Most companies are not Vanguard tech firms. Rather than pursuing speculative, high-failure-rate AI projects, small and medium-sized businesses will see a faster and more reliable ROI by using existing AI tools to automate tedious, routine internal processes.

Instead of incurring debt for a traditional education, aspiring tech entrepreneurs can launch an AI automation agency. This model allows them to learn cutting-edge skills by solving real-world client problems, effectively getting paid for their own professional development.

Contrary to job destruction theories, AI could fuel job creation by making it cheaper to launch a business. By automating marketing, logistics, and transactions, AI agents could remove traditional barriers to entry, enabling a new wave of small businesses and services to emerge.

A counterargument to mass unemployment suggests AI will dramatically lower the barrier to entrepreneurship. When one person can automate accounting, marketing, and coding, small-scale business formation becomes much easier, potentially shifting labor from traditional white-collar roles to a new wave of small businesses.

Firecrawl's job posting for an AI agent signals a future where companies fill roles (like content creation or support) with autonomous agents. This creates an opportunity for entrepreneurs to build and lease these specialized AI 'employees' to businesses as a service, shifting from tool provider to talent provider.

Mark Cuban advises graduates to approach small to medium-sized, non-tech companies. He suggests they identify manual, tedious processes and offer to build AI agents to automate them, creating immediate value where internal AI resources are lacking.

A new model for entrepreneurship is emerging where solo founders use a suite of AI agents to fulfill roles traditionally held by human co-founders. This 'digital co-founder' approach can handle diverse business functions, enabling rapid and lean startup creation by a single person.

The biggest opportunity for new entrepreneurs is selling "AI transformation" services. Much like the social media marketing agency (SMMA) boom, this model involves learning AI tools and then offering to audit and implement them for traditional businesses that recognize the need to adapt but don't know where to start.

Cuban's metaphor frames AI agents as perfect for handling all the tedious, low-priority work that often gets postponed. This practical application moves beyond grand AI promises to immediate, tangible business value by tackling the work you never have time for.