A simple framework helped me solve actual Business Problems
If you're already doing $30K+ MRR, you probably know this. But if you’re earlier — this will save you money, time, and stress. A while back, I talked about how I wasted 60 days building something nobody used. The lesson was simple: Find the real complaints → Test the idea quickly → Show it to 10–15 people → Kill fast if it’s not resonating → Build only after validation That saved me months. But here’s where it got interesting for business owners: When I started applying this same thinking to operations, everything changed. I began asking businesses questions like: What’s the bottleneck actually costing you? Is this a “nice to have,” or is it literally losing you revenue? If we fix it, what’s the measurable ROI? Suddenly, the real leaks showed up: - A data-entry loop costing $16K/year - A sales process slowing deals by days - Workflow chaos wasting 10–16 hours/wk across the team Most business owners think their problem is “we need a tool.” But it’s rarely the tool. It’s the system behind it. That’s what pushed us (me and my partner) into the AI Transformation Partner model: - Audit sales/ops/admin - Determine bottlenecks and automation opportunities - Map the path - Implement hands-on (not strategy decks) We didn’t start here. We started small — building for ourselves, messing up, learning fast. And those failures became the framework we now use with clients. - Interview frontline → not just execs - Validate ideas → kill non-ROI tasks fast - Only build what moves revenue, time, or retention That’s how you avoid $20K–$50K “solutions” that sit unused. Here’s the truth: The companies winning with AI aren’t the ones using the fanciest tools. They’re the ones fixing the right problems. And that clarity comes from a simple discipline: Validate first. Kill fast. Build only what earns its keep. What’s one project your business spent too long on — that should’ve been validated (or killed) earlier?