{"id":2012,"date":"2024-04-17T14:20:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2024-07-02T18:02:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:02:01","slug":"ai-business-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/ai-business-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried to create a business using AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s a lot of hype around AI and what it can do for business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it wishful thinking or reality? How much of AI is actually useful to grow a profitable business?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI evangelists say AI can do “anything” and “everything”… so, as the GM of a $13 million SaaS business<\/a>, I wanted to see what “everything” actually means in real business terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Could I create a 100% AI business from scratch?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What AI tools and products are good enough to share with my coaching clients<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Is AI all hype, or does it have some actual, practical business value to generate real revenue?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    To test the waters, my goal was to create a fully AI business from scratch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The rules: I wouldn’t use any existing advantages to generate traffic or customers. I’d use publicly-accessible tools. And I’d start a business with an easy entry point that anyone could start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If it worked? Free money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And if it didn’t? It would be a great learning experience for where I could use AI in the day-to-day with our team at AppSumo Originals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    At AppSumo Originals, we’ve refined a framework over the years to create million-dollar businesses with a high success rate, limited budget, and a small team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n