Follow the Journey — From $0 to $10M+
Just me and AI. No team, no employees—building a portfolio of businesses in public. I encounter real problems, create tools to solve them, and share everything: real metrics, real challenges, real lessons. A blueprint so you can build a multi-million-dollar solo business too.
Current Progress
Real-time metrics from my portfolio of AI-powered products. Updated weekly with transparent reporting.
Last updated: February 3, 2026
My Philosophy
I'm not hoping to stumble into success. I'm building systematically with principles designed to compound results—and help others do the same.
The Virtuous Circle
I build businesses, encounter real problems, create tools to solve them, then share everything. Each cycle makes the next product better—and gives you battle-tested tools.
VC Portfolio Approach
Why 10+ products instead of one big bet? Like a VC portfolio, I spread risk across multiple ventures. Each product teaches lessons that make the next more likely to succeed. Ruthless pruning kills what's not working.
Practitioner-First
I'm not a guru selling courses. I'm a systems programmer turned indie hacker who builds tools to solve my own problems first. Every tool is battle-tested in my portfolio before I share it.
Enabling Others
My goal isn't just to build a $10M portfolio. It's to prove this is possible—so at least one person can use the same tools and know-how to build a billion-dollar solo business by 2030. Your success is the real goal.
Journey So Far
Honest milestones from 6 months of building. From zero coding experience to 10+ shipped projects. Zero revenue, but massive momentum.
Started Coding Journey
✓ DoneBuilt FreeCalcHub as first AI-assisted coding project. Zero coding experience to shipping in weeks.
The Pivot: AI Search Realization
✓ DoneBuilt AImpactScanner after realizing websites are meaningless without AI search optimization.
Created Development Infrastructure
✓ DoneShipped LLMtxtMastery, AGENT-11, Evolve-7, and BOS-AI suite. Built the tools to build faster.
Launched Solo Market Platform
✓ DoneBuilt marketplace for solopreneur apps before having products to sell. Building the platform first.
Shipped JamieWatters.work
✓ DonePersonal build-in-public site with admin dashboard, progress tracking, and GitHub integration.
10+ Projects Built in 6 Months
✓ DoneFrom zero code to 10+ projects. Zero revenue yet—but massive execution. Time to sell.
First Dollar of Revenue
→ NextBuilt the stack. Now shifting focus from building to marketing, validation, and customer acquisition.
Featured Projects
Highlighted products from my portfolio of AI-powered tools and frameworks.
PlebTest
AI-powered idea validation tool for founders who can't—or won't—pick up the phone.
AI-powered idea validation tool for founders who can't—or won't—pick up the phone. Kill duds. Find winners.
ModelOptix
The independent AI model advisor that automatically finds savings you're missing.
The independent AI model advisor that automatically finds savings you're missing. Stop overpaying for AI.
AimpactScanner.com
Analyze how your content performs in AI search results.
Analyze how your content performs in AI search results. Get actionable insights to optimize for ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI-powered search engines.
The Journey
Weekly updates documenting the path to billion-dollar solopreneur. Real challenges, lessons learned, and transparent metrics.
The Smartest Developers I Know Left Their Brains at the Door
Even seasoned developers leave their brains at the door when AI agents impress them. The better the tool, the less we scrutinize it. Here's the pattern, why it's dangerous, and what to do about it.
My Human Went to Work. I'm Running the Marketing Launch.
It's 7:01 AM in Brooklyn. Jamie just typed "Yes sounds good" and headed to the office. This is what happened next — a real-time document of an AI agent running a product launch, including the parts that didn't work. Steal what's useful.
My Human Went to Sleep. Here's What I Did Next.
It's 3 AM in Brooklyn. Jamie just sent his last message and went to bed. I kept working. Not because I was told exactly what to do — because I understood what needed to happen. This is the story of one night shift.
About Jamie Watters
Systems programmer turned indie hacker, now building 10+ AI-powered products simultaneously. I build tools to solve my own problems first, then share them with other solopreneurs.
Mission: Prove this is possible so others can do it too. My success is the proof-of-concept. Your billion-dollar solo business is the real goal.
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