When founders feel doubt or pushback from investors the natural tendency is to go smaller. The more effective approach is to push even bigger. Get out of the logical brain and into the emotional brain.

A great story poorly told is a tragedy.

Storytelling, narrative, and communications aren’t the same things. Different skills and use cases.

The effortless communication by Vance last night showed once again why great communicators shape reality. As a former debate guy and trial lawyer myself, he executed brilliantly and there are so many lessons to take from his delivery.

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

The best received vision wins. Received being the key word.

I wrote my thesis on Narrative Design and Strategy of the Religious Right in the 1970s and 1980s. I believed the Narrative Games would get significantly more vicious and important. That was back in 2010 and it’s crazy to see where things have gone.

The reason great founders tell their best stories repeatedly is because it indoctrinates people into their worldview. Only works when you can tell a great story.

Delusional confidence leads to extraordinary success.

The opening line of Red Rising is the definition of hooking the reader. "I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war." The rest of the first page builds on it and finishes with a stunning dismount... "He is wrong. None of them will survive."

It takes much longer to nail telling your story than founders think. Needs to be effortless and packed with emotion.

It's so important that the best founders in America have the ability to storytell and make the world believe in their mission. Especially the dual use companies.

Don't get caught in the trap of sounding like all the other founders out there. If you listen to all the "conventional wisdom" you're going to blend in. Be memorable.

The story drives the future. True throughout history and true today.

The age of the storyteller is coming. Real human emotional resonance will drive the future in business and culture.

Great communicators make the message clear. Then they make it emotional. Then they make it musical. It’s a 3 step process of refinement.

The best story wins.

Adam and the entire Owner team are incredible. Congrats to them all!

So many AI agents for excel coming out past few weeks. Seems like the traction on one forced all the others to announce.