If you start with something people already want, the odds of success are way hire. Most andy hackers aren't trying to become the next billion dollar unicorn. They're just trying to make a few million dollars so they can survive on their own. So it usually comes down to something that's already hugely in demand. And ideally, you're solving this problem that people are already really want to solve.
Julian Shapiro is back on the show today. He's been my co-host for our podcast Brains, he's an investor at Julian.capital and a writer at Julian.com. Lately, he's been super into investing. He's managed to take an overly complex thing like investing and reverse-engineer it, breaking it down into its simplest frameworks.
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- Read Julian's memos for founders: https://www.julian.capital/