Horse-Powered Travel Planners and Other Reasons the Indie World Doesn’t Do Boring
Indie Spin: The one with predictive creator math, a Kentucky Fried three-peat, and a zombie game announcement nobody saw coming.
Animation Wishes, Spaghetti Westerns, and the New Math on Customer Loyalty
Indie Spin: The one with creative ambition meeting smart platforms, cultural participation that actually works, and some genuinely impressive data points from the trenches
When Hotels Meet AI and Agencies Rethink Everything
Indie Spin: The one with GEO replacing SEO, influencer budgets funding handbags, and pitch secrets finally spilled
When 8 Slices of Pizza Beat 8 Slices of Burger (And Other Indie Math That Adds Up)
Indie Spin: The one with Domino’s dismembering burgers, indies calling BS on sacred cows, and 400 million people learning about clean water
Beers With Friends Turned a Fast-Casual Rebrand Into a Lesson in Strategic Clarity
A look at a 5-day “beer run”
Jump Ball: OpenAI 4o is Nothing to Fear…Maybe
Mixed results and opportunities