Boring businesses in skilled trades + AI knowledge is the play, says marketer
boringmarketer · x · 2026-10-15
AI marketer boringmarketer (103K followers) argues that if 'software is dead,' there's no better time to own or help a boring skilled-trades business and apply your AI knowledge to it.
The core take: AI lowers the barrier for pure software plays, making 'AI + traditional offline businesses' the differentiated opportunity.
Related event: Blogger: Applying AI Skills to Blue-Collar Trades Is a Startup Goldmine(3 posts)→
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