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Forbes
03-07-2025
- Business
- Forbes
5 ChatGPT Prompts To Find Your Next Million-Dollar Idea
5 ChatGPT prompts to find your next million-dollar idea You already have the answers to your next million dollars. But you're missing the signs. Shiny objects and Instagram influencers pull you off track when you should be sticking to the plan. You should be listening out for signs, and getting better at discarding red herrings. What if the breakthrough you need is just around the corner, but you're too preoccupied to see it? Everyone chases trends while their million-dollar ideas get explained away. Stop looking outside for what's already inside. Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through. Uncover million-dollar opportunities with ChatGPT Every industry follows patterns. The smart money spots them early. Look at what's working now, then project forward five years. Founders get caught up in today's problems while tomorrow's opportunities slip by. When I sold my social media agency, I saw what was coming next. Your next million lives in the gap between what exists now and what customers will desperately need tomorrow. "Based on what you know about my business and industry from our conversations, identify 5 emerging trends that could create million-dollar opportunities in the next 3 years. For each trend, explain why it matters, what gap it fills, and how I could position myself to capitalize on it early. Focus on changes in customer behavior, technology shifts, and unmet needs that are just starting to surface. Ask for more detail if required." Output equals opportunity. Simple. Your content is going to connect you with buyers. The more you create, the more chances you have to make revenue. But people treat AI like a magic wand instead of a productivity multiplier. They write one blog post a month and wonder why nothing happens. Winners use AI to test ten ideas while others spend hours perfecting one. Make quantity your quality control. "Based on what you know about my expertise and the content I create, design a system where I can produce 20 pieces of high-value content from one core idea. Include specific frameworks for articles, social posts, videos, and lead magnets. For each format, give me a template I can reuse. Focus on maximizing output while maintaining my unique voice and perspective." Your best guess means nothing until the market validates it. Every day you spend honing your idea is a day someone else is already selling theirs. The winners test fast and fail fast too. They know that data beats debate every time. Set up quick experiments that give you real answers. Move beyond your comfortable assumptions because they'll only hold you back. Your million-dollar idea needs proof. "Based on what you know about my business idea [describe it briefly if not already in chat history], create 5 rapid validation tests I can run this week. Each test should cost less than $100 and give me real data about customer interest. Include specific metrics to track, platforms to use, and how to interpret the results. Make these tests progressively more complex based on early results." Even before you finalise your big idea, you need to understand your dream customers. They hold the blueprint to your success. They'll tell you exactly what they'll pay for, if you ask the right questions. Founders guess what people want instead of listening to what they actually say. Stop assuming and start asking. The gap between what you think they need and what they'll actually buy is where you lose ground. Get the truth straight from the source. "Based on what you know about my target audience, create 10 questions I should ask my dream customers to uncover million-dollar opportunities. These questions should reveal their biggest frustrations, what they've already tried, and what they'd pay anything to solve. Include follow-up questions that dig deeper into their emotional triggers and buying decisions. Ask for more detail if required." You're sitting on patterns you can't see. Every conversation, every project, every skill you've developed points toward something bigger. But you're too close to connect the dots yourself. Let AI be your pattern recognition machine. The million-dollar idea comes from combining things you already know in ways you haven't considered. Your next breakthrough is already in your chat history. "Using what you know about me from all our conversations - my skills, interests, past projects, and current goals - connect the dots I haven't connected. Identify 3 million-dollar opportunities that combine my unique strengths in unexpected ways. For each opportunity, explain which of my experiences qualify me to pursue it and why others would struggle to replicate my approach. Show me the patterns I'm missing." Your million-dollar future starts with seeing what's already there Stop chasing other people's success stories and start writing your own. Your next million lives right in front of you. Predict where your industry is heading and position yourself to capitalise. Multiply your output until opportunity can't ignore you. Test everything fast before your assumptions cost you time. Listen to what your dream customers actually want, not what you think they need. Let AI connect the dots you're too close to see. The million-dollar idea you're looking for is already yours. You just haven't claimed it yet. Access all my best ChatGPT content prompts.
Forbes
09-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
4 Timing Secrets That Fueled Billion-Dollar Venture Growth
Time to Takeoff: Get It Right! getty Most unicorn founders weren't first — they just mastered timing. These timing secrets fueled unicorn growth by helping entrepreneurs spot the right emerging trends early, act before takeoff, and use that narrow window to build the right strategy and skills to lead the industry. That's how Sam Walton beat Kmart, Jeff Bezos won over Borders, and Mark Zuckerberg overtook MySpace — without needing early venture capital and often beating those who had more capital. Here are 4 key timing secrets of Founder-CEOs who achieved rapid growth and market dominance. Just like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Mistral, unicorns are best launched when the industry is just emerging. The key to building a unicorn is entering the right emerging trend — for you — at the right time. This is after the industry starts and before it takes off and this time period has ranged from about 3 to 11 years ( • After the start because major trends are started by external factors – not by an entrepreneur. These factors can include disruptive technologies, new laws, and economic changes. • Before takeoff because it is difficult even for existing giants to catch up, as is demonstrated by Sears, Wards and the countless other giants crushed by upstart billion-dollar entrepreneurs. Nearly every billion-dollar entrepreneur took advantage of an emerging trend, including: • Big-box stores: Sam Walton (Walmart) and Dick Schulze (Best Buy). • Personal computers: Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Michael Dell (Dell) • Linking PCs: Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner (Cisco) • Internet 1.0: Jeff Bezos ( and Page and Brin (Google) • Internet 2.0: Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/ Meta) • Internet 3.0: Travis Kalanick (Uber) and Brian Chesky (Airbnb). What can you do? Emerging trends often take 3 to 11 years to take off – but your window to enter is at the beginning, not after takeoff. The earlier you start, the more time you'll have to refine your strategy and build dominance. When you enter the trend is important. The winners are rarely first movers. They're usually first dominators. One of the key reasons why only about 11% of first movers led their industry ( is that first-to-market or even a product-market fit is often not enough. The winners are those who dominate, not those who rush. The ultimate winners are usually smart followers. In artificial intelligence, IBM was the first, but many other companies, including ChatGPT, seem to be leading. Examples of smart followers included Sam Walton in the big-box trend, Bill Gates in the personal computer trend, Steve Jobs in the iPod and iPhone trends, and Brian Chesky in the online trend ( Alex Karp noted that some in Europe are waiting for the right moment to get in on AI, and that they will rue their delay. His point – get in now or miss a major emerging trend. What can you do? If you are the first mover, keep pivoting to find the right strategy (see #3). If you are the smart mover, find the neglected segment that can be targeted by the emerging trend. Finding the right strategy is key because each emerging trend is different. Product-market fit gets you started. But domination requires the right combination of product, market, strategic group, sales driver, and unicorn-launch skills: • Walmart: Found his niche in rural locations by pivoting from small stores. • Gates: Found his edge with a strategic alliance with IBM by pivoting from writing programs. • Dell: Dominated by selling direct-to-consumer. • Bezos: Launched with books to dominate. • Chesky: Focused on helping landlords find guests and pivoted from guests. What can you do? Most unicorns didn't guess their way into dominance — they learned, pivoted, and refined until they found the dominant strategy. You may have to do so also. So be flexible to pivot and test to find the right strategy – this takes time. Unicorn-entrepreneurs rely on skills to grow from idea to unicorn. They do not rely on VCs or their hired CEOs. They learn both technical skills (or partner with someone who has them) and unicorn-launch skills. Gaston Taratuta didn't jump in blindly – he learned the skills to enter the emerging Internet trend by joining Universo Online in Brazil and then scaled Aleph into a billion-dollar company ( What can you do? Identify the unicorn-launch skills you lack. Then learn, test, and practice them before the trend takes off. ( MY TAKE: Timing isn't about being first. It's about being ready — with the right skills, strategy, and edge — before the trend takes off. Jump in when the trend begins, then use the runway to master your skills, evaluate your strategy, and position yourself to dominate when the trend takes off. Or better yet – be the leader who makes the trend take off. Learn how the top 125 billion-dollar entrepreneurs did it — often without VC. Read my other blogs on Forbes.
