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John Fiorentino
The Hunt for Big Ideas
John’s hunt for ideas led him to create a product inspired by nights sleeping on the New York City subway which invented a category: the Gravity Blanket. Since launching this product, John has founded a collection of other product-driven businesses which have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue since inception without relying on outside investment.
With an evident contrarian streak, John embraces his “truth-telling phase” in this interview and holds forth on how good ideas are undervalued, how organized religion has become counterculture, whether G-Wagons are tacky, and the hidden trap of fame.
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Show Index
01:25 - Introducing John Fiorentino in his “Truth-Telling Phase”02:11 - Ideas Vs. Execution
06:20 - The Music Industry Transitioning to Entrepreneurism
13:00 - Surviving Fame
16:50 - Chasing A Dream Leading To Homelessness
20:39 - The Rise Of The Gravity Blanket
26:45 - Continuing The Climb For Success: Moon Pals
32:00 - Business As a “Total Work Of Art”
34:00 - Being Religious In An Increasingly Secular World
41:53 - Ideas Getting Stolen
44:03 - Hot Takes & comfort recipe
Show Notes
- Moon Pals
- Virgil Abloh
- The Bible
Sauce Boss Meets Girlboss
Movies by Any Means Necessary
Have Your Cake and Tweet It Too
Greens to Greatness
Writing Your Way Ahead
Liberté, Intégrité, Simplicité
Peace, Love, and Advertising
The Unprofessional Professional
Idea Virus Patient Zero
Chasing Liquid Gold
Making MSCHF
Internet Funnyman
Building a Digital Hearth
No Mud, No Lotus
You Can’t Just Switch It Off
Purpose & Play
Creative Courage and Talking Stuffed Animals
Silencing the Discursive Mind
Striking Internet Gold
Givers Are Getters
Hosting a Rave for the Intellect
The Hunt for Big Ideas
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
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