My First Million

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

Special Situations Opportunity Recognition

Look for situations where different parties want different outcomes, creating opportunities to restructure deals so everyone wins

When you can identify misaligned incentives between parties who could all benefit from a restructure, there's likely a special situation opportunity

Market inefficiencies exist when parties have different goals, timeframes, or risk tolerances - smart restructuring can unlock value for everyone

Assuming all parties will be rational

Underestimating complexity of restructuring

Missing hidden stakeholder interests

“Buy VC-backed company where founder wants control and VCs want liquidity - restructure cap table so founder gets equity and VCs get exit”

Audiences are massively underpriced relative to their value creation potential

Huge opportunity to partner with content creators on equity-based businesses

Audience Co-Founder Framework

Partner with content creators who have audiences by building or buying the perfect business for their audience, giving t

Regulatory Compliance Arbitrage

Build businesses around government-mandated compliance requirements where non-compliance leads to jail time or massive f

The Boy vs The Guy Framework

Young ambitious person works directly for successful entrepreneur for 2-3 years as protégé/chief of staff, getting mento

Launch a business using content creator's audience as unfair distribution advantage

Nine-figure exit where creator makes more from equity than they ever made from sponsorships

Acquire venture-backed companies with broken cap tables at discounted prices

Good business making $10M revenue growing 30% annually but founder and VCs both happy to exit due to misaligned incentiv