One Step, Even Scared

Solo Entrepreneurship, With AI: The Failures, the Trial and Error, and What I Actually Learned Building Tier Brew

von Soonhyeok Kook

154 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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This isn't a success story. This is a raw, unfiltered survival log of building a real physical product with AI.When I was laid off after nearly 25 years in IT, I didn't wait for "perfect timing." Bootstrapped with roughly $35,000, no lawyers, no designers, and Claude as my AI co-founder, I set out to create Tier Brew, a functional RTD coffee brand in Texas.Most AI books teach you how to write generic prompts. One Step, Even Scared shows you what actually happens when you deploy AI into the high-stakes world of beverage co-packing, FDA labels, and real factory floors.INSIDE THIS FIELD GUIDE, YOU WILL DISCOVER: 1. The AI Co-Founder WorkflowHow I used Claude to draft 16 NDAs, write co-packer contracts, and run market research without hiring attorneys or consultants, plus the prompts that worked.2. The Reality of Co-Packing & ManufacturingFactory detours in Vietnam, a Vitamin C formulation failure (a 40% thermal loss during processing that forced a full ingredient swap), sugar mix-ups, and how I negotiated MOQ from 125,000 units down to 60,000. With real emails and invoices.3. Navigating the Systems No One Talks AboutIRS calls for Form 147C, a TikTok Shop seller rejection, 3PL logistics, and getting a beverage formula cleared when you have no food science degree.4. When NOT to Trust AIThe moments AI got it flatly wrong, and the verification habit I built to catch it before it cost me money.This is for solo founders, 1-person CPG brands, bootstrapped makers, and corporate professionals who want to use AI to build something real, not just content.Real documents. Real costs. Real failures. And what I actually learned building Tier Brew.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175196154
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published