MONEY OR DREAMS

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

This founder watched dropshipping in 2010 and sees the same pattern with today's AI wrappers - 16-year-olds hitting $1M ARR in 30 days. Find a niche, wrap the latest model, and pay TikTok kids for distribution. Most dropshippers died when Facebook ads got expensive and consumers caught on. However, Nike “dropshipped” Japanese shoes for 10 years before making its own. Now everyone wears Nikes. The takeaway isn't choosing between quick money or building something generational - you need the money printer to fund the dream.