You Shouldn’t Have To Be Famous to Build Something Great

Newsletter · Apr 13, 2025

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An entrepreneur's recipe for sweet success

3.2min Read

Let’s start this off with a bang! 💥

Here are the 3 most useful AI prompts of the week that you can copy / paste and use right now, right now!

1. BRANDING EXPERT PROMPT:

Act as a master brand storyteller. Analyze my business: [describe your business, values, audience, and mission]. Create a powerful brand story that includes (1) a relatable origin story, (2) the customer’s journey as the hero, (3) how my business serves as the guide, and (4) emotional connection points that build loyalty. Include a conflict-resolution framework that shows how my offer solves meaningful challenges

2. EMAIL NINJA PROMPT:

Act as a top-tier copywriter. I’m creating an email or article targeting [describe your audience] about [describe your topic or offer]. Generate 10 powerful, attention-grabbing headlines that: (1) Tap into emotional triggers and pain points, (2) Spark curiosity or urgency, (3) Avoid spam-triggering words, and (4) Drive high open rates. Include a brief explanation of why each headline works and suggest 2 A/B test combinations for maximum effectiveness.

[I actually used this one for this email]

3. FRESH PERSPECTIVE PROMPTS:

ChatGPT can review your work as a CEO, client, or C-suite exec to sharpen your message. Try these prompts: “Pretend you’re a tech CEO—what concerns would you have about this report?” “From a C-suite view, what weaknesses do you see in my business case?” “As a potential client, what questions would you ask after reading this?

Pro Tip: Role-playing with AI like this helps you work through difficult problems, spot holes in your ideas, and work through the mess that stays in your head before you find clarity.

Boom! Hope those help!

Now let’s dive in…

First, I made a quick VIDEO for you.

YOU are the lifeblood of this letter.

Sure, I follow my curiosities, chasing shiny objects, starting and buy different businesses all with the goal of building an empire…

But I write this newsletter as a way to share any and all value I acquire with you.

If something interests you or you want more of something else, let me know.

Here’s the breakdown for today:

Bite #1 - I screwed up

Bite #2 - Words of Wisdom from a successful founder

Bite #3 - Build-to-Enter

Bite #4 - Mysterypreneur Link

Bite #5 - The AI Juice 🧃

Not a sponsorship, just a fan—

I started using a software called Forage Mail a little while ago. They had a 2 week trial available so I hopped in to check it out.

Even after a week I realized I couldn’t live without it.

It literally cleans your entire inbox by organizing, filtering and summarizing everything that comes in. I could go on, but you should just try it.

Again, not an affiliate link, just a fan. Also, the founders name is Richie Bonilla. If you email him, he will personally email you back.
https://foragemail.com

Bite #1

I screwed up.
Here’s the down and dirty of the sub contracting biz we have going right now. Hopefully you can learn from my mistake.

We got a call for a tree trimming job the other day. I chatted with the homeowner and said we could handle it.

I then sent one of our subs out to check out the job and provide me with a quote that I could then tell the owner.

The quote was sent, the owner mentioned POSSIBLE timing for the job to happen and I confirmed with my guy that he was available then.

The home owner never confirmed the job nor did I send guy out… but my guy showed up and started cutting.

Home owner runs out of the house wondering what was going on.

The job was 2/3 the way done…

Now there’s an angry home owner that doesn’t want to pay…

I could look at this and say, well that’s on my guy, I never confirmed with him, he just went.

But let’s be honest, whatever communication happened was obviously not clear enough and that’s on me.

Thankfully the owner was willing to pay a modified price, but it was peanuts compared to what it would have been.

Lesson — Never assume your communication is clear enough. You can always say something again or in a different way.

Bite #2

A friend of mine runs a multimillion dollar community specific to self storage. He is a brilliant entrepreneur and truly rallied a community around something so much more than just storage. He created an identity. I reached out to him the other day to understand the origin of how he did it as I have a pull to build one of my own. Here are two incredibly important points from what he said:

People CRAVE community but so many communities are built with an end in mind...like it's a transaction...."I'll give you this free community in exchange for you giving me money later on for the real value". That's why they fail. Instead, give fully within the parameters you've set up. And then let people ASK for more before you give it to them.
Another key is to understand that it's your job as the leader to define the values of the community. And then make sure those are loud and clear in all that you do

Bite #3

I feel pulled to build a community centered around the early stage entrepreneur. If I’m being honest, I can’t stop thinking about this idea.

There’s an angle I’ve thought of that’s more focused on a tribe of early founders working to gain traction with the projects that light them up.

But there’s another angle that I’ve been exploring focused on a niche community of creators and entrepreneurs that are unlocking the possibilities of coding with AI. While both keep me up at night with excitement, I’ll explain the second one today.

There’s coding communities out there that are on THE NEXT LEVEL, the REAL coders, but there’s a HUGE audience of creators and entrepreneurs that just want to dip their feet in this vibe coding life and build cool stuff. Hobby coders like myself that are now finally able to turn ideas into action.

A builder lab for creators, entrepreneurs and non-coders

Entry is earned by showing proof of work—complete a challenge, share a tool, contribute feedback, or launch something, etc

Monthly Builder Sprints
Builder Boards
Launch Parties
Community Tool Library
builder /project spotlights

I'd create a marketplace for the projects built within the community to be housed and monetized for the builders:

All products are vetted
Members get insider pricing, bonus content, or first access
Builders can list their projects and optionally rev-share with the community

The core mission would be

“You shouldn’t have to be famous or funded to build something great.
You just need a place that values momentum—and a tribe to build with.”

I could launch into so much more, but here’s my question for you… 👇

If this at all sounds interesting, let me know. I want to launch this with 5-10 “founding builders”

If you…

Are a tech savvy entrepreneur/ creator
Already playing around with AI and no code tools
Have way too many ideas than you know what to do with
Have always wanted to build a profitable app
See the opportunities with AI coding and want to explore it more

You definitely belong.
Also, this would be the beta group and free. The completion of the first challenge would be your entry fee 🚀

Bite #4

Mysterypreneur Link. You never know what you’re gonna get… give it a ride!

Bite # 5
The AI Juice 🧃
The tools being created right now are off the charts! Check this out.

It’s called Flect. It allows you to search all podcasts using natural languages

For example, you want to listen to a podcast episode about entrepreneurs in their early stages, building big things. Search for that and see what comes up!

Until next time...

Stay in the fight,

My best tweet this week:

@kevinasrx

In 60sec, I show how I recreated Duolingo.

Seriously just scratching the surface here.

I don’t have a coding background, I don’t know how to write code, but that doesn’t matter anymore…

Here’s all you need👇

8:30 AM • Apr 9, 2025 ↗

My favorite tweet this week:

@alex_prompter

People are building crazy apps..

With ZERO coding knowledge.

@Replit

AI is quietly making it happen—and it’s wild what’s being built.

Here are 10 INSANE examples 🧵:

7:0 AM • Apr 7, 2025 ↗