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tariff war

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Forcing function: If the trade war was an audit, China just passed.

Mar 26, 2026

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3 min read

Forcing function: If the trade war was an audit, China just passed.

The trade war didn't create China's advantage, it just made it impossible to ignore.

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

agenct maestro

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Services firms = the next $trillion company

Mar 13, 2026

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3 min read

Services firms = the next $trillion company

Sequoia just named the model we’ve been building for two years.

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

startup

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Analysts are saying "we are cooked" but human behavior has something to add.

Mar 10, 2026

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3 min read

Analysts are saying "we are cooked" but human behavior has something to add.

The data shows what AI could theoretically do to your career. It says nothing about what humans will choose to hold onto, and that turns out to be the more interesting question.

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

OpenAI

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Companies are reversing course on hiring graduates

Mar 3, 2026

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3 min read

Companies are reversing course on hiring graduates

AI gets all the blame for the lack of opportunities for graduates, but the companies now reversing course might be the most important hiring story nobody is telling

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

startup

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Want to know what defines if AI will take your job?

Feb 27, 2026

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4 min read

Want to know what defines if AI will take your job?

Why the real threat to your career isn’t the one you’ve been told about, and what a 1960s economist nobody talks about can tell you about where your value is actually going.

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

software

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Software To Replace the Services Economy

Feb 8, 2026

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3 min read

Software To Replace the Services Economy

We built FOMO.ai around outcome based pricing, and the rest of the industry is likely to follow.

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

Hard Part First

Hard Part First

Hard Part First is a publication for founders who know that tech is a commodity today and distribution is the moat. I’m Dax Hamman. I’ve been a founder three times: at Chango (sold to Rubicon Project for $122M), and now at FOMO.ai, where I’m building AI + human marketing teams for brands like Noom, Minted, and PetMeds.

© 2026 Hard Part First.
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