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Self-Doing Todo Lists
For: Business owners and professionals with repetitive goal-driven tasks
The Problem
People waste enormous time creating and executing todo lists for routine business goals that could be automated
The Solution
AI agent that takes high-level goals, generates action plans, and executes them automatically across digital tools
Why Now?
AI agents can now understand goals, use APIs, and chain complex actions together reliably
Build MVP in 7 Days
Build goal parser that breaks objectives into action items
Integrate with 3-5 common business tools (email, calendar, etc)
Create simple agent for one specific use case (e.g., expense management)
Test with business owners for goal completion accuracy
Measure time savings vs manual execution
How to Validate
Revenue Model
Subscription based on number of goals/agents, plus usage-based pricing for complex automations
Competitive Moat
Integration ecosystem and goal-to-action optimization algorithms
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