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• Tech Gets Rowdy

Finally, Tech Gets Its Barstool

The One Liner

Sports had Barstool. Tech has nothing. Yet.

The 140 character tweet (or X) version

Barstool made sports fun. Complex made hip-hop cool. Tech’s still stuck in press-release mode. Time to build the Barstool of Startups.

The Longer Story Version

The Problem

Tech runs the world, but tech media is dead boring.

Every headline sounds like a tax form: “Company X raises $40M Series B.” Nobody cares.
Every interview feels like a hostage tape: “We’re excited to announce…” Translation: zero personality.
Every podcast is 90 minutes of throat-clearing before anything real gets said.

Barstool took sports (already fun) and made it insane.
Tech is already insane — billion-dollar wipeouts, unhinged founders, Twitter beefs, AI meltdowns yet somehow, the coverage makes it feel like C-SPAN.

Where’s the chaos? Where’s the humor? Where’s the part that makes people who aren’t in tech actually want to watch?

The Solution

Barstool for Tech.

• Roast the News: AI panic? We meme it. Layoffs? We tell the stories people whisper at the bar, not in the boardroom.

• Unfiltered Voices: Founders and VCs dropping takes they’d never post on LinkedIn.

• Behind the Curtain: What it actually feels like inside a Series A startup, the chaos, the fights, the wins.

• Characters, Not Companies: Barstool didn’t cover “teams,” they built personalities. Tech has plenty of characters; they just need the right stage.

It’s not a blog. It’s not a newsletter. It’s a show. A feed. A culture.

How We’d Build It

Stage 1 — Hacker MVP

• Shoot short-form clips with Captions.ai + OpusClip → daily memes of tech drama.

• Post raw takes on Twitter/TikTok. Be faster, funnier, and looser than TechCrunch.

• Test if people share it in group chats (that’s the metric that matters).

Stage 2 — Productize

• Spin up a weekly YouTube show via Riverside.fm, edit in Descript.

• Launch a Discord where fans submit memes, leaks, and hot takes.

• Monetize with sponsor packs for early-stage SaaS tools desperate for cool distribution.

Stage 3 — Go Full Barstool

• Recruit characters: ex-founders, meme lords, rogue PMs. Build personalities, not anchors.

• Content factory powered by Runway Gen-2 (AI video), ElevenLabs (voiceovers), Mem.ai (organizing ideas).

• Merch drops: “Move Fast & Break Shit” hoodies, “Series A Survivor” hats.

• Live events: Hackathon tailgates, “Startup Fight Night,” chaos streamed like WWE.

Why It Needs to Exist

Sports had Barstool. Hip-hop had Complex. Finance had Robinhood Snacks.

Tech? Still trapped in press releases, polished LinkedIn posts, and podcast snoozefests.

The world wants to care about tech, but nobody’s made it fun. The first team to capture the culture, the drama, the memes, the personalities that will own the conversation for the next decade.

And when that happens, Tech won’t just be news. It’ll be entertainment.

Finding the Juice Before You Go Big

A Message From Our Partner

The difference between a dead channel and a breakout hit? Knowing what people actually want to watch. Most founders guess. The smart ones cheat.

Here’s how to cheat:

1. Snoop on Complaints
   Every subreddit has people dunking on tech media: “TechCrunch is boring,” “CNBC doesn’t get it,” “Why is every founder interview the same?” GummySearch pulls these threads so you don’t have to. Screenshot them. Build your programming around them.

2. Spot the Running Jokes
   Certain memes never die, LinkedIn humblebrags, VC buzzwords, AI panic. GummySearch surfaces the stuff that keeps bubbling up across communities, so you can spot what will actually hit before it’s trending.

3. Find the Obsessions
   Why guess what content to make? With GummySearch, you see which topics people can’t shut up about. Apple launches, Elon rants, AI tools if a thread has 200+ comments, that’s a signal to build content around it.

4. Steal the Language
   People tell you exactly how they feel but only if you listen to how they phrase it. GummySearch makes it stupid simple to copy their words directly. Don’t say “remote work culture tension” when the internet is saying “back-to-office clown show.”

Even if you never touch the Barstool-for-Tech idea, these moves work for any startup. Launching a SaaS? Running a newsletter? Testing an MVP? Let the internet write your playbook.

Most people spend months brainstorming in a vacuum. The winners? They just listen, remix, and look like geniuses. GummySearch makes listening the easiest part.

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Boardroom From Hell: Barstool for Tech

You walk into the boardroom. Leather chairs, cold brew on tap, everyone staring at you like you just pitched “Uber for Donkeys.”

“Alright, CEO,” says the Chair. “You’re pitching Barstool for Tech. Convince us this isn’t the dumbest idea since Quibi.”

Serious Suit #1 (the buzzword guy):
“Look, tech media is broken. Every headline reads like a balance sheet. If you can bring humor, authenticity, and virality, you’ve got a wedge. We’ve seen Complex do it for hip-hop, Barstool for sports, Morning Brew for finance. Why not tech? Huge TAM. Exploding creator economy. You’ve got tailwinds. I’m bullish.”

Unhinged Board Member (the chaos agent):
“Yeah but let’s be real… tech people are cringe. You give them a mic and it’s LinkedIn humblebrags, crypto scams, or another dude explaining his productivity stack. Are we sure anyone wants MORE of that?”

Serious Suit #2 (the numbers person):
“Actually, yes. Tech is pop culture now. Every family dinner has someone ranting about AI, TikTok bans, or Elon’s latest meltdown. The problem isn’t interest, it’s packaging. Right now the packaging is stale CNBC clips. You wrap it in memes, behind-the-scenes drama, and personalities? You’ve got distribution fuel.”

Unhinged Board Member:
“Or you’ve got a frat house full of tech bros yelling about OpenAI like it’s March Madness. Do we really need more toxic fanbases? Imagine the comment section when a VC gets roasted. It’ll be the Hunger Games.”

Serious Suit #3 (the brand strategist):
“But that’s the moat. Barstool didn’t win by being polite, they won by being unfiltered. Tech has been dying for an outlet that doesn’t sound like a press release. The drama is already there: layoffs, exits, Twitter beefs. We’re just ignoring it because everyone’s pretending to be professional. Shine a light on it and you own the culture.”

Unhinged Board Member:
“Or you get sued six ways from Sunday. Founders crying on podcasts. Investors blackballing you. Apple’s PR team sending ninjas to your office. Congrats, you built TMZ for nerds. Hope you like subpoenas.”

Chair leans forward:
“So what is it, CEO? Is Barstool for Tech the ESPN of startups… or the MySpace of memes?”

Here’s the truth: both sides are right.

Yes, it could go toxic. Tech egos are fragile, VC culture is allergic to being clowned, and the internet doesn’t need more noise. But on the flip side… the opportunity is enormous.

Tech is mainstream. It’s global. It drives culture more than sports or music right now, but the media around it is still acting like it’s 1998. The first player to bring entertainment, humor, and chaos to startups doesn’t just make content. They own the narrative.

So what do you do?

• Lean in to the chaos — but point it upward, not downward. Roast companies, trends, and culture… not interns.

• Hire characters, not anchors. Find the loud PM, the founder with scars, the meme lord who already does this for free.

• Package it like entertainment, not media. Merch, live events, viral clips. Treat it like Barstool or WWE, not Bloomberg.

Barstool for Tech isn’t safe. But safe never made history.

If you’re the CEO, you walk out of that Boardroom From Hell, slam the door, and say:

“See you at the hackathon tailgate, losers.”

The Three Doors

Behind each door is an idea. One is ridiculous. One is risky. One is worth millions. Which do you pick?

• Door #1: A “Sleep Stadium” where stressed-out office workers pay by the hour to nap in noise-canceled pods with cheering soundtracks.

• Door #2: AI lawyers for TikTok creators, a bot that reads brand contracts, spots sketchy clauses, and tells you when you’re about to get screwed.

• Door #3: A platform that turns every HOA into a venture fund, neighbors pool money, invest in startups, and cash out together.

👉 Only way to know is to open all three inside NTE Pro.

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