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Most founders don't need more AI tools. They need one boring system that works.

My filter has never failed me: build only what directly generates revenue or saves 5+ hours a week. Park everything else.

16 September 2026 · 3 min · article

Unpopular opinion from someone who actually runs businesses on AI:

Every week there's a new "game-changing" tool. I've tested plenty. Here's my filter, and it has never failed me:

Build only what directly generates revenue or saves 5+ hours a week. Park everything else.

That filter killed 80% of my own automation ideas. The 20% that survived run my businesses today.

AI isn't a magic employee. It's leverage — and leverage only multiplies something that already works.

Fix the offer. Fix the follow-up. Then automate.

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