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#118September 25, 202059:01

#114 with Steph Smith - The Head of Trends Talks Insider Trading…

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Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are joined by Steph Smith to discuss various business opportunities emerging from remote work, technical compliance, and the creative potential of Gen Z. They also explore the success of high-revenue, low-headcount operations like the Drudge Report and Nomad List.

Episode Description

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) invite Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) on the pod today. Stephen is an employee at The Hustle, world traveler and all around indie-hacker. In today’s episode you’ll hear: Shaan and Sam introduce Steph (0:40), Steph introduces a fresh idea around remote/WFH by tackling all of the needs of someone newly adjusting to WFH life (4:00), the group talked about unorthodox company perks (12:10), Sam and the group brainstorm around “What are the most interesting 1-3 person operations you’ve seen?” (16:30), Steph pitches an idea of becoming the agency for celebrities because most celebrities have terrible web presence (24:00), Steph’s third idea revolves around HIPAA compliant (or other compliance) services and creating first-mover advantages by tracking legislation (30:15), Steph introduces the guys to a reddit tool that allows you to mind map topics on Reddit (36:00), the group talks about the advantages of tracking insider trades (40:30), Sam talks about a company called FION which is building A technology platform that allows you to track and predict where wildfires will start and spread (46:00), Steph talks about hiring gen-zers to build corporate training material (50:00), Companies, people and resources mentioned: - Benefits company: https://www.compt.io/ - Benefits company: https://www.hoppier.com/ - https://twitter.com/chrisjbakke/status/1296107846472364033 - Live music discovery platform: https://www.keyvalues.com/ - Peter Levels @levelsio - Fastest growing Inc 5000 company: https://www.onetrust.com/ - Related subreddit tool: https://anvaka.github.io/sayit/?query= - Nuclear energy girl: https://twitter.com/isaboemeke - Gen Z Mafia https://genzmafia.com/ - https://www.songkick.com/ - Insider trading reporting: https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx - Wildfire tracker: fion.tech - Art school game: https://artsqool.cool/ Check out this week's sponsor: Ourcrowd. They make it easy to invest in early startups. Go to ourcrowd.com/thehustle to get started. Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Key Takeaways

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Remote work benefits are pivoting from office perks to productivity stipends for things like home cleaning and virtual assistants to maximize employee efficiency.

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High-traffic celebrity names often have poorly optimized or broken websites, creating an opportunity for entrepreneurs to capture that SEO volume and build permissionless fan-based email lists.

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Insider trading filings offer a strong investment signal because while executives may sell for many reasons, they almost exclusively buy when they believe the stock price will rise.

Business Ideas Mentioned

Remote Work Benefits Management Platform

SaaS

Permissionless Celebrity SEO Engines

Content & Media

HIPAA Compliance as a Service

SaaS

Insider Trade Smart Alert System

SaaS

Gen Z Corporate Training Agency

Agency

Educational Entertainment Science Channels

Content & Media

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