Michael Mayer is the co-founder and CEO of Bottomless and owner of a popular pseudonymous Twitter account. We talk about Twitter and media, habits and cultivating a sense of disgust, failure, technology and startups, distinguishing what’s important from the noise, and more.
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(00:56) Caring too much about social media & audiences; taking a year off Twitter
(05:23) Changing habits & cultivating a refined sense of disgust
(10:09) Leaving Twitter leaves a hole in your habit structure; news, reading, silence
(15:25) Habits
(21:28) Planning too far out in startups is harmful
(25:37) Failing is painful but uncertainty is where the rewards are
(34:43) The media’s portrayal of innovators & change makers
(45:08) Just make a better product
(48:28) AI is advantageous for the incumbents, unless you find a different use case
(52:45) Every company is a series of companies
(56:35) AI CRM
(59:23) Spaced repetition social network
(01:03:43) Not paying attention to the news; Redirect energy from “the current thing” to something more productive
(01:09:58) Decide what's fundamental & interesting vs. a fad
(01:18:03) Think for yourself
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Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/micjm
Bottomless: https://www.bottomless.com/
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
