ChatGPT for real decisions
For drafts and explanations, yes. For the decision itself, ChatGPT hands you the generic average of the internet, confident, unattributed, agreeable. Here's where it falls short, decision by decision, and the cited alternative.
ChatGPT can explain pricing concepts, but for the actual decision it gives generic, unsourced, agreeable advice. Here's the cited operator playbook instead, Ramanujam, Hormozi, and Vohra on how to actually set your price, and where they disagree.
Read the breakdownAsk ChatGPT what your moat is and it averages every blog into one 'build proprietary data and go vertical.' Here is the cited operator playbook instead: Evan Spiegel, Hamilton Helmer, and Jason Lemkin on what is actually defensible when AI makes building free, and where they sharply disagree.
Read the breakdownAsk ChatGPT which of your projects to commit to and it says 'pick one and focus.' Here's the cited operator playbook instead: Hormozi on why you lack priorities not information, plus where he, YC, and My First Million disagree on commit vs pivot.
Read the breakdownAsk ChatGPT how to get your first customers and you get 'build an audience, post consistently.' Here's the cited operator playbook instead: Paul Graham, Sam Parr, and Greg Isenberg on what actually gets the first 100, plus where they disagree.
Read the breakdownAsk ChatGPT which channel to use and you get 'post consistently on social media.' Here's the cited operator playbook instead: Hormozi, Greg Isenberg, and Sam Parr on choosing one channel and going deep, plus where they disagree.
Read the breakdownAsk ChatGPT to position your product and you get 'the AI-powered platform that helps teams move faster' (the line on forty homepages). Here's the cited operator playbook instead: Dunford and Helmer on how to actually position, plus where they disagree.
Read the breakdownChatGPT is fine for learning the landscape and drafting, but for the real startup decision it gives generic, unsourced, agreeable advice. Here's the cited operator playbook instead, and how to know which expert to ask.
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