# Justin Tannenbaum

> Founder of JET Ventures, a holding company for digital and "boring" businesses. Founder and CEO of AppStream Studio, an AI development studio, and Aiventic.ai, which builds AI agents for field service management. Writes and podcasts about product management, AI, and operating small businesses.

Justin started his career marketing video games, moved into product management,
and spent years in B2B SaaS before leaving to build his own companies. He now
operates two software businesses and invests in boring, preferably CRE-backed
businesses. He hosts the podcast Agents of Change. Alum of the University of
Tennessee.

## Site

- [Home](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/): Introduction and the current holdings board
- [About](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/about): Career history in his own words
- [Blog](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog): All writing, filterable by tag
- [Sitemap](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable URL

## Holdings

Companies Justin owns or operates, under JET Ventures. Sectors are listed as
the site states them; no further detail is published.

- [AppStream Studio](https://appstream.studio): AI Dev
- [Aiventic.ai](https://www.aiventic.ai): AI Agents
- [Southern Suds](https://www.southern-suds.com/): Laundry
- [Dunn Infrastructure Group](https://www.dunninfrastructuregroup.com/): Civil
- [The Remodeling Company](https://www.theremodelingcompanyswfl.com/): Build
- Interport: Logistics
- Bitcoin ($BTC): Treasury

Exited:

- [Quarter Oak Communities](https://quarteroakcommunities.managebuilding.com/Resident/public/home)

## Writing

- [Why I'm taking the over on Tennessee in 2026](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/why-im-taking-the-over-on-tennessee-in-2026): Vegas says 7.5 wins. ESPN says 7.3. The AP has the Vols at No. 20. I have them at 9-3, plus two hot takes I am willing to be wrong about in public. (published 2026-08-18)
- [The new unit of productivity is not a person](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/the-new-unit-of-productivity-is-not-a-person): For a century, we measured productivity by what a person could do in an hour. Bret Taylor thinks the real unit is a process. He might be right. (published 2026-03-14)
- [Hello World](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/hello-world): Welcome to my blog. This is where I write about building businesses, shipping software, and the lessons learned along the way. (published 2026-03-07)
- [The #1 thing you must do when starting at a new company as a PM](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/the-number-one-thing-you-must-do-when-starting-at-a-new-company-as-a-pm): Starting a new PM role? Skip the onboarding docs. Cancel half those intro meetings. There is one thing you need to do in your first week that matters more than anything else. (published 2024-04-15)
- [How I actually use user feedback](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/user-feedback-is-a-goldmine): Most PMs collect feedback. Few actually do anything useful with it. Here is how I turn user complaints into product direction. (published 2024-03-20)
- [Features don't make a product great](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/features-dont-make-a-product-great): Every PM has been there. The roadmap packed with shiny new features, the backlog overflowing. But more features do not equal a better product. The right features do. (published 2024-02-10)
- [5 non-negotiables when hiring a product manager](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/5-non-negotiables-when-hiring-a-product-manager): Most PM resumes hit the same beats. So how do you tell who is actually good? It comes down to five traits I refuse to compromise on. (published 2024-01-03)
- [Product management is not rocket science](https://www.justintannenbaum.com/blog/product-management-is-not-rocket-science): Most people overcomplicate product management. They drown in frameworks, obsess over tools, and forget the basics. Here is my stupidly simple 3 step approach. (published 2023-12-28)

## Elsewhere

- [Agents of Change on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/4RDJt3YhdRJqEC8U8QYk46): Podcast
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@AppStreamStudio): Videos and podcast episodes
- [X / Twitter](https://twitter.com/JETannenbaum)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-tannenbaum/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Just1nT)