Where did you get that idea?

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The birth of the idea for Moonpod, the bean bag chair, came from a trip to Japan where the narrator had a unique and unexpected experience. While visiting a rock garden, they saw a monk meditating and mistakenly thought they were sitting on a bean bag chair. This quirky observation sparked the idea to create a bean bag chair inspired by the peacefulness of the rock garden. The result is Moonpod, now the largest bean bag company in America.

John Fio is an inventor and entrepreneur who has bootstrapped four products that have collectively generated hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. He joins the show to discuss why ideas are harder than execution, what he learned from being Justin Bieber’s intern, what most people get wrong about Kanye West, why magic is real, and what the success of Barbie and Taylor Swift can tell us about the future. Enjoy! Important Links:

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From Bieber’s Intern to Moon Pals
Ideas Are Harder Than Execution
Kickstarting Gravity Blankets
How to Have a Good Idea
Kanye West & the Creative Process
The Wizard & the Warrior
Magic is Real
Social Situations Are a Departure From the Truth
Moon Pals, Barbie, Taylor Swift & the Dawn of a New Paradigm
Long Tails, Curation & Good Taste
John as Emperor of the World
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Books Mentioned:

The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism, by Howard Bloom.
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
The Two Cultures; by C.P. Snow