That is all 😅🫶🏾 If you're new here say hi below. I'd love to get to know you all today! 1. What are you working on? Feel free to share your business or skool link. 2. Where are you joining from? Represent your country, state or city! 🌎🇺🇸 3. Ask me anything here! I'll be online for the next 4 hours responding to every comment. If you've been here for more than a week, you are family! Help me welcome our new members. I've been going through the threads catching up and so many new incredible people have joined. You never know who you'll meet, what connection you'll make, or where one conversation can lead. Let's chat! 👇👋🏾

The first month I could cover my bills with online money came after a moment of total defeat. I’d been spinning my tires for months, landing a few piecemeal clients on upwork - my outreach efforts were totally wasted. I'd signed exactly ZERO people through cold email, and couldn't close anyone in "my niche" to save my life. Money still going out, nothing coming in ... completely stalled, feeling defeated. I needed to change or quit — so I came up with a plan. I stopped trying to convince strangers. I took a step back, a deep breath, and I came up with a solution to a problem that I PERSONALLY would pay to have solved, and selling it to people who already trusted that I get it. Context! I was deep in the remote music producer world and T H E problem we all had was consistent clients, not just word-of-mouth. So I solved that problem! I took my new AI skills and scraped Bandcamp / IG / X and built lead lists of bands giving ready-to-work signals: - posting about writing - teasing a new song - “headed to the studio” - hiring / looking for help / asking for recs Then I sold those lists to producers I already knew in Discord communities… because it was literally the only thing we all talked about. That month I sold 11 lists at $500 USD each. It saved people a full day (or more) of deep research, and it fit the budget/value. TL;DR (at the end haha) - start with a problem you actually understand - sell to people who already live in that problem - package one pain into one deliverable - build the snowball, and don’t compare your level 1 to someone’s level 9 If you’re stuck, don’t start with “an offer.” Start with a pain you understand. 🤔What’s ONE problem you’d pay someone else to solve for you right now? In my case, it was: “Find bands that are ready to work.” What’s your version of that? Drop it below. I’ll reply with 2–3 ways you could package that!

We're about to hit 900 members and go paid on Monday. In 2 days I'll be sharing this on LinkedIn for the first time and we may hit a growth spurt. It seemed like everyone got a lot of value last time from the 'Drop Your Skool Hot Seat' post. 🚀 I also realized a lot of you had more questions after making the edits from the first round. So, let's run one more hot seat skool review! Final chance to get reviewed before things explode. Here's how things works this time: 1. Drop your Skool profile link below + any 2 questions you have about it 2. Share one line about who you are, what you're building, and your audience 3. Review at least 3 other profiles in this thread 🎁 The person who gives the most genuine help with me will get a special gift. 🎁 I'll be reviewing every single one of these personally. This time your bio, your about page, how you're presenting yourself. P.S. Lots of additional big news dropping this week. Stay tuned & happy Saturday. 🥂

One of my biggest lessons from 2025: everything can change in an instant, and adaptability is a skill you can train. I lost my job at the end of April after 15+ years in art direction and motion graphics, working with brands like Apple, PlayStation, and Nissan. I knew change was coming… just not that fast. So I went all in. I bet on myself. I leaned hard into AI automation and content creation. I put myself out there - publicly. In six months: - 33K+ YouTube subscribers - 70K+ on TikTok - A Skool community of 2,500+ members - Replaced my full-time income with a job I built myself Not because I had it all figured out, but because I was willing to adapt, take risks, and be seen. Your turn: 👉 What’s one big lesson you learned in 2025?

Does anyone else also feel like keeping up with AI right now feels like trying to drink from a firehose?? I feel like I’m definitely missing some resources so this is a crowd source plea for what your go to resources are! Every time I think I’ve got a handle on my workflow, a new security risk or a "must-have" compliance update pops up. It’s exhausting, but as a solo founder, I know that ignoring it isn't an option if I'm building for the long haul. MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL SUBSCRIPTIONS: • Y Combinator: This is the non-negotiable first stop for "Venture-Scale Strategy." They focus on the high-level economics of AI, specifically how to build "moats" and defensible businesses. Their Lightcone sessions are essentially a masterclass in evaluating whether an AI business model is a long-term asset or just a temporary trend. •Superhumans Life: SuperHumans Life (Laura): This channel is a masterclass in "AI-first" entrepreneurship, focusing on how solo founders can use automation and agentic workflows to build high-profit businesses that don't require a massive team to run. • MIT Sloan Management Review (SMR): This is the gold standard for "Executive AI." Their channel features deep dives with leaders like George Westerman on the "Last Mile" problem—why most AI projects fail at implementation. It’s perfect for moving from "pilot projects" to actual value drivers. • Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB): Their "View From The Top" and executive sessions feature icons like Andrew Ng and Jeremy Utley. They focus on "Decision Intelligence"—how to lead an organization when the cost of cognitive labor drops to zero. • Cassie Kozyrkov: As Google’s former Chief Decision Scientist (and an MIT/Harvard alum), Cassie is the lead voice for CEOs who want to cut through the hype. She talks about the ROI gap, infrastructure debt, and how to architect systems that humans can actually manage. • Andrew McAfee (MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy): Andrew is essential for understanding the economic ROI of AI. He focuses on how AI transforms corporate strategy and unit economics. He is great for understanding how to lead when "the geeks" (the tech-savvy founders) take the wheel.