Saturated Markets Are Where the Money Is

13 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise entrepreneurial monologue, the speaker challenges the common advice to avoid saturated markets, arguing that they are actually the most lucrative spaces for building multimillion‑dollar businesses. By citing high‑profile exits such as Magic Spoon—a premium protein cereal priced five times higher than competitors—and SmartSweets—a low‑sugar candy that created a new category, the speaker illustrates how successful brands entered crowded markets with differentiated, higher‑value offerings. The core strategy presented is to first identify a small, passionate customer segment, turn them into raving fans, and then leverage that loyal base as a foothold to expand and dominate the broader saturated market. The speaker urges viewers to share this advice with anyone attempting to grow a business the hard way.

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Everybody says to avoid saturated markets, but they're wrong. That's actually where all the money is. You look at the big exits that have happened in the e-commerce or business world, they're all in big saturated markets. The difference is that all of the brands who sold for millions or billions of dollars did something a little bit different in that saturated space. Magic Spoon was one of the first protein cereals, 5 times the price as everybody else, but it was a tasty green. SmartSweets was the first candy that had less or no sugar. It's bad advice to avoid saturated markets. What you need to do is you need to pick out a small group of people that you can serve and be passionate about serving. And when they become raving fans, they're your entry point to take your product and your brand into that saturated market and dominate across all of the other competitors. Don't avoid saturated markets. That's where the money is. But you have to pick out one group of people to serve in order to break into that market. And that's how you can build a multimillion-dollar business. If you know somebody who's trying to do it the hard way and build a big business all by themselves, send them this video.