The $10K Projects You Never Do (AI Just Changed That)
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Dan talks with Taylor Pearson about a new wave of “agentic AI” tools like Claude Code — and how founders are using them to tackle projects that used to take days or weeks. From analyzing financials to running workflows and speeding up big internal projects, these tools can act more like a business collaborator than a chatbot. They also walk through how to take the first step if you want to start experimenting.
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CHAPTERS:
Video:
00:00 AI “Superpowers” for Founders
00:17 A New Wave of AI Tools
00:44 Sponsor: Bento
01:08 The First Time Taylor Tried Claude Code
04:06 The $10K Projects Sitting on Your To-Do List
4:58 Real Ways Founders Are Using AI Agents
5:10 AI as the Operating System for Your Business
13:00 The Breakthrough: AI That Reads and Writes Your Files
20:49 The New AI Arbitrage
25:27 What AI Is Weirdly Good (and Bad) At
27:51 Why It’s an Exciting Time to Be a Founder Again
Audio:
(00:00:00) AI “Superpowers” for Founders
(00:00:43) A New Wave of AI Tools
(00:00:57) Sponsor: Bento
(00:02:32) The First Time Taylor Tried Claude Code
(00:04:21) The $10K Projects Sitting on Your To-Do List
(00:05:13) Real Ways Founders Are Using AI Agents
(00:05:32) AI as the Operating System for Your Business
(00:13:07) The Breakthrough: AI That Reads and Writes Your Files
(00:20:44) The New AI Arbitrage
(00:25:16) What AI Is Weirdly Good (and Bad) At
(00:27:36) Why It’s an Exciting Time to Be a Founder Again
Dan Andrews is the co-founder of Dynamite Circle, author of Before the Exit, host of the Tropical MBA podcast, and an entrepreneur who has successfully launched and scaled multiple 7-figure businesses.
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Past guests on TMBA include Cal Newport, David Heinemeier Hannson, Seth Godin, Ricardo Semler, Noah Kagan, Rob Walling, Jay Clouse, Einar Vollset, Sam Dogan, Gino Wickam, James Clear, Jodie Cook, Mark Webster, Steph Smith, Taylor Pearson, Justin Tan, Matt Gartland, Ayman Al-Abdullah, Lucy Bella.
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