The Daily Teardown

Tesla just did a great ad for a car they’ll never sell
Musk fanbros just learned what a concept car is
Oct 19 • Jon McGreevy
KeyComposer: Or is it Setapp?
A weak differentiator mixed with confusion.
Oct 14 • Jon McGreevy
SalesForce: Too big to bother?
A case study with no word from the customer
Oct 13 • Jon McGreevy
Attio: An agentic-first, people-first company
Can’t make up your mind on positioning? Just go with both!
Oct 9 • Jon McGreevy
Slack: Just tell me what it does!
Apparently canvases are great, but I couldn’t tell you what they do
Oct 7 • Jon McGreevy
Projul: Primary text is for cowards!
Projul proves that simplicity is a strength
Oct 5 • Jon McGreevy
Shopify: Lean the difference between Christmas and Thanksgiving
Good angle, terrible pitch
Oct 1 • Jon McGreevy

September 2026

Notion: $12,000 free (just don’t ask us how)
Somehow the copy is even worse than the lies
Sep 30 • Jon McGreevy
Zapier: Strong ad, awful landing page
A strong hook lands on a homepage about something else
Sep 29 • Jon McGreevy
Zencastr: WTF is a ‘vibecase’?
You can’t just copy and paste your web copy and call it a day
Sep 28 • Jon McGreevy
ClickUp: Why hide your hook?
Decent angle, let down by everything else.
Sep 26 • Jon McGreevy
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