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#199 · How to Sell AI Systems In Lower Cost-Of-Living Countries

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What's your end goal with everything?

I came up with the idea of accelerating the transition to a more efficient economy about eight months ago, and I feel I've made a little bit of progress toward that. With 200,000 followers watching my long‑form content, the leverage is insane—if even 1% of them work with businesses, each might serve 10 to 100 businesses over their career, impacting 100 to 1,000 customers each. If we can improve those experiences by just 5% through automation, I'm already having a substantial effect on the global economy. While I like making money, it's not my primary goal; it's probably in my top five. Ultimately, I want to be a positive force for change in the world in my own way.

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Do you feel like you've reached the epitome of business given your achievements?

I haven't reached the epitome of business; there are levels. As you advance, you associate with people making more money, and soon you're two steps removed from the highest earners and those who move things. Looking back, I was a beginner seeking reassurance. If I saw someone like me, I'd think they were at the epitome, but that's just a tiny fraction of the industry actually moving capital. My impact on GDP from distributing AI and automation is a minuscule fraction, despite my large thumbnail impressions and watch time in high-growth industries.

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With new things coming up in AI every day, how do I stay stable running an AI business? What things will always be important, regardless of whatever new comes in?

What will always be important, no matter how far we go with this stuff, is your ability to sell somebody on a vision, a dream, a product, a service, whatever it is. Technology getting easier and easier to build over the last 5 to 10 years has been a blessing, because you don't have to spend all your time staring at a computer dragging and dropping modules or working out complicated workflow diagrams in your head. Instead you can do the thing you've evolved for tens or hundreds of thousands of years to do: talk to other people and inspire them, which is essentially what I do on this YouTube channel. I've been preaching this for the better part of three or four years. The value of sales only goes up in proportion to the value of tech, and in a world where humanity is the scarce resource, humanity will be most valuable.

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I graduated in visual communications with skills in filmmaking, cinematography, graphic design, and AI video. I see all these trendy AI opportunities and feel left out. Should I start something in the AI world, and if so, what? Do I keep going into the creative field or pivot to something more profitable with a clear ROI? My goal is to reach 5K/month as fast as possible, then 10K, then scale to 30-50K, but I'm unemployed with a couple of freelance gigs in Turkey and feel paralyzed by all the AI advancements.

The reality is AI has not made anything new possible. It has just made old processes more profitable. And it is in the making of old processes more profitable that some things appear more possible. But I don't want you to feel confused — nothing here is fundamentally new. These are all market opportunities that are pre-existing and either growing slightly or shrinking slightly. The people that, as a rule in my life, have always made the most money are not the people that pick up every new shiny object, every new cool video gen tool, every cool new cinematography tool. The people in my life that have always made the most money are the people that just pick one thing, get really good at that one thing, and then milk it like a fat cow. So my recommendation: I understand it feels paralyzing because so much is happening so quickly. That is only going to increase. You best deal with it now, not in a year from now when we have 10x as many developments in a tenth of the time. Figure out a couple of things that you feel reasonably confident provide value to an end user. Learn them really, really well. Stick your head down in the sand. Turn off all social media platforms aside from maybe my daily updates channel. Then get really good at them and sell them.

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What are you going to do after Maker School?

There is no ‘after Maker School.’ The program will continue indefinitely, essentially becoming part of our daily accountability system. We’ll eventually upload Maker School to your cortex and turn it into an AI that slowly dominates the economy. I’ve been thinking about what I’ll do once the AI boom fades. I’ve been capitalizing on the AI boom, and when market opportunities shift, you have to pivot. I don’t suffer from shiny‑object syndrome; my partner and I chose an industry that matched our skill set and stuck with it for years. We take a measured, sniper‑rifle approach and pre‑commit to getting really good at it. As for my personal finances, I’m mostly investing the money I’ve earned in money‑market funds and ETFs. Ultimately, I want to use my resources to have a positive impact on people’s lives, perhaps through a small, close‑knit community with in‑person events rather than chasing the biggest revenue‑optimizing solutions.

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