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Here’s what we’ve got for you today.

• Daily Idea - Creators. Audience. Infrastructure.

• Simply start an agency

Creators create. This agency builds their business.

The One Liner

Turn creators into cash-printing businesses. Done-for-you style.

The 140 character tweet (or X) version

Most creators don’t need another brand deal. They need a COO. This agency builds products, apps & communities for them. Creators just show up.

The Longer Story Version

The Problem
Creators have the attention. But not the infrastructure.

They can make a 60-second reel that hits 3M views... but ask them to build a Shopify store, source a manufacturer, spin up an app, or run a community?

You’ll hear crickets.

Here’s what usually happens:

• Brands reach out with sponsor deals

• Creators take the check, post once, and it’s over

• Or they try to launch something solo and get lost in DTC hell

They’ve got leverage, but no one to help them use it.

The Solution
Imagine if MrBeast & Elon had a baby—this agency would raise it.

We partner with creators and turn their brand into a business. They don’t lift a finger (except maybe to record a promo).

Here’s how it works:

1. We find the right creators: Ones who are sitting on gold but don’t know how to mine it.

2. We pitch them a business model: Could be a product line, SaaS tool, or private community.

3. We build it: End-to-end. Dev, ops, customer service. Everything.

4. They promote it: To their already-engaged audience.

5. We split the upside: Equity + optional cash retainer.

They stay in their zone of genius. We handle the rest.

How We’d Build It

💡 This isn’t a pipe dream—we’ve got the tech for it.

• Creator Discovery: Use Modash or Maven to scout talent based on engagement, not just follower count.

• Product Validation: Launch fast MVPs with Whimsical + Carrd landing pages → test demand before building.

• DTC Infra: Spin up with Unicorn Platform + Junip for beautiful review flows. Lemon Squeezy if it’s digital.

• Community Builds: Use Circle or Geneva for paid, private groups.

• Custom Software: Plug in no-code tools like Xano for backend, WeWeb for front-end, and boom—you’ve got an app.

• Automated Ops: Connect with Relay or Parabola to automate backend workflows.

Everything is modular. We can launch a new brand in 30–45 days.

Why It Needs to Exist

Because creators are the new empires—but most are just castles made of sand.

They’ve got audience. Influence. Trust. But they’re missing the backend.

And right now? There’s a gold rush happening. The ones who partner up and go vertical will win. The rest will keep posting until burnout hits.

We’re betting on the former. And building the machine to help them win.

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📋 Step-by-Step Launch Plans
Found an idea you like? We’ll show you how to start it—from MVP to GTM.

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If you’re building, brainstorming, or just tired of sitting on the sidelines...
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You Don’t Need a Genius Idea. You Need an Offer.

Most people sit around waiting for a lightning strike of genius. The perfect startup idea. The next Stripe. The Notion for X.

But here’s the truth:
You don’t need a billion-dollar idea—you need something simple that makes someone else’s life easier, and gets you paid for it.

That’s what an agency is. Not a bloated team with a fancy website. A skill-based, outcome-driven business you can launch in a weekend.

If you’re good at literally anything—writing, editing, automation, design, community building, operations—you’re sitting on an income stream. You just haven’t packaged it yet.

Step 1: Pick a skill (even a basic one)

Most people overcomplicate this. You don’t need to be elite. You just need to be better than the person you’re helping.

Can you:

• Make nice-looking pitch decks?

• Turn rambling founder thoughts into polished writing?

• Clean up chaotic backends with Airtable, Notion, or Zapier?

• Run a Discord without it descending into chaos?

• Build a landing page that doesn’t look like Craigslist?

If yes to any of the above: congratulations, you have a valuable skill.

Step 2: Package the skill into a clear offer

People don’t buy “skills”—they buy outcomes. So don’t say “I can help with copywriting.” Say:

Make the value obvious. Make the scope tight. Productize it so it’s repeatable.

Step 3: Use tools that let you move fast and look pro

Here’s where most people overthink. You don’t need a dev. You don’t need funding. You need the right tools.

Some killer ones you probably haven’t used yet:

• Typedream: Like Notion but for building landing pages fast.

• Tally: A better, simpler alternative to Google Forms for onboarding or lead capture.

• Loom AI: Use it to pitch, prospect, and explain deliverables in 60 seconds.

• WeWeb: Build interactive front-ends without writing code—great if you want to create dashboards for clients.

• Whalesync: Sync Notion, Airtable, and more without Zapier spaghetti.

• Luna.ai: Use AI to write and send personalized cold emails that actually convert.

With these, you can launch, operate, and grow an agency solo. No team. No excuses.

Step 4: Get 3 customers (without running ads)

You don’t need followers. You need conversations.

Make a list of 20 people who might benefit from your offer. DM them. Email them. Use Loom to pitch what you can do. Show, don’t tell.

Say something like:

Or:

Three yeses, and you’ve got a business. More than that? You’ve got validation.

Step 5: Systemize, productize, scale

Once you’ve got a few clients, it’s time to streamline. Create templates. Reuse onboarding flows. Build SOPs for delivery. Hand off what you can to contractors or tools.

Then, raise prices. Package into tiers. Turn inbound into a waitlist.

This is how real businesses are born—not from some Y Combinator retreat, but from doing useful things consistently.

The Bottom Line

Most people think they need to start a company. But really, they just need to start doing something valuable that people will pay for.

Agencies are the cheat code.

• Fast to start

• Low cost

• High leverage

• Totally in your control

Build one around your skill. Make it clean, make it helpful, make it repeatable. That’s it.

Momentum beats perfection. So stop waiting. Start solving. And watch what happens next.

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