Brett and Naveen break down how GenX escapees can use AI to work faster, earn more, and de-risk the leap from corporate. You’ll learn where AI actually helps (and where it doesn’t), how to turn your experience into simple, repeatable, AI-enabled services, and why singles (small wins) beat swinging for enterprise home runs when you’re solo. Think: micro-SaaS, productized services, and month-to-month offers that business owners can say “yes” to quickly.

Key Takeaways

• GenX Advantage: We’ve lived analog → digital → internet → mobile. We know how to train people—now we train AI. We also know when outputs are “off.”
• AI as Fractional Workforce: Treat AI like your on-demand researcher, analyst, designer, scheduler, and SDR. One subscription, many “roles.”
• Start with Singles: Stop chasing six-figure whales out of the gate. Package $1–5K/month services that solve one need deeply, repeat it across clients.
• Outcome > Hours: Price the result (clean CRM, personalized outreach engine, faster proposals), not your time. AI compresses hours into minutes—that’s the point.
• Productize the Process: Turn your workflow into a mini system: inputs → AI-assisted steps → valuable output. Reuse 80%, customize 20%.
• Risk Wins Deals: Month-to-month + clear ROI beats open-ended fractional promises for most SMBs.

Practical Use Cases We Cover

• Lead gen & personalized outreach at scale

• CRM cleanup & contact enrichment

• Proposal/slide creation (e.g., Gamma)

• Research & meeting prep “briefings”

• Contract review & red-flag summaries

• Agents & light automations (only after nailing the manual workflow)

Simple Monetization Paths (Examples)

• $2–5K/mo: “Done-for-you” outbound engine (200 targeted emails, replies routed, CRM updated).
• $1–3K flat: CRM cleanup + enrichment + basic dashboard.
• $1–2K/mo: Founder research briefs + talk tracks before key meetings.
• $3–8K setup + $1–3K/mo: Build a lightweight, repeatable micro-SaaS/workflow (pricing, content kits, hiring screens) for a niche.

Timestamps

• 00:00 Intro & why AI is a GenX superpower

• 03:30 From big-corp AI to solo/SMB impact

• 06:10 Training people vs. training AI (and knowing “good”)

• 11:20 AI as your fractional team: practical tools & roles

• 16:45 Thought partner use case (Brett’s real examples)

• 23:30 Singles over home runs: structure simple wins

• 29:45 Value pricing when AI compresses your time

• 34:20 Risk, ROI, and easy “yes” offers for SMBs

• 38:45 Partnering to productize (stack skills → stack revenue)

• 42:50 Action plan & where to find Naveen

Memorable Lines

• “AI is the great equalizer—your fractional workforce in one subscription.”

• “Don’t sell AI—sell a solved problem that AI helps deliver.”

• “GenX knows what ‘good’ looks like. That’s the edge 20-somethings can’t fake.”

Resources Mentioned

• Explained Consulting: explained.consulting

• Gamma for slide/proposal generation