Hello World
Welcome to my blog. I'm Justin Tannenbaum — founder of JET Ventures, a holding company for digital and boring businesses.
I spend most of my time building and running AppStream Studio (an AI focused application development studio) and aiventic.ai (AI agents for field service management).
Fresh Start
I originally ran this blog on Ghost. It worked fine, but I wanted full control — so I rebuilt it from scratch on my own stack. Next.js, markdown files, deployed on Vercel. No CMS, no dependencies I don't own. Just code and content.
If you're reading old posts, they were migrated over. If something looks off, that's why.
What I'll Write About
This blog is where I share what I'm learning as I build. Expect posts on:
- Product management — how to ship things that matter
- AI development — practical lessons from building AI products
- Business building — the messy reality of starting and running companies
- Commercial real estate — what I'm learning as I invest in CRE
- Bitcoin — why I'm long BTC and what I'm paying attention to
- Tennessee Vols — because you can take the boy out of Knoxville, but you can't take Knoxville out of the boy
Why Write?
Writing forces clarity. If I can't explain something in a blog post, I probably don't understand it well enough. And if something I share helps someone else avoid a mistake or see an opportunity, even better.
More soon.
Keep reading
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.
Why I'm 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.
Why I invested in Veteran Home Service
Make the money in AI and software. Put it into businesses that fix your water heater. Here's why I'm backing Danny again, and why we're starting with plumbing.