[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @aaronnpearsall Aaron Pearsall Aaron Pearsall posts on X about facebook, palantir, playing, instagram the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1465647322667302915/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +38,958% - X Months XXXXXXXXX +267,032% - X Year XXXXXXXXX +591,908% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1465647322667302915/posts_active)  - X Week XX +51% - X Month XXX +1,200% - X Months XXX +2,500% - X Year XXX +3,500% ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1465647322667302915/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +107% - X Month XXXXX +2,298% - X Months XXXXX +4,296% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1465647322667302915/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1465647322667302915/influence) --- **Social category influence** [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians) XXXX% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [facebook](/topic/facebook) 3.95%, [palantir](/topic/palantir) 3.95%, [playing](/topic/playing) 2.63%, [instagram](/topic/instagram) 2.63%, [adam sandler](/topic/adam-sandler) 2.63%, [spacex](/topic/spacex) 2.63%, [empire](/topic/empire) #1644, [money](/topic/money) 2.63%, [compound](/topic/compound) 1.32%, [plug](/topic/plug) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@thoughtleadrx](/creator/undefined) [@ciencia1com](/creator/undefined) [@krug88](/creator/undefined) [@bohemianjake](/creator/undefined) [@mike_valueinv](/creator/undefined) [@an_observerrr](/creator/undefined) [@desertflower_ps](/creator/undefined) [@kritsada1204](/creator/undefined) [@indy2thereturn](/creator/undefined) [@theothemichaelj](/creator/undefined) [@whiskeyworries](/creator/undefined) [@6dogsasquatch](/creator/undefined) [@ash88ez](/creator/undefined) [@codefather10](/creator/undefined) [@wealthhchase](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)](/topic/berkshire-hathaway) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1465647322667302915/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "The founders building lasting influence They're playing a different game entirely. Multiple platforms. Direct relationships. Systems that compound attention into conversations not just followers. Building brands that survive when the next Vine falls"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946211483651903940) 2025-07-18 14:12:31 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements "By 2016 the business impact was devastating. Brands moved their ad dollars to Instagram. User engagement plummeted. Twitter already struggling financially couldn't justify keeping Vine alive. In 2017 they pulled the plug. The assassination was complete"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946211441213902936) 2025-07-18 14:12:21 UTC 1067 followers, 1193 engagements "Google was NEVER supposed to buy YouTube. In 2006 Yahoo was hours away from signing them for $X Billion. The paperwork was ready. The price was set. Then Google made a desperate 3am move in a Denny's parking lot"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1943315832123331059) 2025-07-10 14:26:14 UTC 1067 followers, 372.5K engagements "This is how velocity becomes sustainable. Collison made fast decisions safely because of a framework not instinct. Once the framework was in place momentum compounded. Execution accelerated when decision-making got simplified. The companies that move fast don't rush"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945147483052761248) 2025-07-15 15:44:33 UTC 1065 followers, 5818 engagements "Hollywood loves a good formula. Superheroes make billions. Sequels are safe bets. Focus groups tell you exactly what audiences want. But what happens when two nobodies from New York ignore every rule That's when things get interesting"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945849146147324113) 2025-07-17 14:12:43 UTC 1067 followers, 1269 engagements "Meet Josh and Benny Safdie. They don't make movies the way Hollywood does. They threw out the rulebook completely. No sets. Real locations. Real diamond dealers playing themselves. And their lead actor Pure insanity"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945849248366702624) 2025-07-17 14:13:07 UTC 1067 followers, 1050 engagements "Because they're priced for perfection in an imperfect world. "It would be the dumbest thing in the world" to invest just to reduce cash. He waits for rare "elephants" - transformative opportunities. His third concern explains why they're so scarce"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1944761250736754790) 2025-07-14 14:09:48 UTC 1061 followers, 6142 engagements "While reporters debated ethics Elon was digging. The Boring Company. His secret venture. Those flamethrowers funded the first tunnel prototype. The media circus provided cover. XXX million people learned his company name. For free"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946578581947330705) 2025-07-19 14:31:14 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements "Drew Barrymore became among their first major celebrity partners. She didn't just endorse them. She designed her own line starred in campaigns and wore them proudly in public. Suddenly Crocs weren't just comfortable. They were cool. The transformation accelerated from there"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1943681984636879281) 2025-07-11 14:41:11 UTC 1033 followers, 9706 engagements "The new Outlaws of Hollywood are here: They made Adam Sandler a dramatic icon Turned gambling addiction into art Built the studio Netflix can't buy Two brothers. One unshakable bond. Their secret to success A strategy Hollywood can't replicate.🧵"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945849080439333241) 2025-07-17 14:12:27 UTC 1067 followers, 53.1K engagements "When platforms own distribution creators are just tenants. One algorithm change. One policy shift. One competitor with deeper pockets. Game over. Today's smart founders see this pattern everywhere"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946211471840719170) 2025-07-18 14:12:28 UTC 1067 followers, 1012 engagements "The conventional response would be legal action. Security breaches threatened reputation. Facebook was fighting for survival against MySpace. They couldn't afford vulnerabilities. But Zuck saw something different in this hack:"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1942602803509354987) 2025-07-08 15:12:54 UTC 1026 followers, 8159 engagements "By 2021 Collison's "borrowed" framework had built a $XX billion company. Today Stripe processes payments for millions of businesses worldwide. All because a 22-year-old understood what most CEOs don't: Speed and safety aren't opposites. You just need the right framework"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945147467395424437) 2025-07-15 15:44:29 UTC 1055 followers, 6486 engagements "They prioritize. Most barriers to growth are mental not structural. Growth can't stall when the message mission and momentum are aligned. That's why clarity speed AND systems create security. And that's exactly why Thoughtleadr was created"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945147499204972824) 2025-07-15 15:44:37 UTC 1059 followers, 4503 engagements "Jensen Huang just made NVIDIA the most valuable company in history. Not because of supercomputers or AI. But because he convinced every tech CEO they won't survive without his ONE product. Here's the REAL reason NVIDIA's worth $X TRILLION:"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1944406169554198738) 2025-07-13 14:38:50 UTC 1067 followers, 79.4K engagements "Facebook has the most powerful security system in the world. But in 2005 this college kid hacked their site for their biggest rival. Partners told Zuckerberg to "sue him." Others said send him to prison. But Zuck did something no one saw coming"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1942602669832691847) 2025-07-08 15:12:22 UTC 1035 followers, 212.1K engagements "When social networks were struggling to monetize: Thiel became Facebook's first outside investor. When space exploration was dominated by governments: He backed SpaceX. When data analytics was in its infancy: He co-founded Palantir. But there's a pattern most people miss"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517497433878692) 2025-07-16 16:14:52 UTC 1067 followers, 5304 engagements "In 2000 PayPal was bleeding $XX million a month to fraud. Elon and Peter Thiel had no clue how to stop it. So they desperately called in a 21-year-old hacker to save the company. Heres how a college kid rescued their $XX BILLION empire: 🧵"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1942254259514523916) 2025-07-07 16:07:55 UTC 1035 followers, 232.7K engagements "The biggest Vine stars were pulling in $50000 for a single branded video. Monthly earnings hit $30000 for top creators. X seconds of content. Thousands of dollars. This was the gold rush of social media. Everyone wanted in"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946211173164318886) 2025-07-18 14:11:17 UTC 1067 followers, 1879 engagements "These brothers grew up watching their dad work in Manhattan's Diamond District. They saw the wheeling and dealing. The stress. The gambling. The desperate phone calls at X AM. Most kids would run from that chaos. These two They took notes"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945849213092593785) 2025-07-17 14:12:59 UTC 1067 followers, 1201 engagements "Thanks for reading A bit about me: In 2023 I was running strategy for top consumer startups when I saw the next frontier: founder-led media. So I joined @ThoughtleadrX a premium agency helping execs and creators dominate social with personal brands. RT & Follow for more"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1942955781651112035) 2025-07-09 14:35:31 UTC 1043 followers, XXX engagements "This was once the most hated shoe in the world. Lost $XXX million in one year. Everyone mocked them. Until ONE rebrand turned them into a $XXX BILLION fashion icon Heres how they did it (I can't believe how simple it was):"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1943681629492523125) 2025-07-11 14:39:46 UTC 1067 followers, 270.6K engagements "#3: Banking Sector Faces Major Risks Buffett sees systemic problems building: Risk management failures across the industry. Economic uncertainty crushing loan demand. "Most of our businesses may report lower earnings" he warned"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1944761267400687887) 2025-07-14 14:09:52 UTC 1061 followers, 5595 engagements "Peter Thiel's ability to predict the future made him over $XX Billion. He invested in Facebook Palantir & SpaceX before anyone. His secret He uses the "Contrarian Truth" model of decision-making. Here's how it works:"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517431860199484) 2025-07-16 16:14:36 UTC 1067 followers, 148.5K engagements "He used it to found Palantir: "Government agencies will adopt Silicon Valley data tools." Everyone laughed. Now it's worth $XX billion. The model even shaped his famous Stanford course that produced a generation of unicorn founders. Ask yourself"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517804041765239) 2025-07-16 16:16:05 UTC 1062 followers, 1868 engagements "Don't improve existing products by 10%. Create entirely new categories. Build monopolies in spaces nobody else believes exist yet. That's how you generate 1000x returns instead of 2x returns. Thiel applies this beyond investing too"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517786912207010) 2025-07-16 16:16:01 UTC 1059 followers, 2181 engagements "In 2018 Instagram's founder abandoned social media and disappeared. Everyone thought he retired into obscurity. Instead he spent X years secretly building a new $X BILLION empire. Heres how he did it: 🧵"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1944068218299330971) 2025-07-12 16:15:56 UTC 1067 followers, 226K engagements "Most "good" ideas are already obvious to smart people. When everyone agrees something is valuable competition becomes fierce and margins shrink. But contrarian truths That's where Thiel finds the 100x returns others miss completely"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517598290092474) 2025-07-16 16:15:16 UTC 1062 followers, 4223 engagements "Facebook's truth in 2004: People want to use their real names online. SpaceX's truth: Private companies can do space travel cheaper than governments. Palantir's truth: Big data can transform intelligence and security work. Each one seemed risky at first"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517668137918718) 2025-07-16 16:15:32 UTC 1067 followers, 3916 engagements "Brands threw money at these creators. Kids in their bedrooms were out-earning CEOs. Vine had cracked the code. Short. Addictive. Profitable. But while everyone celebrated Vine's success Mark Zuckerberg was already making his move"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946211241464348914) 2025-07-18 14:11:33 UTC 1067 followers, 1727 engagements "Post Malone entered the chat in 2018. His limited-edition Crocs sold out in minutes. Justin Bieber followed. Then Balenciaga created luxury platform Crocs. The "ugly" shoe had become high fashion. But the real genius was deeper:"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1943682000478671350) 2025-07-11 14:41:15 UTC 1024 followers, 8885 engagements "The genius of Thiel's model isn't about being different for attention. It's about finding asymmetric bets. If you're wrong about a consensus view you lose a little. If you're right about a contrarian truth You win everything. Here's how Thiel applies the model:"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517680469152054) 2025-07-16 16:15:35 UTC 1062 followers, 3384 engagements "Warren Buffett doesn't believe in traditional banks. Instead he keeps his $XXX Billion fortune in cold hard cash. Not for tax purposes or lower interest rates. But because of his X predictions about America's economy"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1944760982322237827) 2025-07-14 14:08:44 UTC 1067 followers, 203.1K engagements "Patrick Collison founded Stripe at just XX years old. No financial background. No money. So when investors refused to work with a kid with no experience. He stole Jeff Bezos' 2-step framework. And built a $XX BILLION empire (here's how):"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945147121591869478) 2025-07-15 15:43:07 UTC 1067 followers, 296.6K engagements "Within months the exodus began. First one creator left. Then five. Then dozens. Vine's feed started feeling empty. Users followed their favorite creators to Instagram. The platform that once defined internet culture was bleeding out"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946211425711722716) 2025-07-18 14:12:17 UTC 1067 followers, 1288 engagements "While their classmates dreamed of Wall Street or law school they had a different obsession. They wanted to capture that raw anxious energy they grew up with. For XX years they worked on one script. One story. One impossible idea that nobody believed in"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945849231249666257) 2025-07-17 14:13:03 UTC 1067 followers, 1106 engagements "Instead of lawyers Zuckerberg sent Putnam a message. Not a cease and desist. Not a threat. An invitation. "Come to Palo Alto. Let's talk.""  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1942602868902838351) 2025-07-08 15:13:10 UTC 1026 followers, 7957 engagements "1. Founder shares their contrarian belief X. He tests if it's truly non-consensus X. He evaluates the upside if they're right X. He verifies defensible evidence exists Most founders fail at step X - their "contrarian" ideas aren't actually contrarian"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517752283980096) 2025-07-16 16:15:52 UTC 1062 followers, 3252 engagements "By 2022 that "joke" company hit a $XXX billion valuation. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop operates commercially. More cities want their own loops. All because 20000 people bought overpriced torches. The lesson for founders"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1946578597499851237) 2025-07-19 14:31:17 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements "Adam Sandler. Yes the Happy Gilmore guy. Studios hated their pitch for a drama movie with the world's leading comedy actor. A gambling addict jeweler who never learns his lesson No redemption arc Two hours of pure anxiety. No exec wanted to touch it"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1945849321888649684) 2025-07-17 14:13:25 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements "The Oracle of Omaha just did something unprecedented in XX years of running Berkshire Hathaway. He built the largest cash pile in his company's history. More than most countries hold in reserves. But the speed of his moves tells the real story"  [@aaronnpearsall](/creator/x/aaronnpearsall) on [X](/post/tweet/1944761052169961601) 2025-07-14 14:09:01 UTC 1050 followers, 10K engagements
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@aaronnpearsall Aaron Pearsall
Aaron Pearsall posts on X about facebook, palantir, playing, instagram the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXXXX -XXXX%
- X Month XXXXXXXXX +38,958%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX +267,032%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX +591,908%
Mentions: XX #
- X Week XX +51%
- X Month XXX +1,200%
- X Months XXX +2,500%
- X Year XXX +3,500%
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX +107%
- X Month XXXXX +2,298%
- X Months XXXXX +4,296%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence technology brands XXXXX% finance XXXXX% celebrities XXXX% social networks XXXX% stocks XXXX% musicians XXXX% luxury brands XXXX%
Social topic influence facebook 3.95%, palantir 3.95%, playing 2.63%, instagram 2.63%, adam sandler 2.63%, spacex 2.63%, empire #1644, money 2.63%, compound 1.32%, plug XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @thoughtleadrx @ciencia1com @krug88 @bohemianjake @mike_valueinv @an_observerrr @desertflower_ps @kritsada1204 @indy2thereturn @theothemichaelj @whiskeyworries @6dogsasquatch @ash88ez @codefather10 @wealthhchase
Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"The founders building lasting influence They're playing a different game entirely. Multiple platforms. Direct relationships. Systems that compound attention into conversations not just followers. Building brands that survive when the next Vine falls"
@aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-18 14:12:31 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements
"By 2016 the business impact was devastating. Brands moved their ad dollars to Instagram. User engagement plummeted. Twitter already struggling financially couldn't justify keeping Vine alive. In 2017 they pulled the plug. The assassination was complete" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-18 14:12:21 UTC 1067 followers, 1193 engagements
"Google was NEVER supposed to buy YouTube. In 2006 Yahoo was hours away from signing them for $X Billion. The paperwork was ready. The price was set. Then Google made a desperate 3am move in a Denny's parking lot" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-10 14:26:14 UTC 1067 followers, 372.5K engagements
"This is how velocity becomes sustainable. Collison made fast decisions safely because of a framework not instinct. Once the framework was in place momentum compounded. Execution accelerated when decision-making got simplified. The companies that move fast don't rush" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-15 15:44:33 UTC 1065 followers, 5818 engagements
"Hollywood loves a good formula. Superheroes make billions. Sequels are safe bets. Focus groups tell you exactly what audiences want. But what happens when two nobodies from New York ignore every rule That's when things get interesting" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-17 14:12:43 UTC 1067 followers, 1269 engagements
"Meet Josh and Benny Safdie. They don't make movies the way Hollywood does. They threw out the rulebook completely. No sets. Real locations. Real diamond dealers playing themselves. And their lead actor Pure insanity" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-17 14:13:07 UTC 1067 followers, 1050 engagements
"Because they're priced for perfection in an imperfect world. "It would be the dumbest thing in the world" to invest just to reduce cash. He waits for rare "elephants" - transformative opportunities. His third concern explains why they're so scarce" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-14 14:09:48 UTC 1061 followers, 6142 engagements
"While reporters debated ethics Elon was digging. The Boring Company. His secret venture. Those flamethrowers funded the first tunnel prototype. The media circus provided cover. XXX million people learned his company name. For free" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-19 14:31:14 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements
"Drew Barrymore became among their first major celebrity partners. She didn't just endorse them. She designed her own line starred in campaigns and wore them proudly in public. Suddenly Crocs weren't just comfortable. They were cool. The transformation accelerated from there" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-11 14:41:11 UTC 1033 followers, 9706 engagements
"The new Outlaws of Hollywood are here: They made Adam Sandler a dramatic icon Turned gambling addiction into art Built the studio Netflix can't buy Two brothers. One unshakable bond. Their secret to success A strategy Hollywood can't replicate.🧵" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-17 14:12:27 UTC 1067 followers, 53.1K engagements
"When platforms own distribution creators are just tenants. One algorithm change. One policy shift. One competitor with deeper pockets. Game over. Today's smart founders see this pattern everywhere" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-18 14:12:28 UTC 1067 followers, 1012 engagements
"The conventional response would be legal action. Security breaches threatened reputation. Facebook was fighting for survival against MySpace. They couldn't afford vulnerabilities. But Zuck saw something different in this hack:" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-08 15:12:54 UTC 1026 followers, 8159 engagements
"By 2021 Collison's "borrowed" framework had built a $XX billion company. Today Stripe processes payments for millions of businesses worldwide. All because a 22-year-old understood what most CEOs don't: Speed and safety aren't opposites. You just need the right framework" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-15 15:44:29 UTC 1055 followers, 6486 engagements
"They prioritize. Most barriers to growth are mental not structural. Growth can't stall when the message mission and momentum are aligned. That's why clarity speed AND systems create security. And that's exactly why Thoughtleadr was created" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-15 15:44:37 UTC 1059 followers, 4503 engagements
"Jensen Huang just made NVIDIA the most valuable company in history. Not because of supercomputers or AI. But because he convinced every tech CEO they won't survive without his ONE product. Here's the REAL reason NVIDIA's worth $X TRILLION:" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-13 14:38:50 UTC 1067 followers, 79.4K engagements
"Facebook has the most powerful security system in the world. But in 2005 this college kid hacked their site for their biggest rival. Partners told Zuckerberg to "sue him." Others said send him to prison. But Zuck did something no one saw coming" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-08 15:12:22 UTC 1035 followers, 212.1K engagements
"When social networks were struggling to monetize: Thiel became Facebook's first outside investor. When space exploration was dominated by governments: He backed SpaceX. When data analytics was in its infancy: He co-founded Palantir. But there's a pattern most people miss" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:14:52 UTC 1067 followers, 5304 engagements
"In 2000 PayPal was bleeding $XX million a month to fraud. Elon and Peter Thiel had no clue how to stop it. So they desperately called in a 21-year-old hacker to save the company. Heres how a college kid rescued their $XX BILLION empire: 🧵" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-07 16:07:55 UTC 1035 followers, 232.7K engagements
"The biggest Vine stars were pulling in $50000 for a single branded video. Monthly earnings hit $30000 for top creators. X seconds of content. Thousands of dollars. This was the gold rush of social media. Everyone wanted in" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-18 14:11:17 UTC 1067 followers, 1879 engagements
"These brothers grew up watching their dad work in Manhattan's Diamond District. They saw the wheeling and dealing. The stress. The gambling. The desperate phone calls at X AM. Most kids would run from that chaos. These two They took notes" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-17 14:12:59 UTC 1067 followers, 1201 engagements
"Thanks for reading A bit about me: In 2023 I was running strategy for top consumer startups when I saw the next frontier: founder-led media. So I joined @ThoughtleadrX a premium agency helping execs and creators dominate social with personal brands. RT & Follow for more" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-09 14:35:31 UTC 1043 followers, XXX engagements
"This was once the most hated shoe in the world. Lost $XXX million in one year. Everyone mocked them. Until ONE rebrand turned them into a $XXX BILLION fashion icon Heres how they did it (I can't believe how simple it was):" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-11 14:39:46 UTC 1067 followers, 270.6K engagements
"#3: Banking Sector Faces Major Risks Buffett sees systemic problems building: Risk management failures across the industry. Economic uncertainty crushing loan demand. "Most of our businesses may report lower earnings" he warned" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-14 14:09:52 UTC 1061 followers, 5595 engagements
"Peter Thiel's ability to predict the future made him over $XX Billion. He invested in Facebook Palantir & SpaceX before anyone. His secret He uses the "Contrarian Truth" model of decision-making. Here's how it works:" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:14:36 UTC 1067 followers, 148.5K engagements
"He used it to found Palantir: "Government agencies will adopt Silicon Valley data tools." Everyone laughed. Now it's worth $XX billion. The model even shaped his famous Stanford course that produced a generation of unicorn founders. Ask yourself" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:16:05 UTC 1062 followers, 1868 engagements
"Don't improve existing products by 10%. Create entirely new categories. Build monopolies in spaces nobody else believes exist yet. That's how you generate 1000x returns instead of 2x returns. Thiel applies this beyond investing too" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:16:01 UTC 1059 followers, 2181 engagements
"In 2018 Instagram's founder abandoned social media and disappeared. Everyone thought he retired into obscurity. Instead he spent X years secretly building a new $X BILLION empire. Heres how he did it: 🧵" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-12 16:15:56 UTC 1067 followers, 226K engagements
"Most "good" ideas are already obvious to smart people. When everyone agrees something is valuable competition becomes fierce and margins shrink. But contrarian truths That's where Thiel finds the 100x returns others miss completely" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:15:16 UTC 1062 followers, 4223 engagements
"Facebook's truth in 2004: People want to use their real names online. SpaceX's truth: Private companies can do space travel cheaper than governments. Palantir's truth: Big data can transform intelligence and security work. Each one seemed risky at first" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:15:32 UTC 1067 followers, 3916 engagements
"Brands threw money at these creators. Kids in their bedrooms were out-earning CEOs. Vine had cracked the code. Short. Addictive. Profitable. But while everyone celebrated Vine's success Mark Zuckerberg was already making his move" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-18 14:11:33 UTC 1067 followers, 1727 engagements
"Post Malone entered the chat in 2018. His limited-edition Crocs sold out in minutes. Justin Bieber followed. Then Balenciaga created luxury platform Crocs. The "ugly" shoe had become high fashion. But the real genius was deeper:" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-11 14:41:15 UTC 1024 followers, 8885 engagements
"The genius of Thiel's model isn't about being different for attention. It's about finding asymmetric bets. If you're wrong about a consensus view you lose a little. If you're right about a contrarian truth You win everything. Here's how Thiel applies the model:" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:15:35 UTC 1062 followers, 3384 engagements
"Warren Buffett doesn't believe in traditional banks. Instead he keeps his $XXX Billion fortune in cold hard cash. Not for tax purposes or lower interest rates. But because of his X predictions about America's economy" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-14 14:08:44 UTC 1067 followers, 203.1K engagements
"Patrick Collison founded Stripe at just XX years old. No financial background. No money. So when investors refused to work with a kid with no experience. He stole Jeff Bezos' 2-step framework. And built a $XX BILLION empire (here's how):" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-15 15:43:07 UTC 1067 followers, 296.6K engagements
"Within months the exodus began. First one creator left. Then five. Then dozens. Vine's feed started feeling empty. Users followed their favorite creators to Instagram. The platform that once defined internet culture was bleeding out" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-18 14:12:17 UTC 1067 followers, 1288 engagements
"While their classmates dreamed of Wall Street or law school they had a different obsession. They wanted to capture that raw anxious energy they grew up with. For XX years they worked on one script. One story. One impossible idea that nobody believed in" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-17 14:13:03 UTC 1067 followers, 1106 engagements
"Instead of lawyers Zuckerberg sent Putnam a message. Not a cease and desist. Not a threat. An invitation. "Come to Palo Alto. Let's talk."" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-08 15:13:10 UTC 1026 followers, 7957 engagements
"1. Founder shares their contrarian belief X. He tests if it's truly non-consensus X. He evaluates the upside if they're right X. He verifies defensible evidence exists Most founders fail at step X - their "contrarian" ideas aren't actually contrarian" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-16 16:15:52 UTC 1062 followers, 3252 engagements
"By 2022 that "joke" company hit a $XXX billion valuation. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop operates commercially. More cities want their own loops. All because 20000 people bought overpriced torches. The lesson for founders" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-19 14:31:17 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements
"Adam Sandler. Yes the Happy Gilmore guy. Studios hated their pitch for a drama movie with the world's leading comedy actor. A gambling addict jeweler who never learns his lesson No redemption arc Two hours of pure anxiety. No exec wanted to touch it" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-17 14:13:25 UTC 1067 followers, XXX engagements
"The Oracle of Omaha just did something unprecedented in XX years of running Berkshire Hathaway. He built the largest cash pile in his company's history. More than most countries hold in reserves. But the speed of his moves tells the real story" @aaronnpearsall on X 2025-07-14 14:09:01 UTC 1050 followers, 10K engagements