Another Lesson at 40: Three Shortcuts for Getting Started

Today, we talk through the Silk Sheet Problem - how to do something new and hard when your life is fairly... comfortable. We help a listener get started on their idea - an AI tutor's assistant - with three shortcuts to set their life up in a way that makes it easier to start a startup than to not. We talk through Just-In-Time Prep, Forcing Functions, and life design. This episode is meant to be a blueprint for you to take action and keep momentum.   Tacklebox Customer Interview WorkshopIdea to Startup NewsletterKevin running from the furnace 00:34 Intro 03:30 The Idea: AI for Tutors 07:27 Jazz - Customer Interview Workshop 07:57 Just-In-Time Prep 11:55 Search for Hooks 14:14 The Three Step System 15:40 Forcing Function Examples 18:13 Reinforcing Markers 20:06 The End: Jump in the Ocean