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The De-Risking Playbook

Adam Egger

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Frequency: 1 episode/33d. Total Eps: 28

This is not a podcast about growth hacks. This is a survival guide for B2B SaaS leaders on a burning platform. Each max 10-minute audit provides a single, actionable directive to de-risk your product, your roadmap, and your capital. It is a kill-switch system for bad bets.

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The Secret to Winning Isn’t Competing — It’s Owning

Friday, October 3, 2025 • Duration 01:58

“Competition is for losers.” Losers fear it. Winners steal from it.

Most founders see a competitor and panic. I see:

* A validated market.

* A free prototype I didn’t have to build.

* A list of angry customers I can steal.

That’s how you start. Use your enemy to find the pain.

But that’s not how you win. You don’t win by being 1% better. That’s a race to the bottom.

You win by creating a game only you can play. A brutal differentiation. A niche so small you become the only player.

PayPal didn’t fight banks. They owned eBay sellers.

Facebook didn’t fight MySpace. They owned Harvard.

The goal isn’t to be the best choice. It’s to be the only choice.

If you can’t name the corner of your market you could own in 90 days, you don’t have a strategy. You have a guess.

That’s why I built my Founder Community.

It’s where we keep it simple and real:

→ Find what makes you stand out. → Show why customers should pick you. → Test ideas fast, without wasting months.

If this clicked for you, join us. Learn faster. Fail cheaper. Win sooner.

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Why I Ask for $1,000 for a Product That Doesn’t Exist

Friday, September 26, 2025 • Duration 02:02

Let’s be brutally honest.

The AI gold rush has produced a flood of cool vibe-coded tools… …and almost zero‑dollar businesses.

Everyone is building things. Almost no one is selling.

Why? Because 99% of these projects are solutions looking for a problem.

This isn’t a theory. It’s a diagnosis.

🎧 I’m sharing a raw, 2‑minute audio clip from a private de‑risking session where I gave a talented founder the one protocol that separates a real business from a financial graveyard.

It’s the core of my entire system. Listen here.

The Litmus Test

After you listen, ask yourself one question:

👉 What’s the one idea you could pre‑sell in the next 72 hours?

If the problem is severe enough, people will pay — even if the product doesn’t exist yet. If they don’t, it’s the wrong problem.

🎁 Free Resource

I’ve put together a short guide that shows you the exact steps I use to secure pre‑payments before building anything:

The First Prepayment Playbook - It works for both SaaS products and high‑ticket coaching services.

Reply PLAYBOOK and start building a business validated with real money, not opinions.

– Adam

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Amazing New ChatGPT Power Boost - Custom Instructions

Monday, August 28, 2023 • Duration 11:42

🌟 Say Hello to Custom Instructions! 🌟

Starting this week, OpenAI is giving FREE users of ChatGPT an amazing power boost! Imagine guiding your chatbot with specific prompts – making it the perfect conversational partner for any situation. From being a friendly assistant to a no-nonsense expert, it's all in your hands now! Get ready to redefine your chats!

#OpenAI #CustomInstructions #UpgradeYourChat #chatgpt

Listen to our Podcast "10 Minutes AI News" on Apple Podcast or Spotify.

The link we mentioned with a list of the best custom instructions: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/15l5f1e/chatgpts_custom_instructions_are_very_underrated/?context=3

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The state of AI in 2023 - McKinsey AI Study

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 • Duration 14:00

Today we will be talking about the most current McKinsey Study on Generative AI - The State of AI in 2023:

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai-in-2023-generative-AIs-breakout-year

#ai #generativeai #mckinsey #stateofai

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#16 - I Stopped Using ChatGPT

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 • Duration 11:46

Numerous chatbots are currently available. In this episode, we will discuss the specific chatbots that we are currently utilizing. #chatbots #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #artificialintelligencesolutions

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#15 - Fake News and AI - The Solution or Cause

Monday, August 7, 2023 • Duration 14:07

Today, we talk about fake news and AI, some think it’s going to end fake news, and some think it’s going to make the problem worse.

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#14 - Will AI Kill Us?

Monday, July 31, 2023 • Duration 12:28

Today we discuss Satya Nadella’s list of 4 major risks of AI.

#ai #risk #satyanadella

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#13 - AI - The Perfect Boyfriend or Girlfriend

Monday, July 24, 2023 • Duration 14:59

In this episode, we discuss a study involving PTSD patients divided into two groups: one group conversed with a human psychiatrist, while the other group conversed with a digital avatar. The findings revealed that patients were more forthcoming with the bot due to its patient and non-judgmental nature.

We mention how movies like "X Machina" and "Her" anticipated this development years ago, highlighting the rapid progress in the field of artificial intelligence.

We also talk about the business potential of teaching bots to mimic humans and renting time with them for a fee. We give examples of renting time with influential figures like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk with AI tools like character.ai or replica.ai that create replicas of other individuals for conversation purposes.

Chapters:

00:00:00 The Philosophical Implications Of Biased Systems And The Speed Of Change

00:01:40 Social Media Influencer Profits By Renting Her Ai Replica And Charging $1 Per Minute

00:03:52 Innovative Business Model: Renting Time With Ai Bots Resembling Famous Personalities

00:08:18 Advantages Of Digital Avatars In Conversations With Ptsd Patients Identified In Study

00:12:35 Focusing On Teaching Ai Language Fluency And The Need For Regulation

Key Takeaways:

1. A study was conducted on PTSD patients, with one group conversing with a human psychiatrist and the other with a digital avatar.

2. Patients were more forthcoming with the bot because it was patient, available 24/7, and non-judgmental.

3. Surprisingly, there are many advantages to interacting with a digital avatar compared to a real human being.

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#12 - Incredible Progress of AI

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 • Duration 12:30

Join our discussion on the incredible speed at which AI is advancing.Prepare to be amazed and inspired by our examples! #AI #Innovation #TechRevolution #AIImageGenerators #emadmostaque #stabilityai

Examples are taken from the best AI episode I’ve ever seen. Emad Mostaque is the CEO and Co-Founder of Stability AI, a company funding the development of open-source music- and image-generating systems such as Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion:

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#11 - There Will be no Programmers in 5 Years

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 • Duration 11:35

🎙️ Join us in Episode 11 as we dive deep into the topic of programming jobs in the future.

💡 In this thought-provoking conversation, we explore the disruptive forces reshaping the programming landscape. Tune in to gain insights into the future of programming and discover the skills and strategies you need to thrive in the digital era.

⚡️ Don't miss this episode! Subscribe to our podcast to get weekly 10-minute AI updates. #ProgrammingRevolution #AIPodcast #AI #JobMarketTrends

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