Taylor Pearson

25 Jun 2026

AI as a new source of operating leverage where the durable advantage comes from process power, not prompts. Editorial note: I’m taking on a few additional companies looking to find the

12 May 2026

The Five Layers of Durable AI Leverage In the early 1400s, the city of Florence had a problem. The stunning Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral was complete but for one little problem: a 143-foot hole,

7 Apr 2026

In July 1945, as World War II was drawing to a close, Vannevar Bush published an essay in The Atlantic Monthly that would set the trajectory for personal computing, hypertext, and the internet. Bush

5 Apr 2023

The Oil Crisis in the fall of 1973, followed by a recession, affected government, business, and society the world over. A period of general prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s in the wake of WW II had

8 Mar 2023

There is history: what happened, but there is also a broader question: how does history happen, what drives it? Over time, different philosophies of history come in and out of vogue and so you tend

1 Feb 2023

We tend to focus a lot of energy on making “good” decisions. But I think it’s more important to think about making the right type of decision for the problem you are facing.  Most “bad”

18 Nov 2022

Disclaimer: This is an ongoing story and I am not privy to any facts beyond what I read on the internet like everyone else, note this is all alleged activity and everything said here is strictly for

4 Nov 2022

One of the most impressive business achievements of the late 20th century was the ascendance of Toyota from non-existent in the 1960s to the dominant car company in the United States. What is

18 May 2022

After AirBnB closed out their Series C raising $200 million in a round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, the AirBnB team invited Thiel to the office. They took him into a conference room and had

2 Mar 2022

Do you ever feel like a different version of the same problem keeps happening over and over? That every time you think you’ve finally won the game of whack-a-mole, another mole pops up? One common