Jay Ryan

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[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

Mixing FOH on tour since 2022. Audio since 1997. Between shows I run sales for a software startup, mostly with AI. Starting this week I'm showing exactly how: the tools, the rules, and the parts that go sideways. Full send.

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

@LimestoneHQ Aaaaannnd added to my team skills.

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Hell yeah. Offline FTW.

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

Observation: the smarter everything gets, the more valuable dumbness becomes.

I think “offline” is about to become a luxury feature, the way a mechanical watch or a paper notebook became a status signal once everything else went digital.

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

@devth Your mom

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

Is it some sort of next level shit to have your team of bots deployed over Tailscale using Aperture for traffic that's also dishing up a dashboard accessible across multiple devices? I feel like I've done something mere mortals cannot. LOL @devth

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

@productive_will Haven't used it personally, but I put together a solution for him to connect three separate CMS and project management systems, reporting and schedule platforms to show up for him in Click Up :P He was thrilled

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@gregisenberg And game development/apps

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

Decided to build my first game. Gophers, monsters and portals to other dimensions.

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@devth Dunning-Kruger Effect 🤣

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

Built a Grok crypto trading team. Paper trades for now while we get some skills built.

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@devth Too bad you're so tied up with all your other projects. lol

[Tim Chao @timchaoai]

Fuck dropshipping, fuck crypto, fuck learning how to code

That's some BS

I've made over $1M selling AI ($241k in one month) & I can't code

The easiest way to make 35 bands rn is charging a 65yo Texas oil millionaire who still runs on paper for AI my dev builds for $1,200:

1. Go where the money already is

A year ago I didn't know the difference between oil and gas

I literally asked Claude what's some shit where I could charge a bunch of money

Oil & gas came up. A lot of these companies are backed by private equity, doing 10 to 100 mil a year w/ millions in the bank

My clinic deals are 1 to 5k every day. My oil & gas deals are 12 to 35k, one or two a month. I would love a 35k cash injection twice a month, wouldn't u?

Meanwhile kids are pitching a solo car detailer who gets 2 calls a day. He's never buying bro. Fuck the detailing niche, go upstream

And it's way bigger than oil. Google "paint manufacturing AI implementation" rn. There's basically nothing. Those owners can't even search for u, so u call them

2. Cold call them. Fr

People say "but Tim u have money & connections"

Every 35k+ oil & gas deal I've struck started w/ a cold call. I don't have no oil & gas connects. Zero. I'm hella new money

I have commission only setters that just hit the phones for me all day

Fix ur LinkedIn first bc that's where they check u out. Headline "I help oil & gas companies..." , city skyline banner, real headshot. I made my first multiple six figures in AI deals off LinkedIn. No website. No domain

3. Get in small

My last 35k oil & gas deal started as a $1,200 website

Imagine I just got off the call & handed it to the website guy lol

Once ur in u see everything. The office doing stuff by hand, the dinosaur software, the shit that breaks every week. That's the overhaul

4. Let them tell u what's impossible

These guys are super type A. Every call it's "Tim if u could build X, Y & Z that'd be amazing, but it's impossible"

I go "ok if I make it possible will u give me $35,000?"

Then I take it to my devs. Half my clients think I'm the nerdy little Asian AI dev lol. I just sell it

Before the call paste everything ur devs can build into Claude & ask:

"This is everything my developers can do & I'm in the oil & gas niche. Why would they need each of these? Rank them by pain point"

The top 3 are ur offer

5. Price the customer, not the scope

Devs are the commodity now

If I make a business doing hundreds of thousands a month even 5% better, bro I should've charged them 60, 70k. I'm lowkey undercharging these guys

6. Get the wire

Over 10k I always take a wire bc I'm Asian & I want my 3.5%

3.5% card fee on $35,000 is $1,225. That's my whole dev bill. Oh hell no

Some of u are trying to hit 10k a month & we talking about saturation

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144 Phone Calls and the Number That Changed Our Pitch https://t.co/3TozFU6N34
#ai #business #workflow

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😆

[klöss @kloss_xyz]

my AI agents after I give them full access and tell them to be careful

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@devth Dude…

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

I think bringing AI to Main Street businesses might be one of the biggest business opportunity of the next 10 years.

Here’s how to sell AI to Main Street with no audience and no money, step by step, from picking a city to getting paid.

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

About an hour after I logged in to FB with Grok, I got notification of a login from from China

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@devth

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

The MOST obvious (but REALLY good) STARTUP ideas right now:

1. Zestimate for company data (what your data is worth to an AI lab)

2. Google Analytics for agents (see which agents visit your site and what they want)

3. Y Combinator for 1 person companies (back solo founders running a team of agents)

4. Okta for agents (who each agent is and what it's allowed to touch)

5. Marie Kondo for your company's data (clean it up so agents can use it)

6. FICO for agents (a trust score before an agent can spend money)

7. Geico for agents (insurance for when an agent makes an expensive mistake)

8. Datadog for agents (see every step your agents took)

9. Twilio for agents (phone numbers and texting for agents)

10. Upwork for agents (hire an agent for a job instead of a freelancer)

11. ESPN for AI (every model launch covered like a big game).

12. Shutterstock for robot training videos (get paid to film yourself doing chores)

13. Credit Karma for what AI knows about you (see it, fix it, delete it)

14. Norton for AI scams (protect your parents from fake voices and emails)

15. PayPal Buyer Protection for agent purchases (fixes it when your agent buys the wrong thing)

16. Geek Squad for AI (set up personal agents for families and small businesses)

17. Dell for private AI (AI in a box for firms that won't use the cloud)

18. Carfax for used GPUs (a health report before you buy secondhand)

19. Airbnb for idle GPUs (rent out computing power you're not using)

20. Rotten Tomatoes for AI models (real reviews instead of benchmarks)

21. G2 for skills (find the best skills for your agent)

22. Dropbox for your AI memory (take what your agent knows about you to any agent)

23. Canva for physical products (design it with AI and get it made)

24. ADT for your personal agent (alerts when your agent does something it shouldn't)

25. Hertz for robots (rent one for a move, a deep clean or an event)

26. Harvard Business School for internet businesses (a real education in building online)

27. Workday for agents (onboard, manage and offboard your digital workers)

28. Getty Images for your face and voice (license your likeness to AI safely)

29. Meta Muse for older adults (and other high LTV niche)

30. Google Ads for agents (pay to be what the agent recommends)

31. Loom for agents (a walkthrough of everything your agent did)

32. Plaid for agents (approved access to banks, airlines and stores)

33. Jiffy Lube for vibe coded apps (quick fixes when your AI built app breaks)

34. Ancestry for datasets (where your training data came from)

35. The organic label for human-made content (proof a person made it)

36. Strava for builders (track what you ship every week)

37. Honey that haggles for you (your agent negotiates the price)

38. SEM Rush for personal agent platforms (like Muse etc)

39. Frequent flyer miles for agents (loyalty programs built for agents)

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

Hunting season. + spent some getting my studio in order yesterday. Too much time away means updates and rusty workflows. #music #production #songwriting #edm #immersive

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

I just learned two things about a political ad:
1) If what you said is true: that you spearheaded getting 5 things passed I agree with, that had a huge impact on my voting decisions.
2) You ad was way too late. I voted two weeks ago. Most ads are way too late.

[Jay Ryan @JayRyan01746374]

Yep. About time for the gym. But before I go:

“Ten compromises at 2% is 20%."

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