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Build With, Not For
The partnership motion Mike is actively running instead of traditional agency billing.
How it works
- 1Find operators who already have a market, a client base, and a proven method.
- 2Codify their method into a product instead of quoting them for a build.
- 3Skip the invoice on the first pass. Test it with their existing clients together.
- 4If it works with real users, formalize into a product with a profit share.
Hear it on the podcast
Vibe Coding Your MVP Is a Time Bomb: AI Workflows for Founders Who Want to Ship TwiceListen to the episodeMore from this episode
The Foundation TestMike's core diagnostic for any AI-built system. Speed is not the variable that matters. Survivability is.Model Portfolio ArchitectureThe anti-vendor-lock layer. Don't adopt a model. Build the routing layer that models plug into.The Commit GauntletMike's automated quality pipeline, and the automation he says he'd miss most if it vanished tomorrow.The Adversarial Agent GuardrailMike's mental model for why agent hallucination is a system design problem, not a model defect.The Knowledge Base Guardrail LoopThe semi-automated customer support pattern Mike says most companies get wrong.
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