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Chris Cocuzzo

@groovedrm.bsky.social
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Insurance Operator. Risk Analytics Expert. Technology fanatic. Founder: Irving Risk (botique insurance consultant) Newsletter: theteardown.substack.com/latest

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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Sure, my point is more in retrospect. Would lack of image training solve that problem?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Help me if I'm wrong: you could choose to "shut it off" by not training with it to begin with, right? I know we're past that point.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I hate that I’m going to ask this. But how much of this reporting is pure fact vs some storytelling? Is the story in the ground inside NOAA as dire? Honest question to get some support and context: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...
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The Weather Service Had a Plan to Reinvent Itself. Did DOGE Stop It?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
One of my top/favorite products!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
So, question the folks out there building/running their own businesses: when did it feel real to you? When could you say without doubt? With 100% conviction? Without any qualification? Interested to hear everyone's stories.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A question that challenges me: "why don't you think your business is real" The reality is, well, it's real. I have legal structure, clients, insurance, an tech stack. I don't (yet) have a logo or a website though I've iterated many times on ideas.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A new post at The Teardown! Today I wrote about this app: BlueSky. I'm not here for features. Are you? I'm here because you're here, my friends, contributors to my feed, professional connections and others. Connectivity drives usage. Not features. Agree? open.substack.com/pub/theteard...
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I Don't Use BlueSky For The Features
BlueSky lets you take your identity and followers to any other service. But do we care?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Looks like Escher!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Totally understood the point of the response. I thought we were better off using that chaos to illustrate our pitch forward from there. But, hey, I didn't get my way. Shit happens!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Interesting point. Big fan of @asmartbear.com. In our industry, reminded me of a draft slide I once built showing interactions between players in reinsurance market. Was chaos. CEO said "this sucks too messy" and I said "this is exactly what happens"
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Awesome thread. Thank you for posting. Follower of several folks from NYT graphics dept and think they consistently crush. For quite a while now.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I have an M1 MBP. Very intrigued by the M4 Mini. Also the new M4 Air
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I don't see anyone in our spaces discussing: 1. Re/insurance portfolio mgmt. techniques 2. Navigating emotional/mental ups/downs 3. Assessing burn out, motivation, etc. 4. Reducing rumination, boosting experimentation, trying new things in one's career 5. Balancing life/career. Am I just not aware?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Question to the cat-risk people out there (cc @kellyhereid.bsky.social): We have industry conferences. White papers. Some marginally active LinkedIn groups.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Enormous supporter of canned! And yes I know it looks kind of funky. Sometimes smells kind of funky. But it is easy for a weekday lunch salad or dinner protein addition.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
There will likely be pre-emptive evacuation warnings/orders in/near recent SoCal burn areas (from Sep & Jan) due to high likelihood of intense downpours capable of producing *significant* debris flows. Debris flows can form very quickly, so it's wise to take these seriously.#CAwx
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Talks about fire fatalities. Certainly worth talking about. I'm more interested front-collision safety. How big is the blind spot in front of the car? How does that impact reaction timing and accident likelihood? Comparison point: full-size SUVs with huge tall front areas/hoods and blind spots.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Tough that you have to drive. Not all commutes are equal though (even if they're identical in time). Train commutes: long, yes, but can read, work, talk. It is a privilege. But does RTO help you feel like part of the team? Here was my take today: open.substack.com/pub/theteard...
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Does RTO Help You Feel Like You Belong?
In-office work boosts relationships and productivity. What happens if you don't have that option? It might not matter.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
How do you answer this sort of question? You have a palette of 3-5 core marketable competencies. Where do you feel you are strongest and weakest even if you do them all to some degree?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
So, I sometimes corner myself with the choices provided by the question. But I think it's really execution instead. Blending engineering, analytics, and strategy to get something done. That's execution. And not sinking too deeply into one discipline's rabbit holes.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Someone (a prospect) asked me: Do you think you are best at engineering, analytics, or strategy? I said that my superpower is blending all three. But, if I had to pick 1 or 2, analytics and/or strategy. These questions often come up. Folks don't easily digest jack-of-all-trades people.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I'm up for it!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
If I understand correctly: project re: some sort of integration and instead you think their could be a software solution for it?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Love it. Always make an excuse to get outside!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Adjacent topic and interesting to hear. I am going to build a very simple web page in Notion and then tie my domain to that. I don't think I need more than that for now. But I do want a robust and tight integration between Hubspot and ... what do people recommend?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
People running small biz ops (you're founder, or you help): What email / CRM integrations do you use? I like HubSpot for free CRM. Hubspot integrates free with Gmail. What about O365? FastMail? Others? Current: Zoho Mail. But have to pay to integrate HubSpot Looking at alternatives. Thoughts?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Do you believe in these services? I'd like to. I'm skeptical.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I took a quick spin through Mozi, a new app from Ev Williams (Twitter co-founder). The app tries, I think, to help close friends better understand each other's plans and whereabouts. But do we need that? How do you organize with close friends? What's not working? open.substack.com/pub/theteard...
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Learn Where Friends Are By Talking To Them
Twitter's cofounder proposes that we use an app to learn about our friends' plans and whereabouts.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Wrote another new post for The Teardown today. These social platforms are great for connectivity and sorting answers to questions in short order. But they are also distractions and trigger a lot of unhealthy tendencies (for me). Curious what you think too. open.substack.com/pub/theteard...
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My Complicated Relationship With Tech. What About You?
It helped me navigate my teen years and build my career. And, it distracts me and turns on some powerful negative pathways in my brain.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This hits home. Was just talking to someone about a software idea that could use catastrophe risk models (i.e. used in insurance). Basically a consumer-focused risk tool. But then: it seemed to complex, costly. Why not some simple data and logic and, boom, an explainable model!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
It’s got a follower with my last name which is either a bot or an imposter or maaaybe someone real, but I am skeptical.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
And, here we go: an end-of-year reflection post at The Teardown. The 1st of 2 or 3 posts (not yet sure) where I’m exploring someone else’s questions. Where are they from? Obsidian’s founder Steph Ango reflects on 40 questions every year. My thoughts here: open.substack.com/pub/theteard...
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End of Year Reflections (pt. 1)
Obsidian's founder Steph Ango helps me explore the nooks and crannies of life over the past year and into 2025.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So curious what you're doing! I owe you an email reply (will ask there). But for you and the masses. Have you tried Cursor? www.cursor.com
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Cursor
Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Great job! @davidtinker.bsky.social. Now if I need to hypnotize myself to get back on that trainer.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Indeed. Got his! One good punchy thought there.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
100% @raymonddlynch.bsky.social. Be a partner, not a pest. I don't think the latter gets what they want anymore than the partner, but they definitely build a reputation (whether they know, or not)
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
That's exactly my goal. Wisdom from the ecosystem is better than the nonsense that bounces around only in my head!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Of course, it is. There's no real right answer. Maybe think of this way: - When you built something (instead of buy): what motivated that? What went right? Wrong? - When you bought something (instead of built): what motivated that? What went right? Wrong?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
And the counter: "you'd rather be dependent on your under-resourced engineer(s)?" Not always, of course. But my experience: in-house dev never happens as fast as biz wants it. Endless roadmap. And, that person will work to fight the revenue fires instead of your internal build 10/10 times, right?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
@hedgequote.bsky.social @aegbertjr.bsky.social I'm asking my counterpart in this adventure: what is your core IP? Probably not tech. Probably not capital. Coverage? What about data? Also: chronic lack of understanding internal cost to build. It's time away from other things. Maintenance. Etc.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
For the network, and especially my #insurtech / #insurance people. Build vs. Buy? I always like to validate what I think vs. what other people think (and their experience). Any super valuable/insightful resources to share?
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This came out on Monday. The timing is crazy. But so far (I'm 1/2 way through) it is illuminating so many of the issues - far beyond and addition to insurance. peterattiamd.com/saumsutaria/
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#327 - Choices, costs, and challenges in US healthcare: insurance intricacies, drug pricing, economic impacts, and potential reforms | Saum Sutaria, M.D.
“The US healthcare system in many ways is a story, an optimistic story of well-intended policies that now are questioned based upon the way the expenditures have increased.” —Saum Sutaria
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I'll just add the "system" should be thought of as the "health system" as insurance cos aren't the only players to blame. Unfortunately, not too obvious in the reporting.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A new post at The Teardown. Today I’m picking on Strava to talk about product-led growth and behavioral nudging. My conclusion: there is so much nudging, everywhere. And from a business perspective, I get it. As a product user, I mostly hate it. open.substack.com/pub/theteard...
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I'm Stuck In Product Prison
It's nearly impossible to escape product engagement nudges in consumer and enterprise tools.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
That all makes rational sense. Though it was more of a soul-of-driving connection than anything but you make obvious/logical points!
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
What's fascinating: European buyers are giving up manual transmissions in favor of EVs, right? Long-underway shift here in the US with no end in sight, but I thought Europeans would always vote for manual over automatic transmissions.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Amazing quote reference John. 😂
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Hello Cocuzzo accordion face! Thanks for the hang buddy! Great to have you here.
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I’ll add: they don’t know what they’re asking for either. It is a practice that is both valuable and infuriating. Otherwise, I think lots of folks fear ownership. What happens if I fail? Well, what happens if you don’t. Stress, anxiety involved too. Tough on engineering orgs
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Chris Cocuzzo @groovedrm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
As I like to say: just tell the story. Don’t impress me with words. Impress me with the story.
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