Building in Public
How I Run Products as a Solo Founder
The operating system behind MeetKai, Kai Calls, Build with Kai, Kai CMO, and the rest of the portfolio.
Apr 30, 2026
12 min read
MeetKaiSolo FounderAI Operations
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Field notes from building MeetKai and the portfolio.
Real numbers, operator essays, conversion lessons, and the product systems behind Kai Calls, Build with Kai, Kai CMO, and the rest of the portfolio.
AI Automation
Shadow AI and the 3-Hour Workday
Most knowledge workers finish their actual work in three hours. The rest is performance. Here's what the shadow economy inside your company looks like.
Dec 15, 2025
35 min read
Shadow AICareer StrategyAutomation
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Programmatic Dominance: Why Your Writer Team Can't Beat My Vector Database
Hiring 50 writers is linear. Writing 1 script is exponential. See how programmatic SEO with RAG generates 10,000+ unique pages at 1/100th the cost of human writers.
Jan 22, 2025
10 min read
Programmatic SEOVector SearchRAG
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The 24/7 Myth: Why Humans in Different Time Zones Aren't True Automation
"Follow the sun" creates 45-90 minutes of handoff lag every day. See why elastic voice capacity beats global hiring and time zone coverage.
Jan 22, 2025
7 min read
ScalabilityAutomationSystems
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Management is Overhead: Why The 'Culture' Conversation is Bankrupting You
Culture costs $500K+/year in a 50-person company. AI Agents cost $0. Every minute spent on feelings is a minute not spent on product.
Jan 22, 2025
9 min read
CultureManagementSystems
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Stop Building Funnels for Applicants. Start Building Schemas for Agents.
Talent Acquisition is dead. Prompt Engineering is the new hiring. The interview is a unit test—and agents pass 100% of the time.
Jan 22, 2025
7 min read
AgentsPrompt EngineeringSystems
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The $30 Million Lie: Why Your Virtual Assistant Can't Scale (But Your API Can)
Human latency vs zero-latency systems. Compare 95% human accuracy vs 100% schema validation. See the real cost of scaling with people.
Jan 22, 2025
8 min read
SystemsScalingAutomation
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10,247 Visitors, 82 Customers: Closing the Gap
See why #1 rankings still leaked revenue, how AI qualification and instant value improve conversions, and what to fix first.
Jan 15, 2025
5 min read
Traffic GenerationConversionSEO
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The Instant Value Framework: How We 10x'd Conversions
Build with Kai went from 3 customers to 100+ customers in 6 weeks. The secret was reducing time-to-value from days to minutes. Here is the exact framework.
Jan 8, 2025
7 min read
AI AutomationProduct StrategyGrowth
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#1 Nationwide SEO: 83 Backlinks, 487 Top-10 Keywords
The 9-month SEO system behind Awesome Backyard ranking #1, earning 83 backlinks, and landing 487 top-10 keywords.
Jan 1, 2025
10 min read
SEOCase StudyTraffic Generation
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Voice AI: 1,000+ Calls, 67% More Qualified Leads
See how Kai Calls turns slow follow-up into instant qualification, lower cost per lead, and cleaner handoffs.
Dec 25, 2024
6 min read
Voice AIMarketing AutomationLead Qualification
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Building in Public: First 90 Days of Real Numbers
Three products. Three different stages. Real traffic numbers. Real conversion rates. Real revenue. The good, the bad, and what I learned.
Dec 18, 2024
8 min read
MetricsTransparencyLessons
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My Complete AI Marketing Stack (2025)
The exact tools Connor uses to automate marketing for three ventures. AI agents, automation workflows, analytics tools, and costs breakdown.
Dec 11, 2024
9 min read
AI ToolsMarketing StackAutomation
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Connor sends product drops, real metrics, and build-in-public notes. The list is for readers, not services buyers.