Weekly, for technology executives
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More than a hundred sources every week. You get what matters, every Saturday morning.
Your CEO reads the tech press. So does your board. Seven minutes keeps you ahead of both.
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What’s in every issue
Four sections. Same shape every week, so you always know where to look.
On the Board’s Radar
4 itemsThe stories that reached your CEO this week, each with the question you’ll be asked about it.
The Week in Tech
8 itemsEight stories in ninety seconds, enough to know what happened and whether it touches you.
Ideas Worth Your Time
5 itemsThe leadership writing you’d never find time to hunt for, each with a line on why it matters.
Before You Decide
1 itemOne question drawn from everything above, because you know your situation better than I do.
Every item links to the original. I’m not trying to keep you here. I’m trying to save you the reading.
Hundreds of stories a week. You only need a few.
Finding the few that matter is four hours of work. Every week, before you’ve read a word of it properly.
The Brief costs $49.97 for the year. That’s under a dollar a week, and you get your Saturday back.
It’s a real issue, start to finish, and you don’t have to give me anything.
Who reads this
This is for you if
- You run technology at your company. Director, VP, CIO or CTO.
- Someone asks “what do you think about this?” and you get four seconds.
- You stopped keeping up with the tech press. There’s too much of it.
- Saturday morning with coffee is the only quiet reading time you get.
This isn’t for you if
- You want breaking news the hour it breaks. This is weekly on purpose.
- You want deep technical tutorials. This is for the person running the team.
- You’d rather not pay yet. Ok, start with my free Friday newsletter instead.
The price
a year. One charge.
30-day money-back guarantee.
The price you pay today is the price you keep, for as long as you stay.
What you get
- Four hours of your week back, and you still know what happened.
- You’re never caught out on the stories your board is raising.
- The full archive opens the moment you pay, and it’s yours for the whole year.
- You can write back, and I read every reply myself.
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Who’s writing this
I’m Robert Castle. Thirty years in technology leadership. Seventeen at Accenture, from analyst to Partner. Then two startups through to acquisition, and a run as CIO.
As CIO I was the one the board looked at. Plenty of weeks I didn’t have the answer. I was too busy running the technology to keep up with the news about it. More than once a client told me something I should have heard first.
I’ve coached senior technology leaders since 2021, and I hear the same story every week. They’re smart people, buried in work, who missed something their CEO didn’t. So I built what I needed back then, and I put my name on it.
Questions
Why a year up front, and not monthly?
One charge, one decision, one receipt. And no failed card emails eleven months from now.
Will the price go up?
Probably, as the Brief gets better. But not for you. The price you pay today is the price you keep, for as long as you stay subscribed.
Can I expense it?
Yes. beehiiv sends a receipt you can forward straight to finance. At $49.97 a year it sits under most discretionary limits, and it’s a research cost. Most readers expense it.
Is there a guarantee?
Yes. If you aren’t completely satisfied, email me within 30 days and I’ll refund every cent. No questions asked.
Seven minutes on Saturday. Four hours back.
You already know you’re behind on this. The question is whether you fix it before someone asks you a question you can’t answer.
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