My journey from sleeping on a friend's couch to running multiple successful tech companies taught me one truth that changed everything: systems beat hustle every time. The same principles that helped me build successful companies are what led me to discover how AI can transform productivity - not through technical skills, but through the right frameworks.
It was the Fall of 1999. I had just graduated college and moved to Nashville, TN. I took a job as a web designer at a small start-up on Music Row.
I was living with a friend from college and sleeping on his couch until I could get a place of my own.
I was about a week into my new job and I distinctly remember coming home, eating dinner with my friend and saying to him "Is this all there is?"
You get up, go to work, come home tired, eat dinner, go to bed, and rinse and repeat? He said "Yep".
I knew from that moment that I would never be satisfied working for someone else and for someone else's dreams. It was not the life I wanted.
This revelation led me to start my first business called eArtistManagement.com.
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As a web designer in Nashville, I saw musicians everywhere who needed websites. That was my first "aha" moment. I could build a website generator for musicians who all needed similar features.
I knew how to build products but not how to market them. This character flaw is common with software developers.
Despite knowing nothing about marketing, I released it and got my first few customers from people I knew locally. I had made my first ever dollar online which was and still is an amazing feeling.
It showed me there are other ways to support yourself without working a typically 9-5 and that drove me to continue my pursuit.
Ultimately however that product never allowed me to quit my day job. But it did supply a nice supplemental income. At eArtistManagement.com's height, it was making around $1500 per month.
The years would go by and I'd continued to learn and try new stuff. I tried to create several other niche site builders with no success.
I knew that I could build anything but I did not know how to market it.
My first successful product was a WordPress plugin called Coming Soon Pro. It was released in 2011.
I had joined the Micropreneur Academy, where I learned you should test ideas before investing months building something that might fail. The concept was simple: create a landing page, send traffic to it, and gauge interest.
I built a simple coming soon plugin for WordPress to test other business ideas and released it for free. I was actually working on a custom WordPress theme for SaaS websites at the time.
A few months later, I discovered my free coming soon plugin had over 10,000 downloads and I was getting requests for more features. This led to my next "aha" moment: add premium features and sell a Pro version.
I made a sale on the very first day I released it, and it would only grow from there.
That first sale was only $29, but it changed everything for me. It validated that people would pay for software I created. More importantly, it planted the seed for systems-based thinking that would later transform my approach to AI.
By this time, my life circumstances had changed. I was married with a 1-year-old daughter. While I wanted to quit my day job, I had a responsibility to provide securely for my family.
So I worked a day job and built my side business for 8 years, becoming completely debt-free in the process.
In 2018, I finally took the leap. I quit my day job, took the summer off to spend with my family, and then focused on growth. I connected with Syed Balkhi and Thomas Griffin (who I'd met at WordPress events), joined their Growth Fund, and started scaling my business.
Today, I run the day-to-day operations at OnePageGA.com, SeedProd.com, RafflePress.com, and Duplicator.com.
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In 2023, while running four companies simultaneously, I hit a breaking point. There weren't enough hours in the day. That's when I discovered AI - not just as a tool, but as a complete productivity multiplier.
My first attempts were frustrating - generic outputs, wasted time, and more questions than answers. Then I realized something: AI responded to the same systematic framework approach that had made my companies successful.
I became obsessed with testing and refining AI prompting systems. The results were immediate and transformative. Tasks that took hours now took minutes. My team was amazed by our suddenly accelerated productivity.
One Friday afternoon, I needed to create a marketing email campaign for a webinar I had done. Before AI, this would have been hours to craft, and it wouldn't have been this good. Using my prompting system, I completed it in 5 minutes. That's when I knew I had to share this framework with others.
Through months of testing across my companies, I developed what I now call The Perfect Prompt Formula - a framework that consistently produces exceptional AI results in seconds rather than struggling through multiple frustrating attempts.
What sets this approach apart isn't technical AI knowledge - it's understanding how to communicate effectively with AI using a proven system. The same systematic thinking that helped me build successful companies now helps me extract maximum value from AI with minimum effort.
I've implemented these strategies across multiple successful companies, witnessing firsthand how AI can be a powerful force multiplier for teams and individuals.
Today, I'm obsessed with helping others achieve more while doing less through AI-powered productivity systems. I've walked the path from technical expert to strategic innovator and understand the challenges of balancing innovation with execution.
When I'm not helping others optimize their AI workflow, you'll find me testing new productivity tools, sharing insights from the frontlines of AI innovation, and leading day-to-day operations at my companies.
My mission is simple: Help you harness AI to achieve extraordinary results in your work and life, without the trial and error I went through.
If you're ready to transform how you work with AI, join me. Let's make sure the question "Is this all there is?" becomes "Is this really possible?" as you discover what AI can truly do for you.
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