Series · 5 chapters
A business that pays me a salary
I'm going to find out whether I can build a business that pays me a salary: the research, the launch, the advertising, the numbers and the verdict.
The experiment
The question was simple: can I build, with the help of artificial intelligence, a business that pays me a salary? Not in theory or in an optimistic spreadsheet, but for real, with my time, my money and my mistakes.
First I went through what the internet promises and picked a business. Then I built it, advertised it and kept track of the numbers. The rule, set before starting: publish the figures even if they were zero or negative, and finish the series however it turned out.
The chapters
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Chapter 1 of 5
Can I build a business that pays me a salary?
Which business to start given what the internet offers, and the criteria I used to choose.
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Chapter 2 of 5
Getting the business off the ground
What setting up the assistant service for shops really cost in money, hours and scares.
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Chapter 3 of 5
How I got the word out
Ads, social media and SEO made with AI: what I spent and what came in.
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Chapter 4 of 5
The business in numbers
Ten weeks in numbers: income, expenses, hours and what they say.
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Chapter 5 of 5
Was the business worth it?
A verdict with numbers, what I'd do differently and what's left of the promise.
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