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Avi Schiffmann

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390 total appearances

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Yeah, I think, you know, this concept of manifesting and stuff is actually real in a sense, right? You know, and I think maybe if you relate this to like your, again, like your personal self, a lot of people want to visualize like the kind of person they want to be, right?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Like I know a lot of girls or something like that, like take photos of these kind of women that they want to end up being, right? And you just kind of embody that over time. You do need to kind of turn yourself into a, you know, schizophrenic, right? But, you know, pulling you towards where you want to go.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Like I know a lot of girls or something like that, like take photos of these kind of women that they want to end up being, right? And you just kind of embody that over time. You do need to kind of turn yourself into a, you know, schizophrenic, right? But, you know, pulling you towards where you want to go.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Like I know a lot of girls or something like that, like take photos of these kind of women that they want to end up being, right? And you just kind of embody that over time. You do need to kind of turn yourself into a, you know, schizophrenic, right? But, you know, pulling you towards where you want to go.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I will say I think people that are like trying to come up with startup ideas, though, it's like I don't really know how to approach saying this and are like saying anything to say. But like, I don't know, I feel like you just got to live and like ideas just kind of come to you because, you know, OK, it's great to have like one startup idea, but like. Your idea will change.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I will say I think people that are like trying to come up with startup ideas, though, it's like I don't really know how to approach saying this and are like saying anything to say. But like, I don't know, I feel like you just got to live and like ideas just kind of come to you because, you know, OK, it's great to have like one startup idea, but like. Your idea will change.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I will say I think people that are like trying to come up with startup ideas, though, it's like I don't really know how to approach saying this and are like saying anything to say. But like, I don't know, I feel like you just got to live and like ideas just kind of come to you because, you know, OK, it's great to have like one startup idea, but like. Your idea will change.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Let's say what I'm working on right now, it's Friend, right? It started out as Tab, and it was originally made because I was fundraising for a nonprofit, and I wanted to keep track of the people I was meeting. So I felt that if I wore an always-on microphone

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Let's say what I'm working on right now, it's Friend, right? It started out as Tab, and it was originally made because I was fundraising for a nonprofit, and I wanted to keep track of the people I was meeting. So I felt that if I wore an always-on microphone

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Let's say what I'm working on right now, it's Friend, right? It started out as Tab, and it was originally made because I was fundraising for a nonprofit, and I wanted to keep track of the people I was meeting. So I felt that if I wore an always-on microphone

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

use LLMs and transcribe all the data, you could automatically build a person schema that is completely different than building an embodied AI friend, but the underlying tech is actually still the same. You will go down an idea maze and you will make thousands and thousands of more ideas. You'll make a billion ideas all day, every day. I think

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

use LLMs and transcribe all the data, you could automatically build a person schema that is completely different than building an embodied AI friend, but the underlying tech is actually still the same. You will go down an idea maze and you will make thousands and thousands of more ideas. You'll make a billion ideas all day, every day. I think

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

use LLMs and transcribe all the data, you could automatically build a person schema that is completely different than building an embodied AI friend, but the underlying tech is actually still the same. You will go down an idea maze and you will make thousands and thousands of more ideas. You'll make a billion ideas all day, every day. I think

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

You just need to, again, I would say work on your own self-confidence and do things in the real world. And when the real ideas come to you, you will feel confident enough to spring on them. And you will feel confident enough to actually go down the entire idea maze and continue to believe in your own ideas and truly see it to fruition.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

You just need to, again, I would say work on your own self-confidence and do things in the real world. And when the real ideas come to you, you will feel confident enough to spring on them. And you will feel confident enough to actually go down the entire idea maze and continue to believe in your own ideas and truly see it to fruition.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

You just need to, again, I would say work on your own self-confidence and do things in the real world. And when the real ideas come to you, you will feel confident enough to spring on them. And you will feel confident enough to actually go down the entire idea maze and continue to believe in your own ideas and truly see it to fruition.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

And, you know, you need to have confidence to allow yourself to actually work on something for, you know, a year or two or how long it takes to like truly bring something to market. You think Sam Allman had no confidence in himself while he toiled away at OpenAI for a billion years until they launched ChatGPT? Um, you know, I, yeah, I think, I think confidence is the real basically skill issue.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

And, you know, you need to have confidence to allow yourself to actually work on something for, you know, a year or two or how long it takes to like truly bring something to market. You think Sam Allman had no confidence in himself while he toiled away at OpenAI for a billion years until they launched ChatGPT? Um, you know, I, yeah, I think, I think confidence is the real basically skill issue.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

And, you know, you need to have confidence to allow yourself to actually work on something for, you know, a year or two or how long it takes to like truly bring something to market. You think Sam Allman had no confidence in himself while he toiled away at OpenAI for a billion years until they launched ChatGPT? Um, you know, I, yeah, I think, I think confidence is the real basically skill issue.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It is the clear biggest divide between anyone that does anything at all outside, you know, I'm not even talking about startups. I'm talking about again, like just, just anything worthwhile. Um, it is the biggest blocker. I can't think of anyone that wasn't confident that went on to do something that anyone cares about.