Growing your business revenue and profit can be tackled with seven systemised steps. My latest article summarises content from my new book, The Financial Times Guide to Starting a Business… https://entrepreneursmentor.co.uk/2026/04/23/how-to-systematically-maximise-profit-in-your-business/ Which of the 7 steps do you find gives you most leverage in growing your revenue and profits?

As a software engineer working closely with AI systems, I’ve noticed something important: Most of today’s AI is still "reactive". It waits for input. It answers questions. It follows prompts. But that’s not where things are heading. The next phase of AI is "autonomous learning systems" — models that don’t just respond, but continuously evolve. Imagine systems that: - learn from every interaction without being retrained manually - adapt their behavior based on outcomes, not just instructions - identify problems before users even notice them - execute full workflows end-to-end without human guidance We’re moving from: “AI as a tool” → to → “AI as an independent operator.” In this future, AI won’t just assist businesses — it will "run" large parts of them. Customer support? Fully handled. Product optimization? Continuous and self-improving. Decision-making? Data-driven and autonomous. Human involvement doesn’t disappear — but it shifts: from "doing the work" → to "defining direction and constraints." This raises real questions: - How much autonomy should we allow? - Where do we draw boundaries? - What happens when systems outperform human decision-making consistently? We’re not fully there yet. But from what I’m seeing on the engineering side, we’re closer than most people think. Curious how others here see it Are we ready for truly self-operating AI systems?

Catch my latest article on Medium.com at https://medium.com/@mike_foster_em/most-startups-dont-fail-because-of-bad-ideas-they-fail-because-of-this-c3ef5d192071 Do you see any of these 6 factors?

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