The Hustle presents - My First Million. A podcast where we brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities we see in the market. Sometimes we have famous guests, and they do it with us.<

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) talk with seed VC Mike Maples (@m2jr). Mike is a co-founding Partner at Floodgate. He has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade due to notable investments like Twitter Twitch Lyft and Okta. In this episode he talks about the four big trends he is excited about the types of companies he likes to invest in and why a startup isn’t a company. He shares a few of the mental models he uses at Floodgate to evaluate startups and shares th

#191 with Mike Maples - 4 Big Trends and $0 to $1 Billion Startup Idea Frameworks

My First Million