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Ever notice how the rules for building a business have completely flipped?

I was talking with a founder yesterday who went from $0 to $70K MRR in 9 months. Just him, a laptop, and a suite of AI tools. No team. No funding. No office.

What would've taken 12 people in 2020 now takes one person with the right AI stack.

This isn't just about replacing employees with bots. It's about reimagining what's possible when you combine human creativity with AI execution.

The playbook I'm seeing work:

1. Start with a boring, painful problem that costs companies real money

2. Build a manual service solving it (yes, roll up your sleeves)

3. Document every step of your process

4. Replace yourself with AI agents for each task

5. Package the system as software

The magic happens at step 4. That's where margins explode.

One founder I know went from charging $3K per project to $500/month for unlimited usage of his "automated service." Clients get better results, pay less, and he works 80% less.

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This is possible because the cost of building and operating software just collapsed. What used to require a team of engineers now needs a single vibe coder with Claude and Replit.

The people winning aren't the ones building the fanciest AI. They're the ones applying AI to specific, painful problems that big companies struggle with.

If this seems overwhelming, start smaller. Pick one repetitive task you hate doing and build an agent to handle it. Then another. Then another.

Before you know it, you'll have a fleet of digital workers handling your business while you focus on strategy and vision.

The window for this is right now. Not next year. Not even next quarter.

What boring problem could you automate today?