My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
The Clone Creation Framework
A system for replicating high-performance decision-making by having new hires shadow the founder 24/7 for six months, then gradually taking on responsibilities while maintaining the founder's thinking patterns.
How It Works
Works by immersive observation and pattern recognition - the trainee absorbs not just what decisions are made, but how and why they're made, creating a mental model that can be applied independently.
Components
Recruit someone willing to relocate and commit fully
Have them shadow every meeting, decision, and conversation for 6 months
Gradually delegate specific decision types while maintaining oversight
Let successful clones create their own clones using the same process
Scale by having clones specialize in different business areas
When to Use
When you're the bottleneck in critical business decisions and need to scale your unique judgment without losing quality or speed.
When Not to Use
For standardized processes that can be documented, or when your competitive advantage isn't tied to specific decision-making patterns.
Anti-Patterns to Avoid
Example
“A YouTube creator who makes $100M+ content decisions daily needs to scale but can't hire traditional employees because the creative judgment is too nuanced to document or train conventionally.”
Related Knowledge
Achieve 10x results by saying no to 1000x more opportunities than competitors
You operate fewer projects than before but each generates exponentially better results because of concentrated resources and attention.
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Total Addressable Mindset (TAM Thinking)
Always evaluate opportunities based on the maximum possible audience size, choosing only ideas that can theoretically ap
Extreme focus beats diversification for breakthrough results
Most successful people are saying no to far more opportunities than they're saying yes to
I only have three goals this year grow the channel get big and sell chocolate
Extreme focus on just 3 objectives rather than pursuing multiple opportunities simultaneously
it's impossible to do what I'm doing better than me because I'm gonna spend 10 times more
Creating unbeatable competitive position by outspending and out-obsessing competitors rather than relying on skill alone