My First Million

The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.

AI will create more disruptive opportunities than incremental improvements

Historical technology transitions show that fundamental capability shifts invalidate existing competitive advantages

Entrepreneurs should target core business functions rather than building AI features for existing products

Incumbents with distribution and resources will integrate AI faster than startups can build new solutions

Instead of building AI features for existing CRM, build AI-first business management platform that replaces traditional software categories

AI Tool TAM Calculation Model

Framework for calculating addressable market for AI productivity tools by multiplying user base by willingness to pay ba

Broad vs Deep Market Entry Framework

A framework for choosing between targeting a massive market with moderate per-customer value versus targeting a smaller

Build live shopping platform with AI avatars for personalized e-commerce experiences

Platform where customers get one-on-one shopping experiences with AI versions of celebrities/influencers, driving higher

Create AI-powered personalized news aggregation with interactive conversational interface

Users get personalized news digest with ability to drill down conversationally on any topic, replacing traditional newsl

all of the assumptions are off and every company is kind of up for grabs

AI is creating a fundamental reset where established competitive advantages no longer protect incumbent companies

perfectly rational for every single developer to pay at least $1000 a year

Productivity tools that create significant value can command high prices because the economic benefit justifies the cost