# Listen to me fulfill a real $999 AI assessment Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-ai-6407453/listen-to-me-fulfill-a-real-999-ai-assessment Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-ai-6407453/listen-to-me-fulfill-a-real-999-ai-assessment.md Podcast: [Build With AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-ai-6407453) Published: 2026-08-31T00:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a5d72cf4 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/a5d72cf4/ed0d3abe.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/build-with-ai-6407453/episodes/listen-to-me-fulfill-a-real-999-ai-assessment Duration seconds: 1871 ## Resource Join AI Operator Academy: https://www.skool.com/aioperatoracademy/about Get the Free AI Audit Template: https://audittemplate.ai/ In this episode, I pull back the curtain and let you listen to a real $999 AI assessment for a real client, start to finish. This client is a business broker prospecting home service business owners for M&A deals, building agentic systems with Claude Code and HyperAgent. Learn how to diagnose an overbuilt AI system, spot the 80/20 opportunity in a workflow, and deliver high-value recommendations. Timestamps: 00:00 - Why I'm showing you a real paid assessment 00:52 - Kicking off the call and confirming the client's starting point 02:03 - My approach: mostly listening, probing questions first 02:50 - Client's background as an M&A business broker 04:07 - How he prospects home service business owners today 04:44 - Building his Claude agentic team for prospecting dossiers 06:55 - Live screen share of his cannabis M&A buyer dossier 10:54 - Finding the real gap: dossier is automated, outreach is manual 13:53 - Why he built a HyperAgent team on top of Claude Code 16:09 - His own diagnosis: I think I overbuilt this 19:14 - Second workflow: automating cold contact-form outreach 24:06 - Client admits he's diluted himself in a sea of agents 29:21 - Identifying the 80/20 opportunity together 30:41 - Wrapping the call and setting up the report FIND ME ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://x.com/coreyganim Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreyganim/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreyganim/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coreyganim ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/build-with-ai-6407453/episodes/listen-to-me-fulfill-a-real-999-ai-assessment/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-ai-6407453/listen-to-me-fulfill-a-real-999-ai-assessment.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.