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Report #0166 — 👨‍🍳 Personal AI Agents: Skill Marketplaces, Compliance Wedge, Open Weights

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Report #0165 — 🦾 AI Employees: Named Personas, Cautionary Tale, Outcome Pricing

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Report #0164 — 🔄 AI Gateways: Cache As Moat, Vertical Gateways, Hyperscaler Bundling

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Report #0163 — ❤️‍🩹 AI Therapy Apps: Augmentation Play, Crisis Detection, Vertical Niches

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Do Less, Get More: The F1 Math

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Report #0161 — 🥷 Privacy as a Service: Indie Opportunities, Product Bundles, Audit Moats

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Report #0160 — Zero-Human Companies: $300,000/mo, Maximizer Mode, Liability Gap

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Report #0159 — 🛠️ Service as Software: Solo Operator Pattern, The 6:1 Ratio, Liability as a Service

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Report #0157 — Outcome-Based Pricing: $0.99 Per Ticket, Who Owns The Billing Layer, The Mid-Market Trap

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Micro-Failure vs Macro-Failure

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Founder Finds #0173: 🔀 How Do Top Developers Manage Multiple AI Coding Agents Simultaneously?

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Why did I hide behind a free plan for 5 months?

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Founder Finds #0169: ⚔️ Is Your "Strategy" the Reason Your Business Is Struggling?

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Founder Finds #0168: 🔄 How Did One Pricing Change Turn a Failed App Into $80k in 6 Months?

💬 Paid Communities: Rituals, 90–9–1 Rule, Community-as-a-Service

Founder Finds #0167: 📈 How Did Tally Reach $4M ARR by Doing One Thing Really Well?

✨ AI-Powered SaaS: AI Startup Studios, Validating Demand, Predictable Revenue

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🤑 Million-Dollar, One-Person Businesses: Micro-Monopolies, Multiple Income Streams, High-Leverage Skills

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Founder Finds #0165: 📖 Why Are You Selling Features When Customers Buy Outcomes?

🔍 AI Search Optimization (AEO): Replacing Google, 13x Conversions, $7.3 billion market

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Founder Finds #0139: 😈 Is Your Marketing Too Nice to Be Effective?

Founder Finds #0138: 💼 How Can You Build a SaaS While Working Full-Time?

Founder Finds #0137: 💰 How Did This 17-Year Old Build a $1.12M/Year AI App?

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Founder Finds #0121: 🔥 Why Piss Off 80% to Please 20%?

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