My First Million

#191 with Mike Maples - 4 Big Trends and $0 to $1 Billion Startup Idea Frameworks

Jun 16, 2021

01:05:07

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Mike Maples

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Identifying trends like cloud offices and blockchain is crucial for capitalizing on emerging opportunities in tech startups.

Transitioning to decentralized work dynamics through cloud-based tools like Almanac can lead to innovative breakthroughs in company structures.

Encouraging founders to be distinct and unique, rather than incrementally better, can fuel the movement towards creating a different future in startup success.

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Hub Spot Podcast Network Expansion and Entrepreneurial Support

The podcast discusses the Hub Spot Podcast Network's growth and expansion into various business areas like marketing, sales, operations, and customer service. It highlights the network's focus on providing practical tips and inspirational stories for entrepreneurs at different stages of their business journey. The network aims to offer valuable, free content to help companies succeed by offering a mix of entertaining and informative podcasts.

Interview Question and Learning from Formidable People

01:28

Network Centric Companies in the Digital Age

01:22

Accepting Inevitable Decentralization and Personal Agency in the 21st Century

01:01

Embracing the Unknown Future for Innovation

01:19

Introduction

2min

The Skiny, Mike Maples

2min

I Love Cloud Office, and I Love Block Chain

2min

I'm a Graating Gi I Know.

6min

Cloud Culture - The First Real Year of the Twenty-First Century

3min

What's Next for the Cloud?

2min

What's the Limit of Office Culture in the Cloud?

5min

The Social Contract Between a Person and a Big Company

3min

Is There a Future for the Economy?

3min

10.

Is Your Career Path Going to Be a Network?

6min

11.

The Mental Models for Start Up Investing

6min

12.

What's the Difference Between Innovation and Innovation?

3min

13.

You Can't Be the Best Aff, Don't You?

3min

14.

Wall Street Bet's Perfect Example - You're Illegitimate

3min

15.

Is There One Way It's Going to Happen?

2min

16.

Is There Any Media Companies or Am Opportunities That You're Looking At?

4min

17.

The Most Remarkable Person You've Worked With?

5min

18.

Block Chains, Are They the Next Wave of Money?

2min

19.

Who Should We Invite Next on This Potcass?

3min

20.

I'm 31. You'd Have Had to Have Me When You Were Quite Young

2min

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) talk with seed VC Mike Maples (@m2jr). Mike is a co-founding Partner at Floodgate. He has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade due to notable investments like Twitter, Twitch, Lyft, and Okta. In this episode he talks about the four big trends he is excited about, the types of companies he likes to invest in, and why a startup isn’t a company. He shares a few of the mental models he uses at Floodgate to evaluate startups and shares the thoughts behind some of his unique turns of phrase.

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Show notes:

* (1:02) – Debrief of the episode

* (6:37) - Intro to Mike Maples

* (9:02) - How Mike thinks about the next big thing

* (11:00) – The 4 inflections Mike is excited about

* (13:51) – Cloud Offices

* (19:33) – A brief history of centralization & decentralization

* (22:48) – Examples of software defined companies

* (26:14) – A practical way to prepare for the future

* (30:23) – How Mike thinks about investing in startups

* (33:07) – Startup investing mental models

* (37:39) – Mike’s take on "1 to n" businesses

* (42:36) – Mike on Balaji

* (47:11) – Mike on media companies

* (49:49) – Force a choice, not a comparison

* (54:46) – Mike’s information diet

* (57:40) – Contact info & future topics

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My First Million

#191 with Mike Maples - 4 Big Trends and $0 to $1 Billion Startup Idea Frameworks

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Hub Spot Podcast Network Expansion and Entrepreneurial Support

Insights from Interview with Mike Maples on Venture Capital and Tech Trends

Shift towards Cloud Culture and Decentralized Work

Forcing a Choice, Not a Comparison: Creating Breakthrough Startups

Evolving Media Landscape: Decentralization and Niche Content

Interview Question and Learning from Formidable People

Network Centric Companies in the Digital Age

Accepting Inevitable Decentralization and Personal Agency in the 21st Century

Embracing the Unknown Future for Innovation

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Deep dives

Hub Spot Podcast Network Expansion and Entrepreneurial Support

Insights from Interview with Mike Maples on Venture Capital and Tech Trends

Shift towards Cloud Culture and Decentralized Work

Forcing a Choice, Not a Comparison: Creating Breakthrough Startups

Evolving Media Landscape: Decentralization and Niche Content

Interview Question and Learning from Formidable People

Network Centric Companies in the Digital Age

Accepting Inevitable Decentralization and Personal Agency in the 21st Century

Embracing the Unknown Future for Innovation

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