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The future of business is 90% cheaper (and 10x faster)

The exact framework is shared here

I just gave one of my most important talks of the year—and it might be the blueprint for the next 10 years of business.

One of the biggest takeaways?:

Midjourney hit $500M ARR with 10 people.
Cursor did $100M with 20.
11 Labs? $100M+ with 50.

Small teams. Massive leverage. And AI is the unlock.

In this live talk, I break down:

  • Why the cost of intelligence is dropping like a rock

  • The 3-tier framework I use for AI implementation (DIY, DWI, DFY)

  • How we’re building full agentic SEO workflows in-house

  • The internal Mario-style game I created to gamify SOPs (seriously)

  • The exact AI tools (like Manus and Genspark) we’re chaining together to 10x speed and output

This isn’t about replacing people.
It’s about raising the bar—and protecting your team by making them better.

To playing the business game on expert mode,
Eric Siu