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Alex Mehr

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Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

But they also had to have great execution skill.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

The importance of execution skill has dropped a little bit.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

It requires less capital.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

It requires less time.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

It requires less resources, people.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

And you can have more ideas and lack a little bit

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

in the sense of resources, but it's still win.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So whatever history has rewarded idea machines, it's going to be even more.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

And one of the things that I heard like common entrepreneurship advice is that do one thing and do it right.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

That common, the worst pieces of advice are the ones that sound good but are not true, okay?

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So I tell people this.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

I'm like, look, that is designed for people who don't have great execution skill and they could not execute many, many ideas, so they had to spend a lot of time executing on one idea.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

In those scenarios, it made sense.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

With AI, that advice is actually not that good.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

The correct advice is to revert

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

to become the Thomas Edison, Elon Musk, you know, Picasso, you pick, you know, Vanderbilt, like all these great Henry Ford, like all these great industrialists of our generation, you read their biography, they're like idea machines, okay?

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So I'm like, okay, go to that and use AI, lean on AI for execution.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So my answer is...

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

Just like I do, and I don't say anything that I don't do myself.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So when we started the company, Famous Labs, I didn't know exactly what it was going to build.