Show Notes
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Episode 702: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) boards the private jet of Jess Mah ( https://x.com/jessicamah ) to brainstorm business ideas and talk about her process for vetting which ideas to jump on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Buying a jet
(5:37) Barn full of horses
(8:44) Business ideas matrix
(11:06) Idea: DOGE as a service
(13:30) Idea: Vertical agents
(16:52) Idea: Cargo ship coating
(21:26) Idea: Holy Health
(25:07) Building a team with digital twins
(28:46) Jess’s 0 - 1 framework
(31:09) Worst advice from Silicon Valley
(35:44) Find a starving crowd
(37:55) Idea: Divorce.fund
(38:36) Failures: Credboost
(46:08) Ignorant of past, realistic of present, delulu of the future
(49:58) Engineering serendipity
(56:12) AI for medicine
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Links:
• Mahway - https://mahway.com/
• YC’s Request for Startups - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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