In this episode, we discuss the story of an entrepreneur and podcaster who built a huge business in only 3 months after spotting a growing trend on TikTok. We dive into how she created a niche to stand out from the crowd, and we share some business ideas and ways to come up with your own ideas.

Topics include: the fantasy/romance novel market and the Fourth Wing craze, OnlyFans for authors, and unbundling Patreon.

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Mae:

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Tony:

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Fantasy Fangirls

Podcast

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Steph Hockersmith

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03:17 - What makes a good generative AI startup idea? We discuss one recent AI startup failure, and one recent case where AI has been able to do something humans haven't done in 60 years. Then, we share some other ideas where AI can be used to improve our lives and one framework for finding good AI startup ideas. We also discuss how to identify features that are likely to help your product grow vs. features that will distract from your core use case.

39:03 - Mae shares the story behind one of the most impressive and viral trends in consumer products: the Stanley Tumbler. Learn how a 100-year-old company reinvented itself and increased revenue from $70 million to $750 million over 3 years.

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Mae:

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Tony:

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Katie Beach:

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Mae begins with a discussion of Labster, an Augmented Reality startup helping high school and college students run experiments in virtual labs.

Learn all about the Apple Vision Pro, what it can do and how much it will cost when it launches on February 2, 2024.

Prophetic wants to help make you more productive and creative by allowing you to control your dreams. Can they bring this sci-fi concept to reality?

Clicks Technology can turn your iPhone into...a Blackberry?

Links

Mae

https://www.instagram.com/maemosa/

Threads: maemosa

Tony

https://www.instagram.com/tonydotcoms/

Threads: tonydotcoms

Labster

https://www.labster.com/

Apple Vision Pro

https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/

Prophetic

https://propheticai.co/

Clicks Technology

https://www.clicks.tech/

Emily Calandrelli

https://www.instagram.com/thespacegal/