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 New Idea Machine's live online AI for Business Bootcamp, business owners and founders with no technical background build a working prototype of their own idea in just four hours.
They build it in a no-code tool like Lovable, with guardrails written by our CTO, AL Del Degan. Here is what they built, in their own words.
What did business owners build 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
"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."
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."
To market faster
Britni Brady is the founder of Social Impact Consultancy, which helps Canadian nonprofits build mission-aligned revenue. She built her prototype at the bootcamp, and the guardrails kept her build on track, saving her time and money.
"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."
Thousands saved by building his own prototype
"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."
How do owners with no coding background build something that works?
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 in a no-code tool like Lovable, 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.
"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."
Which AI for Business Bootcamp is right for you?
Build your internal tools or prototype bootcamp
October 24, 2026, 11 am to 3 pm MT
- ✓Client portals
- ✓Custom calculators
- ✓Business dashboards
- ✓Automated follow-ups
Build your website and get found by AI bootcamp
October 25, 2026, 11 am to 3 pm MT, with guest expert Chris Raulf
- ✓A live website you built yourself
- ✓A welcome email that is automatically sent when someone signs up on your site
- ✓How to get found when people ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude
Each bootcamp is $497 CAD, live online, with seats limited to keep it hands-on. Take both for $797 and save $197.