Innovation vs. Imitation in Startups

Enjoy the special episode of The Indie Startup Podcast. We met in person and I asked https://x.com/johnrushx about his ways to generate startup ideas. The first part is more practical. Tools, exact steps to find startup ideas. But at 46' we jumped to the boring fundamentals 😁. E.g. how to plan your journey for 10 years ahead, how to keep being motivated for a long time etc. 00:00 Teaser 00:36 Generating Profitable Ideas: Insights from a Successful Entrepreneur 01:54 Going B2B 02:54 Validating Ideas on 𝕏 17:04 Keyword Research 43:27 The Struggles of Makers 44:08 Silicon Valley is fake 45:19 The importance of planning 46:47 Patience 52:05 Finding Your Niche 53:47 The Power of Single-Feature Tools 01:00:03 B2C vs. B2B 01:03:30 Ethics of Copying 01:10:39 Hype Waves (AI, NTF, crypto etc) 01:13:11 Long-Term Strategy 01:20:38 Wrapping-Up