I was sitting in the back of a taxi years ago, long before rideshare apps and long before podcasts filled every quiet moment of our lives. The driver was tuned into talk radio, not the usual top forty noise, but long form discussions about politics, global shifts, philosophy, the kind of things most people claim they do not have time or interest for. Within a minute of listening to him respond to the hosts, I realized I was not talking with someone who belonged behind a wheel earning minimum wage. I was listening to a thinker. Someone with opinions that had weight. Someone who had clearly spent years absorbing ideas and forming his own. Someone with a perspective that should have taken him far beyond the interior of a cab... ... Then it struck me. This man did not need inspiration. He did not need another motivational slogan. He needed access. Access to information, to tools, to pathways. Access to the kind of leverage that historically only belonged to people born closer to opportunity. Back then, accessibility was still a luxury. You needed money. You needed networks. You needed geography. You needed to grow up in the right neighborhood or know the right people. And if you didn’t, you could be the smartest person in the room and still remain unseen. Today everything is different. AI cracked the door open, and if you know where to look, it has blown the door off its hinges. The old excuses do not hold anymore. Talent is everywhere. Imagination is everywhere. Potential is everywhere. But direction is not. People still drown in information and starve for clarity. That is why we built AI for Muggles. Not as a tech club for insiders, but as a bridge for the rest of us. For the dreamers who did not grow up in Palo Alto. For the people juggling bills and kids and jobs and responsibilities and still manage to carry big ideas around in their pockets. For the creators in taxis and custodians in school hallways and freelancers in tiny apartments and young people in India who spend nights scribbling concepts into the notes app on their phone because they know deep down they have something worth exploring.

I’m pumped to see the community gaining more members as we gear up for our first challenge! We want this community to be a place where you can find answers to your challenges, crowd source advice from others who have been where you are and help you break through to the other side. This is a community, so if you see a way for you to provide value to someone, do it. Whether that be positivity, giving insights on their challenges, or sharing your personal experience. That’s what this is all about! A bit about me. My name is Jason and I’ve been an entrepreneur for as long as I can remember. I’m technical (I develop all my own tools), sales focussed, own and run multiple businesses (both physical stores and a SaaS company), and have a decent amount of experience sitting on large boards, serving as chair and as a director. If there is two major places I can provide value, it’s helping you understand technical requirements and implementation (AI included) and coming up with executable sales strategies that work for bootstrapped (no funding) startups. I’d love to hear where you guys are at in your journey at this moment in time, and what (if any) roadblocks you really want this community to help you overcome. Let’s hear it!