John Fio is an inventor and entrepreneur who has bootstrapped four products that have collectively generated hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue.

He joins the show to discuss why ideas are harder than execution, what he learned from being Justin Bieber’s intern, what most people get wrong about Kanye West, why magic is real, and what the success of Barbie and Taylor Swift can tell us about the future.

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Show Notes:

From Bieber’s Intern to Moon Pals
Ideas Are Harder Than Execution
Kickstarting Gravity Blankets
How to Have a Good Idea
Kanye West & the Creative Process
The Wizard & the Warrior
Magic is Real
Social Situations Are a Departure From the Truth
Moon Pals, Barbie, Taylor Swift & the Dawn of a New Paradigm
Long Tails, Curation & Good Taste
John as Emperor of the World
MORE!

Books Mentioned:

The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism, by Howard Bloom.
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
The Two Cultures; by C.P. Snow

John Fio — The Wizard & The Warrior (EP.184)

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