Dan Martell - May 30, 2025


How to build software with AI

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Episode Stats


Length

56 seconds

Words per minute

207.78

Word count

194

Sentence count

11


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about three things you can do right away to get your software up and running. 1. Create a course. 2. Find a problem. 3. Build the solution. The people that actually build solutions and get them deployed are the ones that get paid the big bucks.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Number one, create a course.
00:00:02.420 I'm not joking.
00:00:03.160 Go into ChatGPT and say,
00:00:04.900 I want you to tell me how to build this app
00:00:07.520 using Replit as an example
00:00:09.460 and have it be very detailed, step-by-step,
00:00:12.280 and hit enter.
00:00:13.420 And it will tell you exactly how to sign up
00:00:16.040 for the software, configure it,
00:00:17.640 what prompts to put in there to have it generate the code,
00:00:20.440 and then even tell you how to run it.
00:00:22.600 Number two, find a problem.
00:00:25.200 My favorite thing to do is to talk to consultants
00:00:28.060 who are working with small business customers
00:00:29.980 or CEOs or entrepreneurs
00:00:31.560 or whoever you wanna sell products to
00:00:33.320 and ask them,
00:00:33.940 what are people asking you to solve over and over again?
00:00:36.500 And then find those people to co-create software with you.
00:00:40.160 Number three, build the solution.
00:00:42.100 See, most people get stuck in learning mode.
00:00:44.240 I call it shelf help
00:00:45.080 where they're like always pulling books off the shelf.
00:00:47.400 You wanna go be a person that JFDIs it,
00:00:50.240 just freaking does it.
00:00:51.360 The people that actually build solutions
00:00:53.100 and get those deployed,
00:00:54.360 they're the ones that are gonna get paid the big bucks.