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Twenty-seven years of building enterprise software.
I founded BIT Studios in 1999…
I founded BIT Studios in 1999…
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Jeffery Thompson shared thisI keep having the same conversation with companies deploying AI tools internally. "We connected Claude to our CRM." "Who can see what?" "...everyone can see everything." That's the default. Every AI tool, every connection, every field — wide open. Swipe through to see why that's a problem and what controlled access actually looks like.
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Jeffery Thompson shared thisA critical flaw sits at the core of Anthropic's MCP. OX Security disclosed a systemic vulnerability in Anthropic's official MCP SDKs — Python, TypeScript, Java, and Rust. 150M+ downloads affected. 200K servers exposed. Anthropic said patching is the developer's responsibility. For any enterprise running LiteLLM, LangChain, LangFlow, or their own servers built on those SDKs — this is a foothold into production systems through the AI tool your team is already using. I broke down what the research actually shows, what's at stake for enterprises, and what good governance looks like in this environment. Four slides — swipe through. Research link in the first comment. #MCP #EnterpriseAI #AIGovernance #SecurityArchitecture #ModelContextProtocol #ArcMantis
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Jeffery Thompson posted thisNo one ever messages you saying: “Wow! Your scheduling link worked perfectly!” But they WILL remember when it didn’t: • Double bookings • Wrong time zones • Conflicting durations • Endless back-and-forth That’s why we obsess over all the edge cases no one talks about. Because we’ve all felt the pain of a broken booking flow. Our favorite user feedback? “I forgot it was even running.” That’s the goal.
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Jeffery Thompson posted thisYou can tell what a team truly values by what they hide from the user. At Calfrenzy, we hide complexity. We don’t ship long dropdowns just to look “powerful.” Every extra option slows the user down. Smart defaults. Clear decisions. Minimal configuration. Because decisions aren’t free. Every dropdown is a tax on momentum. We want momentum, not menus.
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Jeffery Thompson posted thisMost scheduling tools work great… until you try to book more than one session. Want to book 3 sessions? You usually get: • 3 forms • 3 confirmations • 3 email threads • 3 calendar invites It’s like doing the same chore over and over. But scheduling should feel easier when you’re planning ahead — not harder. So at Calfrenzy, we built a different flow: One link. One screen. Pick all your sessions. Done. Feels obvious, right? That’s the point.
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Jeffery Thompson posted thisWe scrapped a feature at 90% completion — and it was absolutely the right call. We once built a new flow we were very excited about. It made setup easier… for us. But when we tried to explain it to a new user, we realized: It made their experience more confusing. So we scrapped it. At 90%. Painful, but necessary. Shiny features don’t matter if they need a tutorial. The best version isn’t the most powerful — It’s the one people instantly understand. That’s the discipline.
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Jeffery Thompson posted thisEvery pretty feature in a scheduling tool is useless if: – the time zones glitch – the durations overlap – the email reminders feel off – or the client gets confused halfway through People don’t quit software over missing features. They quit when the details feel sloppy. So we spend an absurd amount of time polishing things no one will ever notice. Because when everything works the way it should, that’s when a product becomes invisible. Invisible is the goal.
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Jeffery Thompson posted thisEvery consultant I know has asked for this: “Can I send one link for multiple strategy sessions?” Starting today: yes. You can. We just shipped multi-slot booking. One link. One flow. Pick several time slots in a single pass. One confirmation. No duplicate forms. No repeating the same booking five times. No calendar chaos. This is one of those features that should exist everywhere… but somehow doesn’t. It’s live. And it works the way you always expected it would.
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David Wieland it's a tough message for the recipients to hear but obviously you were right in your decision. Smart thinking.
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Jeffery Thompson liked thisJeffery Thompson liked thisI am attending my first Mind the Product Conference in Chicago on October 7th. I look forward to stepping into the MTP community to learn from industry leaders and discuss product strategy. If you are attending and open to networking, let’s connect. Drop a comment with your advice for a first-time attendee, or use the link below to book a meeting.
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Jeffery Thompson liked thisJeffery Thompson liked thisWe're here at the Small Business Expo Chicago! Updated booth info: You can now find us at booth #723! We're talking with business owners and lean marketing teams about the stuff that makes growth feel less random: - Marketing audits - AI-ready websites - Smarter support for teams doing a lot with a little Come say hi. #SmallBusinessExpo #SmallBusinessExpoChicago #ChicagoBusiness #SmallBusinessMarketing #MarketingAudit #AIReadyWebsite #LeanMarketing #CVAC
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Jeffery Thompson liked thisJeffery Thompson liked thisYou can run a lot of marketing activities…and still not know what it’s doing. Everything looks active: campaigns running, content going out, numbers moving. But when you try to connect it to results, that’s where it starts to break down. Here’s what that usually looks like. Swipe through >> We explain how to tell if your marketing is actually driving results, before it gets expensive. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dJxypTjF #MarketingTips #CVAC
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Jeffery Thompson liked thisJeffery Thompson liked thisChicago’s spring market came in strong, and I’m incredibly honored to be recognized as the #2 Top Sales Agent at Fulton Grace for April 2026! A huge thank you to my amazing clients for your continued trust, support, and referrals. Grateful to be part of such an exciting season in real estate — and even more excited for what’s ahead! 🏙️✨ . . . #ChicagoRealEstate #TopProducer #ChicagoRealtor #ChicagoHomes #SpringMarket
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Jeffery Thompson liked thisJeffery Thompson liked thisWho's going to the National Restaurant Association #2026RestaurantShow? I plan on walking the floor on Saturday and Sunday. If you want to connect, shoot me a message.
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Jeffery Thompson liked thisJeffery Thompson liked this$1,200,000. That is what Bain charges for an AI Value-at-Stake scan. The 6 to 12 week sizing exercise where junior associates rank every workflow in your enterprise by NPV and hand you a ranked portfolio of where to deploy AI first. I rebuilt the entire analytical layer with Claude Opus 4.7 ↓ Listen to this. A COO at a Fortune 50 manufacturing firm slid the $1.2M Bain deck across the boardroom table last month. 200 pages. Heat maps. Maturity quadrants. A ranked opportunity list. He said, "I still have no idea which one we should actually go build first and how to execute this perfectly." This is the dirty secret of the Big Consulting AI value scan. The deliverable is gorgeous. The methodology is rigorous. And the operator on the receiving end cannot make a single deployment decision from it. Here is why. The entire analytical sizing layer is now completely commoditized. You do not need six associates spending six weeks interviewing your staff and building NPV models in Excel. You need the right intelligence pass. I mapped the entire forensic value-at-stake process to Claude Opus 4.7. Here are the 4 drop-in Skills: → Workflow Cartography — drop in your SOPs and process docs, get a current-state map with handoffs, decision points, exception paths, and where institutional knowledge lives → Handoff Forensics — expose broken handoffs, undocumented approvals, queue time, role ambiguity, and the single-point-of-failure people that kill any AI rollout → Architecture Auditor — drop in your system architecture and integration list, get data lineage gaps, duplicate systems of record, and the AI blast radius for any agent layered on top → Automation Readiness Verdict — synthesize the first three into a binary GREEN/RED call per workflow and your realistic 12-month deployable surface area That is the value-at-stake portfolio. Sized, ranked, and operator-grade. I am giving you the recipe. The recipe is free. But building the RESTAURANT is what matters. AI handles the sizing and the analysis. But judgment about which VP will block the rollout, which union contract kills the labor model, and which workflow is politically untouchable still requires senior human operators. You have to follow the only sequence that works. 1. DEEPLY understand the work. 2. Build the target operating model (inclusive of AI). 3. Build the tool or platform. Comment "VALUE" and I will DM you the full playbook. 1/ Like this post 2/ Make sure we're connected 3/ Comment "VALUE" below ♻️ Repost this to save your network $1,200,000 on their next consulting bill.
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