A day or so ago I wrote a 4 line post on Facebook about how easy it was to use Claude code. 3 lines of the post were about how quick and simple it was to create a little Chrome Extension (took me like 20 minutes). The point of the post was to inspire people to make their own tools. 1 line of the post was about what the extension did... ...the extension notified me when a keyword was talked about in a FB group (so I could get involved in the conversation)... Guess what the comments were about on my post? Not how great AI was... Not how easily software could be created now... Everyone asked if they could have the extension! ...Even though the whole post was about how easy it was for them to make their own! The point this drove home for me is... Certain people will always want the thing done for them - no matter how easy it would be to create it themselves. So should we be worrying about AI eating our lunch? ...Not anytime soon from my perspective. Keep making deals. PS - creating a simple little tool that solves a problem for your ideal client is great way to get hand raisers and start conversations.

Looks like other people are seeing the opportunity too... (See image)

There's a site that let's me put in a zip code and it shows me all the stores of a certain industry around that zip code. The data about these stores must be compiled in some database, right? It also looks like each of those stores might have their own page on this site (containing the store name and address). Any Ronin know how to scrape data this data so I can gather it all without entering every zipcode in the country? Would appreciate the assist.

I don't agree with a lot of tech start-up ideas (especially 9-9-6) but this has been true for me as well... Apparently there's a saying... "First time founders start with product. Second time founders start with distribution." Finding people to give you their product is pretty easy. It's less easy (but still doable) to find distribution. So I find it best to start with distribution and then plug in products.

Hey Ronin, I was lucky enough find a partner who is an author in the IM space. We are taking one of his books and turning it into a 4 week writing course. If you have an audience, then I am all ears.