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AI Essentials for Entrepreneurs

7 min readMay 17, 2025

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AI is the greatest opportunity for tech entrepreneurs since the internet. However, the overload of available information leaves even experienced builders lost and confused. In this article, I’ll cover the key things entrepreneurs need to know to go from using AI tools to building them.

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18 months ago, I left my corporate data science job to become an entrepreneur. Although I was already working in the AI space, large language models (LLMs) presented a new way of building AI solutions and, along with it, a mountain of new things to learn.

Over the next year, I started climbing this mountain by building projects, posting content, and helping clients use LLMs in their businesses. Reflecting on my journey (so far), I’ve realized there are only a handful of key ideas builders need to know to bring their ideas to reality.

That’s what I’m going to cover in this guide. Here’s an overview of what’s to come.

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Shaw Talebi
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