Operating by John Brewton

The Cash Machine Opened More Branches

AI can now do the production work of a small team. Use the money AI saves you to build a distribution channel that attracts more customers to your…

6 hrs ago • John Brewton

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AI Is Coming for Your Answers. Give People a Reason to Come for You.

Reddit and Google just showed us what an answer is worth when a better machine can give it to you faster. Here is what that means for anyone who sells…

Nov 2 • John Brewton

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October 2026

Build for the Customer of 2030, Not the Broken Process of 2015

Jobs, Huang, Amodei and Musk built for the customer who hadn’t arrived yet. Every founder should be doing the same.

Oct 31 • John Brewton

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You Don’t Have a Software Problem. You Have a Database Problem.

How to build database-centric products with Supabase and Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok.

Oct 29 • John Brewton

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We Are All Becoming Companies: They Burn the Billions. You Rent the Results.

AI’s empire builders are financing a race measured in hundreds of billions of dollars. A creator, a consultant or a five-person shop can put that work…

Oct 26 • John Brewton

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I Built an Audience of 60,000+ on LinkedIn and Substack. Here's How I'm Starting From Zero on X.

What I’m doing, what I’m tracking, and why I know it’s working.

Oct 23 • John Brewton

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The AI Bubble Debate Is Arguing Over the Wrong Number

Paul Kedrosky sees a bubble. Azeem Azhar sees a productive boom getting "a little bit stinky." The new calculation for Operators to run is the the cost…

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How to Build an AI Operating Team in Grok Bot: The Field Manual

My full setup, the daily output in real numbers, the prompts I used to hire each bot, and the five things that broke.

Oct 18 • John Brewton

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AI Is Making Small Teams Stronger and Big Companies Bigger

What a16z’s AI Power Law Thesis Means for Small Business Owners

Oct 13 • John Brewton

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Build a Company of Curators

How to use the time AI saves on the first draft to make the final work worth reading.

Oct 6 • John Brewton

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September 2026

How To Break Through The AI Adoption Wall

What training hundreds of employees in 2026 has taught me about making AI useful at work and for companies.

Sep 28 • John Brewton

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Apparently AI is going to kill us all. Finally, someone figured out how to write a hook.

10 lessons in getting people to care, without giving them a reason to distrust you.

Sep 24 • John Brewton

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