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Jason Fried

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

So this has to remain a long shot and a bit of a mystery and a bit of a, I don't know what's going to happen today. But, and you only get to do it once a day. But I think you could build something as simple as that. And that would kind of be it. Now, you could have special interests. You could have geographical things. So in the United States, you get a certain ad.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

So this has to remain a long shot and a bit of a mystery and a bit of a, I don't know what's going to happen today. But, and you only get to do it once a day. But I think you could build something as simple as that. And that would kind of be it. Now, you could have special interests. You could have geographical things. So in the United States, you get a certain ad.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

If you're somewhere else, you get a different ad. If you're into bikes, you could get just bike advertisers. There's a whole bunch of things you could do here. But it would be, in my opinion, the simplest possible way to get the most people to look at one thing a day, because they might get something behind the scenes. And it's kind of also a fun mystery. And the ad is the product.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

If you're somewhere else, you get a different ad. If you're into bikes, you could get just bike advertisers. There's a whole bunch of things you could do here. But it would be, in my opinion, the simplest possible way to get the most people to look at one thing a day, because they might get something behind the scenes. And it's kind of also a fun mystery. And the ad is the product.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

If you're somewhere else, you get a different ad. If you're into bikes, you could get just bike advertisers. There's a whole bunch of things you could do here. But it would be, in my opinion, the simplest possible way to get the most people to look at one thing a day, because they might get something behind the scenes. And it's kind of also a fun mystery. And the ad is the product.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

And the blowing into the thing is sort of a fun thing. And like, that is it. Now, I think this could be huge, actually. I think a lot of people would do it. I think it could be like an international phenomenon kind of thing because it's so stupid and simple and like, why not?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

And the blowing into the thing is sort of a fun thing. And like, that is it. Now, I think this could be huge, actually. I think a lot of people would do it. I think it could be like an international phenomenon kind of thing because it's so stupid and simple and like, why not?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

And the blowing into the thing is sort of a fun thing. And like, that is it. Now, I think this could be huge, actually. I think a lot of people would do it. I think it could be like an international phenomenon kind of thing because it's so stupid and simple and like, why not?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

Your next cash-flowing business is waiting for you. I don't know what the legal implications are of doing a scratch-offy kind of thing, but I like this idea that the phone, it has all the elements. It's touchscreen, you can move your finger, you can blow into it, and then it's a full-screen ad, and there's maybe something like a prize behind it. Again, I kind of don't want this to exist because...

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

Your next cash-flowing business is waiting for you. I don't know what the legal implications are of doing a scratch-offy kind of thing, but I like this idea that the phone, it has all the elements. It's touchscreen, you can move your finger, you can blow into it, and then it's a full-screen ad, and there's maybe something like a prize behind it. Again, I kind of don't want this to exist because...

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

Your next cash-flowing business is waiting for you. I don't know what the legal implications are of doing a scratch-offy kind of thing, but I like this idea that the phone, it has all the elements. It's touchscreen, you can move your finger, you can blow into it, and then it's a full-screen ad, and there's maybe something like a prize behind it. Again, I kind of don't want this to exist because...

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

I just don't like the idea of selling ads. But I think someone who didn't mind that could make this into something quite big and interesting. And there's probably a lot of other things you could do with it. So that's my idea.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

I just don't like the idea of selling ads. But I think someone who didn't mind that could make this into something quite big and interesting. And there's probably a lot of other things you could do with it. So that's my idea.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

I just don't like the idea of selling ads. But I think someone who didn't mind that could make this into something quite big and interesting. And there's probably a lot of other things you could do with it. So that's my idea.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

I mean, think about if I'm making things up. A hundred million people launch this app every day. Like I could totally imagine that happening because there's nothing to do but scratch something off and see if you won something. So you could see this becoming this massive way to get people all to focus on their phone on this one ad for 25, 30 seconds a day, every day.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

I mean, think about if I'm making things up. A hundred million people launch this app every day. Like I could totally imagine that happening because there's nothing to do but scratch something off and see if you won something. So you could see this becoming this massive way to get people all to focus on their phone on this one ad for 25, 30 seconds a day, every day.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

I mean, think about if I'm making things up. A hundred million people launch this app every day. Like I could totally imagine that happening because there's nothing to do but scratch something off and see if you won something. So you could see this becoming this massive way to get people all to focus on their phone on this one ad for 25, 30 seconds a day, every day.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

And you can imagine the ad inventory you could have and how it could line up. People could buy certain days that were special days that are coming. You could just imagine a whole ad sales team backfilling this with tons and tons of inventory. So I think it could make a ton of money and literally there'd be almost nothing to do to make this thing happen except getting the word out.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

And you can imagine the ad inventory you could have and how it could line up. People could buy certain days that were special days that are coming. You could just imagine a whole ad sales team backfilling this with tons and tons of inventory. So I think it could make a ton of money and literally there'd be almost nothing to do to make this thing happen except getting the word out.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The ultimate guide to product building with the man who changed software

And you can imagine the ad inventory you could have and how it could line up. People could buy certain days that were special days that are coming. You could just imagine a whole ad sales team backfilling this with tons and tons of inventory. So I think it could make a ton of money and literally there'd be almost nothing to do to make this thing happen except getting the word out.