From zero to something.
Each episode ends with one action you can finish tonight.
The First 1% is for anyone in the early stages of something: a career, a business, a new role, a hard decision. No fluff. No hindsight bias. Just practical frameworks and honest takes from someone still in it.
Say what you are actually stuck on.
One imperfect action beats a perfect plan.
Every episode ends with a same-night action.
“Honestly, it's always been a fear. Of judgment, a fear of whether I could do it.”
Sixty seconds, one take, from the first day of the show.
So I am going to do something that I said at the beginning of the year: to start a podcast. Honestly, it's always been a fear. Of judgment, a fear of whether I could do it, a fear of stumbling on my words. I'm just going to do it. So here it is. What is the first 1%? A lot of people talk about leveling up from one role to another role, from one skill to another skill, but I always find that the one of the hardest parts is not necessarily the leveling up part, but it's actually starting something. So I name it the First 1% for that specific reason. It's all about starting stuff. Story like that, starting something, the first of something, I would love to have you as a guest. I'm excited to record my first episode. Stay tuned.
Who this is for and what you will leave with.
The zero we are starting from today.
The messy first move, not the highlight reel.
The framework, broken into steps you can copy.
One action you can finish tonight.
Oct 14, 2026
Jeremy Thone, founder of VideoGhost, on starting short-form video with no audience, no gear, and a fear of looking stupid: starting small, his Getting Started Blueprint, and the step everyone skips.
Tonight: Record one short video on your phone tonight and post it. Looking stupid is the cost of admission.
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Oct 12, 2026
An ER trip, two options, and less than two minutes to choose. The story behind the podcast, and why the hardest part is getting from zero to one.
Tonight: Pick the one thing you keep saying you will start, and take the first messy step tonight. Start messy, start now.
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Oct 21, 2026
The First 1% is for anyone in the early stages of something - a career, a business, a new role, a hard decision. No fluff, no hindsight bias. Just practical frameworks and honest takes from someone still in it.
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Oct 14, 2026
What Grok Bot is, how it compares to OpenClaw, Hermes, and Muse, how to get access, and the exact First 1% bot tree I run (Dr Eggbot first).
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Sep 30, 2026
The First 1% is for anyone in the early stages of something - a career, a business, a new role, a hard decision. No fluff, no hindsight bias. Just practical frameworks and honest takes from someone still in it.
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Sep 10, 2026
How I set up cmux and Claude Code so I can run multiple AI coding agents in parallel.
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