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Get your creative juices flowing with The Startup Ideas Podcast. Published twice a week, we bring you free startup ideas to inspire your next venture. Hosted by Greg Isenberg, CEO of Late Checkout and former advisor to Reddit and TikTok. Subscribe so you don't miss out. For more startup ideas, we created a database of 30+ startup ideas you can take at https://gregisenberg.com/30startupideas
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Greg makes digital craft tangible by pairing ambitious startup talk with screen-level demonstrations of how videos, interfaces, agents, and prototypes take shape.
The Startup Ideas Podcast treats software-building and internet publishing as creative practice carried out in public. Greg begins with a promised result, then gives guests room to demonstrate their methods: cutting a short-form video, moving from an idea brief to a Next.js and…
An app starts building mid-conversation; your 'maybe someday' folder gets nervous.
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A brisk look at overlooked ideas, AI anxiety, and a root beer finish.
The episode opens on an overlooked startup idea tied to women’s travel safety, using the 84% figure, solo travel anxiety, and the annoyance of digging through old Reddit threads for basic neighborhood answers to make the case.
A practical look at how short-form video is built.
This episode takes a close look at how short-form video comes together, from the first idea through scripting, recording, editing, and deployment.
A practical session on cloud skills and how to use them for repeatable work, not vague AI theater.
The episode follows Amir as he moves through cloud skills and the idea of using them to build digital employees. He sets skills against projects and sub-agents, then grounds the discussion with examples like an A-B testing idea agent, a marketing insight agent, and a live build…
A practical case for using agents and workflows to get more from creative AI.
The episode treats creative AI as a workflow problem rather than a novelty. Better results come from learning how to prompt well and combine multiple tools, and Glyph is used as a concrete example of software that handles prompting, formatting, and workflows.
A founder-led product tour that makes v0 feel like a case study in sharper startup judgment.
The discussion centers on Guillermo, Vercel's founder, as he moves through product judgment, tooling, and the way startup ideas come into focus. He talks through v0, how he prototypes, and why first impressions matter just as much as the build underneath.
A blunt founder-finance episode that treats cash discipline as survival, not admin.
Startup finance is framed here as survival, not bookkeeping. The episode opens with nine money rules that are said to have helped save two companies, then presses a simple point: founders often do not notice cash is slipping away until it is too late.
A brisk tier list that turns vibe-coding tools into a debate about bets, workflows, and timing.
The episode treats vibe-coding tools as a blunt ranking exercise, moving fast through Lovable, V0, Bolt, CloudCode, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, VibeCode, and Rourke while asking what belongs at the top, what falls short, and what deserves attention.
A practical, fast-moving look at Gemini 3.0 that puts building ahead of hype.
Google's Gemini 3.0 launch is presented as a practical tour of what the model can do, with Logan Kilpatrick walking through ways to get more from it.
Long-form Apple talk with sharp product judgment and deep tech history.
Weekly film, music, and arts criticism from Monocle 24's Midori House studio in London.
Two product designers talk Figma workflows, button sizing, and AI design tools weekly.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert dissect CSS, CMS workflows, and AI coding agents weekly.
Stack Overflow's Ryan Donovan interviews founders and engineers on AI agents, protocols, and dev tools.
Gemini 3 gets a live demo.
The Startup Ideas Podcast presents a structured single-topic episode covering a safety rating platform for solo female travelers as the lead startup idea, arguing that 84% of solo female travelers feel unsafe during trips but have no reliable safety information beyond years-old Reddit threads answered by male backpackers who do not face the same risks.
Guillermo gets straight to the build.
Short form is treated as the internet's attention funnel.
Money rules keep startups alive.
No idea whatsoever, then a working MVP.
Gemini 3.0 gets put through a design stress test.
AI is not the business this time.
Claude Skills get the live-build treatment.
The tier list opens bluntly.
Creative AI is leverage.
The episode teaches how to use tools like Idea Browser and Humbolytics to validate startup ideas, build landing pages, and run experiments to optimize conversions.
Ross Mike discusses how to effectively use AI agents by understanding context and system prompts to achieve quality outputs.
The host discusses and demonstrates Lindy AI Assistant, an AI-powered executive assistant that automates tasks like email drafting and calendaring.
Greg Isenberg discusses AI trends, opportunities, and fears, encouraging rapid experimentation with one-hour companies.
The host explores the AI app GenSpark AI, testing its multi-agent workflows, voice agent, AI slides, and photo editing features to determine if it's worth using.
A tutorial on setting up MCPs (Model Context Protocols) within LLMs like Claude to build AI agents with tools for business transformation.
Greg Isenberg and Jonathan Courtney break down a $500k/month funnel strategy applicable to various business models.
The host introduces a hack for prompting AI tools to create better UI designs, featuring a founder who won $5,000 for his work.
Host Greg Isenberg interviews founder Sherry Jang about her journey of building an AI-powered mobile app in public, sharing her blueprint for success.
Greg Isenberg interviews Brett from DesignJoy about using AI to generate beautiful designs and offers a $5,000 startup giveaway.