorious B2B live show, Harry Dry’s masterclass talk, a scavenger hunt gone sideways, and whether moving Drive to a Vermont lodge will change the vibe.Back in the news cycle, Apollo somehow keeps growing even after LinkedIn banned them, Zendesk sunsets its CRM product, and Klaviyo gets accused of copying smaller players’ features. Classic B2B.What’s inside:• Tim & Tas launch a new podcast: The Marketer’s Exit• Drive recap: live episode, best (and worst) talks, and the scavenger hunt drama• Apollo’s brand search grows after its LinkedIn ban• Zendesk retires its CRM product, HubSpot narrative follows• Klaviyo accused of copying features (but is it really new?) Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.

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 📲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.

Episode 26 of Notorious B2B is a full crossover mashup with the We’re Not Marketers crew. With Tim off at Inbound, Tas ropes in Zach, Eric, and Gab for a live reaction pod to the week’s wildest B2B stories. First up: Figma’s shares plunge 20% post-IPO as lofty valuations meet reality. The crew debates whether B2B’s obsession with inflated ROI claims is to blame. Then it’s on to LinkedIn axing Amplemarket, another $12M startup banned for automation and scraping, signaling the crackdown is far from over. From there, sparks fly in product marketing land: Fletch PMM’s spicy take on strategic narratives triggers counterpoints (and Eric’s own wrecking-ball comment). And in Big Prompt Energy, we cover Salesforce’s weak AI returns, Atlassian’s $610M bet on AI browsers, and the FTC’s investigation into Meta’s disturbing AI child safety leaks.What’s inside: • Figma IPO hype crashes back to earth • LinkedIn bans Amplemarket for automation & scraping • Product marketers clash over strategic narratives vs. POVs • Salesforce stock slides as AI fails to deliver • FTC probes AI’s mental health risks for kids • Atlassian drops $610M on an AI browser bet Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.

Episode 25 of Notorious B2B is stacked with hot takes, and some savage career moves. First, Tim and Tas break down how Drift’s Salesforce integration was compromised, leading to widespread data theft that even pulled in Google Workspace accounts. Then it’s on to Databricks hitting a $100B valuation making it one of the most valuable startups on earth and why their 50% YoY revenue growth has investors piling in.The circle back section gets juicy: Duolingo’s former social lead Zaria Parvez leaves with a viral mic-drop illustration (literally sitting on the dead owl) as she heads to DoorDash, TitanX sparring with cold callers over “validated” numbers, and LinkedIn influencers getting called out for job-hopping hypocrisy. Plus: Canva turns employees into overnight millionaires and donates 80% of founder stakes to charity, and a freelancer discovers someone impersonated her on Slack—camera off, voice excuse and all. What’s inside: • Salesforce + Drift integration hacked, data stolen • Databricks joins the $100B valuation club • Duolingo’s ex-social media managers savage farewell + social role salary drama • TitanX under fire (again) for connect rates • Kyle Coleman getting wrongful shade over “mission hopping” • Canva employees cash in big while founders donate 80% to charity • Impersonation scam: fake portfolio, fake Slack presence, real creepy stuff Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.

Episode 24 of Notorious B2B is loaded. Tim and Tas start with Meta’s leaked internal AI rules, which is crazy. Another week, another breach this time Workday’s CRM information, where hackers used phishing calls to sneak into Salesforce-powered databases holding customer data.   The docket also hits Mailchimp’s CEO transition, Clark Barron’s teardown of Clay’s $3.1B valuation and its “GTM engineering” hype, and Chris Walker’s surprise return with a new “frequency era” pivot. Plus: a remote hire caught secretly working six full-time jobs, the wildest case of comment-gating yet (plugging a book the poster didn’t even write), and Cisco + Oracle layoffs blamed on AI budgets.   What’s inside: • Meta’s leaked AI guidelines cross disturbing lines • Workday CRM breach tied to Salesforce-targeted scams • Mailchimp founder Ben Chestnut steps down as CEO • Clark Barron vs. Clay’s $3.1B “GTM engineering” hype • Chris Walker is BACKKKK • Remote worker juggles six full-time jobs (badly) • Comment-gating scam: promoting a book he didn’t write • Cisco and Oracle layoffs disguised as “AI rebalancing”  Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober  Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet's wildest B2B moments.

Tim and Tas are back with an absolute monster docket in Episode 23 of Notorious B2B.   First up: Perplexity offering $34.5B (cash they definitely don’t have) to “buy” Google Chrome — easily the most absurd headline of the week. Then it’s the Mailchimp hack that turned out to be less than 1GB of stolen data, LinkedIn quietly shutting down dozens of automation tools, and a circle back on the Salesloft + Clari merger with new news.Also in this episode: • Duolingo’s stock rockets up, then crashes after a GPT-5 demo • Builder AI’s founder’s shady history resurfaces • The ongoing debate over whether LinkedIn follower growth is a “real” CMO goal  Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41 Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober  Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet’s wildest B2B moments.  

In Episode 22 of Notorious B2B, Tim goes solo (yes, Tas took PTO like a weirdo) and unpacks one of the spiciest dockets yet. First up: Two Sales tech giants Salesloft and Clari merge and one of their competitor: Gong turns it into a roast on Linkedin. Then, we look at Microsoft Teams’ surprising dominance over Slack (Which is sad), and the shocking pay ranges companies are offering for heavy-duty creative and strategy roles. Also in this episode: • Buffer cancels your unused paid plan on purpose (How nice of them) • The death spiral of LinkedIn comment-gating • Sydney Sweeney’s AE ad sparks some “interesting” marketing takes • A Bay Area rapper scams Devin Reed (and gets a diss track in return) • The art and shamelessness of stealing LinkedIn posts • PSA: Your ChatGPT prompts can now be used in court What’s inside: • Gong’s “group therapy” jab at competitors • 18K salaries for big creative roles • Buffer’s generosity vs. SaaS growth goals • The great comment-gate epidemic • LinkedIn drama: post theft, bad takes, and scams 📲 Connect with us: Tim Davidson – ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠⁠⁠ Tas Bober – ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠⁠⁠ 👉 Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet's wildest B2B moments.

In Episode 21 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas have a pretty light week in B2B...or did we? First up: Astronomer’s viral Gwyneth Paltrow video. Is it a brilliant crisis PR pivot… or a tone-deaf distraction from a scandal? Then we dive into the loudest voices in B2B attribution and ask the big question: If your software actually solved the problem, wouldn’t every marketer be raving about it? In this episode: • HockeyStack’s cold call metrics — legit or LinkedIn theater? • A jaw-dropping antisemitic comment at a legal AI startup that got the wrong person fired • “Babe, wanna invest?” – the worst cold DM in LinkedIn history  • Astronomer’s viral ad campaign (and PR backlash) • Parasocial content, and why it might be the brand strategy you’ve needed • A founder who says wanting work-life balance is a red flag Join us for some big yikes.     Connect with the hosts:Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet's wildest B2B moments.