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Micro-SaaS + AI wrappers: real revenue, real risk
High impact
What changed: Solo founders shipping $5–50k MRR AI-on-top tools.
Why it matters: Distribution beats novelty; pure wrappers die when the model adds the feature.
Do this: Pick a sharp niche, own distribution, and add proprietary data or workflow.
Cohort courses losing to async + AI
Medium impact
What changed: Cohort fatigue; async + AI coaching converting and retaining better.
Why it matters: Time is the scarcest resource.
Do this: Convert cohorts to self-paced + AI coach + light community.
Affiliate margins compressing on AI-cited content
Medium impact
What changed: AI search citing comparison content without referral.
Why it matters: Affiliate income on ToFu reviews dropping.
Do this: Shift to deep originals (testing, demos, comparisons with original data).
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