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The Attention Recession Is Bullish for One Asset: Your Taste
Starting Points: Why Your Taste Level Matters More Than Ever
Mar 26
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The Operating Founder Playbook: 100 Lessons From the First 100 Sessions
I've spent 100 hours coaching Substack Founders in 2026. Here's what I've learned so far, and what you can actionably do with what I've learned.
Mar 24
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The Operating Week: You Are the Company and the Company Is You
81.9% of American businesses have zero employees
Mar 23
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Creator Economics Are Platform Economics
Stop chasing views and start growing your business
Mar 19
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Jonas Braadbaart
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Creator Economics and the N-Sided Marketplace
A recording from John Brewton's live video
Mar 19
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John Brewton
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Jonas Braadbaart
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The Operating Week: One Read. One Book. One Pod. One Follow.
The one article, one book, one podcast, and one person you need this week to build better.
Mar 16
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John Brewton
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The Operating Founder Interview w/ Paul von Zielbauer
A recording from John Brewton's live video
Mar 13
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John Brewton
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Paul von Zielbauer
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Operating Essay: AI Is Not Killing Jobs. It Is Killing Excuses.
What Keynes, Schumpeter, and 250 Years of Economic History Actually Say About the AI Economy.
Mar 13
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Operating Habits: You Don’t Have a Sales or Success Problem. You Have a Listening Problem.
The skill nobody trains that compounds across everything you do.
Mar 10
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John Brewton
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The Operating Week → 3.9.26 →One Read →One Book →One Pod →One Follow
The one article, one book, one podcast, and one person you need this week to build better.
Mar 9
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Operating Stories: What Private Equity Taught Me by Never Investing in My Family’s Business
Start Here
Mar 8
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John Brewton
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Operating Storytelling: The Last Employee. The First Founder
A Story About the End of the Job and the Beginning of Everything Else
Mar 6
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