Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley · 2026-08-11 · 1h 9m
I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: Watch this episode on YouTube: AI access is not the advantage anymore. Ryan Doser makes the case that the real marketing moat in 2026 is expertise, context, and distribution. The model matters, but the model is not the business. Ryan brings a useful anti-hype posture to a category packed with fake automation demos and borrowed confidence. We talk about why frontier models can be overbuilt for normal knowledge work, how cheaper open or alternative models can fit the job when you provide strong context, and why generic “tell AI to do it” advice breaks once the work gets messy. The practical path is cleaner than the hype. Define the bottleneck. Build a context vault. Create granular skill markdown files. Treat those skills like SOPs for agents. Run the work in a space like VS Code where instructions, files, examples, and outputs can sit together without turning into a junk drawer. Ryan also explains how he pairs different models for critique, keeps skill files narrow, and learns from failed experiments without turning every mistake into another tool subscription.
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