{"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":"paid-ai-tools-assessment-for-small-businesses-366ed0","title":"Paid AI tools assessment for small businesses","summary":"A solo consultant interviews a small business owner about daily pain points, runs the recording through AI to match problems to existing software, and delivers a short written report plus a walkthrough call. It is sold as a fixed-price diagnosis, and the buyer can then hire the consultant for the follow-up work.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/paid-ai-tools-assessment-for-small-businesses-366ed0","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/paid-ai-tools-assessment-for-small-businesses-366ed0.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"services","label":"Services and freelancing","confidence":0.95},"earns_from":{"value":"fees","label":"Service fees","confidence":0.94},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"under-100","label":"Under $100","confidence":0.64},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.62},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.89},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.94}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Corey Ganim: sells it at $999 with a refund guarantee; says about 15 sold in 2026 and 50 to 60% of buyers go on to implementation.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"The Startup Ideas Podcast","title":"The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhbcVxYhWaQ","person":"Corey Ganim","host":"Greg Isenberg","date":null},"owner_site":null}}