#852 I Wasted $40K on an AI Agency. Here's What I Built Instead

The Tropical MBA Podcast - Entrepreneurship, Travel, and Lifestyle by Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen

Apr 2, 202626:07Business

Aaron Anderson runs a link building agency — 8 years in, fully remote, team of 10. A year ago, his business was in negative growth. He decided to go all-in on AI and hired an agency to rebuild his systems. He paid them n...

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