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Dev, marketing and community manager bills replaced: $57,768 a year saved after agent costs

Picked and checked by Olga Pearson, host of The Practical AI Show · Published

Result

self-reported

He used to pay $2,500 a month for engineering and development, $2,625 for marketing and content, $490 for a community manager and $523 for software he has since replaced. AI agents now do that work for $1,324 a month, which he says saves him $57,768 a year.

Ian Tenenbaum coaches founders with ADHD. He built the app his members use, his video platform and the email system he uses to reach thousands of founders with no dev team or agency. He treats each agent like a hire: one job each (one runs his day like a chief of staff, one writes with him in his voice, one keeps track of every member), each reads its job description every time it starts, and nothing goes out without his yes. He says the agents carry the follow ups and details his brain keeps dropping.

Who did it

Ian TenenbaumADHD founder coaching businessIan Tenenbaum on LinkedIn · Oct 13, 2026

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  1. Write down what you pay each month for outside help and software, line by line.
  2. Pick the line with the most repeat work and give one agent that one job.
  3. Write the agent a job description it reads every time it starts, so you never explain twice.
  4. Make it ask before anything goes out.
  5. After a month, compare what the agent costs with the bill it replaced.
Copy-paste prompt
You are my chief of staff. Read this job description first every time: [your rules]. Each morning, list my follow ups that are due, draft the messages, and wait for my yes before sending anything.

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Self-reported from his own post, which also promotes his workshop. Replacing contractors means you now own the quality and upkeep of that work. Safer version: keep his rule that nothing goes out without your yes. Build it with Page: a members page you own, so your community and email live in one place.

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