3 Niche Business Ideas: AI Psychics, Creator-Owned VPNs & Guns with Soylent co-Founder John Coogan

Only about 1% of companies that get started raise venture capital but about 99% of the market cap in the public markets, they took venture ... I believe that the bigger the company, the bigger the impact on the world. And so, if you want to have a really, really big impact, you should actually be trying to raise money, grow very, very quickly.

Would you rather own 100% of a 100-million-dollar company or 1% of a ten-billion dollar-company? I don't even think it's a question. Obviously, the 10 billion-dollar company, because the 10-billion-dollar company is having a much larger impact on the world.

I think the first one that would be interesting to talk about... is just this idea of a creator-owned VPN. So, we've seen that VPNs might be the number one advertiser on YouTube ... And yet, none of them are venture-backed.

It's pretty easy to get a concealed carry permit in San Francisco. It's kind of a narrative violation ... Most people think it's like unthinkable, but in fact, it is becoming easier.

Dude, I think about 9/11 and WWII, like, 90% of my day ... There's this joke. Shane Gillis, he's like, 'Just so you know, being obsessed with history, in particular WWII, is a precursor to becoming a Republican.'

There's this funny quote. Scott Galloway said, he goes, 'You should exercise so you can kill and eat most everyone in a room or be able to outrun them.'

The way we remember presidents is often not by what they actually did but by how their decisions look in hindsight.