$0
25+ PLAYS
Start with what you have
Freelance writing, résumé makeovers, tutoring, social management, listing optimization, research, and more.
SKILL + TIME100 honest ways to turn AI into income
YOUR FIRST
$100 STARTS
WITH ONE MOVE.
No guru fog. No “guaranteed $10K month.” Just practical side hustles, niche plays, and small businesses organized by what they actually cost to start.
STARTUP COST$0—$100HYPE TAX$0.00RECEIPTS INCLUDED
Pick a budget, then pick a lane
Built like a playbook,
not a pep talk.
<$100
25+ PLAYS
Build a tiny machine
Local-business chatbots, websites in a day, product stacks, paid newsletters, workshops, and micro-agencies.
TOOLS + OUTREACHGROW
BIGGER SWINGS
Scale after the proof
Automation services, niche products, AI operations, and repeatable businesses—after the first sale validates the move.
SYSTEM + RECEIPTS01
The only rule that matters
When an idea winks at you, pick that one.
Finish its checklist before you touch a second idea. The graveyard of side hustles is full of people who started five things. The payroll is full of people who finished one.
Real names. Real numbers. Real receipts.
Optimism with an audit trail.
Every play explains what it is, who it fits, what it costs, what it can realistically pay, and the first move to make today. When the odds are modest, the book says so. When a claim has a source, you get the source.
- The free AI arsenal
- Side hustles and local-business plays
- Industry-specific lanes
- 100 checklists to move from reading to doing
- A paper-money-first AI trading chapter
Introduction / Welcome to the table
BOOK EXCERPT“Maybe you're just tired of watching other people get paid on the internet while you're wondering what they know that you don't.
Here's the secret: they don't know more than you. They started before you. That's it. That's the gap. And this book closes it.”
This is not a get-rich-quick promise. It is a get-started-with-the-facts playbook.
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LEE FELICAN JR.BUILDER / AUTHOR / DIRECTOR OF AI
About the author
Technology experience without the velvet rope.
Lee Felican Jr. is a technology leader, entrepreneur, and Director of AI with nearly three decades in enterprise technology. He writes for readers who are ready to turn AI from a headline into useful work—and useful work into income.
Business, speaking, bulk orders
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Send Lee a note. It goes directly to lfelican@icloud.com.