My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Collector of People Mental Model
Systematically building relationships with interesting people before you need them, treating networking as collecting valuable assets for future opportunities
Decision Rule
When meeting someone interesting, ask: 'How can we work together?' and position it as either creating magic together or having a new industry friend
How It Works
Creates a bank of relationships that can be activated when opportunities arise, while providing value to others through connections and collaboration
Failure Modes
Coming across as purely transactional rather than genuinely interested
Not following up or maintaining relationships over time
Collecting without ever providing value back to the network
Focusing on quantity over quality of relationships
Example Decision
“Meet interesting person at event → follow up with 'best case we create magic together, worst case you have a new industry friend' → stay in touch occasionally → when starting new company, reach out with specific opportunity”