Hey everyone! We get a LOT of new members every day, and many of you jump in with enthusiasm… and then immediately get swarmed by: • bots with stock profile photos • “DM me for mentorship” sales funnels • vague success promises • people who don’t even use AI but want to pitch things This post is for the real humans who genuinely want to learn, build, and grow with AI. Here’s your starter roadmap 👇 1️⃣ First rule: Learn to spot bots & funnels This community is incredible — when you know how to filter it. Red flags to watch for: • “Drop YES and I’ll help you make income fast” • “DM me” within 2 messages • Lifestyle promises (“I made 20k in 2 days!”) • Zero real builds, zero screenshots, zero proof • Over-friendly messages from accounts created 1 week ago Legit members don’t chase you. They build in public. ⸻ 2️⃣ Second rule: Follow people who show their work If someone doesn’t post: • what they built • how they built it • what went wrong • what improved their workflow …they’re not someone you need to learn from. I personally follow only those who provide actual value: builders, testers, thinkers, problem-solvers. Start small. Follow intentionally, not emotionally. ⸻ 3️⃣ Third rule: Start with ONE person’s breadcrumbs This community hides its best knowledge in the comments, not just the posts. Pick one skilled member and go through: • their posts • their comments under other posts • their replies to questions You’ll find frameworks, prompts, thinking patterns, debugging strategies, and logic you can actually use. If you want a beginner → advanced path, my posts follow that structure: starting simple and getting progressively more technical. ⸻ 4️⃣ Fourth rule: Don’t hoard — apply Don’t be a collector. Don’t fill your Google Drive with 200 prompts you’ll never touch. Instead: • learn one thing • apply it instantly • build something small • break it • fix it • repeat This is the fastest way to grow your actual skillset. ⸻ 5️⃣ Fifth rule: Show your journey

I call it the upgrade tax. You can feel it before every big announcement, the tool gets a bit slow, a bit buggy, things are not broke... but not right. I'm already starting to see it as I work in my favorite local coffee shop this morning. Well, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, issued an internal code red because rival systems like Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude are rapidly closing the quality gap and, in some benchmarks, surpassing ChatGPT. In response, OpenAI is shifting people and priorities to a companywide sprint to make ChatGPT faster, more reliable, and more personalized, while even delaying other product launches and ad plans with the promise of rolling out ChatGPT 5.2 on TUESDAY. Yes, in just a few days... For me personally, I would prefer they take a bit more time and ensure everything is working... Right? And I'm not alone. X(twitter) is blowing up with the gossip. While I'm not usually an alarmist... this makes me nervous and so I'm making a plan. My clients deserve to understand what is happening and need a plan to keep things moving. Here's what I am doing to prepare: 1. Choose a number 2 platform if ChatGPT is your go to. Most people choose Claude or Gemini. For me I have a workspace account in Google, so I will be using Gemini. 2. Make an announcement to all my CustomGPT customers just letting them know that any issues with the GPTs will be temporary. I will be moving my most popular ones into my pickaxe account to keep everything up and running if things go bad. (Not an absolute must, but its been on my to do list, so lets go!) 3. If you are a tool creator, have a plan. What does this mean? So if you are selling on pickaxe (or another builder platform), test a backup platform. This is a great practice anyway since they all go down from time to time. If one goes down you will always know your plan. (And another big pro of building on Pickaxe! The option to change models if one goes down.) I am excited to see what they bring and nervous about the rush. And overall I'm hearing great things about this upgrade.

Hi all, I am relatively new here and new to using AI. At almost 60, tech is not my strong skill. That being said, I am not new to business operations and sales. In the past year I have opened two businesses of my own. The first, I paid an outside legal firm to set it up with thousands of dollars in associated costs. The other I did A-Z as described below. I only paid the Gov't fees. It took me about 3 hours in total. Good Luck! How To Start a Small Business in 2025 (With ChatGPT As Your Co‑Pilot) You don’t need to wander around in the dark to start a business. Here’s a practical, step‑by‑step roadmap you can follow and document inside a ChatGPT “project” as you go. 1. Create Your ChatGPT Project 1. Open ChatGPT and create a new Project using your future business name (or a working title if you’re not sure yet). 2. In your first message, do a full brain‑dump: Prompt you can use:“Act as a startup co‑pilot. I’m creating a new business. Here’s my brain‑dump of what I want to build: [paste everything]. Help me organize this into a clear plan with next steps and questions I should answer.” 2. Build a Simple Expense & Budget Spreadsheet Before you spend real money, track it. 1. Open Google Sheets or Excel. 2. Create columns for: Date, Vendor, Category (legal, domain, branding, software, etc.), Amount, One‑time vs Recurring, Notes. 3. Log every expense as you go. Prompt you can use:“Create a starter expense and budget template in table form for a new small business, including typical early costs like state filing fees, domains, trademarks, software, and marketing. I’ll copy this into Google Sheets.” 3. Name Your Business & Secure Your Domain You want a name that: - Is easy to say and spell - Has an available .com (or good alternative like .ai, .io, etc.) - Isn’t obviously in conflict with an existing brand in your space 1. Brainstorm 10–20 possible names with ChatGPT. 2. Check domain availability on sites like GoDaddy, Porkbun, or Namecheap. 3. Expect to pay roughly $10–$30/year for a standard domain.

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