What if 80% of your solo business could run on autopilot? That was the question I asked myself a few months ago. The demand for leads, client outreach, content, and fulfillment was non-stop. The daily grind was eating up my time.
I wanted leverage, not burnout.
So, I started building AI agents. Not chatbots, but real agents that could do the work.
Here’s what I learned, what worked, and how my business runs today.
Hint: with less grind and more growth.
The 3 Biggest Bottlenecks in My Business
I’m active in a large AI-first entrepreneur community. In a recent survey with 6,000+ members, the top 3 pain points came up again and again:
- Not enough leads
- Trouble converting those leads into paying clients
- No time to manage everything that needs doing
These challenges fed into each other: No leads → no pipeline → no clients → no revenue → no time to fix it.
How I Started Building My First AI Agents
The automation idea was simple: if a process is repeatable, an AI agent can run it.
I began with a prospecting agent.
Every night, it scrapes targeted websites, enriches the data, and prioritizes the best-fit leads.
This tool works while I sleep. By morning, I have a curated list of potential clients. And without spending hours hunting for them.
In the video below, you’ll see:
✅ AI agent gathering emails and qualifying leads
✅ Real-time interaction with the agent
✅ How I’m using AI agents to scale my business without scaling hours
My Current AI Agent Stack
Here are the 3 core agents I now use in my solo business every day:
- Prospecting Agent → scrapes, enriches, prioritizes leads
- Content Agent → drafts and schedules weekly posts for my audience
- Fulfillment Agent → prepares 80% of my client reports and deliverables
These agents handle dozens of micro-tasks that used to dominate my week.
Before vs After: What Changed
Before:
- 4–5 hours/week spent scraping leads
- 2% cold email reply rates
- 60% of my time on repetitive tasks
After:
- Fresh leads in my inbox daily
- 15–20% response rates using value-first outreach
- Majority of my week spent on creative and strategic work
The shift has been massive. But I’m still tweaking and refining it.
Key Lessons From Running an AI-First Solo Business
- If you can map it on sticky notes, you can turn it into an agent
- Start with your biggest bottleneck first—often leads or fulfillment
- Agents are not futuristic—they’re usable now, with off-the-shelf tools
Most importantly, this is not about replacing yourself. It’s about scaling your impact without scaling your hours.
What’s Next (And How You Can Start)
Entrepreneurs adopting agents today are quietly pulling ahead. The ones waiting will struggle to compete.
I’ll be sharing more behind-the-scenes in future posts.
You’ll get detailed looks at how these agents run in my own business and for select clients. Gen AI can do things now that were impossible only a year ago.
If you want leverage in your solo business, this is where to start.
The agent-powered future is here. Will you build with it?
