SUMMARY - Participants: Mark Langford, Marcus Rosenthal, and Steve Thomas. - Marcus and Steve are pursuing fractional consulting opportunities, with a shared focus on converting interest into paid engagements and controlling scope. - The group reviewed SideHustleDBL’s proposed interface. The main priority is making it easier for users to choose their next step, find existing work, and resume where they left off. - Mark committed to starting marketing this week while refining the interface in parallel. RECORDING https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/K57qUXa3QtL0Kya3k9RPl_VaWtyXGUoIgSbi55WDXdZlku4HkPTqsjG6aMeWTYzd.z9_6orOwRegUpEeJ ACTION ITEMS Mark - Begin marketing SideHustleDBL this week, using the current platform. - Refine the interface mockups around one decision per screen and easier access to saved work. - Improve the selected-business experience and the ability to resume where users left off. - Incorporate clearer testing terminology and AI-assisted decision analysis. - Preserve existing functions and data throughout the redesign. - Suggested follow-up: Create a short survey for inactive participants. This was recommended but not explicitly committed to. - Goal for next week: Have marketing underway and a more focused interface proposal ready for review. No numerical marketing target was set. Marcus - Meet with the Future Farms founder and fractional CFO to discuss the proposed paid engagement. - Present the $5,000, two-month, 40-hour proposal and clarify deliverables. - Put any agreed engagement into a written contract with explicit scope and time limits. - Complete the early-next-week discovery call with the cleantech prospect. - Advance current prospects toward paid consulting commitments. - Use those conversations to refine positioning and determine whether to create a consulting webpage and targeted LinkedIn post. - Goal for next week: Establish whether current prospects will pay and move viable opportunities toward defined engagements. No specific closing target was set.

Hi everyone! 👋 I’m a senior software engineer with deep, hands-on experience in AI, from building real products to integrating AI into business workflows. I’m looking to connect with AI enthusiasts and experts across the US and Canada who want to learn, build, and turn creative ideas into income. What I bring: - Senior-level software engineering and system design - Practical AI experience (LLMs, automation, AI-powered apps) - Ability to take an idea from concept to a working product Who I’d love to meet: - Creative thinkers with business, marketing, or sales skills - Anyone serious, consistent, and ready to take action - Based in the US or Canada, so we can collaborate in similar time zones and target the same markets Ideas we could explore: - AI automation services for small businesses - AI-powered SaaS tools - Content, agents, and workflow products - Whatever creative idea you bring to the table How it works: We share ideas, learn from each other, build fast, test with real customers, and split the rewards fairly. If this sounds like you, comment below or send me a DM with: 1. Your background and location (US/Canada) 2. Your idea or the skills you want to bring 3. What you want to achieve in the next 3 to 6 months Let’s build something great together! 🚀

SUMMARY - The meeting focused on SideHustleDBL’s product development, business-idea validation workflow, and early marketing. - Mark demonstrated new dashboard guidance, lead-generation tools, and a prototype six-stage viability-testing process. Marcus recommended clearer assessments and a more guided, focused user journey. - Kim and Marcus shared their current business-development goals. The group agreed on next steps for testing the platform and reaching potential users. Details Participant updates - Kim: She is researching and organizing her ideas for women’s circles, with a vision of starting with circles and potentially expanding into related offerings. She has not yet explored the platform and wants to develop her initial ideas before using it for structure. [00:05:08–00:07:10] - Marcus: He sent a proposal to an industrial technology company’s CEO for marketing-development strategy work on a retainer basis. He plans to follow up and explore similar prospects. He is also continuing to validate the Garden Ally concept with landscapers and gardeners. [00:07:27–00:10:18; 00:19:39–00:21:24] - Networking and ways to find clients - Mark showed Kim how to find LinkedIn Services at LinkedIn.com/services and discussed lead-generation platforms including Thumbtack, Bark, Coach.me, and Noomii.com . [00:15:36–00:19:30] - The group discussed Boardy.ai as a tool for making introductions. Marcus raised privacy concerns about granting AI tools access to personal accounts and suggested using a separate email account. [00:10:37–00:15:25] - SideHustleDBL product updates - Mark demonstrated a dashboard feature that highlights the user’s “next best step” and a customer journey map that can be generated and edited. [00:25:35–00:28:27] - The lead-generation module now includes recommended channels, implementation details, playbooks, outreach scripts, and sequencing. The group discussed adding more unconventional or creative marketing suggestions and ways to account for cost and time. [00:28:28–00:36:27] - The group discussed adding calendar support for tasks. Marcus noted that tasks with prerequisites could make calendars noisy if scheduled too early. [00:31:08–00:32:33] - Mark introduced a prototype six-stage business viability-testing workflow, including test ideas, success criteria, time and budget limits, and a place to record results. Marcus recommended assessing results against stage objectives and helping users decide whether to continue or reconsider an idea. [00:43:04–00:48:15] - The group emphasized keeping early-stage work focused: start with a Lean Canvas and progress to additional planning only when appropriate. Marcus said he intends to start fresh with one idea and take it through stage one. [00:49:17–00:54:54]

SUMMARY - The group reviewed progress on several side-hustle ideas, discussed customer discovery and pricing, and walked through the platform’s financial planning module. - Jessie is preparing to contact prospective wellness-business clients; Marcus is exploring gardener software and an industrial-tech business development opportunity; Steve is prioritizing fractional sales while developing a healthcare newsletter concept. - Mark asked Jessie to send screenshots of a business-plan saving issue and previewed a new tool for testing side-hustle hypotheses. - RECORDING https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/TmBOS_LtWkPYgeqlzC0v8oN-ijb3Vpv1vQL51fUvwus6F6NtmEcD-IFhrX7eNxBr.J8DsMK0FkflXVpyU ACTION ITEMS Mark Langford - Investigate the business-plan marketing-section saving issue after Jessie sends screenshots. - Complete the side-hustle testing/decision-engine model and demonstrate it at the next meeting. - Upload the meeting recording for participants. Goal for next week: Make progress on the testing model for the next meeting; follow up on the module bug once Jessie provides screenshots. Jessie P - Send Mark one or two screenshots showing where marketing-plan entries disappear or progress resets. - Reach out to at least one potential client. Goal for next week: Contact at least one prospective client and begin testing her outreach approach. Marcus Rosenthal - Meet with at least one landscaper or gardener to explore the Garden Ally software opportunity; consider contacting one additional person. - Draft a one-page proposal for the industrial-tech business-development opportunity and use it to guide the next conversation with the prospective partner. Goal for next week: Explore the gardener opportunity and advance the industrial-tech discussion with a written proposal. Steve Thomas - Identify five prospects for the fractional sales role and aim to schedule at least one qualifying conversation. - Define a process for the healthcare newsletter, including choosing a publisher, estimating the path to 1,000 subscribers, and planning follow-up with potential sponsors.