<![CDATA[Operating by John Brewton: Collaborations & Guest Authors]]>https://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/s/collaborations-and-guest-authorshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87Ds!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8178186-b7d3-4cb4-8aa1-c17369bd2128_600x600.pngOperating by John Brewton: Collaborations & Guest Authorshttps://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/s/collaborations-and-guest-authorsSubstackFri, 10 Jul 2026 17:25:43 GMT<![CDATA[Creator Economics Are Platform Economics]]>https://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/creator-economics-are-platform-economicshttps://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/creator-economics-are-platform-economicsThu, 19 Mar 2026 11:10:59 GMT

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Every digital platform you use is a marketplace.

LinkedIn, YouTube, Substack, Amazon, Google, TikTok, eBay, Instagram, etc.

Each platform exists to solve a coordination problem.

Economists call these n-sided markets.

You probably call them your “content strategy.”

The moment you understand that on each of these platforms you are participating in a…

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]]><![CDATA[Operating Guest Authors: Complaints, Complaints, Complaints w/ Jens Stark]]>https://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/operating-guest-authors-complaintshttps://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/operating-guest-authors-complaintsThu, 26 Feb 2026 14:46:21 GMT

Every week, I bring in one amazing friend and expert I trust to share hard-won lessons from the trenches of their work worlds. This week, my friend Jens Stark is in the chair. He brings 30,000+ hours of experience in post-sales environments to a topic most founders treat as an afterthought until there’s a five-alarm fire: customer care.

Jens runs Scalin…

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]]><![CDATA[Operating Leaders: How JP Morgan Chase Showed the Rest of Us What AI Transformations Can Achieve (Part One)]]>https://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/operating-leaders-how-jp-morgan-chasehttps://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/operating-leaders-how-jp-morgan-chaseMon, 19 Jan 2026 15:04:23 GMT

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]]><![CDATA[Real Talk with Brewton and Berry]]>https://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/real-talk-with-brewton-and-berry-fdahttps://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/real-talk-with-brewton-and-berry-fdaTue, 13 Jan 2026 15:53:35 GMTThank you , , and many others for tuning into my live video with ! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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]]><![CDATA[Build or Be Left Behind]]>https://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/build-or-be-left-behindhttps://www.operatingbyjohnbrewton.com/p/build-or-be-left-behindMon, 29 Sep 2025 12:37:53 GMT

In 2025, AI‑assisted tooling will let a single operator prototype most department‑level data pipelines at low cost in 8–12 weeks, provided they enforce basic governance and testing. This does not replace enterprise systems. It unlocks the unapproved projects in your backlog and converts domain experts into credible builders.

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