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Well, that
was a plot twist.

Built a ~$30M Amazon business. Lost it.
Now rebuilding with AI.

I build AI tools and automations for small businesses.

I’m Michael. Army vet, software developer, and business owner.

See what I’m building Free playbooks
Illustrated MRT: Season 2 VHS box. The comeback was not in the budget.
BUILD.✦TEST.✦REPORT BACK.✦REPEAT.

THE CURRENT SEASON

A few open tabs.

Real projects. Useful experiments.
Occasional boss fights with my inbox.

Michael levels up in a retro game victory screen
FREE

The playbooks

Things I figured out, written down. Short reads. Practical moves. Yours to steal.

Read the playbooks
LIVE

Nimbus Books

Large-print puzzles with a story. For the underrated joy of a pencil and a quiet afternoon.

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A LITTLE HELP WITH YOUR BOSS FIGHT

Make the busywork
somebody else’s job.

Preferably a computer’s. I build practical AI tools and systems for real businesses.

  • Automate the busywork: missed-call text-backs, reminders, follow-ups, reports
  • AI assistants: answers questions from your own documents, courses or help pages
  • Websites & small tools: fast sites and internal tools, forms and email set up properly

Fixed-price projects. Written scope. Your accounts. You own it.

Tell me what’s eating your week

SAVE POINT / TAKE SOMETHING USEFUL

Skip a few mistakes.

Free to read. No email required.
No 47-part funnel hiding behind the button.

01
Business experiments

Test the idea. Then build the thing.

A practical starting point for finding out whether anyone wants what you’re about to make.

5 min read 02
Practical AI & systems

Your first useful automation.

Start with the repetitive task, not the shiny tool. Build a small system you can actually trust.

4 min read 03
Digital products

Turn what you know into something useful.

A simple framework for a focused playbook—built around an outcome, not a mountain of content.

4 min read

PREVIOUSLY, ON MY LIFE…

Great run. Weird ending.
Still playing.

Line-art illustration of Michael at his laptop in a Phnom Penh riverside café

Turns out, “and then everything worked out” is a terrible season finale.

I served in the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. Built Tempus & Co into an Amazon business with about $30M in sales. Taught around 900 students through Day Trade Lifestyle.

Then I lost the business. That part doesn’t get an inspirational montage.

Comeback receipt: Army, Amazon, Game Over; Cambodia in progress. Balance: still building.

Now I’m in Cambodia, building AI tools, publishing with Nimbus Books, and sharing what actually works. Less pretending I have the answers. More making things.

THE WORLD SELECT SCREEN

Same player.
New map.

Nine worlds. A few hard resets. The adventure continues.

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Have a project, a question, or an idea worth testing? Send a message. I reply within a day or two.

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