# 181 Best AI startup idea of 2026 (I'm making $1,000/hour with it)
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Corey Ganim shares a comprehensive guide on generating income through AI services and client acquisition strategies.
Grab the Free report template: https://audittemplate.ai Grab the full Excalidraw diagram: AI Assessment framework (public) — Excalidraw Plus This is the full AI assessment masterclass. I walk through the four phases of the $999 AI tools assessment, the expansion menu of services you can sell after, seven ways to find clients without spending any money, and then the AI concierge upsell that is generating over a thousand dollars an hour for me right now. I have five clients on the concierge offer paying between twelve hundred and two thousand dollars a month each for two 45-minute calls. That is the entire deliverable. This episode gives you the full playbook end to end so you can go do this yourself. Join our AI Operator Academy Community where we help entrepreneurs start and scale a profitable AI services business: https://www.skool.com/aioperatoracademy/about Timestamps 00:00 – Intro: The full AI assessment masterclass 00:30 – What is the AI tools assessment and how does it work? 01:30 – Phase 1: The 45-minute discovery call and key questions to ask 02:24 – Phase 2: AI analysis, Claude finds 3-7 tools from the transcript 03:30 – Using Futurepedia and There's an AI for That to…
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