#856 "Trust is the New Currency" — Hot Takes from 200 Founders in Mexico City

Dan and Ian just got back from DC Mexico — 4 days in Mexico City with 200 founders, a third of whom run $1M+ businesses.

Three ideas worth sitting with:

Reading about something is useful. Watching someone implement it is better. Doing it yourself, beside someone else doing it too, is where things get real.

Networking gets a bad reputation — and maybe it deserves it. But sharing a real experience with someone who's solving the same problems you are? That's where trust gets built.

And trust, right now, might be the most valuable thing a founder can have.

In this episode:

• Why reading and podcasts only get you so far

• What made the DC Mexico AI Build Lab different from any workshop they've attended

• The difference between networking and shared experience (and why it matters)

• How the attention economy is shifting — and what's replacing it

• How to get the most out of any room you're in

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