Prompt Playbook: Next Steps in AI Entrepreneurship PART 5

Hey Prompt Entrepreneur,

I know exactly when a new big AI model release is coming.

It’s a superpower. And a curse.

I know because it happens everytime I get on a plane to enjoy a holiday away.

The most hilarious was when I was literally taxiing at Heathrow, about to takeoff, and GPT-4 dropped.

Every. Damn. Time.

Because the pace of change in AI is incessant.

Another model. Another set of capabilities to learn. Another shift in what's possible. Another round of "is my expertise still relevant?" Great vibe to take on holiday!

Then I remember something crucial: I'm not trying to be the smartest AI person in the room. I'm trying to be the most helpful AI person to my industry.

That changes everything.

When GPT-4 launched, I didn't panic about learning every new feature. I asked: "How does this help the people I talk to work faster?" When Midjourney v6 dropped, I didn't stress about mastering every parameter. I focused on: "What can my students do with this?"

The AI field will never stop evolving. That's not a bug - it's a feature. Your job isn't to know everything about AI. It's to stay current enough to build your business and do well in the world of AI.

Let’s get started:

It’s a bitter-sweet day. It’s the end of the 50 day AI Summer Camp. And you’ve come a long long way. We’re wrapping up now with some tips on staying in the loop so that you can continue your AI entrepreneurship journey.

You don’t need me anymore! You’re super well equipped for whatever AI is going throw at us. The key is just staying on top of everything in a sensible way that doesn’t overwhelm us.

Staying Current vs. Staying Cutting-Edge

You do not need to know everything going on in AI. AI is a broad field - much broader than even genAI (ie. LLMs like ChatGPT). So already we’re focusing our attention - the current “modern” AIs are really a very small subset of the larger field of AI.

We’re just going to constrain our focus even more. We’ll focus on what parts of AI makes sense for our industry and business. And tune out the rest.

Staying cutting-edge means knowing every new model, every feature update, every technical advancement. It's exhausting, expensive, and largely irrelevant to your audience and customers.

Heck, even I can’t do this and I’m pretty much living and breathing this stuff on the day to day. And I talk to other content creators and AI entrepreneurs and they are exactly the same - there’s no way to drink from the firehose of information in a meaningful way.

Staying current means understanding which developments actually impact your industry. It's focused, practical, and directly valuable to your audience. What specifically is important for your business?

And easy example - does your product use AI imagery in any way? Nope - it’s purely text based? Sweet: we can ignore a lot of the updates on diffusion models and the like. It’s just not in our wheelhouse and that’s fine!

This means your approach should be:

Industry-first, not AI-first. When new AI tools launch, your first question isn't "What can this do?" It's "How does this help my audience and customers?" Useful reframe that immediately filters out noise.

Practical filter over everything. You (probably!) don't need to deeply understand transformer architecture. It’s cool. And fun to learn about. But will it ultimately help the people you serve? Your customers? Probably not!

Translation over technical knowledge. Remember that your value isn't knowing how AI works. It's knowing how to make AI work for your particular industry.

This mindset shift is liberating. You're not competing with AI researchers or technical experts. By all means read their work - it’s fascinating and thought provoking. But don’t compare yourself to them unnecessarily. We’re doing something different to them!

Your AI Learning Stack

Here's the exact stack that will put you ahead of 99.99% of people. Probably 99.999%.

For AI insights and research:

• Ethan Mollick on social media (Twitter and LinkedIn) + his book "Co-Intelligence"

• Nate B Jones for technical depth made accessible

For staying current with developments:

• The Rundown AI for AI news

• My news update newsletter for curated daily updates (with more snarky commentary than the Rundown! Love ya Rowan 🤣)

For understanding how this stuff actually works:

• "What is ChatGPT Doing?" by Stephen Wolfram (free online + Amazon)

• Andrej Karpathy's videos for technical foundations

• 3Blue1Brown’s series on neural networks

• DeepLearning.ai for structured learning

This stuff is mainly optional and (unless you are building AIs) non-practical. It is however fascinating!

For daily news and Q&A:

• Join me on my daily lives on TikTok and YouTube where I run through the news, sort fact from fiction, separate noise from signal, and answer your questions directly.

That's it. I did sneak a handful of my own resources in there - sorry, I had to! This stack will give you deeper understanding than 99.99% of people talking about AI.

Most importantly: avoid the hype. It’s hard - but over time as you follow what’s happening you’ll realise what’s noise and what’s signal.

Your 50-Day Achievements

That’s the future. But let’s take a moment to step back and look at where we’ve come in the last 6 weeks.

What you've built:

• Validated business idea

• Foundations of a distribution infrastructure through your audience

• Revenue systems that can scale in play

• Started to build recognised expertise in your industry

What you've proven (to yourself!):

• You can identify real market problems

• You can build solutions people will pay for

• You can attract and convert customers

• You can adapt and learn as things change

This isn't just programme completion - it's proof you can build profitable businesses in the AI economy.

Remember: whether or not your are making $1000/month right now is not important.

Because we’ve learned the process. And we’re going to keep building. The habit of building is more important than the result. Because with that habit in place we’ll get to our results. And beyond.

Choose based on what energises you: building products, teaching people, or both.

(If teaching appeals, my AI Workshop Kit gets you started immediately. If building, my AI Authority Accelerator accelerates audience growth. Both are natural next steps.)

Your Day 50 Action

Celebrate.

Genuinely take a moment to sit back and look at where you’ve come from and where you are now.

Have a beer. A slice of cake. Or a spa day. Whatever tickles your fancy. As long as its celebratory.

Build in Public Content

Share your completion and commitment:

"Day 50 of AI Summer Camp: Programme complete!

50 days ago: Zero audience, no product, unclear direction Today: [give an update of what you’ve built]

This is just the foundation. Excited for the future.

But that’s tomorrow. Today I’m celebrating: [tell us how]”

Final Thoughts

Fifty days ago, you started with an idea and some ambition. Hell, maybe you didn’t even have an idea!

Today, you finish with a basic business, an audience, and expertise that sets you apart. It’s a BIG journey.

But the most important thing you've gained isn't the business metrics or the revenue streams. It's the confidence that you can spot opportunities, build solutions, and create value in a rapidly changing world. You’re riding the AI wave instead of watching it fearfully from the beach.

AI will continue evolving. New tools will launch. Markets will shift. Opportunities will emerge and disappear. The only constant is change and all that!

You're ready for it.

You've proven you can learn, build, and adapt. You've shown you can create value for real people with real problems. You've demonstrated that you can turn expertise into income and impact.

The AI economy is just getting started. And now, so are you! It’s exciting.

Keep building. Keep learning. Keep growing.

Most importantly, keep prompting.

It's been an honour guiding you through these 50 days. Now go show the world what you can build.

Kyle

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