It’s not every day you get to spend an hour with a NASA PhD to understand how his mind works so you can master your own professional development and business growth.

I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Alex Mehr, a NASA scientist turned AI entrepreneur who is now the founder of Famous.ai.

Alex discusses the importance of rapid market testing and the value of high output in entrepreneurship. He emphasizes that answers often lie outside oneself and that successful entrepreneurs learn by quickly putting ideas into the market. Drawing on historical figures like Da Vinci and Edison, he illustrates that high productivity correlates with success.

We also got into his escape from California to Puerto Rico (coconuts included), and he shared his journey from Iran to the US, and how he went from working with NASA to launching apps before they were cool.

Alex believes that every human has a hidden talent just waiting to be turned into the next big thing.

So sit up, plug in, and enjoy the ride as we explore the world of tech, entrepreneurship, and a little bit of Jiu-Jitsu. And remember, humanity is the next killer app, so please subscribe, leave a comment, and share this episode with your friends.

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Soundbites & takeaways

Cashed in his 401 (k) to start Zoosk

You can’t steer a parked car.

Launch often and fast.

Your company is a laboratory.

Your team is comprised of fellow mad scientists.

Don’t die on a hill that doesn’t matter.

Build the right lab with the right people to iterate and launch something great.

Shift and evolve as the world shifts and evolves.

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase

“Action produces information…”

The answer is outside of you, so launch and iterate.

DaVinci, Edison, Picasso…high volume.

AI apps are today’s 2007 iPhone apps.

Internet…browser…apps…sit on the infrastructure of the internet.

AI was commercialized around 2022.

The Instagram of AI has not been built yet.

Many of us haven’t found our gift/talent, so dig deep.

SuperCool.com for ideas.

Here are my core competencies…give me 10 ideas to productize

Create your MVP in under a week.

So try 50 ideas a year.

Take micro-actions.

“What can we do about it tonight?”

Idea, MVP, Validate, Scale.

You have 1,000 to 10,000 contacts.

Email them!!!

You’re looking for customers, not compliments.

His hit rate is still maybe 33%.

You might be 10% at first.

Should you bring on partners?

Speed of execution is key.

Why Synthetic Intelligence is the key to your AI app development.

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