90% of success is not doom scrolling

Here's a checklist of 60 modern luxuries for entrepreneurs and creators aiming to live well in 2024:

How many do you check off?

1. A+ headphones, A+ coffee/tea, A+ laptop
2. 1+ project that brings in $2k+/month relatively passively
3. International airport within 30 minutes…

Excited that my podcast episode with GREG ISENBERG is now up!

Tips on building companies of course, and detailed ideas (that I'm 𝘯𝘰𝘵 working on!) for startup ideas in social media, in a cheaper version of Segment, and in strategy creation.

youtube.com/watch?v=9UG7jE…

CEO is the worst job at the company. The best job is co-founder. More equity than any employee. More equity than most investors. Less responsibility than a CEO.

Co-founders sleep better at night than CEOs.

Great minds build ideas, mediocre minds discuss ideas, small minds discuss people.

There's no excuse not to be building ideas in the age of the AI/social internet.

Why do we call $1B startups unicorns?

I've owned equity in companies that have raised billions in VC and the stock ended up worth $0.

The amount of venture capital you raised used to be a badge of honor.

You’d hear about how much a company raised and you were ready to give…

The future of video content:

- Hooks you instantly
- AI-enhanced (thumbnails, titles, languages etc)
- Feels like a TV show
- From 4 seconds to 4 hours, captivating at every moment
- Like being there in person
- Raw yet refined
- Involves the audience
- Fresh videos daily

greg eisenberg just changed his podcast name and it's the most gangster business move ive seen in 2024 so far

here's why

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big G changed his podcast name from 'where it happens podcast' to 'the startup ideas podcast'

and the future profit from this one move will make…

I met with a founder who’s bootstrapped an impressive local newsletter media business that reaches millions of people per year and makes $5M/year of revenue.

But, he was in rough shape due to recent changes in Instagram’s algorithm causing his traffic to plummet, and ad dollars…

I dont know whats wrong with me, but I’ve been drinking instant coffee recently and loving it.

Instant coffee is elite.

Lacework ($200M/year in revenue) is getting acquired for ~$200M. It was worth $8.3B 2 years ago.

The VC startup market is cracking.

This is the golden era to be buying distressed VC-assets and turning them into cash-flowing machines.

Go out there and buy some companies. They…