The Signal by #NoVendors

Real-world signals that tell B2G sellers, marketers, and founders where the opportunity actually is. Policy shifts, funding changes, market chaos, leadership moves, and the evidence-based strategies that separate the people who react from the people who saw it coming. jeffswan18.substack.com

The Signal by #NoVendors is a education podcast hosted by Jeff Swan, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jeff Swan hosts The Signal by #NoVendors, a education show with 21 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  Your AI Bill Shouldn't Scare You

  Jun 2, 202614 minS1

  <p>Episode 13: Your AI Bill Shouldn't Scare You</p><p>Most operators looking at AI see the headline pricing and budget for that. What they miss is the way AI tools actually charge, which is by token consumption. Long chatty inputs and detailed outputs both consume tokens, and the bill arrives at the end of the month based on what you used.</p><p>The fix is not about using less AI. The fix is matching the model you are using to the task you are trying to accomplish.</p><p>What you'll hear:</p><p>- Why AI bills...

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  Episode #12

  How To Use AI Without Breaking What Works

  May 26, 202611 minS1

  <p>The Signal E12: Amplify, Don't Replace Humans</p><p>Big Tech is selling owners a story about AI that says cut staff, deploy AI, and watch the stock surge. That playbook works for Big Tech. It does not work for businesses where people are on the job site, in the field, in the clinic, or in the truck.</p><p>This episode walks through three real AI deployments from high-stakes businesses and ends with the three-question test I run before any deployment touches a client company.</p><p>What you'll hear:</p><p>- Why the Big Tech AI...

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  Episode #11

  I Wrote a Book About AI and People. It's Time to Send the Manuscript.

  May 19, 202612 minS1

  <p>Big Tech is telling owners they have to build with AI or get left behind. That story is wrong about how most real businesses actually work.</p><p>This episode opens with three patterns from a year of building AI agents alongside hands-on owners and CEOs of high-stakes companies. </p><p>- AI moves fast (and breaks things every model update). </p><p>- Specificity hurts AI performance (which is why knowing when to deploy generative versus deterministic software matters). </p><p>- Hallucinations make blind trust dangerous (which is why every Signal we build runs through human verification).<...

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  Episode #10

  The Market Is at Record Highs, and Your Sales Are Flat. Both Things Are True.

  May 12, 202612 minS1

  <p>Markets are at record highs. Most sellers are reporting flat or down numbers against last year. The disconnect is the story of this episode.</p><p>I break down the three categories of government activity creating buying triggers in 2026: tax incentives, direct funding programs, and policy mandates. Real examples include IRS Section 179 (where one auto dealer used the 100% same-year write-off to 5X commercial van sales), Canadian healthcare innovation funding tied to the top five priorities across health authorities, and the broader pattern of policy mandates from EV rebates to sunsetting unsafe technology.</p><p>The episode closes with an 8...

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  Episode #9

  Why AI Won't Replace YOU

  May 5, 202613 minS1

  <p>After a year of building AI products for sales teams in high-stakes government markets, the question I keep getting asked hasn't changed. People want to know if AI is going to replace them. My answer hasn't changed either.</p><p>In this episode, I walk through three places I've deployed AI in real businesses. SOS Signals for B2G research, a voice onboarding agent for a colleague's fast-growing services company, and a healthcare innovation that's in early pilot. Three different problems, three different agents, one principle underneath all of them.</p><p>In this episode</p><p>The Sam...

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