Could I Really Automate 80% of My Business With AI? I Decided to Find Out | by Norm Bond | The Startup | Jun, 2025

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How I built AI agents to work for me (while I slept)

How I used AI agents to escape busywork, reclaim time and grow my solo business

Norm Bond

A few months ago, I was stuck.

I loved the creative parts of my business. Talking with customers, designing new offers, writing are my happy place.

But I was buried in repetitive but necessary tasks for years. You might be able to relate.

I’m talking about finding leads, writing reports, sending emails and managing follow-ups.

The “to-do” list was winning. My calendar looked like a game of Tetris gone wrong.

That’s when I wondered. Since AI is popping could I automate most of this boring, repetitive work?

Not just chatbots or simple assistants, but actual agents that could do the work.

I decided to find out. Here’s what happened.

The 3 Bottlenecks I Wanted to Solve

I’m active in a large entrepreneur community focused on using AI in business. In a recent survey of over 6,000 solo founders, the top 3 issues were painfully clear:

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