Alan Nation

If your neighbor isn't suspicious of your idea, you're too late

Tai shares a heuristic from mentor Alan Nation: a genuinely good, early idea will make smart people suspicious. He treats Shaan's skepticism about Dress Barn as confirmation the opportunity is real, and signs off with 'be quick, see around corners.'

“my mentor Alan Nation said, Ty, if you have a good idea and you tell your neighbor about it, and they're not suspicious, it's too late. So the fact you're a smart guy and you're kind of suspicious of Dress Barn, it's beautiful.”

Steal thisTreat smart people's suspicion of your idea as a signal you're early, not wrong.