Let’s be brutally honest.
The AI gold rush has produced a flood of cool vibe-coded tools… …and almost zero‑dollar businesses.
Everyone is building things. Almost no one is selling.
Why? Because 99% of these projects are solutions looking for a problem.
This isn’t a theory. It’s a diagnosis.
🎧 I’m sharing a raw, 2‑minute audio clip from a private de‑risking session where I gave a talented founder the one protocol that separates a real business from a financial graveyard.
It’s the core of my entire system. Listen here.
The Litmus Test
After you listen, ask yourself one question:
👉 What’s the one idea you could pre‑sell in the next 72 hours?
If the problem is severe enough, people will pay — even if the product doesn’t exist yet. If they don’t, it’s the wrong problem.
🎁 Free Resource
I’ve put together a short guide that shows you the exact steps I use to secure pre‑payments before building anything:
The First Prepayment Playbook - It works for both SaaS products and high‑ticket coaching services.
Reply PLAYBOOK and start building a business validated with real money, not opinions.
– Adam
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