I run a business automation company, @DreamTusk_ It funds my journey into building products. I’ve also built DreamKids — a kids YouTube channel and mobile game. Now I’m building my next product. 🎯 Goal: $1M ARR I’ll share the builds, experiments, failures, wins and lessons along the way. Building in public.

We replaced 4 internal tools with 2 AI agents this year. Same output. Fewer logins. About 9 hours a week back per person. Most businesses do not have a tooling problem. They have 6 tools that each need a human to move data between them. One agent sitting across all of it fixes more than a new dashboard ever will.

You become a good builder by understanding what it's like to be a user. Becoming a good automator means understanding what it's like to do the work manually. Start with the broken process and work backwards.

One AI agent can replace an entire manual workflow. Here is what that actually looks like. A quote request lands at 11pm. The agent reads the email, pulls current pricing, checks stock, drafts the quote and sends it before your team logs in. Nobody touched it. By 9am the deal is already warm.

3 Truths About Building Products: 1. Shipping isn't the hard part. Knowing what to build is. 2. The best products come from watching real users struggle. 3. A small team can build something useful. Talk to your customers first.

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 Most businesses automate individual tasks. A task gets done faster. That’s it. But when you build a system — a connected workflow where AI handles the repetitive work end to end — the business can scale without constantly adding more people. That difference can completely change how fast a business grows. So when thinking about AI in your business, ask: 🔹 Where does manual work repeat every day? 🔹 Where do leads go cold waiting on a human step? 🔹 Where does the same data get entered more than once? Those aren’t just task problems. They’re system problems. And that’s where you should start.

Most founders can’t really tell the difference between automating a workflow and actually replacing it with an AI agent. To them, “automation” often just means adding another tool, and “AI” means putting a chatbot on the website. But the work still gets done manually. There’s just more software involved now. And honestly, that’s where most businesses using AI today still are. They’re adding AI to the process instead of letting AI actually take over the process.

Your SDR checks leads at 9AM. Your leads showed up at 11PM. That 10-hour gap is where deals actually die — not to a better competitor, just a faster one. An AI agent doesn't sleep, doesn't have a queue, and doesn't get bored answering "does this integrate with Shopify" for the 200th time. It does that job. Your rep does the job that needs a human — the close. Speed isn't a nice-to-have in sales. It's the whole game.

Five small moves that can change your business: Replacing one manual process with automation Tracking where visitors actually drop off Saying no to features that don't drive revenue Shipping fast, learning faster Cutting tools that add complexity, not output If growth has stalled, try one. Small changes compound.

I’ve been thinking about sales differently since working on AI agents. A lot of sales work isn’t actually selling. Finding prospects. Researching companies. Updating the CRM. Following up. Qualifying leads. The salesperson shouldn’t have to spend hours doing all of that manually. That’s where AI agents get interesting. Not replacing the salesperson. Giving them more time to sell.

Client: so what does your AI agent actually do? Me: It follows up every lead the moment it comes in. It pulls the quote before your sales team even sees the request. It never misses one.

Hello Business Owners 👋 If your business has a website, you should read this. This comes from a recent experience with one of our clients. When your website is handed over, don’t just check how it looks. Have a clear checklist to make sure everything actually works. Especially your leads.

Your website is live. But are your leads reaching you? We found a case where the form was receiving enquiries—but the business never knew. Here’s what went wrong and how to prevent it.

A business owner told us: “We’re getting website traffic, but nobody is filling our Contact Us form.” We checked. People were submitting the form. The problem? The leads were going nowhere. A broken integration can quietly cost you customers.

This is genuinely interesting. Continuous, real-time video generation feels like a big shift from stitching together separate clips. Curious to see what people build with this.

If a client negotiates your price, don’t discount the price—reduce the scope.