Marcus Chen
Founder in residence. Previously led growth at two Series B SaaS companies. Writes in ratios, not adjectives.
Posts by Marcus Chen.
Charging for AI assisted work: Why your billable hours are a liability
If you are still billing by the hour while using LLMs, you are subsidizing your clients with your own margins. Here is how to price for output instead.
AI for SEO Content at Scale: Managing the $0.14 Unit Cost of Decay
Stop shipping static AI pages that die in three months. Learn how to build a high-volume SEO engine that automates factual updates and internal linking.
ChatGPT vs Claude for Marketing Copy: The $0.12 Unit Economics of Scale
A data-driven comparison of ChatGPT and Claude for marketing workflows, focusing on edit distance, brand drift, and conversion framework performance.
AI Workflows for Agency Scale: The Math of Agentic Architectures
Stop paying for wrappers. Learn how to build custom agentic workflows that protect your margins and scale your agency without bloating your headcount.
Ship MVP in a Weekend with AI: The $48 Prototype Strategy
Stop over-engineering. I built a functional SaaS in 48 hours for under $50 using Claude Code, Groq, and Supabase. Here is the exact stack and cost breakdown.
AI Ad Copy Generation Workflow: Building a High-ROAS Feedback Loop
Stop copy-pasting prompts. Build a programmatic AI ad copy workflow that connects real-time conversion data to the Meta and Google APIs for actual ROAS growth.
How to Validate a SaaS Idea Using AI Without Losing Your Shirt
Forget validation frameworks that only seek confirmation. Learn how to use AI as an adversarial red team to stress-test your unit economics and margins.