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01 · Step One of Five

Choose Your Niche & Define the Problem

Every good AI product starts with a real problem worth solving. In this first step you'll learn how to spot a problem people genuinely feel — and would happily pay to have fixed.

In this step

What you'll learn

Your exercises

Put it into practice

Two short exercises to do before you move on to Step 2.

1

Map Problem → Urgency → Money

List three problems you've noticed in your community. For each one, rate how urgent it feels from 1 to 5, and whether people already pay to solve it. Keep the idea that scores highest on all three.

About 15 minutes
2

Place your customer in the 5 Stages

Pick one person you'd love to help. Decide which of the five stages — Emotional, Finance, How-to, Products or Service — they're in right now, then write one sentence on what they need next.

About 10 minutes

Step 1 workbook

Download the AI for Business workbook to follow along and complete every exercise.

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Ready for the next step?

You've defined the problem. Next, you'll choose the AI model and tools that will help you solve it — all in plain English, at your own pace.