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FDE: The $1M/Year AI Job Explained Jul 20, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:35 unnamed speaker And I think this is the part that gets glossed over by people who are, you know, very deeply in tech, you know, in Silicon Valley, we have a mindset where, like, okay, well, the beauties in the software, like, doesn't really matter what…

23 AI Trends keeping me up at night Apr 1, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:07 Greg Isenberg You know, when I was on the, you know, on the come up, uh, so to speak, um, it was all, everyone just kept talking about when I moved to Silicon Valley, I, everyone kept talking about founder, founder market fit.

Stop Vibe Coding. Start Getting Customers. Mar 30, 2026 · 2 mentions

I gave OpenClaw one job: go viral (it worked?) Mar 9, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 41:08 Greg Isenberg You know, working a sales job, you know, a few years ago, didn't go to a fancy, you know, college, you know, didn't, didn't come from Silicon Valley.

How I Use Clawdbot to Run My Business and Life 24/7 Jan 29, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:44 unnamed speaker So Guilfoyle is a character from Silicon Valley for people that don't know.

Glif AI: The $10 App That Replaces a Full Creative Team Nov 10, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 11:09 Greg Isenberg So you can see like the scene one, modern glass wall off building exterior in Silicon Valley.

Vercel's CEO Shares 5 AI Startup Ideas So Good You’ll Quit Your Job Oct 29, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:59 Guillermo Rauch But perhaps my favorite thing about this demo that is pretty wild is let's ask you to write an essay about Silicon Valley.

Genspark's Super AI Agent is INSANE Oct 15, 2025 · 1 mention

3 Days in San Francisco's AI Gold Rush Sep 29, 2025 · 1 mention

Inside the $50 Trillion AI Gold Rush | Episode 1 Sep 24, 2025 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 3:59 Greg Isenberg So, at first I didn't move to Silicon Valley right away because I was Canadian and I needed a visa. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 9:16 Greg Isenberg Silicon Valley reacted like a kid in a candy shop.
  • ▶ 15:32 Eric Simons And that to me is like what's going on in Silicon Valley is there's just an explosion of amazing, amazing folks and amazing products being built at a rate that just is orders of magnitude faster.
  • ▶ 16:15 unnamed speaker Another signal of just this investor demand that we're seeing in Silicon Valley. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 20:14 Eric Simons That's why, you know, we ended up coming out to Silicon Valley, because we wanted to build great products.

I quit my job to make $6M/year with AI apps Sep 3, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:53 unnamed speaker Like, I'm not, like, one of these, like, Silicon Valley kids who, like, watched every Paul Graham video.

Using Google Ads, Heygen AI, Perplexity to make you $$$ Aug 30, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 26:15 Cody Schneider Like you talk to startup founders and I would see this when I was in the Valley where they're like, yeah, like we're growing entirely organically, like three percent compounding month over month.

How to make internet money Jun 18, 2025 · 2 mentions

The Step-by-Step Plan to Go From $0 to $10M+ Feb 10, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:23 Greg Isenberg I, I sound old, but you know, in my generation of startups, a lot of us got equity in Silicon Valley, venture-backed startups.

How only 2,500 subscribers can make you $1,000,000. Jan 22, 2025 · 1 mention

Inside the Brain of a 17-Year-Old $1M/Month AI Founder Dec 11, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 10:10 Greg Isenberg So, uh, in, you know, product, in product management land, what we call that, like what Silicon Valley type people would call that is primitives.

How to use AI to build your SaaS startup (Lovable, Supabase) Dec 6, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:45 Greg Isenberg And people who in Silicon Valley know Josh Elman, he was like one of the first product managers of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook.

How to start a Holding Company (full tutorial) Nov 20, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 27:25 Greg Isenberg I mean, I've always, like as a teenager, been doing, you know, tech stuff, but like I moved out to SF in like Silicon Valley in, you know, the early 20 tens.

John Coogan (TBPN) gives you $1B BIG startup ideas Nov 11, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:50 John Coogan And there's a lot of fear mongering and conspiracy theories in Silicon Valley right now to the effect that, oh, China has already stolen the weights to GPT-IV.

2 $1M+ EdTech Startups you can launch tomorrow Oct 23, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 14:09 Sarah Lacy I mean, we always like the cliche in Silicon Valley is you want to find like the next Mark Zuckerberg who's never held down a job and is this like,
  • ▶ 31:48 Sarah Lacy He was in the Valley, but you can't

6 startup ideas from the Tech Warren Buffett (make $120k/mo) Oct 14, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 26:28 Andrew Wilkinson Like I would see some cool startup come out in Silicon Valley and they would say, oh, you know, you can install these sensors in your building or in your supermarket or whatever, and it'll do all this crazy stuff.
  • ▶ 40:44 Greg Isenberg And they raised it from like Silicon Valley people or?

How to build a $400k/mo AI App using ASO, Organic Growth, and Paid Ads Oct 9, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 44:05 Greg Isenberg First of all, like, it opens my eyes to just, like, this random Turkish company with no probably Silicon Valley backing is, like, making a hundred million dollars plus a year using this strategy.

Replit CEO Builds an App with 100% AI in 20 Min: Future of Coding? Oct 6, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 2:32 Greg Isenberg I also think, uh, the beauty is, you know, you don't need to be in Silicon Valley. 3 times in the scene

How to build a million dollar sales funnel using Facebook Ads Sep 16, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 18:41 Jonathan Courtney We take a lot of the Silicon Valley status symbols and try to apply these status symbols to small businesses. 2 times in the scene

5 validated startup ideas that will make you money Aug 27, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:00 Greg Isenberg I feel like they're not really talked too much about in, in like tech Twitter, Silicon Valley.

80 mins of life hacks to level up your career Jul 29, 2024 · 1 mention

1 profitable startup idea hiding in plain sight Jun 26, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:18 Greg Isenberg Dose or injection of Silicon Valley into your veins, and, but, you know, you're gonna be taking your flight home, and on your flight, you're gonna be, wow, should I raise venture capital, and you're a guy who's never thought about raising…

I can't believe he shared these $1M+/year startup ideas Jun 12, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 34:04 Greg Isenberg Those, those guys in Germany that basically would look at popular Silicon Valley startups that raised a ton of money and be like, okay, great.

3 startup ideas using data/trends to get you paid (steal these $300k/month ideas) May 22, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:29 Greg Isenberg Take their ideas and find, it will create basically a mini idea lab where they're like, okay, instead of investing, let's say, let's say you have a couple hundred grand of, of cash, which like Ehrlich Bachman is the only example from…

How to meet anyone you want May 20, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 7:47 Jonathan Courtney oh my God, this is like the Silicon Valley designer that I would love to meet who like is doing all the things I would love to do and et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
  • ▶ 9:48 Jonathan Courtney So I got a, I offered to talk at this, um, kind of design and tech conference in Silicon Valley. 2 times in the scene

This legend gave away 3 crazy cash-flowing business ideas May 1, 2024 · 1 mention

50 Realizations That Changed My Life Feb 9, 2024 · 1 mention

How To Make $10 MILLION from scratch Jan 18, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 37:27 Dickie Bush If anything, the, the old, like, uh, this whole fiasco that happened with open AI and how it was like the coolest thing to ever happen to anyone who worked in Silicon Valley, because they got to talk about it.

Info Diets, OG Content Creators, and 7-year Lifespans Sep 14, 2023 · 21 mentions

  • ▶ 0:00 Julien Smith A lot of people in Canada, they think they know what it's like to run a Silicon Valley business. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 4:15 Julien Smith Towards a set of leaders in the business that are Silicon Valley oriented leaders. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 6:33 Julien Smith Uh, you were inside sort of adjacent to stumble upon, which is an early Silicon Valley success. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:13 Julien Smith So, you know, innovation in Silicon Valley, it's ironic for me to say this because I will not move to San Francisco.
  • ▶ 15:44 Greg Isenberg So Sam Altman, although when we think of Silicon Valley, we think of someone like Sam Altman. 4 times in the scene

How to Turn a Podcast into an Empire Aug 10, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 2:06 Greg Isenberg You know, in my head, at least, I'm like, country Canadian, and I meet this, like, you know, fast-moving Silicon Valley guy who knows everyone, and who's building all this stuff, and who's just, you know, really charming, and just, like,… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 33:41 Chris Hutchins At the same time, I have two young kids, and I enjoy spending time with them, and I don't want to run a big company, so who knows where the, where the ceiling of what I do is, and there are a lot of people out there who found really, you…

Status Games, Fame, and the Truth about FIRE Aug 3, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 34:50 Nicolas Cole I had a super early stage tech startup founded by not as mainstream known as like a Zuck or an Elon, but like that tier of person, one of the most well-known tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, um, and was looking for help, you know, and…
  • ▶ 39:04 Greg Isenberg And it's probably, the truth is, it is probably a lot of people who I do respect from my, like, Silicon Valley days and stuff like that.

Billion-dollar Acquisitions, Private Jets, and the Art + Science of Persuasion Jul 27, 2023 · 1 mention

Business ideas worth paying attention to Jun 29, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:49 Emma Lawler So really saw this upward trajectory of what it looks like to be an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley at that time.

Mental Models from a Shrink for Entrepreneurs Jun 15, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 20:01 Peter Shallard Everybody, every, every, everyone in Silicon Valley knows the name of that book, but I can't remember it right now.

The IRL Tribes That Could Change Your Life Jun 1, 2023 · 1 mention

From Zero to Millions: Danny Postma Reveals AI App Strategies for Success Feb 9, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:47 Greg Isenberg When you're building, you know, any startup and you see competition, especially well-funded composition, like Lenza is highly funded, Silicon Valley funded, Silicon Valley based, I think you get that bad feeling in your stomach.

Mastering Micro Private Equity: Brent Beshore's Strategy for Wealth Generation Jan 26, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:43 Brent Beshore So if you have only seed stage investments in technology firms that are only in Silicon Valley, I'm making this up, right?

Money, Wealth, and Personal Holding Companies with Michael Karnjanaprakorn Dec 8, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 43:50 Michael Karnjanaprakorn I'm not sure, but from the light and analyzing I've just done on all creators, like, you know, Silicon Valley is Northern California. 3 times in the scene

Keeping it Real with Danny Trinh Oct 11, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:14 Greg Isenberg And I was living in Canada at the time, but I had to make a trip to Silicon Valley.

Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 40:46 Greg Isenberg Um, you know, you'd gone through Silicon Valley, the tech hub of the world, like techno optimism, everything.

Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway Sep 1, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:19 Xavier Helgeson Um, I was a little early with that idea, but, um, I, I was going to go to Silicon Valley and try to start a company around it, uh, in 2001 when the, when the crash happened.

Winning at Startups and the Future of Culture Aug 25, 2022 · 1 mention

Betting Big on Web3 with Li Jin Jul 21, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 19:04 Li Jin Um, and then years later I found myself in Silicon Valley
  • ▶ 27:32 Li Jin That was such a quintessentially like pre-COVID, uh, Silicon Valley VC kind of story.

Bootstrapping Through A Bear Market with Noah Kagan Jul 7, 2022 · 5 mentions

How to Build a Brand of the Future Jun 23, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 55:43 Greg Isenberg Nick, you're on this podcast right now because literally no one talks like you at all in Silicon Valley or whatever, like

Why You Need A Digital Detox with Andrew Wilkinson May 19, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 40:13 Andrew Wilkinson So that was fine, um, and the cool thing about what I did, and I'm sure Greg has had the same experience, is my business, Metalab, was selling pickaxes to gold miners in Silicon Valley.

Elon's Twitter Takeover and The Future of Social Media with Sriram Krishnan May 3, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:08:15 Sriram Krishnan Um, so it's interesting because, uh, you know, uh, my, you know, my wife is a multi-time founder, and, you know, I saw her go through the whole, like, fundraising process, uh, you know, in Silicon Valley, you know, some good meetings with…

Common Traits of Legends with Ndamukong Suh Apr 7, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 9:58 Sahil Bloom So it's like this raging debate though, um, to your point, there's a lot of people that are super excited about it, including some like big Silicon Valley venture firms that have backed, um, that have backed Tara and Luna and that have,…

The Future of Gaming | Ryan Wyatt, Polygon Studios Mar 31, 2022 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 31:44 Greg Isenberg My take, uh, my take is like, if you want to see the future, go to Silicon Valley. 7 times in the scene

How to Get Rich Building Boring Businesses | Codie Sanchez, Contrarian Thinking Mar 17, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:38 Codie Sanchez Um, but like, I find it really funny that now it's like, oh, Silicon Valley people are leaving.

Anything Is Possible with Dave Friedberg | Where It Happens Mar 3, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 3:09 Dave Friedberg Um, and meanwhile, like, the dot-com bubble was happening across the bay and throughout Silicon Valley. 3 times in the scene

Will Meta Bounce Back? (with Nikita Bier) | Where It Happens | Bonus Episode Feb 15, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 7:26 Nikita Bier Seeing exponential growth and we, it turned into a very competitive bidding process between a bunch of, uh, you know, big names in Silicon Valley.
  • ▶ 23:25 Greg Isenberg And because of that, we have this like image of like Sean Parker, Mark Zuckerberg, the whole like Silicon Valley, like shaped the whole like generation.

Forget Zero Sum, Be Positive Sum with Harley Finkelstein | Where It Happens Feb 10, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 27:31 Harley Finkelstein Um, obviously in the Valley, you have a certain set of role models that would be very different than, you know, say on wall street.

The Wolf of All Streets, Scott Melker | Where It Happens Jan 27, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 11:02 Scott Melker All these other industries, even tech to a degree, because Silicon Valley is an eighties thing, right? 2 times in the scene

The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian | Where It Happens Dec 23, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:11 Alexis Ohanian It was seen as, I think most people were quite dismissive of it, and frankly, PG and Jessica were not that sophisticated when it came to Silicon Valley VC, because they were based in Boston.

Disruptive Innovation & Unbundling The S&P 500 With Howard Lindzon | Where It Happens Nov 11, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:00 Greg Isenberg I think, you know, one mistake, especially a lot of Silicon Valley companies do, is they don't, the product needs to speak to, for example, the Uber drivers, and that means it has to give them that warm and fuzzy feeling, that aesthetic,…
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