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Weekly Reporting on the History & Future of Operating Companies.
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Retail Power
5K subs
Lessons from Learning Leaders
5K subs
The 2hour Creator
6K subs
Avg Comments
5.3
Avg Likes
19.6
Engagement Rate
0.50%· ~25 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Business
0.50% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
350 paid
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Engagement Rate
0.50%
median: 0.00%
Posts per Week
2.1
median: 1.0
Publishing Consistency
53/100
median: 64/100
Subscribers
5K
median: 2K
| Subscriber-only |
| The Operating Week: You Are the Company and the Company Is You81.9% of American businesses have zero employeesMar 23, 2026 | Public |
| Creator Economics Are Platform EconomicsStop chasing views and start growing your businessMar 19, 2026 | Public |
| Creator Economics and the N-Sided MarketplaceA recording from John Brewton's live videoMar 19, 2026 | Public |
| 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, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| 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, 2026 | Public |
| Operating Stories: What Private Equity Taught Me by Never Investing in My Family’s BusinessStart HereMar 8, 2026 | Public |
| Operating Storytelling: The Last Employee. The First FounderA Story About the End of the Job and the Beginning of Everything ElseMar 6, 2026 | Public |
| The Operating Week Ahead - 2.23.26A recording from John Brewton's live videoFeb 23, 2026 | Public |
| The Operating Week: One Habit to Change, One Article to Read, One Pod to Listen to, One Video to WatchA weekly series to jumpstart your operating week form Operating by John BrewtonFeb 23, 2026 | Public |
Publishing Frequency
~2x per week
Last published Apr 15, 2026
Usually publishes Mon
2.1 posts/week avg
Business Pricing
$7/mo median
Above average(+14%)
Monetization Readiness
Already monetizing
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Start tracking — free5.0K subscribers with 0.50% engagement — 50% of the typical sponsor threshold for Business newsletters.