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title: "(1) Corey Ganim on X: \"WATCH ME BUILD AN AI BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH (EPISODE 1) I'm building an AI ser"
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summary: "Corey Ganim documents building an AI services business from scratch targeting tree service companies in Charlotte using AI agents for lead generation and outreach, with a $500 flat-fee offer for website, speed-to-quote form, and Google Business Profile cleanup. The project operates under strict constraints of 100% cold outreach, no existing audience or network, and maximum 60 minutes daily work, with success measured by how many days until a stranger pays $500."
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# (1) Corey Ganim on X: "WATCH ME BUILD AN AI BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH (EPISODE 1) I'm building an AI ser

Corey Ganim @coreyganim WATCH ME BUILD AN AI BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH (EPISODE 1) I'm building an AI services business from scratch, on camera, with 4 rules: -100% cold outreach -No audience -No network -60 minutes a day max The scoreboard is how many days it takes a total stranger to pay me $500. Here's the entire model: 1) The niche is tree services in Charlotte. High ticket, no private equity, and after-hours emergencies where the first person to answer wins the job. 2) The offer: a built and hosted website, an AI-powered speed-to-quote form, and a Google Business Profile cleanup. $500 flat. 3) The website IS the lead magnet. We build it first, give it away free, and charge $500 to install and host it. 4) Five agents inside @ hyperagentapp run everything. Prospector, Opener, Sitesmith, Fulfiller, and an Account Manager upsell. 5) The Prospector dispatched 8 subagents, scraped 494 businesses, and verified 98 real leads. Done in 30 minutes. 6) The competition is a joke. The first five "websites" on my list: a blank page, a 404, two dead links, and a redirect to a crypto gaming site. 7) First-touch texts: under 160 characters, no links, no emojis, no mention of AI. "Hey, do y'all still do tree removal in Charlotte? Found you on Google. Corey." 8) The agent wrote "y'all" on its own. Sounding like a neighbor, not a company, is the whole reply-rate game. 9) 60 minutes a day covers 25-50 outreach attempts. Outreach is the only work that actually makes money. 10) All 5 agents get given away free in episode 4, plus $1,000 in free Hyperagent credits at the link in the YouTube subscription. Enough to run my entire lead scrape 6 times over. Two things that I'm looking to accomplish here: 1) Strip away every advantage and prove the model still works. If it works with no audience and one hour a day, nobody has an excuse left. 2) Give away the finished deliverable, not a pitch. An owner looking at their own new website doesn't need convincing. Full breakdown below. youtube.com/watch?v=OVjWdM… (also available on the Build With AI podcast) 00:00 Corey Ganim @coreyganim Jul 6 If I started a YouTube series where I: -use AI agents to find local businesses -show myself cold calling/door knocking them -document the AI services pitch -document the fulfillment process Would you watch? The purpose would be to show how a little bit of consistent daily Show more