How to Build a One Person AI Business (Using Claude Code)

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My playbook for growing a $1M AI agency: https://app.aiautomationsociety.ai/opaa-ads-optin My FREE resources: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about?el=build-a-one-person-ai-business&hcategory=youtube-videos&utm_campaign=free-group My Tools💻 FREE MONTH voice to text: https://get.glaido.com/nate Code NATEHERK for 10% off VPS (annual plan): https://www.hostinger.com/vps/claude-code-hosting How to Build a One Person AI Business (Using Claude Code): 87 out of every 100 AI projects die in the demo phase and never make a dime. I scaled my agency past $100,000 a month, exited it, and now lead a community of 430,000 builders. That's why I'm walking you through how to build a one person AI business using Claude Code step by step. So what is this business, and how do you land that first client? Watch and see. Sponsorship Inquiries: 📧 nate@smoothmedia.co Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nateherkelman/ https://x.com/nateherk https://www.instagram.com/nateherk/ Timestamps: 00:00 - One person empire? 00:19 - Not a builder 00:52 - Who's Nate? 01:53 - Three buckets 04:22 - Service ladder 07:53 - Build yourself first 08:48 - Steal this 10:07 - Don't niche down? 12:37 - Where they hide 14:53 - Race to no? 16:06 - Find the constraint 17:43 - Four blanks? 18:56 - Now scale it 20:42 - What to charge? 23:59 - Really want this?

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Makers residency 4th edition

Your idea can be anything. At our last workshops, people built plant-based nutrition businesses, a way to measure planetary resilience, crochet headwear and a way to connect lonely people living in the same building. An asset manager went on to raise an additional £25M on their fund within nine months. The fourth workshop is a full day at KOKO with Nick Sarafa, learning to build with Claude Code. Bring the thing you keep meaning to start. We’ll bring the pizza.

◆ Fri 13 Nov 2026 ◆ KOKO, London
Makers residency 4th edition
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Makers residency 4th edition
Fri 13 Nov 2026

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