Brian Citizen

Founder & Chief Scout @Citizen_Equity / Partnerships @GWbusiness/ Ex-Founder @InternLyfe

LIST OF VENTURE SCOUT PROGRAMS:

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Mauricio “Russell Crowe” Pochettino with the W! @USMNT

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I just want one more game in NY

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Didn’t know Russell Crowe was the @USMNT Coach. Great job Russ!

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@MakinHisWay JURY

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@MakinHisWay Study

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@ecomchigga Faceless

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Bad bunny killed that

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@johnatwhop Awesome. Congrats John!

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@recap_david BLUEPRINT

[David Roberts @recap_david]

I built a local news podcast that gets generated each day with AI.

Making a news show like this would normally cost $50,000+ annually.
With AI Automation? $100/mo.

The setup is simple:

→ Automatically scrapes Google News, local event feeds, twitter, reddit, and much more
→ Generates professional scripts with emotion and pacing controls
→ Produces broadcast-quality audio using ElevenLabs V3
→ Operates completely hands-free once deployed

The result? A business model that wasn't economically viable before AI.

No hosts. No editors. No research team.

Just smart automation and a few API subscriptions.

This isn't about flooding the internet with crappy AI content. It's about solving real problems: like news deserts in underserved markets.

The system I built in hours could theoretically power thousands of hyper-local podcasts simultaneously.

When you start thinking in terms of "what can I automate," entire industries now become accessible.

Before AI, the revenues you could generate by serving local news just didn't cover the expenses. Now that's changed.

What other markets is that true for?

Want me to send you the full system for you to clone for your small town or city?

1. Like & RT
2. Follow me (so I can dm you)
3. Comment "BLUEPRINT" below

I'll send you the complete n8n template, all the prompting, and a full setup video that you can use to spin up your own local news podcast.

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Claude

[Pierre-Eliott Lallemant @pierreeliottlal]

Claude Cowork just KILLED manual outreach.

I used to grind for hours on LinkedIn.

Now? My AI stack does it better.

- No "Hey {{first_name}}" spam
- Natural, multi-step conversations
- 12+ hours saved this week

The result: 500+ conversations with human-level reply rates.

I packaged the entire system (prompts + workflow) into a FREE doc.

Want it?

Repost (so others see it)

Comment "CLAUDE" & I'll DM you.

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Nah, 2019 LSU was STACKED and a well oiled machine. Indiana isn’t stacked and hasn’t played anyone stacked.

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@johnatwhop Enjoying watching the journey

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@DrCamRx Maximus

[Greg O'Gallagher @gregogallagher]

The more you hate your current situation, the more stuck you become in it.

Most people think they have to get fucking pissed off at their life to change it.
That anger is fuel.
That resentment is motivation.
That hatred is what finally gives them the push.

It isn’t.

That energy is the weakest energy there is.
It’s frantic.
It’s fragile.
It’s a house of cards.

You’re building your future on stress.

Every time you hate where you are, you’re saying:
“This moment is wrong. I don’t want this.”

And since the present moment is inseparable from life itself, you’re literally in resistance with life.

What do you think you’re going to experience more of?

More resistance.

I learned this the hard way.

When I was 19, I desperately wanted to be lean.
Single-digit body fat. Around 8%.

I wasn’t out of shape. I was already lean — maybe 13–14%.
But in my mind, life didn’t start until I was leaner.

Happiness was on the other side.
Confidence was on the other side.
Being “enough” was on the other side.

There were about 12 pounds of fat between me and life being good.

And that belief created immense pressure.

Every day felt like something to escape.
The present moment was nothing but a tunnel I wanted to sprint through.

So what did I do?

I went extreme.

Ultra-low calories.
Cut carbs.
Tons of cardio.
Going to bed ravenous.

I wasn’t trying to live I was trying to skip.

And sure, I’d make progress.
Then I’d snap.

I’d binge 6,000… 7,000… 8,000 calories.
Hate myself.
Clamp down again.
Break again.

I repeated that cycle for years.

And the whole time, I thought:
•“Maybe this just isn’t possible.”
•“Or maybe I’m just weak.”
•“Why don’t I have discipline?”
•“What’s wrong with me?”

It was brutal.

Then something clicked.

I was listening to The Power of Now, and there was a line that hit me like a brick:

If the present moment becomes nothing but a means to an end,
the now is lost.

And I realized something uncomfortable:

I didn’t want the present moment at all.
I only wanted the future.

Which means… I was rejecting life itself.

No wonder I was stressed.
No wonder my actions were sloppy.
No wonder I kept snapping back.

I was arguing with reality every single day.

That’s when everything changed.

I stood in front of the mirror and thought:

“I don’t like this.
This isn’t where I want to be.”

But instead of fighting it, I said:

“I accept this.”

Fully.
No drama.
No self-hate.

“I accept where I am.
And yes — let’s improve.”

The weight lifted immediately.

From that moment, my decisions changed.

I stopped trying to lose three pounds a week.
I stopped going to bed starving.
I stopped trying to win now.

I said:
“Let’s just get a little better each week.
Let’s enjoy this.
Let’s do this intelligently.”

And without the elastic band snapping me back…
the transformation finally happened.

This is the part most people miss:

Acceptance does not kill ambition.
It removes desperation.

The people who make massive progress don’t hate where they are.
They accept it, set an intention, and move forward with presence.

They aren’t trying to fast-forward life.
They’re engaged in it.

They enjoy solving problems.
They love the craft.
They love the process.

Watch a great movie — you don’t want to skip to the end.
You want the struggle.
The setbacks.
The growth.

So why in life do we try to skip the middle?

Hating your situation creates stress.
Stress removes presence.
Without presence, action becomes diluted.

That’s the paradox.

You don’t move forward by rejecting where you are. You move forward when you stop resisting it.

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@mikehoffmann Etsy

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@anything What is the referral tool?

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Gotta put Texas in the playoff

[John Hill @johnatwhop]

Conversation with a university president spotlighted the need for universities to take a new view at what career placement means.

Time to adjust to helping people be jobs, not find them.

Time to make employers not employees.

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@alex_prompter AI