5 Internet Goldmines To Spot The Next $1B Trend | Steph Smith (#529)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

December 11, 2023

Duration

1h 3m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd Episode 529: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Steph Smith about the 5 Internet goldmines she uses to spot $1b dollar trends before anyone else. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:30) Leveraging expiring patents (9:00) One chart sports (14:00) Mining Sci-Fi for IRL ideas (20:00) Spotting the mega trends (36:30) Building off of adjacent waves (47:30) Workshopping Steph's upcoming launch strategy — Links:

• Internet Pipes - https://internetpipes.com/
• Blue Chew - https://bluechew.com/
• Sci-Fi Idea Bank - https://tinyurl.com/e3w5nfrd
• Fastest growing sports (based on SFIA data) - https://recreateyou.com/blog/post/the-25-fastest-growing-sports-in-America
• Newsletter on patent filings: https://patentdrop.substack.com/
• Patent expiry tracker: https://patentsexpiringtoday.com/
• Entering the 2024 public domain: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/
• Patrick Collison's pollution page: https://patrickcollison.com/pollution
• Our World in Data air pollution home base: https://ourworldindata.org/air-pollution
• Varda - https://www.varda.com/
• Gadget Flow - https://thegadgetflow.com/
• Dyson Zone - https://www.dyson.com/headphones/zone
• Berkey Water Filter - https://www.usaberkeyfilters.com/

— Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents.

— Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur/investor.

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur.

• Steph Smith

  guest

  Operator and content creator (at a16z per episode), sharing research-driven frameworks for spotting internet trends.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, 5 Internet Goldmines To Spot The Next $1B Trend | Steph Smith (#529) explores Steph Smith's Internet Goldmines for Spotting Business Trends and Opportunities Steph Smith shares a set of data sources, which she calls internet pipes, including patent expiry trackers, sports industry reports, a sci-fi idea database, Our World in Data, Jungle Scout and Gadget Flow.

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