Archive - The Narrative

the second half of the hero's journey

The business case is clear.

Apr 27 • Michael Margolis

your AI rollout didn't fix your language problem

Every AI agent your company deploys runs on language.

Apr 20 • Michael Margolis

Yuval Harari’s Sapiens, but for your company

A company doesn’t exist.

Apr 13 • Michael Margolis

the story is the market

Why do worse companies sometimes raise at better valuations?

Apr 6 • Michael Margolis

March 2026

the Claude Migration Kit I wish I had

Are you on Claude yet!?

Mar 30 • Michael Margolis

your team is guessing. your AI is guessing harder.

People don’t think the way you think.

Mar 23 • Michael Margolis

what if this newsletter was also an AI prompt?

Mar 9 • Michael Margolis

integrity vs speculation

A founder said something to me last week that stuck.

Mar 2 • Michael Margolis

February 2026

The hidden cost of every new team member

Last week I wrote a LinkedIn post on Conway’s Law and it unexpectedly went viral.

Feb 23 • Michael Margolis

Your narrative isn’t broken. It’s on the wrong curve.

The “AI conversation” has started producing a pattern I can’t ignore.

Feb 16 • Michael Margolis

The secret third law of venture

Every product is a mirror of the people who built it.

Feb 9 • Michael Margolis

What Aristotle got right (and what needs an update)

A few years ago, during a Q&A after a talk, someone asked me a question I couldn’t shake:

Feb 2 • Michael Margolis

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