You Only Need a Laptop to Start This Business

Synopsis

Chris and Michael Girdley riff on laptop-only business ideas: an AI persona marketplace, a MasterClass-style product where you talk to figures like Steve Jobs, a revival of local journalism, an app that yells at you for getting distracted, negotiating college tuition discounts, and AI audits for companies. Girdley is launching Fixed Labs for AI audits and Bedrock for quality-of-earnings reports.

Ideas in this episode

• Tuition negotiation service

  Package a fixed-price AI audit for local small businesses as a productised service, upselling implementation afterwards.

• Local media company

  Koerner + Girdley riff on laptop-only businesses — AI persona marketplace, MasterClass-style Steve Jobs product, local journalism revival, focus app, tuition negotiation, AI audits; Girdley is launching Fixed Labs and Bedrock.

• Plugin / extension marketplace

  Chris and Michael Girdley riff on laptop-only businesses — an AI persona marketplace, a MasterClass-style 'talk to Steve Jobs' product, a local-journalism revival, an app that yells at distracted users and negotiating-as-a-service.

• AI readiness / implementation consulting for SMBs

  Michael Girdley's Fixed Labs AI-audits pitch can be applied by packaging a fixed-price AI audit for regional small businesses as a business-network productised service, upselling implementation afterwards.