In just five short months, my idea went from concept to acquisition. This is my second acquisition this year, and I’ll share how I did it in this post.
The beginning of the story
It all started when the ChaptGPT/AI hype dominating Twitter got the best of me, and I wanted to experiment with whatever all the buzz was about. I decided to build a small project using The OpenAI API to learn more. I was careful to keep it small and manageable because I already work for Apideck, have two young children, and spend most of my free time working on universal.page. So basically, I didn’t have the time for this.
For a short period, I was blocked from progressing on universal.page due to some LUKSO contract updates, so this gave me a little window of time to experiment with AI stuff. That’s when I created TeamSmart AI, a browser extension allowing you to add different AI characters to your team and have them as sidekicks wherever you go. Within just one month, I made my first sale!
These are the steps I took I believe to have contributed most to the success of this side project.