The AI Stack I'm Running From Home With Three Kids and No Team (JWP 122)

Three months ago, at 4am, my net worth had just halved. Bitcoin had crashed and I'd been heavily exposed. Three kids asleep upstairs, wife asleep. I sat at the laptop and typed one question into ChatGPT: how do I make money?

That rabbit hole became the AI Assessment business I now run, and it became this episode.

This is the actual workflow. The system I copied from my wife. The verification layer that handles AI hallucination. The exact stack producing this podcast — and why I cancelled Buffer this morning. Why the next decade of business building looks nothing like the last one. And the real numbers from real clients: Pete the chartered accountant, $17,400 a month found in a 20-minute call. Mat the landscaper, $1,500 a month sitting in his invoicing alone.

If you run an Australian business and you've known for a while that AI matters but haven't really started — this is for you.

Chapters

00:00 — Welcome

00:33 — 4am, three kids asleep, one question

02:15 — Who this is for

02:35 — Why February changed everything

04:35 — The system I copied from my wife

07:30 — The verification layer (AI hallucinates)

09:45 — The founder journey at 10x speed (vs Entrepreneur First)

12:00 — Rod Bishop: solo founder, no CTO, no VC

13:10 — Why bespoke beats generic

15:30 — Sam's boxing gym

17:30 — The Johnny lighting story

19:00 — The stack (Dale asked)

23:00 — Why organic content first

26:30 — What this means for you (Pete and Mat)

28:30 — Outro

Resources mentioned

• AI Assessment: jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessment
• Tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Riverside, Opus Clip, Higgsfield AI, Gamma
• Books: Zero to One by Peter Thiel; The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
• Entrepreneur First (talent-first accelerator)
• Previous episode with Rod Bishop on the Jake Woodhouse Podcast

Call to action

If you run an Australian small business and want clarity on what AI could actually do for you — book an AI Assessment at jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessment. 20-minute call. Bespoke report in 48 hours. $999 with a guarantee it pays for itself in month one. If it doesn't, full refund.