All Segments
Tarpit Ideas: The Sequel
11 segments available
The long awaited follow-up to their original tarpit ideas video, Dalton and Michael dispel some misconceptions about what a tarpit idea actually is and how it applies to current technology trends like artificial intelligence. Don't get stuck! Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Tarpit 2.0 02:47 - Key Factors 04:18 - Technology & Historical Factor 05:18 - X for Y 06:16 - Current Technology 06:54 - Artificial Intelligence 08:48 - Changing Behavior 10:09 - Arbitrage 12:40 - Takeaway 13:40 - Outro
Segments Timeline
Intro
"when some of the people ask me oh is my idea tarpit I'll be like hey well have you talked to any users and they're like no I just no I thought you would tell me though like it's funny it's like how yo..."
Tarpit 2.0
"part two part two so we've gotten a lot of feedback from our first tpit video was it about a year it was a while ago yeah maybe a little bit more it's like oh this looks like a nice pool of water no o..."
Key Factors
"there's something about tarpet ideas that are insanely attractive yeah like like if some if other Founders don't come up with them all the time constantly it is not a tarpit idea it has to be it has t..."
Technology & Historical Factor
"interesting is what's happened since we recorded that video is llms yep AI I think that when I'm reading applications my first thought is like I am open to even classic tarpet ideas no longer being ta..."
X for Y
"that that you brought up is kind of the the X for y right you like the co-pilot for you know co-pilot's working great for developers yep should there not be a co-pilot for fill in the blank yeah and i..."
Current Technology
"to like screw with your dreams right like I think that a lot of people start companies because there's a problem they see in the world they really want to fix and I think that the depressing thing I'v..."
Artificial Intelligence
"okay like I funded a company that's basically doing like completely um AI gener podcasts and it's like without llms and the ability to do like voice generation that would I would have never considered..."
Changing Behavior
"about is like where what are the flavors of tarpits you know we were talking about this before there there multiple flavors of tarpits like what do you what do you see I think there's the two most com..."
Arbitrage
"yeah so that's number one what what about number two number two is um I don't know you did a better version of this earlier yeah I I Think It's Tricky I think it's it could be summarized as like some ..."
Takeaway
"wrapping it up right I think maybe the big takeaway here is this is not a static list of ideas maybe ideas that we had mentioned in our last video are no longer tarpit Technology's changed maybe ideas..."