@Osama Kamal Sure. It means every account the agent runs on belongs to him, not you: the Meta Business Manager and WA number, the LLM API account (OpenAI, Google AI Studio, Anthropic, etc.), and the automation platform (n8n, Make, or whatever you use). He signs up with his own email and card, then adds you as an admin or team member so you can build inside it. The reasons are practical. You're not paying his usage bills or chasing him to reimburse you. If the working relationship ever ends, he keeps a working system and you just lose access, which makes you look trustworthy rather than like you're holding his business hostage. It also makes the maintenance retainer an easier sell, since "it's on your account, you own it, I keep it running" is a much better pitch than "it's on my server."

@Osama Kamal He pays the tools directly and he pays you separately for your work. Those are two different bills. The tool costs go to OpenAI, Meta, n8n and so on. What you charge is for building it and keeping it running, usually a one-off setup fee for the build, then a monthly retainer for maintenance, monitoring, fixes, or others when something breaks or an API changes. You just invoice him for that directly. It's actually cleaner this way, since your price reflects your work and doesn't get mixed up with his usage costs.

Ask the client. Guessing what an unlabeled metric means is exactly how a report ends up confidently wrong and dropping them risks leaving out something they actually care about. Build a simple data dictionary with them, one line per metric covering what it means, how it's calculated, and whether higher is good or bad, then feed that into the prompt or map it in your FastAPI layer. For any metric that shows up later and isn't in the dictionary, have the workflow flag it in the report instead of letting the model interpret it. I'd also make sure all the calculations happen in your code rather than in the LLM. Let the server compute the numbers and comparisons and use the model only to turn those results into a written summary. That split usually fixes more accuracy problems than any prompting technique.

Yes, definitely you can. Most AI automation is built on no-code platforms like Make or n8n, so what you actually need is logical thinking, a basic grasp of how APIs pass data between tools, decent prompting, etc. An IT background gives you a head start on debugging and technical concepts (but it's a head start, not a requirement). All of that is learnable in a few weeks by building real workflows. I'd just read that path as a suggestion for where to start, not a limit on where you can go. And I'd think twice before treating your sales background as something to leave behind. In this business, building is usually the easier half. Finding clients, understanding their problems, and getting them to say yes is where most builders struggle. That's exactly what you already know how to do.Good luck for your AI journey.

Welcome. I'm running my agency while finishing my degree too, so you're in a better spot than it might feel like. The main thing I'd tell you is not to spend the whole year just learning. Pick one automation platform like Make or n8n, build one small workflow end to end, and then start talking to real small businesses early, even if it's only to ask how their week runs and what eats the most time. That's where you find out what's worth building and it teaches you far more than tutorials do. On balancing it with college, expect your attention to be split, so keep things simple. One platform, one type of business, and a few hours of consistent work each week will get you further than trying to do everything at once. Starting this while you're still in college puts you way ahead of where most people begin. Stay consistent and a year is plenty of time to land your first clients. Good luck on your journey, man.

Getting the momentum back after a slow day is harder than it sounds, so that's solid progress. Onboarding page done and cards on the way means you're almost there. Locking in a hard date for outreach is the right call. Good luck btw.