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Jayme Hoffman
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Not enough founders talk about their time before starting. Instead, you usually hear super polished, half-true, perfectly linear founding stories that make you feel unproductive. The reality is that most startups had a messy exploratory phase before starting. Patrick thought about payment ideas for a year before starting Stripe. Bezos brainstormed dozens of potential products to sell online before landing on books. Brian applied to YC with multiple different ideas before starting Coinbase. In this spirit, here are some things I’ve recently explored (researched, talked to customers, prototyped) working on next: * loom for real estate * real estate x climate * ai for semi-architecture * marketplace for ai tokens * ai for remote communication * ai for crypto tax and accounting * substack for ai-powered coaches * plaid API for multiple listing service * decentralized multiple listing service * stablecoin-based global labor marketplace * ai/crypto-enabled marketplace for powersports
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Tudor 🟣🟡
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are you saying it’s not all “ship, ship, ship” ? 🙃 getting through that messy part is the only processes which filters out the survivorship bias.
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Jayme Hoffman
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ive grown to believe that more founders (myself included) should do a little more upfront thought before getting into execution mode. i found sam's framework helpful: “You want to look for the intersection of what you’re good at, what you enjoy, and where you can create value for the world. In my experience if you don’t find something at the intersection of those three it’s hard to really have impact. Most people just fall into what they work and don’t give it much thought. … I really do think it is worth upfront thought about what you’re going to spend most of your waking time doing. I think it’s really good when people think about what they’re good at, what they like, and how they can create value for the world.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYMqVwsewSg&t=14s
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