Operating by John Brewton
John Brewton, Alex Pawlowski, Dr Sam Illingworth, Wessal Khader, Cory BlumenfeldWeekly Reporting on the History & Future of Operating Companies
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WE ARE ALL BECOMING COMPANIES. I help you build yours. Built a company to +$75M and sold it. Built audience of +50,000 so far…Harvard economics nerd writing about the future of operating companies.
Strategy × AI | Founder of The Strategy Stack | Author of Agentic Strategy | Building AI-Native Organizations, Business Models & Strategic Systems
I am here to show you when to use AI and when to leave it the hell alone. Full Professor of Critical AI Literacy and bestselling author.
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On a mission to help 1M founders take back their time. | 5x Founder (2 exits) | Founder of BlueMoso. We connect businesses with the right virtual assistants.
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