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Mike Hudack

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Like if you, if you try to build a really big consumer thing and you take a really big swing, you're going to fail nine times out of 10, you know? So like, there's no shame in that. It'll be painful. It'll sting. But like you say, you know, there's also like a certain joy in it. Um, and if I do it and it works, it's going to be great.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Like if you, if you try to build a really big consumer thing and you take a really big swing, you're going to fail nine times out of 10, you know? So like, there's no shame in that. It'll be painful. It'll sting. But like you say, you know, there's also like a certain joy in it. Um, and if I do it and it works, it's going to be great.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Like if you, if you try to build a really big consumer thing and you take a really big swing, you're going to fail nine times out of 10, you know? So like, there's no shame in that. It'll be painful. It'll sting. But like you say, you know, there's also like a certain joy in it. Um, and if I do it and it works, it's going to be great.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And so like I, you know, and it's an idea that I deeply care about. It's a thing that I think is like really important for the world. I think if everyone in the world can like send money to everyone else in the world instantly and like for free or almost for free, like that's a transformative thing that will literally change the world. And so it also feels like a worthwhile endeavor.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And so like I, you know, and it's an idea that I deeply care about. It's a thing that I think is like really important for the world. I think if everyone in the world can like send money to everyone else in the world instantly and like for free or almost for free, like that's a transformative thing that will literally change the world. And so it also feels like a worthwhile endeavor.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And so like I, you know, and it's an idea that I deeply care about. It's a thing that I think is like really important for the world. I think if everyone in the world can like send money to everyone else in the world instantly and like for free or almost for free, like that's a transformative thing that will literally change the world. And so it also feels like a worthwhile endeavor.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Like it feels like a nice thing to spend, you know, three to 10 years of your life on. Right. Um, which I think is really important because like, if it were just like, you know, selling like candy or like food coloring that like causes cancer or whatever, or, or like, you know, plastic clothing, I think that even if it worked, I would feel really shitty about myself.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Like it feels like a nice thing to spend, you know, three to 10 years of your life on. Right. Um, which I think is really important because like, if it were just like, you know, selling like candy or like food coloring that like causes cancer or whatever, or, or like, you know, plastic clothing, I think that even if it worked, I would feel really shitty about myself.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Like it feels like a nice thing to spend, you know, three to 10 years of your life on. Right. Um, which I think is really important because like, if it were just like, you know, selling like candy or like food coloring that like causes cancer or whatever, or, or like, you know, plastic clothing, I think that even if it worked, I would feel really shitty about myself.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And so that I think really truly matters a lot, at least to me. Um, I like to find meaning in my work, you know, positive meaning in my work. Um, And so that's how I ended up doing this. And I've worked on food delivery. I've worked on banking. I've worked on social media sharing. I've worked on advertising.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And so that I think really truly matters a lot, at least to me. Um, I like to find meaning in my work, you know, positive meaning in my work. Um, And so that's how I ended up doing this. And I've worked on food delivery. I've worked on banking. I've worked on social media sharing. I've worked on advertising.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And so that I think really truly matters a lot, at least to me. Um, I like to find meaning in my work, you know, positive meaning in my work. Um, And so that's how I ended up doing this. And I've worked on food delivery. I've worked on banking. I've worked on social media sharing. I've worked on advertising.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

I think you can kind of like, you know, when we worked on ads, like, you know, a lot of people were like advertising is bad. And we were like, no, no, no, no, no. Advertising is good because it helps connect people who are building a valuable thing. with people who need that thing as efficiently as possible. And that's actually like a service which makes the world a better place, you know?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

I think you can kind of like, you know, when we worked on ads, like, you know, a lot of people were like advertising is bad. And we were like, no, no, no, no, no. Advertising is good because it helps connect people who are building a valuable thing. with people who need that thing as efficiently as possible. And that's actually like a service which makes the world a better place, you know?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

I think you can kind of like, you know, when we worked on ads, like, you know, a lot of people were like advertising is bad. And we were like, no, no, no, no, no. Advertising is good because it helps connect people who are building a valuable thing. with people who need that thing as efficiently as possible. And that's actually like a service which makes the world a better place, you know?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And I think you can think about a lot of things in a way that, you know, creates value and doesn't destroy value. The question is whether or not you're going to enjoy it, whether or not you're going to love it, whether or not you're going to get up every morning and want to work on it for maybe a long time.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And I think you can think about a lot of things in a way that, you know, creates value and doesn't destroy value. The question is whether or not you're going to enjoy it, whether or not you're going to love it, whether or not you're going to get up every morning and want to work on it for maybe a long time.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

And I think you can think about a lot of things in a way that, you know, creates value and doesn't destroy value. The question is whether or not you're going to enjoy it, whether or not you're going to love it, whether or not you're going to get up every morning and want to work on it for maybe a long time.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Yeah, I feel you, man. I think that like I'm not the sort of person other people may be like this. Maybe, you know, like I'm just not the sort of person who is like good at that kind of like marketing. I don't know, like mercenary business thing where it's like, oh, I see a lot of people with dirty cars around. I want to build a car wash. It's just like not the way that I think about things.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
The framework for building AI startups from a product design genius

Yeah, I feel you, man. I think that like I'm not the sort of person other people may be like this. Maybe, you know, like I'm just not the sort of person who is like good at that kind of like marketing. I don't know, like mercenary business thing where it's like, oh, I see a lot of people with dirty cars around. I want to build a car wash. It's just like not the way that I think about things.