Floodgate
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 17, 2025 by Mike Maples · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Jul 17, 2025
Maples: The Best Startup Ideas Are Polarizing, Not Consensus-Driven
“And so the best startup ideas tend to be the polarizing ideas, you know, ideas that probably most people don't like because they're not ready to live in the future, but a tiny subset of people say,
oh my gosh, where have you been all my life?
I can't unsee thi…”
Jul 17, 2025
Maples: Great Startups Force a Choice Rather Than a Comparison
“A great startup
Forces a choice and not a comparison, right? Like a great startup.
If a customer says after seeing your startup idea, how does that compare to X?
You either explained it wrong or you don't have a big enough idea by definition.”
Sep 15, 2025 neutral
Srugo: Scaling from $1M to $10M ARR matters far more than reaching $1M
“The thing that matters, you know, in his view, and I would tend to agree is not how fast you get to a million, but how fast you can get to 10. Like that one to 10 is really the thing that'll set you on this kind of different trajectory.”