My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Work intensity is equivalent to athletic or musical practice
Evidence
Success in any field requires intense practice. Business building is a craft requiring similar dedication.
Implication
Don't feel guilty about working long hours on things you love - it's practicing your craft
Counter Belief
Work is different from sports/music because it can harm others and is primarily motivated by money
Example Application
Entrepreneur works 80-hour weeks but frames it as craft development rather than unhealthy workaholism
Related Knowledge
Renting vs Owning Digital Real Estate
Traffic sources can be categorized as 'rented' (paid advertising where traffic stops when you stop paying) versus 'owned' (SEO, content, community where you build lasting value).
Content Deserves to Rank Filter
Before creating content for SEO, search your target keyword and honestly assess whether your planned content would be more valuable to users than what currently ranks.
Efficient Markets Business Framework
A business model based on identifying and removing inefficiencies in markets where transactions that should occur don't happen due to structural barriers.
Movement-First Category Creation
A strategy for creating new business categories by building movements around ideas rather than products, making the category accessible to everyone including competitors.
Mathematical Induction Business Philosophy
A business approach based on mathematical induction: if you can start (n=1) and always take the next step (n+1), you'll succeed infinitely.
Optimize content and website to appear in AI answer results instead of just search rankings
Your content appears as citations in ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tool responses.