My First Million

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

“I want a cold email that is so good that you would invest off the cold email”

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What It Means

Quality of initial communication is a reliable predictor of founder quality and commitment

Saves time by filtering for only the most committed and capable founders upfront

When you have established expertise and founders should be seeking you out specifically

May miss good founders who aren't natural writers or don't know your work

Set high communication standards for initial contact

Use email quality as a screening mechanism

Only engage with people who demonstrate genuine interest and research

“An investor receives a cold email with three recent investor updates and hack week videos, leading to immediate investment decision”

Zero-to-One AI Disruption Framework

A framework describing how AI has fundamentally changed the startup success pattern from 'impossible-unlikely-inevitable

AI Content Weighting Framework

A method for creating domain-specific AI by heavily weighting custom content against generic training data to achieve su

Transform traditional business operations using AI to achieve dramatic efficiency gains

Reducing team size by 70-90% while maintaining or increasing revenue, with AI handling content creation, customer screen

Build a high-conviction investment strategy by only investing in founders who are super fans of your expertise

Higher hit rate on investments by only backing founders with demonstrated commitment and domain alignment

AI as Universal Therapist

The recognition that using AI for personal and emotional support is becoming as normal as using it for work tasks

Push vs Pull Startup Experience

Distinguishing between startups where you're pushing against resistance versus being pulled forward by market demand