1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,580 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:05,720 - I'm Scott. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:06,560 - I'm Russell. 4 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:07,380 - And I'm Leo. 5 00:00:07,380 --> 00:00:08,220 This is Spitball. 6 00:00:08,220 --> 00:00:10,800 (upbeat music) 7 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:18,960 Welcome to Spitball, the Pitchin' Kitchen, 8 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,360 where three algorithm alchemists and a guest 9 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,720 empty their heads of startup and tech product ideas 10 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:24,880 that we have stuck up in there 11 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:26,720 so you can all have them for free. 12 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,240 Anything that we say is yours to keep. 13 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,880 And this week, I've brought our guest, 14 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,760 my mentor, my friend, known him for 10 years, 15 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:38,400 our AVL expert, our rapper in a former life, 16 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,460 and still maybe music producer, web developer, 17 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:43,160 and everything in between. 18 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:45,400 Welcome to my friend, Chris. 19 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,320 Welcome to Spitball. 20 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:47,160 - What's up? 21 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:48,440 Thanks for having me. 22 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,280 It's good to be here. 23 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:50,160 - It's gonna be a good time. 24 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:51,160 - Yeah. - Thanks for being here. 25 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:52,480 - Yeah, I'm excited. 26 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:53,400 - All right. 27 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:54,640 And of course, as we always do, 28 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,800 we gotta play something to get ourselves warmed up here. 29 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,680 So this week, we're gonna be playing acquisition or fiction. 30 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,680 I am, and always have been, a fan of weird company stories 31 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,760 where they try to get into some new industry. 32 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,440 Like, how does Michelin Tires end up also 33 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,000 rating Michelin star restaurants? 34 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,040 Or like, Guinness, the beer company, 35 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,280 doing Guinness World Records or whatever, right? 36 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,080 Samsung makes phones, but they also make 37 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:19,800 like nuclear warships, why? 38 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,400 That's insane to me. 39 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,160 So, but, so this week, I'm gonna go through a list 40 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,560 of true or false, did this or did this not happen, 41 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,920 made up corporate mergers, a company that tried 42 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,100 to buy another company and succeeded. 43 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:36,080 True or false, we'll go down the lines, 44 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,360 starting of course with our guest, Chris, please. 45 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,560 In 2005 to 2009, is it true, yes or no, 46 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:46,400 did eBay acquire Skype for $2.6 billion? 47 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,080 Acquisition or fiction? 48 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,320 - Acquisition. 49 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,200 - You're absolutely right, yeah, they did. 50 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:52,720 I didn't even know this, but yeah. 51 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:53,760 - What? - Yeah. 52 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,840 - They apparently owned it for like five years. 53 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,680 It was a hot mess. 54 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,680 - Yeah, but they don't own it anymore, right? 55 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,320 - No, they sold it off to private equity 56 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,160 and then eventually landed in Microsoft's lap. 57 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,600 - Ah. - Swandered it 58 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,560 and forced Teams on everyone instead. 59 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,760 - Oh. (laughing) 60 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,360 They just took the technology and rebranded it. 61 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:13,200 - Yes. - Wow. 62 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,360 - They had a 15 year headstart on Zoom 63 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,120 and they still lost, it's baffling. 64 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:18,600 (laughing) 65 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,880 - 2.8 billion? - True. 66 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,400 - That's insane. - True. 67 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,400 - Russell, acquisition or fiction? 68 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,040 In 2015, Disney acquired Expedia Group, 69 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,280 so Expedia, Hotels.com, et cetera, 70 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,120 to push advertising for Walt Disney World, 71 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,200 Disneyland Resorts, and Disney Cruises. 72 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,400 - No, fiction. 73 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,760 - You're absolutely right, that is fiction. 74 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,960 Although, did you know that Expedia Group 75 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,360 is kind of like the Match Group 76 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,240 that owns like Tinder and Match.com and stuff? 77 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,080 Expedia Group is Expedia, Hotels.com, VRBO, 78 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,880 Travelocity, Hotwire, Orbitz, Triviag, 79 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,640 all those companies are all one company. 80 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:51,480 It's crazy. - Wow. 81 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:52,600 - There's only three companies in the world 82 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:53,440 and that's it. 83 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:54,480 (laughing) 84 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,640 - The moral of this game is that we're indebted 85 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:00,080 to a world where there's two companies left in the world. 86 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,160 Scotty, acquisition or fiction? 87 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,760 Anheuser-Busch, maker of Budweiser and Bud Light, 88 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,400 purchased the SeaWorld theme park chain 89 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,560 from a book publisher in 1989 for 1.1 billion. 90 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,960 - I want that to be true so bad, so yes, acquisition. 91 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,560 - It is true. - Oh, awesome. 92 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:16,400 - Wow. 93 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,440 - They owned them. - What? 94 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:19,280 - I know, right? 95 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,520 From 1989 to 2008 and then they eventually merged 96 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,400 with another company, became the largest beer company 97 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,760 in the world and sold it. 98 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:26,600 - Wait. - Isn't that crazy? 99 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,920 - Sold their SeaWorld asset. 100 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:32,680 - Wait, so they bought it for over a billion in '89? 101 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,120 - Yeah. - That's a lot of money 102 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,280 back then. - Heaps of money. 103 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,360 I know and then they sold it for 2.7, 104 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,400 so I don't even know if they made money over the thing, 105 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:41,240 accounting for inflation. 106 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,080 - That was probably just inflation. 107 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:42,920 - Probably made free willy then. 108 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,640 (laughing) 109 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,280 - We'll just get rid of it at cost, yeah, no kidding. 110 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,680 All right, I think all three of you got that right. 111 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,160 It's a one-on-one, next time around, 112 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,480 we're entering our food round. 113 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,440 Chris, acquisition or fiction? 114 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,240 Coca-Cola acquired the movie studio Columbia Pictures 115 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,480 in 1982 for 700 million. 116 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,600 - Whoa, '82, fiction. 117 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:04,680 - It's actually true. 118 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,240 - Oh, no. - What? 119 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,080 - They sold it to Sony only seven years later 120 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,000 and kind of one of those first mergers 121 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,080 where everyone was like, "Why are you doing this? 122 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,240 This doesn't make any sense for you." 123 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,360 And then they got rid of it. 124 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:16,800 - They were probably trying to get the revenue 125 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,040 from the soda sales at the movie theater. 126 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,880 - I guess there's some synergy there, I don't know. 127 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,720 - Yeah. - It's weird. 128 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,800 - Yeah. - Russell. 129 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:25,640 - Yeah. 130 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,520 - Fiction or acquisition? 131 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,000 Starbucks purchased the juice bar chain Jamba Juice 132 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,500 in 2010 for 900 million, 133 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:35,000 but it operates the two brands completely separately. 134 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,120 - I mean, drink company, drink company, it's gotta be true. 135 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,400 - I made that one up, I'm sorry. 136 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,440 (laughing) 137 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:42,280 - Oh, man. 138 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:45,360 These are so believable. 139 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:46,360 - I know. - So good. 140 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,440 - So apparently Jamba Juice is still independent, 141 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,360 but their parent company does own Cinnabon and Auntie Annie's 142 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,240 and a few other things like that, or Auntie Anne's, 143 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:54,120 all those. - Yeah. 144 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,840 - All right, Scotty. - Yep. 145 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:57,040 - Acquisition or fiction? 146 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,520 There's a company called Restaurant Brands International, 147 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:01,680 humdrum name. 148 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,320 It's an American-Canadian multinational merger 149 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,080 that was created when Burger King 150 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,520 and Tim Hortons merged in 2014. 151 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,520 - Oh, I have no idea on this, so I'm gonna say fiction. 152 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,040 - That's true. - Oh, man. 153 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,960 - In 2017, they got Popeyes too, 154 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,200 but apparently it's this company of two companies. 155 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,160 $12.5 billion merger. 156 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,000 - Dang. - Wow. 157 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,360 - So you could have a combo, 158 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,680 Tim Hortons, Popeyes, Burger King in one shared space. 159 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,280 - Yeah, really multinational, yeah. 160 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,400 American-Canadian pride right there. 161 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,520 - Diversify, diversify. 162 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,440 - Do you think they brought on a marketing consultant 163 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,640 to name the thing Restaurant Brands International? 164 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:42,480 That's the worst name I've ever heard in my life. 165 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,480 - They paid $2 million to that. 166 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,000 (laughing) 167 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,400 - Acquisition or fiction? 168 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,760 Chris, Target acquires artisanal e-commerce platform 169 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,840 Etsy in 2017 for $2.75 billion. 170 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:56,800 - How much billion? 171 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,600 - $2.75 billion. 172 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,440 - Etsy? - Etsy, 2017. 173 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,680 - Target owns Etsy? 174 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,080 - Oh, man, I wouldn't have paid that much for it. 175 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,320 (laughing) 176 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:11,200 - You just sweep $2.75 billion off your dresser. 177 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,200 - I'll go, (laughing) 178 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,440 I'll go with fiction. 179 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,600 - You're absolutely right on me there, very good. 180 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,520 - All right. 181 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,440 - Etsy. - That would be nuts. 182 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:20,840 - That seems like their play though. 183 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:23,280 That seemed like Target would get into Etsy. 184 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:25,280 - I was thinking of like, what are some corporations 185 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:27,840 that could vibe in the same like, I don't know, 186 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,400 Burger King and Tim Hortons, Target demographic. 187 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,240 Apparently they do have an Ireland-based 188 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,360 tax dodging subsidiary company though 189 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,680 that actually is where they're based out of. 190 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,160 They actually do own a couple of other brands 191 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,000 like Reverb, a used music store. 192 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,440 - Oh, I'm on there all the time. 193 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:45,280 Yeah. - I know, 194 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:46,800 I didn't know that was a thing. 195 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,320 Russell, acquisition or fiction? 196 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,840 Yahoo and AOL were both purchased by Verizon 197 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,800 for $9 billion between 2015 and 2017 198 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,920 and the combined renamed company was named Oath. 199 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,760 - I think they bought them, 200 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,720 but I don't think it was named Oath. 201 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,360 - Well, acquisition or fiction? 202 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:09,040 - I know Verizon bought Yahoo, I don't know about AOL. 203 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,960 So that's where I'm gonna, 204 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,360 I'm saying acquisition. 205 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,640 - You're absolutely right, they did. 206 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:14,480 - Ah! 207 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,400 - Oath only lasted for two years. 208 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,080 It was called Verizon Media afterward, 209 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:20,080 but then they sold it all off. 210 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,680 And Tumblr was a part of that too. 211 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,320 Verizon owned Tumblr for a minute. 212 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,120 Last time, Scott, acquisition or fiction? 213 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,880 Best Buy purchased the peer-to-peer music service 214 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,200 Napster's name and combined it 215 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,520 with their own service Rhapsody in 2011. 216 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,040 - That's so crazy, that's believable. 217 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,400 I think that's acquisition. 218 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:39,880 - That's what happened to Napster. 219 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,320 - Oh my God. 220 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:42,400 - Best Buy owns Napster? 221 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:43,480 - So they did own them. 222 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,240 And then apparently a couple of years ago, 223 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,080 they started getting passed around and they sold it off. 224 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,920 It was like a VR concert app for a hot minute. 225 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,160 And now it's some music cryptocurrency thing. 226 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,000 Unfortunately, Napster's dying a hard death. 227 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,360 - Did they just bring on a bunch of lawsuits 228 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,000 from that to themselves? 229 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,120 I don't know how that would work. 230 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,680 - I think it was just the name. 231 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,800 I don't think it was anything else with a name. 232 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,000 With our, I think, Chris, 233 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,160 you were the only one who got all three right. 234 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,720 You're our winner this week, congratulations. 235 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,040 - No, I got the second one wrong, I thought. 236 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:09,880 - Oh, you did? 237 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:10,720 - Yeah. - Oh, shoot. 238 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:11,920 - So then I guess you tied for Scotty. 239 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:12,760 - All right. 240 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:13,600 - Yeah. 241 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:14,800 (laughing) 242 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,400 - A co-champions this week. 243 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,560 - I should have just taken that. 244 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,800 I just should have taken the W, honestly. 245 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,680 - The listeners would have been hitting their radios. 246 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:22,520 - Yeah. 247 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:23,360 - No, it's wrong. 248 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,600 (laughing) 249 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,120 - All right, Russell, you're up first. 250 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,120 What do you got for us this week? 251 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,680 - All right, so here's what's up. 252 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,720 I travel a bunch and when I do, 253 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,720 my wife sets up a fantastic itinerary for the town. 254 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,680 Hit this up, you know, she watches the videos 255 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:44,520 on those travel websites and all over YouTube. 256 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,080 I remember when we went to San Diego, 257 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,800 we watched like so many different videos about San Diego 258 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,480 and where we're gonna go. 259 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,640 And she ends up building this really robust itinerary, 260 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,200 roughly, it's like a rough itinerary, 261 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,720 just like our hot picks. 262 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,040 And we'll have that for our whole, 263 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,080 it takes a long time to build, 264 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,840 but then whenever we have a friend that's like, 265 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,320 oh, are you going to San Diego? 266 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,320 Here's the Google Doc that Carrie created. 267 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,160 You should take a look at this is what we did. 268 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,960 Here's what we think if we were to, 269 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,360 and then make some changes and recommendations, right? 270 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,760 So it's kind of like Carrie becomes her own travel agent 271 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,240 in a way because she's just making recommendations and stuff. 272 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,680 So I thought, man, why don't we platformatize it, right? 273 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,840 It turns out a lot of other people do this too. 274 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,880 It's not just Carrie, but like everybody creates 275 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,640 their own Google Sheet now with all that stuff. 276 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,280 So why not host all that on a platform, 277 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,520 share itineraries, right? 278 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,840 And the better your itinerary, the more money you make. 279 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,800 So for example, all the, yeah. 280 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,640 So if you build your itinerary, 281 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,860 you create referral codes, right? 282 00:09:48,860 --> 00:09:52,760 So now you partner with all these like Balboa Parks 283 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,920 and these restaurants that you recommend on your itinerary. 284 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,000 And your job is to make, let's say really good itinerary 285 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,320 so that people click your referral links 286 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,640 to schedule that reservation or to purchase the hotel 287 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,360 that you recommend and all that stuff. 288 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,080 So now everybody's incentivized 289 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,760 to create a really good itinerary with links, 290 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,040 get their commission, and now you've got like a full 291 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,000 content generating money payback platform, right? 292 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,640 - And you're building a catalog of vacations 293 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,920 and how well they went and people can go on them 294 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,920 and rate them, yeah. 295 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,440 - People will keep it up to date, I love that. 296 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,240 - It's very kind of like cut and dry. 297 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,640 Like you drag and drop like your favorite places 298 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,160 and yeah, you can even, if you wanna get really detailed, 299 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:37,760 you can say, yeah, if you're doing three days, 300 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:38,940 this is what I recommend. 301 00:10:38,940 --> 00:10:42,200 Or if you're going on a Monday, you can just go crazy on it. 302 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,400 But yeah, short and sweet itineraries. 303 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:46,240 Do you guys do it? 304 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,000 Like do you guys build itinerary kind of things 305 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:48,840 or Google Docs? 306 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,480 Like I, you know, vet it a little bit. 307 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:52,680 - Well, I've used kind of like, 308 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:54,800 like TripIt is a really utilitarian thing 309 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,200 where you like forward your hotel bookings 310 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,880 and flight reservations and stuff. 311 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,160 And it sort of organizes all that in one place for you. 312 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,440 That works okay. 313 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,160 And I know there's like Wanderlog 314 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,000 and a few other things where you can build these itineraries. 315 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,200 I've never seen the like social network-itized version 316 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,240 where you can browse other people's and stuff. 317 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,680 That's really cool. 318 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:14,520 - Yeah, one of my people that I work 319 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:15,640 at a co-working space with, 320 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,960 they were sharing their trip to like South Africa. 321 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,520 And it was like literally two weeks. 322 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,400 Here are the five, like the 20 things that they did. 323 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,320 And I'm like, can you just send that to me 324 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,000 so I can have it in my Google Drive case? 325 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,200 (laughing) 326 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,040 - Totally. 327 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:34,560 - Like somebody like really put a lot of effort into it. 328 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:35,400 Right? 329 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,240 And it just kind of goes, 330 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,280 it kind of goes to waste after all that. 331 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:39,120 I don't know. 332 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:40,400 It just seems like it should be shared. 333 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,720 - Yeah, and why reinvent the wheel, right? 334 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,520 Starting from scratch, maybe you get like two or three 335 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,680 and then you kind of put them all together, you know, 336 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:49,120 and create your own. 337 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,000 Like maybe there's that option 338 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,080 where like you can drag and drop into your own list. 339 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,680 And then, but the links, 340 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:58,240 the referral links like transfer over as well. 341 00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,080 - Whoa. 342 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,000 - That would be awesome. 343 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,440 - Yeah, I bet like, you know, 344 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,040 like the kid itinerary, right? 345 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,960 Like, oh, I like these three itineraries, 346 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,240 but I need the kid friendly version. 347 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:07,840 So I made my kid friendly version. 348 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,480 And now that's really popular 349 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,480 because it's the kid friendly one, right? 350 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:12,320 - Yeah. 351 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,680 - Versus the dinks, you know, you got the dink version. 352 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:17,600 You got the solo traveler version, right? 353 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:18,840 And it's just, I don't know. 354 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,440 It just seemed like it'd be cool to even just browse them, 355 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,680 experience somebody else's itinerary. 356 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:24,520 - Yeah. 357 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:25,360 - You know, I don't know. 358 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,560 - Live vicariously, see all their vacation pics. 359 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:28,400 Yeah. 360 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,240 - A little bit. 361 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,640 - It's a good thing that like a trip advisor 362 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:32,200 or something could sort of tack on 363 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:33,480 to what they already do, you know? 364 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:34,320 - Yeah. 365 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,680 Another idea for that could be like, 366 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:38,640 hey, we can go out to like one really nice meal, right? 367 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,020 And like spend such and such money. 368 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:44,360 So like, you'll go to the bougie lists 369 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:45,920 that like rich people go to, 370 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,320 and then you can just grab the one, 371 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,560 like this is the one thing we're gonna do 372 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:51,160 and splurge on kind of thing. 373 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:52,920 - And if you're going into your profile 374 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,040 on the site and saying like, 375 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,100 I tend to prefer bougie stuff. 376 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:58,880 I tend to do outdoorsy things. 377 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,240 I tend to do technical marvels, whatever it is, 378 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,960 you can kind of get the machine learning algorithm churning. 379 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:05,800 - Yeah. 380 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,920 - And do a quiz at the beginning. 381 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,140 - These kinds of people like these sorts of things. 382 00:13:09,140 --> 00:13:11,120 Let me put these recommendations in front of them. 383 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:12,860 - Yeah, like if I'm the outdoorsy type, 384 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:13,760 where do I hike? 385 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,800 Where do I go see the scenic views? 386 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,400 You know, which trail kind of sucks, right? 387 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,660 But then you end up going on like the trail app 388 00:13:20,660 --> 00:13:21,960 to find your best trails. 389 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,240 And then you go to your restaurant app 390 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:24,520 to find your best restaurants. 391 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,040 And it just seems so much like, 392 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,160 why do I have to go to Yelp, TripAdvisor, 393 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,800 you know, trails.com or whatever it is. 394 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,640 - I just got back from a conference in Chicago 395 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,840 for a few days and opening Google Maps 396 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,760 and typing the word food and just panning around, 397 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,800 trying to like filter, they're not open right now. 398 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,120 This one is 4.4 stars and that one's 4.6, 399 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,840 but it has 800 reviews instead of 300. 400 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,320 What does that even mean, right? 401 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:50,160 - Right. 402 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,640 - If you could like humanize this by saying, 403 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,400 these three people that you know 404 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,280 because they have similar interests as you, 405 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,440 the travel blogger that you follow, the whatever, 406 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,580 they recommend this place because of these reasons. 407 00:14:00,580 --> 00:14:03,200 That's way more of like a human recommendation. 408 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,640 - Yeah, yep, I agree. 409 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,060 - Travel bloggers would love this. 410 00:14:07,060 --> 00:14:08,720 They would post their itinerary up 411 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,120 and now like you could get itinerary influencers, 412 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,640 you know, making cash on the side. 413 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,560 - Travel blog's a real thing, totally. 414 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:17,960 Then you can like, sort of like when you have 415 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,040 like a link tree type thing, 416 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,120 but here is this trip itemized and itinerized, yeah. 417 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,840 - And it could be also for like parks, 418 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,720 like theme parks, you know, it's like where to stay, 419 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,080 where's the cheapest, where's, yeah. 420 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,200 Like what's got gluten free options, 421 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,240 even things of that nature that like people are really, 422 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,880 you know, maybe concerned about. 423 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,560 I think that could be really cool too. 424 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:40,840 - I didn't even think, yeah. 425 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,520 Like just very, very niche, but people need to, 426 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,080 like what's the gluten free trip in Disney? 427 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:48,240 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 428 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,200 (laughing) 429 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,400 - Around the world, gluten free. 430 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,120 - I'm a vegan, where do I eat? 431 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:54,960 - I think you're right, Russell, 432 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,800 that people are already generating these things 433 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,800 and they just are kind of living in silos somewhere. 434 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,760 So if you can get this importing from Google Docs 435 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,880 and or saved Google Maps lists 436 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:09,040 and or my email, you know, booking confirmations and stuff, 437 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,240 if you can somehow like suck up all that data, 438 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:12,680 if people opt in, man. 439 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,720 - Incentivize them and that's what Russell's doing, 440 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:15,560 I love it. 441 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:16,400 - Yeah. 442 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:17,240 - Oh yeah. 443 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,080 - Yeah. 444 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:18,920 - They put it in themselves. 445 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:19,760 - Right. 446 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,920 - Or you say, hey person, specify that you're gluten free, 447 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,840 that you're a medium budget, that you prefer outdoors. 448 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,280 And then we'll pay you to suck up all of the places 449 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:30,360 you've been from your, you know, 450 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:31,920 your Google timeline or whatever. 451 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,280 And then we just know. 452 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,160 Hmm. 453 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:35,000 - Snap. 454 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:35,840 - Spooky. 455 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:36,680 - You can take it to the next level. 456 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,160 - I know, this gets sketchy really quick. 457 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,080 - But if you could take it to the next level 458 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,840 and then like, you know, 'cause you could go to Yelp 459 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,480 and Google has its own thing, 460 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,520 like as far as restaurant recommendations and stars 461 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,480 and like combine them all into one as well. 462 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:51,920 So it's like, I don't have to, you know, 463 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,480 all I trust Yelp or all I trust this. 464 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,680 I think that could be cool too. 465 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,360 Like just bringing them all together. 466 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,200 - Yeah. 467 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,520 - Yeah, you wouldn't need those other apps in theory, 468 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:01,360 right? 469 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,600 You'd kind of be trusting your itinerary or. 470 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:05,960 - The gurus. 471 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:06,800 The gurus. 472 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:07,800 - Yes, the gurus. 473 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:08,640 - Right. 474 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:09,680 - Having a human connection helps a lot 475 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:10,520 with that recommendation. 476 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,040 I wish I could open one app and see like, 477 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,600 sort of like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB scores 478 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,120 and whatever all next to each other. 479 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,360 Some like TV apps do that. 480 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,440 It'd be cool if you could see, 481 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,000 here's the Google Maps score and the Yelp score 482 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,040 and the TripAdvisor score and the whatever all in your app 483 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,400 next to, by the way, that vlogger you follow 484 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,200 loves this place because of their breadsticks or whatever. 485 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,720 - It was featured on Anthony Bourdain 486 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,720 or something like that, you know. 487 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,120 - Honestly, if it was featured on like Drivers Dining 488 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:41,520 and Drives, I'm like there. 489 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:42,360 - Yeah. 490 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,000 - Just tell me, you know. 491 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,640 - It's got the Flavortown seal. 492 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,880 - I sat where Guy Fieri sat. 493 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,600 - That's just one of the trip options. 494 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,480 - The Flavortown itinerary in every city. 495 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,960 That's a whole username, you know. 496 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,840 - Dude, there's somebody who's cataloged 497 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,320 every question ever asked on Jeopardy. 498 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,680 There's gotta be somebody who's like cataloged 499 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,880 every stop on Diners, Divers, Dives. 500 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,320 - 100,000%. 501 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,600 - The wiki, the Flavortown wiki. 502 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:18,040 It's gotta be out there with an interactive map 503 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:19,200 and everything, I'm sure. 504 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,440 - Dude, like travel through the whole US 505 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,520 like in one road trip, just RVing through 506 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,080 Diners, Drivers, and Dives. 507 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,040 - Now that's an itinerary I would look up on your app. 508 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,620 (upbeat music) 509 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:38,760 - All right, Scott, let's hear what you got this week. 510 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,400 - Okay, I'm gonna follow a Leo on this one. 511 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,480 Instead of cabinets except they're dishwashers, 512 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,720 I want Theranos but for optometry. 513 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,600 So I just had an eye doctor appointment 514 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,160 and I always get really frustrated with them. 515 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,040 Like I have to come back every year 516 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,980 just for you to tell me the same shit again and again. 517 00:17:57,980 --> 00:18:00,240 It's just like they're looking at your eyes. 518 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,100 It's one stationary spot. 519 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:05,200 How hard would it be to just set up a box 520 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,240 or basic camera system that can run through 521 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,000 all the procedures that they do, 522 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,640 use a basic AI script to look for, 523 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,760 hey, I see an anomaly here, I see anomaly there, 524 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,080 or just everything looks here, 525 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,200 oh, you have astigmatism, blah, blah, blah. 526 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,840 A camera could do all of this 527 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,560 versus just a couple of mechanical guys 528 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,720 that are switching lenses in the back. 529 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:26,960 And then that's it. 530 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,040 It spits out a prescription at the end and you're done. 531 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,560 Yeah, that's the entire pitch. 532 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,080 I just was very frustrated today 533 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,200 and I'm like, I could automate this. 534 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,680 - When you present in front of YC, 535 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,880 I would maybe encourage you to not use the word Theranos. 536 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,120 - Theranos, guys. 537 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:44,840 - So I go to your website and I sign up 538 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,760 for my virtual appointment a week from Tuesday 539 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,040 and then it sends me a briefcase 540 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,880 with your thing in the mail? 541 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,160 - I don't even know if it would be that. 542 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,520 Honestly, I was picturing this in like a, 543 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,840 you just, I don't know, put this on a street corner, 544 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,000 send this to like a third world country or something 545 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,560 and be like, this is the box, 546 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,080 this is now the optometry box. 547 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,960 And maybe add an attachment on there 548 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,920 that it can spit out lenses or something too 549 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,840 if you don't, you know, some minor modifications. 550 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,160 But it just has, yeah, 551 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:13,680 a hundred different types of lenses on there. 552 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,560 It spits out what you need for your left and right eye 553 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:16,400 and you're done. 554 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,640 - Dude, this is Redbox. 555 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,200 - Redbox but for eyes, yes. 556 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,160 That's the way to think about this. 557 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,640 - Every Walgreens would buy this box, Scott. 558 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,040 - That's what Theranos said. 559 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,280 (laughing) 560 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,960 They actually did too. 561 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:33,480 - I believe it. 562 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,800 You take one tear and you put it in a vial 563 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,720 and it knows everything about you. 564 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,480 In theory, you don't even need to have inventory on hand. 565 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:42,680 You just send it in the mail. 566 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:43,760 This is like-- 567 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,520 - Send it in the mail, use your webcam. 568 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,280 - They do, what is it, orthodontics this way. 569 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:50,120 - Really? - Yeah. 570 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:50,960 - Right? 571 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,080 Like don't you like Invisalign? 572 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,320 Isn't that like a thing where you take an imprint 573 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,160 of your teeth and you ship it in the mail? 574 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,000 - Like the foam thing. 575 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,520 - And they send you all the braces. 576 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,000 - Yeah, like literally you don't need 577 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,480 to see an orthodontist anymore. 578 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,240 Invisalign or whatever, you take an imprint of your teeth 579 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,560 and they ship you incremental, like invisible liners 580 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,160 that move your teeth over time. 581 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:11,880 And that's it, you're done. 582 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,680 It just takes the imprint and moves. 583 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,960 Like this is that, but-- 584 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,320 - But your eyes never get better. 585 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,080 (laughing) 586 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,880 - They just get worse. 587 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,880 I mean, of all the medical things, 588 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,200 I feel like eyes would be the easiest one 589 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,760 to work with in something like this. 590 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,000 - Obviously if there's something wrong, 591 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:28,840 you go to a doctor. 592 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:29,960 - Yeah, for sure, and it'll tell you. 593 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,800 Like, "Hey, you should probably go to a doctor 594 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,920 "for that thing in your eye there quickly." 595 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:35,760 - I like it. 596 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,000 - Dude, I get so many text messages 597 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,880 from like RX Optical or whatever. 598 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,320 Like, "It's your yearly appointment, don't forget." 599 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:42,880 And I go every three years. 600 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:43,720 (laughing) 601 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,000 And I'm like, "Did my prescription change? 602 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,200 "Did my eyes get any worse?" 603 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,560 And they're like, "No, you're great." 604 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,960 It's like, "Wow, I should have just waited another three." 605 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,280 Like this is exactly, this is a health safety issue. 606 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:56,120 I would do it every year 607 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:57,920 if I could just roll up to a Redbox, 608 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,360 throw on some, drop down my VR headset 609 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,240 and does some scans and all that stuff. 610 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:03,080 Like, why not? 611 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,960 Like does the eye blowing thing. 612 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:05,800 It just seems-- 613 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,720 - Right, they don't even do that anymore. 614 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:08,680 I learned that today. 615 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:09,520 - Oh. 616 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:10,800 - I don't wear corrective lenses yet, 617 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,800 but I feel like if you've gone a couple of times 618 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,520 and had prescriptions changed a couple of times, 619 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,760 there's probably like a pattern there, right? 620 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,360 Like why can't a vending machine see 621 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:25,120 you've been 0.25, 0.25, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.75, 0.75. 622 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:27,960 You're probably either gonna need 0.75 or one, right? 623 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,400 Like, I don't know. 624 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:30,240 - We need an eye doctor. 625 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,880 We need an eye doctor on the show. 626 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:32,720 - Yes, yes. 627 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,760 I think another way that you can make it, 628 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,800 like really pitch it so that that community, 629 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,520 like optometrists and these opticals 630 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,120 would be on board with it is like, 631 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:44,520 hey, look, you're able to use, 632 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,080 'cause you have to go like every 18 months, I think, 633 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,440 before it expires, like your prescription, 634 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,200 which is really frustrating, like you said, 635 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,600 because your eyes haven't changed in three years 636 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,520 and you're like, oh, I'm paying for this. 637 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,640 But maybe you can go to the Bach up to three years 638 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,720 and then you have to like go see an optometrist. 639 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,640 - It's the stopgap. 640 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:03,880 - Right, right. 641 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,680 - I can renew my driver's license from Secretary of State 642 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,520 like every other time or something 643 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,240 and then I have to go in in person every once in a while. 644 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,200 - Right. - Oh, yeah. 645 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,040 - Yeah, something like that. 646 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:12,880 - That makes sense. 647 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,160 - And optometrists and ophthalmologists 648 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,520 would start to see only people, 649 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,560 or they'd see them more infrequently, less frequently, 650 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,880 but they'd also see like, hey, the Bach's told me 651 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,960 I might have a little bit of a cataract going on. 652 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,800 Can you confirm? 653 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,480 Like it'd actually be reasons to get them in the door 654 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,080 'cause nobody is happy in the day 655 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,960 where you didn't need anything from me. 656 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,160 I don't know why you were here. 657 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,920 That's not good for them because they're busy. 658 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,460 It's not good for you 'cause you're busy. 659 00:22:35,460 --> 00:22:36,840 This would be better for everybody. 660 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,200 - Yeah, I think people would get checked more often 661 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,440 if it was like, you know, cheap, easy, you know, 662 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,040 like I'm getting my eyes checked every year 663 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,880 instead of every three because, yeah, 664 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,420 the doctor forced me to, but I really don't have to go. 665 00:22:48,420 --> 00:22:51,320 But now I'm like going to the Red Box, the iBox, 666 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,240 and checking every, why not? 667 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,360 I'm gonna wait in line for my prescription 668 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,640 and get my eyes checked real quick, you know? 669 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:59,800 Like literally just, 670 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,400 that's why they have the blood pressure machines 671 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,560 or whatever, right? - Yep. 672 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,200 - It's kind of similar, but. 673 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,940 - What's the Sam Altman crypto with the orb? 674 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:11,240 World coin, do you guys know about world coin? 675 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:12,620 - World coin. - There's a, 676 00:23:12,620 --> 00:23:16,420 there's a cryptocurrency project by the CEO of OpenAI 677 00:23:16,420 --> 00:23:19,740 where you go to a place in the real world 678 00:23:19,740 --> 00:23:22,380 and you stare into a giant metal orb 679 00:23:22,380 --> 00:23:24,300 and it verifies that you're a human 680 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,740 and it's supposed to be the basis for the, 681 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:28,580 if I've been feeling these are gonna be available 682 00:23:28,580 --> 00:23:29,420 in the next couple of years, 683 00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:31,700 if you could, you know, pivot to having these orbs 684 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:32,540 be the thing that check you, 685 00:23:32,540 --> 00:23:33,360 I think that's gonna be your ticket. 686 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:34,560 - Get your prescription if you need. 687 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,580 (laughing) 688 00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:38,980 - Exactly, yeah, just stare into the orb 689 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:41,460 and you get your lenses next day. 690 00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:42,620 Would you rather get your prescription 691 00:23:42,620 --> 00:23:45,700 from Redbox for glasses or orb? 692 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:46,580 I know what I'd choose. 693 00:23:46,580 --> 00:23:48,040 - In order to get more buy-in, 694 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,620 because again, you might get pushback from that community, 695 00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:52,980 but if you could get them to buy into it, 696 00:23:52,980 --> 00:23:56,980 be like, yeah, if you have a monthly subscription to us, 697 00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:59,020 we'll put you at the top of the list 698 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:01,660 as the optometrist that we recommend for them to go see. 699 00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:02,780 - The referrals. - Right? 700 00:24:02,780 --> 00:24:04,660 - Yeah. - The referrals. 701 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:06,140 - You walk up to the thing and it says, 702 00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:09,300 hey, you need to get that diabetic retinopathy looked at, 703 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:11,140 here's who we recommend, yeah. 704 00:24:11,140 --> 00:24:13,100 - Yeah, exactly. 705 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:13,940 - Oh man. 706 00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:15,020 - It's a lead generator. 707 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:17,100 - Yes, there you go. - Instead of a competitor. 708 00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:18,420 - Yes. - Yes. 709 00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:19,420 - Okay. 710 00:24:19,420 --> 00:24:22,080 - Referrals are a huge deal in the medical industry, 711 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,540 saying, hey, it's actually, 712 00:24:23,540 --> 00:24:25,300 you need to go see an ear, nose and throat guy about that, 713 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:26,340 but here's who I recommend. 714 00:24:26,340 --> 00:24:28,980 They all make backroom deals for that kind of stuff. 715 00:24:28,980 --> 00:24:30,740 - Dude, the VCs that funded Theranos 716 00:24:30,740 --> 00:24:32,340 would jump on this so fast. 717 00:24:32,340 --> 00:24:33,620 So if you're listening, 718 00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:35,180 like we're here, we're ready 719 00:24:35,180 --> 00:24:37,620 for your first round investment. 720 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:40,020 - But again, I really think you shouldn't use that word 721 00:24:40,020 --> 00:24:41,620 when you're in your pitch deck. 722 00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:43,380 (laughing) 723 00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:45,960 (upbeat music) 724 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,180 - All right, Leo, what do you got for us this week? 725 00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:51,420 - All right, I got a weird one for y'all, 726 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:52,260 I hope you're ready. 727 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:53,380 Planetariums. 728 00:24:53,380 --> 00:24:55,540 - I'm in. - They're fun, they're neat. 729 00:24:55,540 --> 00:24:58,060 You probably haven't been there since middle school. 730 00:24:58,060 --> 00:24:58,880 Why not? 731 00:24:58,880 --> 00:24:59,720 I don't know why. 732 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,100 It's the kind of thing that I feel like 733 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:02,380 I would enjoy doing again, 734 00:25:02,380 --> 00:25:04,580 but I'm like a space enthusiast. 735 00:25:04,580 --> 00:25:06,860 It'd be kind of fun to go, but I just don't. 736 00:25:06,860 --> 00:25:08,180 We don't really have one near us, 737 00:25:08,180 --> 00:25:09,660 but even when there is one around, 738 00:25:09,660 --> 00:25:10,500 I look at that, I'm like, 739 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:12,140 that's kind of, I can't believe that still exists. 740 00:25:12,140 --> 00:25:13,740 I have a 4K TV at home. 741 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:14,580 You know what I mean? 742 00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:16,100 - It's 'cause they legalized weed, dude. 743 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:18,360 (laughing) 744 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:23,060 - I mean, if the Las Vegas Orb can succeed, 745 00:25:23,060 --> 00:25:25,700 maybe planetariums deserve their place coming back too. 746 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:28,580 So I've got an idea for pumping up 747 00:25:28,580 --> 00:25:30,420 and bringing planetariums to the next level. 748 00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:31,620 You ready? 749 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:32,460 - Let's hear it. 750 00:25:32,460 --> 00:25:33,300 - I'm so excited. 751 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:35,860 - Instead of chairs that you have around there 752 00:25:35,860 --> 00:25:39,140 and the seating area at the base of the planetarium, 753 00:25:39,140 --> 00:25:41,620 giant donut shaped swimming pool. 754 00:25:41,620 --> 00:25:44,060 In the middle of that donut shape is the dry area 755 00:25:44,060 --> 00:25:46,900 where the projectors are and the lifeguards, I guess, 756 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:48,580 and the equipment and project, 757 00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:50,900 all that stuff that you need to make it happen. 758 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:52,460 You could float under the stars. 759 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:54,900 You could have like movie nights. 760 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:58,980 You could have light blue lagoon lights 761 00:25:58,980 --> 00:26:00,380 all throughout the pool. 762 00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:02,340 You could have the underwater speakers thing. 763 00:26:02,340 --> 00:26:04,540 So you just kind of float there amongst the stars. 764 00:26:04,540 --> 00:26:07,780 I had an experience growing up of being in a swimming pool 765 00:26:07,780 --> 00:26:09,560 in a place where there was no light pollution. 766 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,620 So you could look up and see like the Milky Way and stuff. 767 00:26:11,620 --> 00:26:14,220 Absolutely imaginable to float and see that. 768 00:26:14,220 --> 00:26:15,740 And it would be really cool if you could do that, 769 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:19,500 but also flying through space in a saltwater pool. 770 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:20,800 - Saltwater pool. 771 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:21,780 - Sure. 772 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:22,820 That way you float better. 773 00:26:22,820 --> 00:26:25,300 - I'm speechless how much I want to do this. 774 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:26,140 - Right? 775 00:26:26,140 --> 00:26:26,980 Does that sound amazing? 776 00:26:26,980 --> 00:26:30,540 - 80 degree, like bath water, super heavily salted. 777 00:26:30,540 --> 00:26:32,540 So you can just, you either have a inner tube 778 00:26:32,540 --> 00:26:33,940 or you're just floating there 779 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:35,380 'cause the water's so dense. 780 00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:36,220 - Yeah. 781 00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:38,460 - Staring up at the stars or laser show 782 00:26:38,460 --> 00:26:39,580 or whatever the hell you want. 783 00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:41,100 - Latest Christopher Nolan flick. 784 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:41,940 (laughing) 785 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:42,780 - Oh my God. 786 00:26:42,780 --> 00:26:43,820 (laughing) 787 00:26:43,820 --> 00:26:45,540 Just put Dune II up there. 788 00:26:45,540 --> 00:26:47,880 (laughing) 789 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,180 - You could have the center have a bar. 790 00:26:50,180 --> 00:26:52,020 - Yeah, I was gonna say that. 791 00:26:52,020 --> 00:26:53,380 - A little swim up bar. 792 00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:55,860 You just paddle over, you know. 793 00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:56,900 - Yeah, we can make it cooler. 794 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:59,740 Little RC boats will bring your cocktails out to you. 795 00:26:59,740 --> 00:27:01,900 - Oh yeah. 796 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:02,740 I like that. 797 00:27:02,740 --> 00:27:03,940 (laughing) 798 00:27:03,940 --> 00:27:04,900 I want that job. 799 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:05,740 There's gotta be. 800 00:27:05,740 --> 00:27:08,420 (laughing) 801 00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:10,260 - The boats are named after planets. 802 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:12,740 (laughing) 803 00:27:12,740 --> 00:27:14,460 - There might be some moisture concerns, 804 00:27:14,460 --> 00:27:16,660 but I feel like there's at least one planetarium 805 00:27:16,660 --> 00:27:19,460 that's like derelict out there that could use this glow up. 806 00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:20,980 - That's a really good idea. 807 00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:24,720 - It'd be fun, like the solar eclipse just happened 808 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,460 and that would be awesome to be like, 809 00:27:26,460 --> 00:27:28,020 oh, I didn't see the solar eclipse, 810 00:27:28,020 --> 00:27:30,460 but I went to my local planetarium 811 00:27:30,460 --> 00:27:31,980 and swam in the pool for a couple hours 812 00:27:31,980 --> 00:27:34,020 and experienced basically the same thing. 813 00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:34,860 (laughing) 814 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:36,100 You know, saw a live stream of it. 815 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:37,140 It was great. 816 00:27:37,140 --> 00:27:37,980 - Yeah. 817 00:27:37,980 --> 00:27:38,800 - Honestly though? 818 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:39,640 - I mean, that'd be kind of, 819 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,180 I mean, there's a lot of, 820 00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:43,140 there was a lot of hype around that. 821 00:27:43,140 --> 00:27:45,060 So you're creating like, 822 00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:48,340 you're turning planetariums into an event space, 823 00:27:48,340 --> 00:27:50,740 not just a planetarium, right? 824 00:27:50,740 --> 00:27:52,700 Concerts, you know, you could, 825 00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:55,980 I mean, just blow it up a little bit to be weddings. 826 00:27:55,980 --> 00:27:57,420 Why stop there? 827 00:27:57,420 --> 00:27:58,900 Maybe they're doing that now, I don't know. 828 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,740 But like planetarium, the event space, 829 00:28:01,740 --> 00:28:04,540 pool, hockey, you know, why not? 830 00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:06,380 Just anything, you know? 831 00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:08,220 Just special events. 832 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:09,540 - Get married under the stars. 833 00:28:09,540 --> 00:28:13,420 - You'd have to upgrade like the whole visual experience 834 00:28:13,420 --> 00:28:16,300 'cause some of the last ones I've gone to with Nathaniel, 835 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:17,140 - It's not good. 836 00:28:17,140 --> 00:28:18,220 - It's always like really dim. 837 00:28:18,220 --> 00:28:19,060 - Yeah? 838 00:28:19,060 --> 00:28:19,880 - Oh, really? 839 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:20,720 - Yeah, like. 840 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,740 - Haven't changed their bulb in several generations. 841 00:28:23,740 --> 00:28:25,420 - There's probably some old IMAX projectors 842 00:28:25,420 --> 00:28:28,020 you could scavenge out from somewhere. 843 00:28:28,020 --> 00:28:31,180 - I'm literally Googling planetariums for sale right now. 844 00:28:31,180 --> 00:28:33,220 (laughing) 845 00:28:33,220 --> 00:28:34,460 - How much does one of those run you? 846 00:28:34,460 --> 00:28:35,300 I don't really know. 847 00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:36,340 - One in Kentucky. 848 00:28:36,340 --> 00:28:38,180 - What's the going rate for a planetarium? 849 00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:39,340 - There's one in Kentucky? 850 00:28:39,340 --> 00:28:40,580 They're non-profits, right? 851 00:28:40,580 --> 00:28:42,020 So you can't really buy those, but. 852 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:42,860 - Basically a museum. 853 00:28:42,860 --> 00:28:43,700 - Yeah. 854 00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:45,820 - They're usually in museums, aren't they? 855 00:28:45,820 --> 00:28:46,660 - Often. 856 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:47,480 - Yeah. 857 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,420 - We had one that was part of like an art center in Flint 858 00:28:49,420 --> 00:28:50,980 on the other side of the state, yeah. 859 00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:53,180 - It might honestly be easier just to buy a pool 860 00:28:53,180 --> 00:28:54,780 and then put a dome on top of it. 861 00:28:54,780 --> 00:28:56,540 (laughing) 862 00:28:56,540 --> 00:28:57,900 And an IMAX projector. 863 00:28:57,900 --> 00:28:59,020 - Yeah, you're done. 864 00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:00,620 - Dude, why not just do that? 865 00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:01,460 - And a lot of salt. 866 00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:02,280 - Through the planetarium, 867 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,060 just build your own space experience huts, you know? 868 00:29:06,060 --> 00:29:06,900 - Ooh. 869 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:07,720 - I mean. 870 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:08,560 - What's a space experience hut? 871 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,100 - A planetarium, but portable, but water. 872 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:13,500 - Oh. 873 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:15,340 Going along with the pitch a couple of times ago 874 00:29:15,340 --> 00:29:18,380 of the video game hangout trailer, 875 00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:20,700 you have like a portable planetarium. 876 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:22,660 - Yeah, you get one of those giant tents 877 00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:24,100 that you fill with air, right? 878 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:27,140 You know, they just fill up and you throw a projector on it. 879 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:28,940 Now you go to any local pool, 880 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:31,820 create the planetarium experience to go. 881 00:29:31,820 --> 00:29:32,660 - That's fun. 882 00:29:32,660 --> 00:29:34,860 So are these battery powered? 883 00:29:34,860 --> 00:29:35,900 Probably not solar. 884 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:37,860 (laughing) 885 00:29:37,860 --> 00:29:38,980 - Diesel engine. 886 00:29:38,980 --> 00:29:41,220 (laughing) 887 00:29:41,220 --> 00:29:44,780 Gotta power the light bulbs somehow, you know? 888 00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:46,020 - Right. 889 00:29:46,020 --> 00:29:49,280 Shovel more coal, the earth needs to be seen. 890 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,220 That's fun. 891 00:29:50,220 --> 00:29:51,540 - Don't they have those giant, like, 892 00:29:51,540 --> 00:29:53,300 do you guys remember in, 893 00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:55,540 I don't remember if you guys had this experience 894 00:29:55,540 --> 00:29:56,940 of like second grade, 895 00:29:56,940 --> 00:30:00,380 where they would take a bunch of blankets and box fans 896 00:30:00,380 --> 00:30:02,660 and create this little, no? 897 00:30:02,660 --> 00:30:04,340 And like garbage bags. 898 00:30:04,340 --> 00:30:06,100 It was actually a bunch of black garbage bags 899 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,500 and they would poke holes in it. 900 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:09,260 And then it would create like an experience 901 00:30:09,260 --> 00:30:10,180 that you were in. 902 00:30:10,180 --> 00:30:11,260 - Oh, that's cool. 903 00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:12,300 - Looking at the night sky. 904 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:13,140 - What? 905 00:30:13,140 --> 00:30:13,980 - Yeah, do you know? - Really? 906 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:14,800 - Interesting. 907 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:15,640 - Must've been a really great teacher. 908 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:16,480 - Black garbage bags? 909 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:17,740 - Yeah, tape them together. 910 00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:18,660 - I guess so. 911 00:30:18,660 --> 00:30:19,700 Put them over your head. 912 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:21,500 (laughing) 913 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:22,900 - Read as fast as you can. 914 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:23,740 - No. 915 00:30:23,740 --> 00:30:24,580 (laughing) 916 00:30:24,580 --> 00:30:25,400 - Hold your breath real good, kid. 917 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,060 - Get back on the bus, you know? 918 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:27,900 - Great teacher. 919 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:29,020 - How big are we talking? 920 00:30:29,020 --> 00:30:30,300 - I mean, this was second grade, right? 921 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:32,740 So you tape like, what, 30 garbage bags together 922 00:30:32,740 --> 00:30:35,180 and make a giant garbage blanket, okay? 923 00:30:35,180 --> 00:30:36,020 - Whoa. 924 00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:36,840 - Dome it up. 925 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:37,680 - Garbage blanket. 926 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:38,520 - Dome it up. 927 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:39,340 - Next pitch. 928 00:30:39,340 --> 00:30:40,780 - Throw a box fan in it for plenty of ventilation. 929 00:30:40,780 --> 00:30:41,620 - Yeah, I guess. 930 00:30:41,620 --> 00:30:43,500 - And then it blows up like a balloon, right? 931 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,100 Like those parachutes, you know? 932 00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:45,940 - Yeah. 933 00:30:45,940 --> 00:30:48,720 - And you know, you throw a projector in there over a pool, 934 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,700 you just like triple the size of it. 935 00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:53,780 - Totally doable. 936 00:30:53,780 --> 00:30:58,180 - Okay, I have a Discovery Dome system for $26,000, 937 00:30:58,180 --> 00:31:00,380 which is an inflatable planetarium. 938 00:31:00,380 --> 00:31:01,220 - Okay. 939 00:31:01,220 --> 00:31:02,820 - Everything included that you need, apparently. 940 00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:04,780 - They stole my idea that fast? 941 00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:05,620 Oh my gosh. 942 00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:06,700 (laughing) 943 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:07,540 - How big are we talking here? 944 00:31:07,540 --> 00:31:08,360 - It looks tiny. 945 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:09,940 - $26,000 had better get me something. 946 00:31:09,940 --> 00:31:13,500 - It looks very small for $26,000. 947 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:16,220 - So not big enough to put over like a pool in the backyard. 948 00:31:16,220 --> 00:31:17,420 Like an above ground. 949 00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:19,900 - It's like literally on the White House's front lawn. 950 00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,900 I don't know how else to describe it. 951 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:23,700 - All right, we start with hot tubs, all right? 952 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:25,100 Well then we go to the hot tub. 953 00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:25,920 - There you go. 954 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:26,760 - And we go full pool. 955 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:27,860 (laughing) 956 00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:30,860 - Oh, it's like a big black, okay, perfect dome. 957 00:31:30,860 --> 00:31:32,460 - That is way too expensive. 958 00:31:32,460 --> 00:31:34,740 We can undercut this market. 959 00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:39,020 - $40,000 for the planetarium Discovery Zone 960 00:31:39,020 --> 00:31:41,840 at eplanetarium.square.site. 961 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,360 So it's legit. 962 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,540 They didn't even buy a domain name for this project. 963 00:31:45,540 --> 00:31:47,220 - Add to cart, $26,469. 964 00:31:47,220 --> 00:31:49,460 (laughing) 965 00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:53,100 - Someone went to AliExpress and searched dome 966 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:56,940 and put about five zeros behind it. 967 00:31:56,940 --> 00:31:58,740 - Leo, this might be my favorite idea. 968 00:31:58,740 --> 00:32:00,180 I love this. 969 00:32:00,180 --> 00:32:01,020 - Really? 970 00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:02,580 - Yeah, I would do this every weekend 971 00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:04,060 if I had one of these near me. 972 00:32:04,060 --> 00:32:05,260 - Possibly inebriated? 973 00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:06,080 - Of course. 974 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,620 Dude, you could rotate shows, you know? 975 00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:13,060 You could send like a flyby of Jupiter or something. 976 00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:15,580 Like walk, fly through Saturn's rings 977 00:32:15,580 --> 00:32:18,020 or here's nebula Wednesday. 978 00:32:18,020 --> 00:32:19,220 Come on by on a Wednesday. 979 00:32:19,220 --> 00:32:21,260 - You're just floating in zero G. 980 00:32:21,260 --> 00:32:23,220 It would feel like you're just floating. 981 00:32:23,220 --> 00:32:25,940 - Aerial footage over a big city, 982 00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:28,540 flybys on volcanoes in Hawaii. 983 00:32:28,540 --> 00:32:31,420 You know, like it doesn't have to be space themed. 984 00:32:31,420 --> 00:32:32,940 You're just floating and watching. 985 00:32:32,940 --> 00:32:34,720 I mean, there's like swim up movie nights 986 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,620 that, you know, pools and stuff will have. 987 00:32:36,620 --> 00:32:37,980 It seems like that, but better. 988 00:32:37,980 --> 00:32:40,420 'Cause then I'm either like standing in the pool 989 00:32:40,420 --> 00:32:42,220 and watching the thing that's off to the side. 990 00:32:42,220 --> 00:32:43,940 I want it above me, you know? 991 00:32:43,940 --> 00:32:45,500 - We could just VR this. 992 00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:47,780 We could just create waterproof VR. 993 00:32:47,780 --> 00:32:51,260 And then you just put you in one of those 994 00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:53,940 sensory deprivation tanks, but with an Oculus. 995 00:32:53,940 --> 00:32:54,780 That seems simpler. 996 00:32:54,780 --> 00:32:55,600 - Seems simpler. 997 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:56,860 - How much are one of those tanks? 998 00:32:56,860 --> 00:32:58,380 - We can make one for 40 bucks. 999 00:32:58,380 --> 00:33:00,300 - Yeah, you buy it. 1000 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:03,180 - It's a trough. 1001 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:04,940 - You go to Facebook marketplace 1002 00:33:04,940 --> 00:33:07,340 and look for like a old trough, exactly. 1003 00:33:07,340 --> 00:33:09,060 - Give me a trough and a garbage bag 1004 00:33:09,060 --> 00:33:09,900 and I'll poke some holes in it. 1005 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:13,140 - Dent it up, clawfoot bath tub from your neighborhood. 1006 00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:16,900 Put a trash bag over it like Russell's kindergarten. 1007 00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:18,180 - Guys, we're still under budget here. 1008 00:33:18,180 --> 00:33:19,980 - Spend more on the salts, you know? 1009 00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:21,220 (laughing) 1010 00:33:21,220 --> 00:33:24,580 - There's a, basically someone bought a warehouse 1011 00:33:24,580 --> 00:33:25,740 in a bunch of big cities. 1012 00:33:25,740 --> 00:33:28,300 So there's one in London, Chicago, New York, Barcelona. 1013 00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:33,300 And it's a spa type thing, but it's a giant ass warehouse 1014 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:35,660 and they have a bunch of different hot tubs 1015 00:33:35,660 --> 00:33:38,100 and like different temperature, cold plunges 1016 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,260 and pools and stuff. 1017 00:33:39,260 --> 00:33:41,180 And the entire place is lit almost entirely 1018 00:33:41,180 --> 00:33:43,580 by actual candles, thousands of candles. 1019 00:33:43,580 --> 00:33:44,500 And it has underwater speakers 1020 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,060 and you can like stand under a waterfall 1021 00:33:47,060 --> 00:33:50,540 and lay on hot slabs of marble and stuff. 1022 00:33:50,540 --> 00:33:52,900 So you pay like 200 bucks for 90 minutes 1023 00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:54,660 and you just get to like butts around 1024 00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:57,340 and hang out in the warehouse. 1025 00:33:57,340 --> 00:33:58,700 - That's awesome. 1026 00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:01,060 - I know, it's kind of sort of like this, 1027 00:34:01,060 --> 00:34:03,620 but also I need a movie 'cause I'm a child. 1028 00:34:03,620 --> 00:34:04,660 (laughing) 1029 00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:06,180 Showing me space. 1030 00:34:06,180 --> 00:34:07,740 - I'm with you, I'm a hundred percent with you. 1031 00:34:07,740 --> 00:34:09,540 - Can I get the space version of that? 1032 00:34:09,540 --> 00:34:11,500 (laughing) 1033 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:12,900 - Not enough astronauts. 1034 00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:14,460 (laughing) 1035 00:34:14,460 --> 00:34:17,900 - I'd like to go to the space spa please, mama. 1036 00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:20,140 (laughing) 1037 00:34:20,140 --> 00:34:24,940 - All right, Chris, welcome to the show. 1038 00:34:24,940 --> 00:34:26,100 What do you got for us this week? 1039 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:26,940 - All right, man. 1040 00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:29,540 So I'm pretty bougie, okay? 1041 00:34:29,540 --> 00:34:33,020 You know, I like my sneakers, you know, I like my hats. 1042 00:34:33,020 --> 00:34:36,460 I like expensive audio equipment, all that kind of stuff. 1043 00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:38,780 And so for a while there, 1044 00:34:38,780 --> 00:34:42,500 like I've used a loofah all my life, okay? 1045 00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:44,660 I just love like-- 1046 00:34:44,660 --> 00:34:45,500 - Where is this going? 1047 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,580 - Yeah, I know. 1048 00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:49,140 I like the efficiency of it, you know? 1049 00:34:49,140 --> 00:34:51,420 There's some other things that you can use, 1050 00:34:51,420 --> 00:34:53,580 they have like the little rubber ones, right? 1051 00:34:53,580 --> 00:34:57,340 But I don't really feel like it's like getting into my pores 1052 00:34:57,340 --> 00:34:59,140 and so I'm a big loofah guy, 1053 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:00,940 I understand that if it stays wet, 1054 00:35:00,940 --> 00:35:03,540 bacteria can grow in it, that sort of thing. 1055 00:35:03,540 --> 00:35:05,580 And so when I got a sales job 1056 00:35:05,580 --> 00:35:07,300 and I did sales for a couple of years, 1057 00:35:07,300 --> 00:35:08,940 you know, I wanted to take my loofah with me, 1058 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:09,940 but it was like messy. 1059 00:35:09,940 --> 00:35:11,940 It's like, oh, like I just used it 1060 00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:15,180 and then I got to leave the hotel and it's wet, 1061 00:35:15,180 --> 00:35:18,100 got to like throw it in a Ziploc or something. 1062 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:20,260 And that's just gross. 1063 00:35:20,260 --> 00:35:22,300 And, but there are tons of people 1064 00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:25,180 that like to bathe in that style. 1065 00:35:25,180 --> 00:35:26,460 And so I was thinking to myself, 1066 00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:29,300 like what if there was a package, 1067 00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:31,740 like a packaging for the loofah, right? 1068 00:35:31,740 --> 00:35:35,740 That when you put it into it, it dried it out, you know? 1069 00:35:35,740 --> 00:35:38,300 Kind of like the reverse of what would happen, 1070 00:35:38,300 --> 00:35:40,260 like what happens when you humidify 1071 00:35:40,260 --> 00:35:43,140 like an acoustic guitar, but in reverse, right? 1072 00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:45,340 So it's actually taking the moisture 1073 00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:46,780 instead of adding moisture. 1074 00:35:46,780 --> 00:35:48,100 I don't know how to do that, 1075 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,540 but if we could figure that out, boom, 1076 00:35:50,540 --> 00:35:53,060 all of a sudden you can have a whole line of loofahs 1077 00:35:53,060 --> 00:35:54,460 that go along with this bag 1078 00:35:54,460 --> 00:35:57,380 and trademark it, copyright it, all of the things. 1079 00:35:57,380 --> 00:36:00,500 And then, yeah, you just take it on the go. 1080 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:03,460 And as you're taking it on the go, it is drying it, 1081 00:36:03,460 --> 00:36:04,580 might have to be like, 1082 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:06,500 have some sort of battery power to it 1083 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,620 in order to complete the process. 1084 00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:09,980 USB charging. 1085 00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:10,900 - A little heater, yeah. 1086 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:12,180 - Yeah, yeah. 1087 00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:15,100 And that's the product, you know? 1088 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:15,940 - Yeah. 1089 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:17,420 - So I've got a couple of little, 1090 00:36:17,420 --> 00:36:19,220 you know, those like silica bags, 1091 00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:21,260 the do not eat packets that you can get. 1092 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:23,980 I have a little plastic guy that's got those in it, 1093 00:36:23,980 --> 00:36:27,340 but it also flips out a little plug-in socket thing 1094 00:36:27,340 --> 00:36:30,460 and you put it on the wall and it will dry itself out. 1095 00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:32,140 So you can reuse them over and over again 1096 00:36:32,140 --> 00:36:34,260 for 3D printer filament. 1097 00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:36,460 It seems like you can make like a case 1098 00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:37,660 that does that, right? 1099 00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:38,500 - Yeah. 1100 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:39,340 - And then you can put it inside 1101 00:36:39,340 --> 00:36:40,740 with those beads or whatever's in there, 1102 00:36:40,740 --> 00:36:41,580 have it recharged. 1103 00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:43,700 - But you can dry silica packets? 1104 00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:44,540 You can take the silica- 1105 00:36:44,540 --> 00:36:45,380 - Technically, yeah. 1106 00:36:45,380 --> 00:36:47,380 You could take like a throwaway, discardable one 1107 00:36:47,380 --> 00:36:48,300 and like- - Put in the oven. 1108 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:50,780 - Put it in a dehydrator for hours sort of thing, 1109 00:36:50,780 --> 00:36:52,860 or like an oven or whatever, but it's kind of tedious. 1110 00:36:52,860 --> 00:36:54,420 So this one's kind of nice 'cause it's convenient 1111 00:36:54,420 --> 00:36:56,660 and built in, but they're not super popular and common. 1112 00:36:56,660 --> 00:36:57,620 I don't know why. 1113 00:36:57,620 --> 00:36:59,300 - Dude, Chris, I'm in this, I'm the same. 1114 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:02,020 I get the plastic scrubbies, I call it. 1115 00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:07,180 I don't feel like I get clean unless I have one of those. 1116 00:37:07,180 --> 00:37:09,380 Something about like, it's like a scratching 1117 00:37:09,380 --> 00:37:11,100 of your whole body, you know? 1118 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:13,020 - Exfoliating. - Like it's a full clean. 1119 00:37:13,020 --> 00:37:13,860 - Exfoliating is the word. 1120 00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:16,100 - Yes, it's the exfoliate feel, right? 1121 00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:17,520 You can't get without it. 1122 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,940 But I try to use washcloths at the hotels 1123 00:37:20,940 --> 00:37:22,460 and they're like terrible. 1124 00:37:22,460 --> 00:37:23,820 What am I gonna do with this? 1125 00:37:23,820 --> 00:37:26,880 Yeah, so I'm like, I had a work trip for three days 1126 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,420 and I'm like, I just don't feel clean until I get home. 1127 00:37:29,420 --> 00:37:31,540 And it's like, yeah, I totally get it. 1128 00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:34,780 I would, yeah, but my first thought too was silica packets, 1129 00:37:34,780 --> 00:37:37,580 just like throw it in the bag and just, and call it. 1130 00:37:37,580 --> 00:37:38,900 But I don't even know if it'll actually get 1131 00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:41,180 that dry that fast, I feel like. 1132 00:37:41,180 --> 00:37:42,380 - They have a maximum, yeah. 1133 00:37:42,380 --> 00:37:43,220 - Right. - Yeah. 1134 00:37:43,220 --> 00:37:45,100 - I wonder if there's a mechanical solution to this 1135 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:46,820 where it could somehow like fold in on itself 1136 00:37:46,820 --> 00:37:48,740 and squeegee all the water. 1137 00:37:48,740 --> 00:37:51,180 - Oh, your juice compressor thing, just bring that. 1138 00:37:51,180 --> 00:37:53,820 - Just put it in Juicero. 1139 00:37:53,820 --> 00:37:56,300 There's a bunch of Juiceros lying around somewhere, I bet. 1140 00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:58,500 You could just reuse them. 1141 00:37:58,500 --> 00:37:59,340 - Buy 'em out. - And you're hauling 1142 00:37:59,340 --> 00:38:02,180 a big machine with the hotel with you. 1143 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:04,500 This is my loofah squeegee machine. 1144 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,500 - No, I know. (laughs) 1145 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:09,060 - But yeah, can it like roll up and the water shoots out 1146 00:38:09,060 --> 00:38:11,220 or like fold somehow or something, you know? 1147 00:38:11,220 --> 00:38:12,780 - Oh, that's a good idea. 1148 00:38:12,780 --> 00:38:15,100 You know, I did swimming in high school 1149 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:17,780 and I had this trick where you would take a towel 1150 00:38:17,780 --> 00:38:20,180 and you'd roll your swimsuit in it 1151 00:38:20,180 --> 00:38:23,380 and you would hit it as hard as you could against the ground 1152 00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:26,340 and it would dry your swimsuit so well 1153 00:38:26,340 --> 00:38:27,900 'cause the way you rolled it and stuff. 1154 00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:30,660 So like, I don't know if you could create like, 1155 00:38:30,660 --> 00:38:31,700 I don't know how to describe it, 1156 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:34,380 but it's like you rolled your towel 1157 00:38:34,380 --> 00:38:36,820 so you lay a towel flat, you put your swimsuit on it 1158 00:38:36,820 --> 00:38:39,180 and you roll it and now you have every inch 1159 00:38:39,180 --> 00:38:40,460 with a towel drying it. 1160 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:42,260 Could you do that with the loofah? 1161 00:38:42,260 --> 00:38:43,300 - Whoa. 1162 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:44,860 - Just like roll it in a towel 1163 00:38:44,860 --> 00:38:48,020 or like have some sort of like version of that 1164 00:38:48,020 --> 00:38:49,740 that maybe you pull really tight 1165 00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:51,060 or like when you twist it, you know, 1166 00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:53,400 when you twist a towel a lot, 1167 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,460 maybe there's a way you could create a device 1168 00:38:55,460 --> 00:38:59,740 that squeezes out all the water with a bunch of pressure. 1169 00:38:59,740 --> 00:39:00,660 - I like that, Russell. 1170 00:39:00,660 --> 00:39:03,340 Like, there's just a ring attached to the loofah 1171 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:05,340 with a string on it and you just pull it 1172 00:39:05,340 --> 00:39:07,460 through the ring of itself 1173 00:39:07,460 --> 00:39:09,260 and then all the water comes out. 1174 00:39:09,260 --> 00:39:12,540 It won't be perfect, but it'll be dry way faster. 1175 00:39:12,540 --> 00:39:14,500 - And then you throw the beads in with it 1176 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,180 and boom, you're off to the races. 1177 00:39:16,180 --> 00:39:17,340 - There you go. 1178 00:39:17,340 --> 00:39:20,180 - That actually, yeah, you get it dry enough 1179 00:39:20,180 --> 00:39:23,740 to keep the silica packet from being soaked 1180 00:39:23,740 --> 00:39:25,180 and you get a new silica packet every time. 1181 00:39:25,180 --> 00:39:26,020 There's your model. 1182 00:39:26,020 --> 00:39:26,840 - Subscription. 1183 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,100 (laughing) 1184 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:32,460 - The special, yeah. 1185 00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:34,900 You have to get our high quality ones. 1186 00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:36,780 Don't get the ones from the store. 1187 00:39:36,780 --> 00:39:38,780 - Yeah, we gotta make it DRM compatible 1188 00:39:38,780 --> 00:39:41,740 only with our loofah and our silica packet for sure. 1189 00:39:41,740 --> 00:39:43,620 - I mean, yeah, your silica packet's gonna be like, 1190 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:45,820 you know, a foot long or something. 1191 00:39:45,820 --> 00:39:49,180 It'll just be like some special measurements, 1192 00:39:49,180 --> 00:39:52,860 like the Keurig of silica packets. 1193 00:39:52,860 --> 00:39:54,660 But you know, that's one model. 1194 00:39:54,660 --> 00:39:57,020 - Short of every hotel room in the nation 1195 00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:58,740 having those swimsuit drying machines 1196 00:39:58,740 --> 00:39:59,860 that spin 'em really fast, 1197 00:40:00,140 --> 00:40:03,180 what's the smallest possible incarnation 1198 00:40:03,180 --> 00:40:05,140 of the thing that, 1199 00:40:05,140 --> 00:40:06,660 so that's like a little basket 1200 00:40:06,660 --> 00:40:08,660 that spins really fast, like a dryer. 1201 00:40:08,660 --> 00:40:10,380 Is there a way to use centrifugal force 1202 00:40:10,380 --> 00:40:13,180 to get the water out somehow or something? 1203 00:40:13,180 --> 00:40:14,020 - A rope. 1204 00:40:14,020 --> 00:40:14,860 - Like a gyroscope? 1205 00:40:14,860 --> 00:40:15,680 - You could tie and-- 1206 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,740 - Pull it like you're pulling a lawn start? 1207 00:40:17,740 --> 00:40:18,580 - Yeah. 1208 00:40:18,580 --> 00:40:19,400 - Spin it. 1209 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,980 (laughing) 1210 00:40:20,980 --> 00:40:23,140 - Like a salad spinner. 1211 00:40:23,140 --> 00:40:24,500 - No, I'm talking lasso, dude. 1212 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:25,340 Like you talk-- 1213 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:26,180 - Oh, that's good. 1214 00:40:26,180 --> 00:40:27,300 - That's it, like lasso style. 1215 00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:28,900 You throw it, you know, like. 1216 00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:30,060 (laughing) 1217 00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:30,900 - That's funny. 1218 00:40:30,900 --> 00:40:32,660 - And it's a workout, we could sell the videos. 1219 00:40:32,660 --> 00:40:34,900 (laughing) 1220 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:38,380 - Upper body, loofah dry 20X. 1221 00:40:38,380 --> 00:40:41,100 - The cleaning service at the hotel will appreciate you. 1222 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,100 (laughing) 1223 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:43,540 - Water everywhere. 1224 00:40:43,540 --> 00:40:45,600 Water and skin cells and soap. 1225 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:46,780 (laughing) 1226 00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:48,100 - No, you do it outside, man. 1227 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:48,940 That's the-- 1228 00:40:48,940 --> 00:40:50,580 (laughing) 1229 00:40:50,580 --> 00:40:52,260 - You're the crazy guy on the hotel lawn 1230 00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:54,180 in Atlanta in the middle of the night. 1231 00:40:54,180 --> 00:40:55,020 (laughing) 1232 00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:55,980 Just drying your loofah. 1233 00:40:55,980 --> 00:40:57,660 - I got a 4 a.m. flight. 1234 00:40:57,660 --> 00:40:59,420 (panting) 1235 00:40:59,420 --> 00:41:00,540 (laughing) 1236 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:01,620 - I think the best one that, yeah, 1237 00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:03,260 I like the loofah with the ring attached 1238 00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:04,140 that you like pull it through. 1239 00:41:04,140 --> 00:41:05,300 That's really clever. 1240 00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:07,740 - Yeah, that seems like it would work, right? 1241 00:41:07,740 --> 00:41:09,060 Scott, you're the engineer. 1242 00:41:09,060 --> 00:41:11,700 (groaning) 1243 00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:12,940 That's the sound we make when-- 1244 00:41:12,940 --> 00:41:16,060 - Sounds like a yes is what I heard, so. 1245 00:41:16,060 --> 00:41:17,180 - We're working on it. 1246 00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:18,900 - The project manager says yes 1247 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:21,260 and it's the engineer's job to figure it out. 1248 00:41:21,260 --> 00:41:23,580 - Yeah, of course we can do that. 1249 00:41:23,580 --> 00:41:24,420 Figure it out. 1250 00:41:24,420 --> 00:41:27,220 (laughing) 1251 00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:30,020 - So who would our main customer base be? 1252 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:30,860 - I think Chris. 1253 00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:32,460 - Travelers, right? 1254 00:41:32,460 --> 00:41:33,420 - Yeah. - The Russells. 1255 00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:35,180 - I mean, you just sell the better loofah. 1256 00:41:35,180 --> 00:41:36,420 It'd just be the loofah-- 1257 00:41:36,420 --> 00:41:37,460 - The better loofah. 1258 00:41:37,460 --> 00:41:39,340 - Yeah, you'd sell the loofah 1259 00:41:39,340 --> 00:41:41,900 and that would be, part of that is you're, 1260 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:45,820 you got the drying thing, you get the whole kit, right? 1261 00:41:45,820 --> 00:41:48,220 It's not just, yeah, it's not just the drying machine, 1262 00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:50,100 it's the full experience. 1263 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,740 So like, yeah, you can get different colors. 1264 00:41:53,740 --> 00:41:54,900 - And they have, they've got a reputation. 1265 00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:56,580 (laughing) 1266 00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:58,460 Sorry to interrupt, you were on some heat there, 1267 00:41:58,460 --> 00:41:59,540 keep going. 1268 00:41:59,540 --> 00:42:02,620 - You're thinking like it's a little different sizes, 1269 00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,060 different shapes. 1270 00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:08,220 - Different colors. - They light up. 1271 00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:09,780 - Surprisingly hard to reinvent the loofah. 1272 00:42:09,780 --> 00:42:11,140 - Glows in the dark. 1273 00:42:11,140 --> 00:42:13,380 - That's not bad. 1274 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:15,460 - I was gonna say, it's traditionally 1275 00:42:15,460 --> 00:42:17,620 kind of a feminine thing, so you gotta like market it 1276 00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:19,500 to dudes with like the bro loofah. 1277 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:23,180 It's got like fire and lightning bolts and stuff on it. 1278 00:42:23,180 --> 00:42:24,460 - That's right. 1279 00:42:24,460 --> 00:42:25,500 - Monster trucks. 1280 00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:26,340 - Yeah. 1281 00:42:26,340 --> 00:42:27,860 (laughing) 1282 00:42:27,860 --> 00:42:29,340 - Smells like Jim Bean. 1283 00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:33,700 Dude, there's your acquisition, your exit strategy. 1284 00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:35,380 You sell to like, what is it? 1285 00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:38,900 The squash or the men's soap bar, the Sasquatch. 1286 00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:39,980 - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 1287 00:42:39,980 --> 00:42:42,380 - Instant win, perfect match made in heaven. 1288 00:42:42,380 --> 00:42:45,500 You get a bar of Sasquatch soap with your loofah, now boom. 1289 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:47,220 - That's a good idea, just make it an add on 1290 00:42:47,220 --> 00:42:48,860 to like Axe or something. 1291 00:42:48,860 --> 00:42:51,180 - Yeah, so like a licensing deal. 1292 00:42:51,180 --> 00:42:53,380 Licensing deal, yeah. 1293 00:42:53,380 --> 00:42:54,220 I like that. 1294 00:42:54,220 --> 00:42:55,540 - Buy it in the gift box. 1295 00:42:55,540 --> 00:42:58,660 - Yeah, so then you expand, like your target market 1296 00:42:58,660 --> 00:43:01,820 would be any dude that wants to get clean. 1297 00:43:01,820 --> 00:43:02,660 - It's pretty big. 1298 00:43:02,660 --> 00:43:04,580 - That's gotta be at least like a third of dudes, right? 1299 00:43:04,580 --> 00:43:07,340 - A third, at most a third of dudes. 1300 00:43:07,340 --> 00:43:08,980 (laughing) 1301 00:43:08,980 --> 00:43:10,660 - I'm gonna get into loofah marketing in a second. 1302 00:43:10,660 --> 00:43:11,500 No, I don't. 1303 00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:13,580 (laughing) 1304 00:43:13,580 --> 00:43:14,820 - Pull up the pitch deck, let's go. 1305 00:43:14,820 --> 00:43:19,180 - Smell better, you know, less soap, more clean, you know. 1306 00:43:19,180 --> 00:43:20,620 (laughing) 1307 00:43:20,620 --> 00:43:22,780 For the economic buyer, right? 1308 00:43:22,780 --> 00:43:25,500 It's like a weed whacker for your chest hair. 1309 00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:27,340 (laughing) 1310 00:43:27,340 --> 00:43:29,140 - That's next week. 1311 00:43:29,140 --> 00:43:30,660 Sold. 1312 00:43:30,660 --> 00:43:32,420 - Well, if you're a stinky man on the go, 1313 00:43:32,420 --> 00:43:33,780 thank you very much for listening. 1314 00:43:33,780 --> 00:43:35,140 I hope you enjoyed yourself this week. 1315 00:43:35,140 --> 00:43:37,060 And thank you so much, Chris, this was such fun. 1316 00:43:37,060 --> 00:43:37,900 Thanks for being on this. 1317 00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:39,860 - Guys, had a blast, had a blast. 1318 00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:40,700 - Thanks, Chris. 1319 00:43:40,700 --> 00:43:42,620 - Our website is Spitball.show. 1320 00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:44,340 There you can find links to our YouTube channel, 1321 00:43:44,340 --> 00:43:45,620 social media, et cetera. 1322 00:43:45,620 --> 00:43:47,400 Email us, feedback, comments, ideas, 1323 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,340 we're podcast@Spitball.show. 1324 00:43:49,340 --> 00:43:50,900 That's also how you can follow us on the Fediverse, 1325 00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:53,900 such as Mastodon, we're just podcast@Spitball.show. 1326 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:55,900 Our subreddit is r/spitballshow. 1327 00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:58,900 Our intro/outro music is Swingers by Bonkers Beat Club. 1328 00:43:58,900 --> 00:43:59,740 Please, if you wouldn't mind, 1329 00:43:59,740 --> 00:44:00,900 hit us with that five-star review, 1330 00:44:00,900 --> 00:44:03,180 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, whatever you're listening to us on. 1331 00:44:03,180 --> 00:44:05,660 It's the best way for people to find out about the show. 1332 00:44:05,660 --> 00:44:07,820 New episode is out in two weeks. 1333 00:44:07,820 --> 00:44:08,660 See you then. 1334 00:44:08,660 --> 00:44:11,240 (upbeat music) 1335 00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:14,000 (dramatic music)