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I'M MIKE LITMAN

Brand and content strategy director turned builder. I spent 15 years at agencies like R/GA, MediaMonks, and Contagious working with Nike, Google, Gucci, and BMW. Then I started building things myself.

In the past year I've shipped 25+ AI-native products: culture aggregators, directory sites, scoring frameworks, taste engines. Not because anyone asked me to, but because I believe the people with taste should also be the people with tools.

Range was the instinct. Curiosity was the fuel.

Litman's Lens is where all of that thinking lives. The essays, the decks, the tools, and the weekly signals that I'd want in my own inbox.

BIMA 100 Tech Pioneer Published Author (BCS, 2024) 25+ AI Products Ex-MediaMonks / R/GA $3.2M Web3 Revenue