Making your first dollar with AI can be harder than making your first thousand due to psychological barriers and fear of failure.
The transition from $0 to $1 is psychologically challenging, as failures prior to earning any money can feel discouraging.
People often focus on scaling and planning excessively before proving their concept is viable.
Overcoming the fear of failure, solving real problems for customers, and obtaining feedback are crucial steps to making money with AI.
Starting with solving one person's problem and earning one payment is emphasized as a key approach to making the first dollar.
Examples are given of individuals who found success by starting small, focusing on solving a specific problem, and obtaining payments relatively quickly.
The article suggests a straightforward four-week process to initiate making money with AI: identifying a problem, confirming its existence, offering a free solution, and then charging for it.
The importance of taking action, solving real problems, and getting the first sale is highlighted over extensive planning and theorizing.
Once the first sale is achieved, the article explains that scaling to higher earnings mostly involves repeating the same successful process.
The article challenges readers to make just $1 with AI in the next 14 days to prove the ability to turn aspirations into reality.