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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Silver Tsunami: Longevity Trends Create Overlooked Business Opportunities in Health and Aging
- Steph Smith argues that lifespans keep growing by two to three years per decade, so more people will live far longer than pensions, healthcare, and housing were designed for.
- She points to under-served markets such as menopause, where about 6,000 women hit it daily, and assisted living, where prices and operator margins are high but options often feel poor.
- The conversation explores business ideas built on health data, including a social 'Strava for CGMs' and using the newly over-the-counter Stelo glucose monitor as a loss leader.
- They also cover fitness and posture, including a moderate '30 Moderate' style habit program, nerd neck fixes, and niche sports like Teqball, padel, and Everesting that attract competitive people by being harder.
- The episode closes on the 'smile curve' of happiness, with Sam Parr reflecting on how short life feels, and Smith plugging her Internet Pipes community.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasLongevity is still rising, not plateauing
Smith says each decade has added two to three years to average lifespan, citing a UK stat that the most common age of death moved from the first year in 1965 to 87 today.
Longer lives strain financial planning
Smith notes that someone retiring at 65 may need to fund 30 years rather than 10, and that economics and real estate aren't built for this.
Menopause is a large, neglected market
Smith notes about 6,000 US women hit menopause every day and that few entrepreneurs are female or over 50. She cites period app Flo's 380 million users as proof of demand in adjacent women's health.
Assisted living is lucrative but often poor in quality
A Numlock stat Smith reads says prices average $54,000 a year and half of operators earn returns of 20% or more. She suggests a premium option, perhaps with fitness-driven 'revival' programs, since wealthy families might pay far more.
Making CGM data social could be a business
With Dexcom's Stelo now over the counter at around $50 for two weeks, Smith proposes a Strava-like community and a loss-leader model feeding coaching, gyms, and concierge services.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesEveryone's talking about AI, and that's great, but what about the billions of people around the globe that are 65 plus that are just gonna need physical human support?
— Steph Smith
What if you go there for, like, a revival? What if you go there with a VO2 max of 15, and all of a sudden you leave with it at 25 and you're 80?
— Steph Smith
Took me a year and a half of pretty consistent running for some switch to flip where all of a sudden it was enjoyable.
— Steph Smith
You spend your 30s and 40s giving a shit about what other people think, climbing the ladder.
— Sam Parr
I think there's this, like, misconception that if you're skinny, you're healthy.
— Steph Smith
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