Opportunity doesn’t always look like opportunity. It’s disguised.
A couple opportunities I’ll have tomorrow:
Sports App
I’ve been talking with someone in Alberta who does hockey stats, and he’s wanting to launch an app to use AI to improve on old, clunky UIs. There’s a clear, underserved market for this. How could I best serve him (without thought to my own interests for now — just try and help).
AI Product Training and Support for Conveyor Belt Motor
Tomorrow I will reach out to connect to a founder of an industrial/commercial conveyor belt company. He’s invented a motor which has a single transfer of energy, saving energy for customers. It’s apparently selling like crazy, but he’s limited because he can’t scale their customer training fast enough. He has to send people all over the world for customer training on how to use and maintain the product. He’s looking into AI solutions.
What could I do to help him save money? Maybe by reducing flights / in-person training by using AI to build a chat system which is trained on their documentation and manuals and can answer all customer questions and reference the manuals, page numbers, etc.?
This + having an in-region training team could reduce flight and training costs immensely. Maybe AI-first and if the customer still needs help, they call their local office which can answer immediately and guide the customer if they still need extra guidance (in their own language and timezone as well). Could be an extra fee / premium support package. IDK, just brainstorming ideas here.
But I feel like this could reduce costs immensely and remove roadblocks to scaling and selling a lot more of these mechanical drives.
The point is, opportunity is everywhere. If we can open our eyes and recognize it for what it is, both of these opportunities will require significant time investment and energy investment. But it’s worth it because we need to take risks and take chances in life.
Either of these could lead to life-changing results if executed well. And if not, at least more learning, more personal education on my part. And perhaps business relationships which could be beneficial somewhere on down the line.
The individual outcome doesn’t really matter, as long as the opportunity is aligned with your long-term goals and you’re trying to genuinely help someone (not just in it for a quick buck). There’s definitely opportunity to make the world a better place.