Steph Smith

person on 4 shows · 17 statements across 9 episodes · said 49 times in 25 episodes since 2021

My First Million 42 the Startup Ideas Podcast 5 Founder's Journal 1 the a16z Podcast 1

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My First Million 42the Startup Ideas Podcast 5the a16z Podcast 1Founder's Journal 1

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2023 8 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
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2021 23 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode

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17 statements about Steph Smith, every show

MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Partly supported
Smith: Men's cardiovascular mortality exceeds women's before 55, then reverses post-menopause
“Below the age of 55, cardiovascular illness is a more likely cause of mortality in men. And then after 55, again, around that menopause stage, it basically reverses, because what menopause is, is like, I'm obviously oversimplifying, it's just like a super, sup…”
Steph Smith Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 7:34 Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Smith: 6,000 US women reach menopause every day
“And just due to the nature of, like, you could say, TAM, 6000 women in the U.S. Hit menopause every single day.”
Steph Smith Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 8:21 Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Not checkable as stated
Steph Smith: 30-second podcast mention drove six figures for Internet Pipes
“Off that I'm pretty sure it's hard to tie directly. Like, but for sure, six figures.”
Steph Smith Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 57:40 Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
Smith: AI tools like Cursor make creating custom digital pages effortless
“And we're now at a point where actually you can create just about anything Through a tool like cursor, right? Where you can actually code and dictate like your creative vision on a digital page and it not being hard at all. And you can actually differentiate i…”
Steph Smith May 19, 2025 ▶ 13:56 5 AI Startup Ideas So Good You’ll Quit Your Job in 24hrs
STARTUP IDEAS Disclosure
Smith: Unified health AI platforms could command $30 monthly subscriptions
“Maybe I'm more ready to pay than the average person, but I would for sure pay at least 30 dollars per month, especially in instances where I'm trying to solve an issue like what the example I just gave.”
Steph Smith May 19, 2025 ▶ 18:12 5 AI Startup Ideas So Good You’ll Quit Your Job in 24hrs
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Steph Smith: 2.5 billion people projected to experience hearing loss by 2050
“So the stat or the digit is that nearly 2.5 billion people by 20 50 are expected to experience hearing loss. With over seven hundred million requiring rehabilitation.”
Steph Smith Apr 24, 2025 ▶ 3:24 5 under-the-radar trends (+ our business ideas)
Smith: Internet Pipes has generated six figures in revenue
“It's six figures.”
Steph Smith Apr 24, 2025 ▶ 45:19 5 under-the-radar trends (+ our business ideas)
Smith: Mass Hardware Adoption Almost Always Unlocks Massive Secondary Accessory Markets
“Every time there's a new device that ends up penetrating, ah, a lot of people's homes or wallets, ah, there's almost always an opportunity for accessories.”
Steph Smith Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 39:06 5 Internet Goldmines To Spot The Next $1B Trend | Steph Smith (#529)
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Steph Smith: Self-teaching coding required roughly 300 tracked hours
“My journey took around 300 hours. Yes, I tracked it.”
Steph Smith Feb 16, 2023 ▶ 1:11 The 1000x Developer with Amjad Masad
a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated
Steph Smith Predicts AI-Generated ASMR Content Will Emerge Soon
“I mean, people are already playing around with, like, audio AI, and so, obviously, I haven't seen the ASMR stuff, but I feel like that, that's coming soon.”
Steph Smith Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 1:02:44 AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng
Steph Smith joins Andreessen Horowitz as the new a16z podcast host
“I'm at a, I'm their new podcast host. So they've had a podcast for like seven or eight years and then it went on hiatus. They looked for a new host and that's me. We haven't gone live yet, but we will be soon.”
Steph Smith Oct 13, 2022 ▶ 0:43 5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)
Shaan Puri: Internet personalities must amplify eccentricities instead of fitting in
“Most people are basically taking their own little volume knob and turning it down all the time because they want to fit in. And so the best thing you could do if you want to be a personality on the internet is like, you can't have that. I'm trying to fit in, t…”
Shaan Puri Oct 13, 2022 ▶ 29:32 5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)
Steph Smith: Tangible evidence of work matters far more than projected confidence
“What I think is important, especially in this era where everyone can seem like an expert is evidence. So evidence over confidence. And what do I mean by evidence? It's like, don't tell me you're this business expert, show me the businesses that you've built an…”
Steph Smith Oct 13, 2022 ▶ 52:54 5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)
Steph Smith: Hitting 100% of goals means targets lack ambition
“If you're hitting a hundred percent, you're not setting ambitious goals. If you're hitting nothing, then you're just lost in the world probably, but I hit maybe 50% every year.”
Steph Smith Oct 13, 2022 ▶ 1:04:45 5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Smith: Kirin Developed Electric Chopsticks Making Food Taste Saltier
“So Kirin, which is K-I-R-I-N, it's a company in Japan, and they partnered with a university, and they found a way to make, to basically use a super weak electrical current, both in bowls and chopsticks, so that when you're eating, something about the ionizatio…”
Steph Smith Oct 13, 2022 ▶ 1:05:45 5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)
Parr: Greatness comes from consistent decent execution, not sporadic brilliance
“Great things rarely are you like trying to be great? It's more so just like being kind of good, but doing it consistently.”
Sam Parr Nov 30, 2021 ▶ 44:38 Holiday Special: Great Finds (Products, Apps, Media)
MY FIRST MILLION Prediction Not checkable as stated
Smith: Hard kombucha will take off nationally in 3 to 5 years
“And I think it's just, it's going to take off. And so someone in like Wyoming, go, go start a hard kombucha brand. I think you're going to kill it in, you know, the next three to five years.”
Steph Smith Aug 12, 2021 ▶ 10:32 Why You Need a Chief Automation Officer | My First Million #208 with Steph Smith

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