Issybeatz✓@Issybeatz_
I’ve got a theory.
When people don’t create
music
art
ideas
anything…
they start creating problems instead.
Unused energy gets weird.
👋 HELLO, I'M
Steven Jacobs
I live in Austin, Texas with my family. I work in the music industry, invest, and buy real estate.
I'm part of the team behind Rave Jesus, opening Another Nine indoor golf in Pflugerville, and running Beached Inn in Port Aransas.
Lately I'm building Rave Jesus
Every so often I write about business, investing and family. Subscribe to get new posts by email.
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My businesses have been featured in
- Complex
- GRAMMY
- Stereogum
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01
Some things I'm working on
3 activeRJ-01Music
Rave Jesus
Christian artist
AN-02Opening soon
Another Nine
Indoor golf simulators
BI-03Port A, TX
Beached Inn
Vacation rental on the beach
- Amazon FBA
- Apps
- Websites
- YouTube
- Real Estate
- Investing
- Music
02
About
Professional idea starter
I'm a family man in Austin, Texas who can't stop starting things.
I'm a little obsessed with AI. I use it every single day to build, write, design and ship. Ideas that used to take months now go live in a weekend.
- Claude
- Replit
- Grok
- Gemini
- ChatGPT
- + whatever's new this week
- Started over 100 businesses. Most of them have been failures, and every one taught me something.
- Currently running about 13 of them.
- My businesses have been featured in The New Yorker, Forbes, Business Insider, Time, Rolling Stone, Billboard and more.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
George Mack✓@george__mack
Winston Churchill used to lay 200 bricks per day to keep his mind busy when feeling down. Depression hates a moving target.
Funny
Drug Money Capital ™️✓@TheDrugMoney
Your entire relationship with money changes when you start working around people who make far more than you without breaking a sweat.
04 · Blog
Things I've written.
Business
Semi-active income.
20 Businesses You Can Start From Scratch — Plus the Arbitrage Playbook Nobody Writes Down
Everyone wants passive income. Almost nothing is passive. What actually exists is semi-active income: low startup costs, recurring revenue, and margins that make your hours worth $100–$500 each.
Read the post →Family
Saved our sanity.
Favorite Products for Kids
The baby products and baby tech that actually worked for us. Not only did it save us time — it saved us our sanity.
Read the post →"Everyone wants passive income. Almost nothing is passive."— on income
"Semi-active income: low startup costs, recurring revenue, good margins."— on building
"Not only did it save us time, but it saved us our sanity."— on parenting