{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"managed-ai-agent-with-owner-coaching-2ee96d","title":"Managed AI agent with owner coaching","summary":"The operator sets up one AI agent as an administrative helper for a small business, hosts and monitors it, and coaches the owner on working with it. The coaching proved necessary after infrastructure-only setups did not stick with clients.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/managed-ai-agent-with-owner-coaching-2ee96d","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/managed-ai-agent-with-owner-coaching-2ee96d.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"services","label":"Services and freelancing","confidence":0.85},"earns_from":{"value":"fees","label":"Service fees","confidence":0.49},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.55},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.56},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.95},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.85}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Phil Goodwin: earlier managed clients at $250 a month, then $1,500 setup plus $500 a month; aims for $2,000 setup plus $1,000 a month per agent.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Build With AI","title":"How to Build & Sell Managed AI Agents in 2026 (No Code)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_DesGZhE4","person":"Phil Goodwin","host":"Corey Ganim","date":"2026-08-10"},"owner_site":"https://runsidecar.com"}}