"Most successful companies, especially startups, have found tailwinds to harness that help pull them forward."
Allow me to entirely miss the point of this article by saying that is a really very confused metaphor. Tailwinds don't pull anything, and you can't put them in a harness. I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be picturing. I know, this is irrelevant to their point.
But “harness” can be specifically used in relation to natural resources e.g. harness the wind or harness solar energy. And it’s used generally with other words that you can’t put in a harness. It’s not just a noun.
Allow me to entirely miss the point of this article by saying that is a really very confused metaphor. Tailwinds don't pull anything, and you can't put them in a harness. I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be picturing. I know, this is irrelevant to their point.