Fail Fast, Automate Faster: Minesh Pore on Using AI to Build What Customers Need

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Minesh Pore discusses leveraging AI in business to automate tasks and focus on customer needs.

In this episode of ENTREPRENEURISM , Scott interviews Minesh Pore , Co-Founder & CEO of BuyHive and Founder & CEO of SourcingGPT.ai , exploring how he's leveraging AI throughout his business. Minesh shares how he went from Yellow Pages ad sales to leading global sourcing teams, then bootstrapping BuyHive through the chaos of COVID by focusing relentlessly on revenue. He then reveals how SourcingGPT was born from thousands of hours of on-the-ground sourcing expertise, and how vertical AI agents can automate RFQs, supplier discovery, and landed-cost calculations—freeing people to focus on judgment, relationships, and growth. The conversation wraps with a founder’s playbook for starting AI-native businesses, failing fast, and making sure you’re actually solving real customer problems. Timestamped Show Notes [00:00] Teaser – Minesh describes how AI can write RFQs, find suppliers, and calculate shipping and duties in seconds, replacing “mundane tasks” with dashboards. [01:05] Show Intro – Scott introduces ENTREPRENEURISM and the show’s focus on the tensions and superpowers of real entrepreneurs. [02:37] Guest Intro – Scott welcomes Minesh Pore , highlighting his roles at…

People in this episode

Guest: Minesh Pore

Topics covered

• AI
• entrepreneurship
• automation
• sourcing
• customer needs

Keywords

• BuyHive
• SourcingGPT.ai
• RFQs
• supplier discovery
• landed-cost calculations

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ChatGPT, Manus, BuyHive, SourcingGPT.ai

Books & works: Everyone Is a Builder Now, Entrepreneurial Hacks Book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Places: India, US, Taiwan, China, Europe

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