How to Find Your Next Big Idea Hiding on the Internet - Ep. 10 with Steph Smith

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The next big idea is hiding in plain sight. It’s right here, scattered across the internet in incoherent fragments. Steph Smith, my guest for this episode, knows how to connect the dots.

Steph Smith is a prolific online creator, host of the a16Z podcast, author of a book about building a successful blog called Doing Content Right, and creator of Internet Pipes, a toolkit to surface useful insights on the internet.

I sat down with Steph to explore the internet through her eyes. I discover the method behind her uncanny knack of spotting emerging trends. Steph also reveals the internet’s most underrated advantage: validating business ideas cheaply and quickly. As we talk, I pitch Steph two businesses, and we use an arsenal of tools and strategies to vet them live on the show.

This episode is a must-watch for anyone who spends time online and wants to create useful, fun things. Here’s a taste:

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Links to resources mentioned in the episode:

Steph Smith: https://twitter.com/stephsmithio
Internet Pipes: https://internetpipes.com/
Doing Content Right: https://doingcontentright.com/#features
Steph's database of untranslatable words: https://eunoia.world/
Neal Agarwal: http://neal.fun
Keywords Everywhere: https://keywordseverywhere.com/
Reddit tools: https://anvaka.github.io/sayit/?query=, https://gummysearch.com/
SEO tools for market analysis: https://www.similarweb.com/, https://www.junglescout.com/, https://answerthepublic.com/