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Deploy, Charge, and Scale Your Lean AI Business
Deploy, Charge, and Scale Your Lean AI Business
AI in Launch Optimization

Your pilots are converting. Your experiments are optimizing. The "Growth Radar" or "Content Flywheel" you vibed into existence just a …

Dec 28, 2025 772 8 min read
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Build-Measure-Learn for AI Products (The Experiment Playbook)
Build-Measure-Learn for AI Products (The Experiment Playbook)
Build, Measure, Learn

Your first pilot lands. That $997 "AI Growth Radar" offer you packaged in Module 3? Your client raves about the …

Dec 27, 2025 796 7 min read
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3 Lean AI Offers That Founders Actually Pay For
3 Lean AI Offers That Founders Actually Pay For
Revenue Streams & Monetization

Your Module 2 prototype hums. That lead scorer, content classifier, or whatever "thin slice" you vibed is finally working. It’s …

Dec 26, 2025 788 9 min read
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Build Your First Lean AI System (No Over-Engineering)
Build Your First Lean AI System (No Over-Engineering)
System Design

You’ve nailed the first part of the journey. Your Lean Canvas glows green: customers have confirmed the pain, they love …

Dec 24, 2025 766 8 min read
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How to Find Your Next AI Opportunity (Without Building the Wrong Thing)
How to Find Your Next AI Opportunity (Without Building the Wrong Thing)
Ideation & Validation

To find your next AI opportunity without building the wrong thing, focus on deeply understanding customer pain points and validating …

Dec 23, 2025 838 8 min read
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The Founder’s OAuth Blueprint: One Mental Model, Any Backend
The Founder’s OAuth Blueprint: One Mental Model, Any Backend
System Design

The Founder's OAuth Blueprint offers a single mental model for implementing OAuth across any backend.

Dec 22, 2025 1068 7 min read
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Scaling Systems—From Digital Sweatshop to Autonomous Asset
Scaling Systems—From Digital Sweatshop to Autonomous Asset
Startup Ops

Congratulations. You’ve passed the $10 stress test. You’ve survived the 30-day launch sprint. You have real, paying customers who value …

Dec 19, 2025 1273 12 min read
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The 30-Day Launch Sprint—From Validated Concept to Market Reality
The 30-Day Launch Sprint—From Validated Concept to Market Reality
AI in Launch Optimization

There is a specific kind of "purgatory" that kills most AI solopreneurs before they ever see a single dollar of …

Dec 17, 2025 1346 9 min read
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Intelligence Arbitrage—The Harsh Economics of Building on LLMs
Intelligence Arbitrage—The Harsh Economics of Building on LLMs
AI & Machine Learning

There is a quiet crisis happening in the world of AI startups.

Dec 15, 2025 714 9 min read
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Structured Creativity—SCAMPERing Your Way to a Unique AI Offer
Structured Creativity—SCAMPERing Your Way to a Unique AI Offer
AI in Idea Generation

We have a romanticized, and frankly dangerous, view of how great businesses start.

Dec 12, 2025 1226 16 min read
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Your Domain is Your Moat—Why "AI Generalists" are Dying
Your Domain is Your Moat—Why "AI Generalists" are Dying
AI & Machine Learning Podcast

There is a prevailing myth in the tech world right now: To build a successful AI business, you need to …

Dec 10, 2025 1218 16 min read
By Pivot Buddy Read / Listen
From AI Wrapper to AI Superagent: Building Defensible Value in 2026
From AI Wrapper to AI Superagent: Building Defensible Value in 2026
AI & Machine Learning

In late 2022 and throughout 2023, you could build a million-dollar business by wrapping OpenAI's GPT-3 API in a polished …

Dec 08, 2025 1311 8 min read
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