Craig Ruckus

Co-host the podcast Hat & Tat, a biz pod. 👇

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

@Michaelfiore Love my robo vacuum but worry a lawn robot would get swiped.

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

Podcast #2 about a company that makes vintage pocket watches into collector pieces is live!

Search Hat and Tat! It's S1E2. @VorticWatches

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

New podcast drops tomorrow on a fascinating watch company.

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Cool biz

[Billy Howell @billyjhowell]

Just learned about the concept of a “telescope ranch” in Texas.

People pay to have their $10,000+ telescope rigs set up in the middle of TX to avoid light pollution.

Every night the roof rolls back off the warehouses.

Then you can remote in to your telescope and use it from anywhere in the world.

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

Biz ideas!

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

The 36 BIGGEST startup opportunities right now

1. biggest b2c: solving loneliness. third spaces, community apps, IRL

2. biggest b2b: managed AI employees for businesses

3. biggest overlooked: elder tech. 70 million boomers who want products that make them happier & healthier

4. biggest mobile: action apps that do things, not apps you stare at

5. biggest trades: matching platforms for electricians, plumbers, HVAC. supply shrinking

6. biggest consumer social: small social. group chats as products, no feeds, no ai slop

7. biggest ecommerce: agents that recommend products you'll like, shop, buy for you

8. biggest creator: live shows and unscripted content

9. biggest edtech: AI tutors that adapt through conversation

10. biggest SaaS: pay-per-outcome pricing

11. biggest auto: AI service advisor for dealerships. answers the same 15 questions 24/7

12. biggest talent: training non-technical people to operate agents

13. biggest boredom: curated offline experiences delivered to your door. kits, games, challenges. anti-screen products

14. biggest spiritual: the need for belonging is exploding, new formats of spiritual get togethers

15. biggest wellness: longevity biomarkers you actively manage

16. biggest mobile: action apps that do things, not apps you stare at

17. biggest one to solve ai slop: digital verification that you're a real human. every platform will need this within 2 years

18. biggest infrastructure: agent permissions, security, audit trails

19. biggest media: AI native media companies. build distribution, sell products later.

20. biggest parenting: family ops automation. forms, scheduling, logistics

21. biggest accounting: bookkeeping agents that charge per transaction

22. biggest fashion: brand-owned resale. every brand wants to control their secondary market

23.biggest hobbies: adult learning for joy. pottery, woodworking, drawing.

24. biggest skincare: at-home diagnostics. scan, get a protocol, track progress

25. biggest agriculture: precision farming tools for small farms. enterprise version exists, family farm doesn't

26. biggest pest control: subscription pest prevention instead of reactive treatment. the model flip that lawn care already made

27. biggest regulated: on-device AI. healthcare, legal, finance open up when data stays local

28. biggest gaming: AI characters with real memory and relationships

29. biggest dating: agent-mediated matchmaking

30. biggest fitness: adaptive coaching that rewrites your program daily

31. biggest travel: autonomous trip planning and rebooking

32. biggest food: personalized nutrition based on blood work and gut biome

33. biggest pet: health monitoring. $140B industry, almost no tech

34. biggest defense: AI-native security and compliance tools

35. biggest robotics: physical AI. $30 brains on existing hardware

36. biggest nostalgia: products that feel analog. vinyl, paper, handmade. counter-positioning against AI everything

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

@TrungTPhan Great read!

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

Pod is up! Today we talk about The Hard Thing About Hard Things, a great book by @bhorowitz

https://t.co/HyBYIIWDQP

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Interesting!

[Ronin @DeRonin_]

Met a guy making $3.6 million a year

With one of the cleanest digital plays I've ever heard of

He scrapes the App Store for apps with 50k+ downloads but no updates in 18+ months

DMs the developers with $2-3k cash offers. Most accept fast, they've moved on

Hires a Filipino dev for $400/month to add subscriptions and refresh the listing

Each app starts pulling $800-3,000/month passive

Owns 220+ across categories he doesn't even use

Spends 5 hours a week on the whole portfolio

Inspiring

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

@friedberg @ChrisWillx Be great if u jumped on a pod every quarter! Love hearing your thoughts with less interruptions…

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

@homegymcoop Send cut send! They’ll make it for u

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Biz ideas!

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

AI has stopped being a feature and started being the foundation.

We're excited about a new wave of startups rebuilding software, services, and silicon— and pushing AI into the physical world.

https://t.co/QCIz6DnQnN

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

@RobertMSterling @eade_bengard Can’t stand big frame.

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

So I dropped the website but started something new.

First episode will drop soon. I met Steve in kindergarten and we’ve been friends ever since.

We always got together to chat biz. So we thought, why not press record.

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Biz idea!

[Dennison @DennisonBertram]

Yeah okay, Lego bros, brodettes and brotheys are cooked with this one.

GPT 2 Image can create full Lego sets! With actual Bricklink IDs so you can order the parts and build it.

Whole new business opportunity here for the taking.

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

@JaredDHardin Check out the red light hat research.

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New biz idea. Workout candy.

[Noah Ryan @NoahRyanCo]

Always saw the biggest guy at my college gym eating sour patch kids inbetween his sets and my underdeveloped brain could not comprehend why a man so jacked would eat something so taboo (this was peak low-carb era).

But now I understand. Fast carbs (glucose, dextrose, sucrose) enter your bloodstream immediately. Working muscles sucks that glucose out of your blood via GLUT4 transclocation, independent of insulin. You bypass the usual metabolic bottlenecks and feed your engines mid-burn.

High intensity training is heavily dependent on glycogen and glycolosis. Burn through your glycogen stores and your performance suffers. Less explosiveness, no pump, more cortisol.

Keeping your muscles fueled mid-workout gives you everything you want and need. Glucose has an osmotic effect. It pulls water into muscle cells and hydrates you at an intracellular level (very anabolic btw). You get better bloodflow, bigger/fuller muscles, better contraction. You can sustain peak output for the entirety of your workout.

Its not just your muscles that are being fueled either. Your brain is a glucose hog. Low blood sugar during long sessions is the leading cause of fatigue and poor motor output. Hence why glucose microdosing is beneficial for cognitive tasks as well (especially hybrid psycho/physiological tasks like martial arts, sports etc.)

Better yet, exogenous glucose blunds cortisol-induced tissue breakdown. Extremely anti-catabolic.

You perform better, you feel better, you recover better, and you leave your workout less fried than you otherwise would.

All while giving you a perfect excuse to get your sugar fix in guilt free.

[Craig Ruckus @CraigRuckus]

Interesting story of an OpenClaw bot making $14k in three weeks.

https://t.co/sz55FLrO16

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@danielcberk Good name! Maybe will build.

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Someone should start a line of pizza dips.

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@forestmanjohn Super cool, good luck!