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The Startup Ideas Podcast

The Startup Ideas Podcast

De: Greg Isenberg
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Get your creative juices flowing with The Startup Ideas Podcast. Published twice a week, we bring you free startup ideas to inspire your next venture. Hosted by Greg Isenberg, CEO of Late Checkout and former advisor to Reddit and TikTok. Subscribe so you don't miss out. For more startup ideas, we created a database of 30+ startup ideas you can take at https://gregisenberg.com/30startupideas© The Startup Ideas Podcast Economía Gestión y Liderazgo Liderazgo
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  • Building AI Agents (Clearly Explained)

    Building AI Agents (Clearly Explained)
    Apr 8 2026
    I sit down with Ras Mic to break down how AI agents actually work and why most people are using them wrong. Ras Mic explains the mechanics of context windows, makes the case that agent md files are largely unnecessary, and shares his step-by-step methodology for building custom skills that make agents dramatically more productive. Whether you're coding with Claude Code or automating workflows with OpenClaw, this episode gives you the foundational knowledge to stop wasting tokens and start getting real results from your AI tools. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:42 – The Models Are Good Now 01:20 – How Context Windows Actually Work 04:55 – The Power of Skills 09:17 – How to create Skills 16:35 – Skill Maxxing 19:05 – What you need too build a project 20:40 – Recursively Building and Improving Skills 29:23 – Context Window Management and Token Efficiency 33:02 – Closing Thoughts Key Points The models (Opus 4.6, GPT 5.4) are exceptionally good now — the differentiator is the context and harness you build around them. Agent md and claude md files get loaded into context on every single turn, burning tokens and degrading performance as the context window fills up. 95% of users can skip them entirely. Skills use progressive disclosure: only the name and description sit in context until the agent determines it needs the full file, saving thousands of tokens per conversation. The best way to create a skill is to walk through the workflow with the agent step by step, achieve a successful run, and then have the agent write the skill based on that real context. Recursively refine skills by feeding failures back into the agent and having it update the skill file so the same mistake is avoided going forward. Scale for productivity by starting with one agent and building up workflows before adding sub-agents — start simple, then expand. The #1 tool to find startup ideas/trends - https://www.ideabrowser.com LCA helps Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups build their future - from Warner Music to Fortnite to Dropbox. We turn 'what if' into reality with AI, apps, and next-gen products https://latecheckout.agency/ The Vibe Marketer - Resources for people into vibe marketing/marketing with AI: https://www.thevibemarketer.com/ FIND ME ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg Instagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gisenberg/ FIND MIC ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://x.com/Rasmic Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@rasmic
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    35 m
  • How I use Lindy AI to run my life

    How I use Lindy AI to run my life
    Apr 6 2026
    I sit down with Flo, founder of Lindy, to get a live demo of their new product, Lindy Assistant, an AI executive assistant that lives in iMessage and works proactively across email, calendar, Slack, Notion, and 100-plus other tools. Flo walks me through a real day of his own Lindy usage, showing how it drafts email replies, prepares meeting briefs, updates CRMs, and handles calendar changes without being asked. We compare Lindy to OpenClaw and Claude's ecosystem, talk pricing, edge-case power users, and where Lindy goes over the next five years. Try the ultimate AI assistant: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/lindy Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 01:09 – What Lindy Assistant is and why Flo built it 02:27 – The daily morning brief 05:16 – Setup: two steps, two minutes, out of the box 05:53 – Get the most out of Lindy Assistant 09:42 – My three assistant use cases: research, scheduling, and sales leads 15:51 – Lindy vs. OpenClaw 17:57 – Lindy vs. Claude ecosystem 19:51 – Where Lindy goes over the next five years 23:42 – Integrations overview (100-plus tools) 24:42 – What Lindy does well and what it does not replace 26:52 – Pricing: starts at $49/month 27:15 – How power users are using Lindy 28:18 – Voice memos, incoming phone calls, and outbound calls 30:00 – How to use Lindy alongside a human executive assistant Key Points Lindy Assistant lives in iMessage, connects to email, calendar, Slack, Notion, and 100-plus other apps, and acts proactively without being prompted. Setup takes two minutes: provide a phone number and connect a Google account, and Lindy ingests existing email and tool data immediately. Lindy pre-drafts email replies, preps meeting briefs, updates CRMs after calls, flags billing issues, and reschedules dinners at closed restaurants — all without user initiation. The voice and tone of the assistant took extensive prompt engineering; the lowercase, casual register is intentional and difficult to achieve with current models. Lindy targets the "chief everything officer" — the overwhelmed founder or executive — rather than developers or power users who want a fully programmable agent. Pricing starts at $49/month for 90-plus percent of users; heavy users can exceed that and are prompted to upgrade. The #1 tool to find startup ideas/trends - https://www.ideabrowser.com LCA helps Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups build their future - from Warner Music to Fortnite to Dropbox. We turn 'what if' into reality with AI, apps, and next-gen products https://latecheckout.agency/ The Vibe Marketer - Resources for people into vibe marketing/marketing with AI: https://www.thevibemarketer.com/ FIND ME ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg Instagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gisenberg/ FIND FLO ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://x.com/Altimor Lindy: https://www.lindy.ai
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    31 m
  • 23 AI Trends keeping me up at night

    23 AI Trends keeping me up at night
    Apr 1 2026
    I go solo on this episode to walk through the full list of AI trends and opportunities keeping me up at night — literally. From the one-hour company stack to ambient businesses, vertical AI, the agent economy, and the real security threats I see coming, I cover what I believe is the most asymmetric window in startup history. I share the frameworks I use to think about what to build, what to avoid, and why acting now matters more than waiting for things to settle down. Timestamps 00:10 – Intro 01:09 – 1) The One-Hour Company Stack 02:09 – 2) Old vs. new startup timeline 03:58 – 3) Ambient businesses and autonomous companies 05:18 – 4) The agent economy timeline 07:17 – 5) Agent hiring Agents 08:01 – 6) The Vertical Agent Map 09:39 – 7) Vertical AI vs. Vertical SaaS 10:53 – 8) Boring goldmine verticals 11:40 – 9) SaaS Pricing Evolution 13:26 – 10) Seat-Based vs Outcome-Based 14:51 – 11) The SaaS graveyard 16:04 – 12) The scarcity flip 17:03 – 13) The Premium Stack 18:21 – 14) The experience economy boom 18:59 – 15) Founder-agent fit 20:32 – 16) Ghost team org chart 21:56 – 17) The micro monopoly math 24:00 – 18) Agent attack surface 25:19 – 19) Agent Injection vs Phishing 26:34 – 20) Agent permission stack 27:37 – 21) The closing window 28:46 – 22) why this window is asymmetric 29:34 – 23) Building in public 30:50 – Final Thoughts Key Points I can build, launch, and get a first customer in under an hour using today's agent engineering tools and a pre-existing audience. Vertical AI taps directly into labor P&L — it replaces headcount, not just software licenses — making the TAM 10x larger than vertical SaaS. Ambient businesses running on near-zero daily human input are early but real; the arrow of progress points here. The value shift I see coming: execution gets commoditized, judgment and physical presence become premium. Agent injection is the new phishing — and I believe it scales faster and hits harder than any phishing attack did. The 100 true fans model now applies in the AI age; with agents cutting costs, 100 paying customers at $500–$1,000 a month builds a real business. The #1 tool to find startup ideas/trends - https://www.ideabrowser.com LCA helps Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups build their future - from Warner Music to Fortnite to Dropbox. We turn 'what if' into reality with AI, apps, and next-gen products https://latecheckout.agency/ The Vibe Marketer - Resources for people into vibe marketing/marketing with AI: https://www.thevibemarketer.com/ FIND ME ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg Instagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gisenberg/
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    32 m
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