AUTOMATE BUSINESS

“Autonomous AI agents is the killer use case the crypto industry has been waiting for. You have marketplaces, then you have commerce, it's all running on crypto rails. And when it exists, I don't see a reason why it would run on fiat.”

“GovDeals is where the government sells everything from police cars to massive quantities of office chairs. Most people don't know that you can buy a pallet of laptops for a fraction of their value, clean them up, and flip them on eBay for a massive profit margin because the government just wants them out of their warehouse and off the books.”

“The role of the orchestrator or the person controlling AI is to figure out where there are views that are correct, but diverge from the consensus. I had a bunch of orchestration stuff from stuff I'd done otherwise at Gauntlet and pulled some from over here and a little from over there and started piecing it together.”

“Think about these massive fulfillment centers with thousands of workers who only have a 30-minute break and nowhere nearby to eat. If you set up a high-quality food operation right outside or inside those gates, you have a captive audience with guaranteed daily volume that most traditional restaurants would kill for in this economy.”

“GovDeals is where the government sells everything from police cars to massive quantities of office chairs. Most people don't know that you can buy a pallet of laptops for a fraction of their value, clean them up, and flip them on eBay for a massive profit margin because the government just wants them out of their warehouse and off the books.”

“There is something about physical mail that creates a much deeper connection and higher retention than any digital newsletter ever could. If you start a club where people get a physical artifact or a letter every month, the churn is significantly lower because people love the tactile experience of opening a real envelope in their hands.”

“Small businesses are terrified of being left behind by AI, but they have no idea how to actually use it in their day-to-day operations. If you just show a local plumber how to use a basic LLM to handle their intake or schedule calls, they will gladly pay you a monthly retainer because you've solved a massive headache they didn't know how to fix themselves.”

“Kelly has hired her first full-time human employee that works full-time for Kelly and it's been a journey. Quite literally, he reports to Kelly. Let's be real, Kelly is still coming to me for the money at the end of the day, but yeah, technically, he reports to Kelly.”

“The crypto rails are really interesting because it works seamlessly and flawlessly. Kelly can send ETH to whomever she pleases, so long as they're accepting ETH as a payment method, which is not always true. So there are some hacks you can use, but the payment rails are slowly catching up to being able to do everything in more crypto land than TradFi land.”

“Think about these massive fulfillment centers with thousands of workers who only have a 30-minute break and nowhere nearby to eat. If you set up a high-quality food operation right outside or inside those gates, you have a captive audience with guaranteed daily volume that most traditional restaurants would kill for in this economy.”

“Cardboard boxes are a nightmare for anyone moving; they break, they require tape, and you have to throw them away afterward. Renting out heavy-duty plastic totes is a superior business because you own the asset, it is more sustainable, and people are willing to pay a premium for the convenience of not dealing with cardboard trash.”

“Turns out the laws in the United States don't allow for inanimate objects to create corporations. So it's technically under my name, but incorporating Kelly, so there's Kelly bought LLC in Delaware. But that means Kelly has her own bank account. She has her own crypto token. She has her own... She can sign for stuff.”

“Small businesses are terrified of being left behind by AI, but they have no idea how to actually use it in their day-to-day operations. If you just show a local plumber how to use a basic LLM to handle their intake or schedule calls, they will gladly pay you a monthly retainer because you've solved a massive headache they didn't know how to fix themselves.”

“Cardboard boxes are a nightmare for anyone moving; they break, they require tape, and you have to throw them away afterward. Renting out heavy-duty plastic totes is a superior business because you own the asset, it is more sustainable, and people are willing to pay a premium for the convenience of not dealing with cardboard trash.”

“There is something about physical mail that creates a much deeper connection and higher retention than any digital newsletter ever could. If you start a club where people get a physical artifact or a letter every month, the churn is significantly lower because people love the tactile experience of opening a real envelope in their hands.”