Blog · By Rea Hailley, CEO and Co-Founder

Can You Build a Business Tool With AI in One Day? What Business Owners Built

Yes. At the live online AI for Business Bootcamp from New Idea Machine, a Calgary custom software and AI automation agency, business owners and founders with no technical background build a working prototype of their own idea in just four hours.

They build it with AI, with guardrails written by our CTO, AL Del Degan. Here is what they built, in their own words.

What did business owners build with AI in one day?

Owners and founders arrive with an idea, or in Odin's case without one. Here is what they said after the session.

A tool his competitors don't have

Odin built a niche finder that discovers leads and flags weak websites, searching by location and keyword.

"I came in without an idea. All of this was done in a matter of a couple of hours with the New Idea Machine team."

Odin Zavier
Canadian Marketing Team
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Hey there, how you doing? Odin here. So, I just finished day two of New Idea Machine creating my prototype and I got to tell you it was awesome. I just kind of want to show you around and what it was that I created. This is my prototype and I came in without an idea at first, okay? I didn't have an idea. There's a couple of us that actually didn't have an idea coming in and what we did is we just came in and just played around with this. And so, this is my niche finder. And I did that because I wanted to actually create a niche finder. And so, here's what it is that I created. I got a sign out button over here. I got leads discovered, weak website alerts. So, actually I can score websites, which is really awesome. I can say if it's been lost or something like that. All of this was done in a matter of a couple of hours with New Idea Machine's team day one. I have to tell you guys, it was super duper awesome. I feel that this is the best course that you're going to take of the entire year. And I'm really looking forward to getting my certificate of accomplishment because this is one of those really cool things that as a business owner you need to know it. And it brought all the practice from AI that I've had over the last number of years and brought it to a whole new level of understanding of what is really capable out there. And here's the builder right over here. So, I've got the different niches and keywords so I can actually plug in whatever in the SEO and the keywords and so on. It gives me a geographical location. It tells me how deep I want to go in regards to the search and then I have all the different kinds of leads over here and I have the status connected here between here and the dashboard. And there's a little bit of programming that has to go into it. You have to connect each of these things. And on day two of the session, what we did is we got together and we got to see what everyone else built. And guys, it was fantastic. It was awesome. Oh, man, it was really great. You have to come. You have to try them. And then what we did is we had a round table talking about all the different questions we had. One of the things that I didn't have that I noticed that some of the other guys had was a login and log off page. And I'm like, "Oh my gosh, of course I'm going to need that." So I just programmed that in and it was great. And then what we did is we went through different prompts. We got some more downloads. We got to ask tons and tons of questions. And before you know it, it was wrapped up and it was time to go. And I got to tell you guys the time absolutely flew. I can't believe it. And they have office hours as well where you can just take your ideas and you can ask them. I'm really looking forward to the next classes that they're going to be having at New Idea Machine. You got to sign up. You got to take whatever course that they have. These guys know exactly what they're talking about when it comes to creating automations for your business, apps for your business, and essentially taking those many hats off as business owners that we have where we wear so many different hats. And what they're doing is they're assisting me in making sure that I can take that hat off and I can give that to an automation or to an app and I can even monetize. And we're going to be talking about how to monetize things and getting pre-registrations in the future. I'm just super excited. Anyway, check out New Idea Machine. Check out their course. Take their course. It's an absolute two thumbs up. I'm giving it a 10 out of 10. So there you go. Thanks so much and I look forward to seeing you at one of their next courses and hearing about what your successful idea is and using your next app or your automation, whatever it is. Take care and have a good day.

A new revenue stream

"If you'd have told me that I would walk out of that course having a prototype of an app built, I would have said you were crazy."

Joe Gleason
Gleason Financial Group
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Hi, this is Joe Gleason with Gleason Financial Group, and I wanted to put together this quick testimonial and really just thank the team over at New Idea Machine, Rea and Al. The intro course to programming with AI was amazing. If you'd have told me going into that, that I would walk out of that course having a prototype of an app built, I would have said you were crazy. That there was no way a Gen Xer on the wrong side of the digital divide, not a programmer, not a computer expert, none of that. If you'd have told me going into it that I would have had a functioning prototype, I would have said you were nuts. But the information went very quick. The days flew by. It wasn't bogged down with a bunch of jargon and intimidating content. And the way you broke it out was very easy to follow, even for a newbie like me. So thank you for putting that all together, 'cause it's got my mind racing about all kinds of new ideas and potential that I didn't even think was possible until I took your course. So what I can tell anyone out there that has an idea and just doesn't know how to implement it: take the course, get it started, and really see what you're capable of. So thank you, and I really can't wait to learn more. Take care.

First to market

"If there's one thing you definitely want when you come to this, maybe the one and only thing you're coming for, it's the guardrails."

Britni Brady
Founder, Social Impact Consultancy
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The resources that you receive in the workshop are fantastic. If you just had to choose one reason, besides the fact that the entire program is phenomenal, the people you meet are great, the connections, what you're learning, if there's one thing you definitely want when you come to this, and maybe it's the one and only thing you're coming for, it's the guardrails.

Built his own prototype and saved $20,000

"I've attended a lot of different meetings over my lifetime, but this ranks right at the top. I'm much better prepared now than I ever was yesterday."

David Hunt
Serial entrepreneur, age 87
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I've attended a lot of different meetings over my lifetime, but this ranks right at the top. This has been a tremendous way to become knowledgeable and educated on what it's going to take to develop the kind of opportunity that is out there for me. And I don't think it's going to be a cakewalk in that terms of just pulling it all together, but I'm much better prepared now than I ever was yesterday.

How can you build with AI without coding?

Build it right and save hundreds of dollars in AI usage

AL's guardrails are instructions written by our CTO that tell the AI what it may and may not do. They prevent the security gaps and dead ends that sink most self-built projects.

Four hours, live, with our instructor

You build with AI, with someone beside you who has done it before.

30 days of Slack support

Questions as you keep building? Our team troubleshoots with you. We don't build it for you.

Set up to build safely from day one

"You've set us up for success. You've given us the prompts to put in and the guardrails to keep things safe. I could never have done that on my own."

Heather Friesen
Lazyday Raft Rentals
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You've set us up for success, right? So you've given us the prompts to put in and the guardrails to keep things safe. We just need to add our ideas, and off we go. It's those little things that will completely stymie a project. So unless you have 30 years of expertise, you don't get those things. And once you have them available to you, you know, then you can do your own writing.

What do business owners ask about building with AI?

How much does it cost to build a prototype with AI?

Building it yourself with AI costs a monthly AI tool subscription and your time. Hiring a developer to build the same thing starts around $20,000. See what custom software costs in Canada.

Do I need to know how to code to build with AI?

No. The bootcamps are built for business owners and founders with no technical background. If you can use a web browser, you can do this.

What can you build with AI in one day?

Owners have built client portals, custom calculators, business dashboards, and automated follow-ups.

How do you keep an AI-built prototype safe?

Start with guardrails: written instructions that tell the AI what it may and may not do. Our CTO AL Del Degan wrote the ones used in every bootcamp, and they prevent the security gaps and dead ends that sink most self-built projects.

What happens after you build the prototype?

You get 30 days of Slack support as you keep building, and you know what to build next and what to hand to a developer when you're ready. Here is how to launch something built with AI.

The bootcamp is $497 CAD, live online, with seats limited to keep it hands-on.

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