AI Business Building Framework

A comprehensive AI-powered workflow for entrepreneurs to go from idea to paying customers using free tools and AI agents.

Overview of the 5-Step AI Business Building Framework

Greg Isenberg shares a complete system to replace traditional business roles (developer, designer, marketer, researcher, product manager) with AI tools to build businesses from scratch.

Step 1: Find the Right Idea Based on Trends

• Use ideabrowser.com to discover trending business ideas
  • Shows a new AI-generated business idea daily based on current trends
  • Provides detailed analysis including opportunity score and problem score
  • Example: AI SEO agency specializing in LLM (large language model) optimization
• Each idea comes with comprehensive business details:
  • Business model recommendations
  • Suggested pricing strategies
  • Target audience analysis
  • Go-to-market strategies
  • Competitive landscape
• Includes a "founder fit score" to assess if you're the right person for the idea
  • Evaluates your skills against what's needed for the business
  • Provides personalized assessment of your fit with the opportunity

Step 2: Sketch Out the Idea

• Use TLDraw to create visual sketches of your business concept
• Helps visualize the user experience and business flow
• Allows you to map out how the business will work before building

Step 3: Scope Out the MVP Using Manus

• Create a detailed project plan for your minimum viable product
• Outlines exactly what needs to be built
• Helps define the core features needed to test your business concept

Step 4: Build a Prototype Using Bolt.new

• "Vibe code" a working prototype without traditional coding
• Create a functional version of your business idea
• Test core functionality before investing in full development

Step 5: Market and Automate with Lindy.ai

• Use AI to create marketing campaigns and automate business processes
• Set up workflows for customer acquisition and engagement
• Alternatives mentioned: Gumloop and n8n (though Lindy is recommended for simplicity)
• Example workflows:
  • Converting newsletters into Twitter content
  • Creating custom AI medical scribes
  • Setting up automated customer engagement systems

Step 6: Evolve from Service to Software Business

• Use the Idea Agent in ideabrowser.com to evaluate business expansion ideas
• Identify opportunities to transform service businesses into scalable software products
• Example: Moving from an AI SEO agency to creating an "Ahrefs for LLM SEO" SaaS product

Key Benefits of This Approach

• Dramatically reduces costs of starting a business
• Accelerates time-to-market for new ideas
• Allows entrepreneurs to test multiple concepts with minimal investment
• Creates opportunities for $1M+ businesses by implementing AI workflows
• Enables solo entrepreneurs to compete with larger teams