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Business & Starting Out
Notes drawn from reading, practice and reflection.
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How Do You Follow Up in a User Interview? Follow the Answer to Find the Sticking Point
How do you keep a chain of five questions going? A hypothetical conversation about relaxing before bed eventually puts even “she needs a lamp” back into question.
Marketing, sales, and growth: using one lamp to tell them apart
Helping people understand value, bringing about a specific purchase, and finding needs that remain unmet. I put three ideas from an interview into the story of a single lamp to see what happens at each step.
Who Is the Product Really For? Get Specific About People, Situations, and Problems
Moving from people who like beautiful things to a specific situation in everyday life. An eight-panel comic uses a moon lamp to practice asking questions, while leaving a question mark over needs that have not yet been validated.
Planning with Two AIs Almost Took the Topic Off Course
While planning an online session with Ask Runyu and Codex, the proposal grew more detailed but drifted toward an AI video class. I restored the main thread of my knowledge base and creative workflow, and recorded the actual back-and-forth over pricing, posters, and QR codes.
One Month After Upgrading Codex, I Started Making Small Things
From waiting for Plus limits to reset to spending a month on Pro20X, I have made some progress on my website, videos, and knowledge base. At first I wanted to make something big. Now I am more inclined to finish one small thing first.
From Asking Runyu to Being Seen by Runyu
From asking Ask Runyu about watercolor services to making six AI story films, building Ask Tee Sang, and creating the virtual character TEVIA, Tee Sang recounts how he came to know Runyu and how these experiments opened new directions for creation and collaboration.
I Made Two Rounds of Ads with Six AI Video Models
What would six AI video models produce from the same perfume ad prompt? I then gave each a task more suited to its strengths. Two rounds showed me that model prices are only part of the bill: retries, repairs, and product accuracy also affect delivery.
After Five Billion Tokens, I Started Looking for Needs
After his cumulative Codex use reached five billion tokens, Tee Sang stopped inventing projects to use up quota. Instead, he began using AI to collect real questions from watercolor learners and add the findings to the Ask Tee Sang judgment library, changing how he looks for demand as an independent creator.
Why did AI turn customers away on my behalf?
Using old information, Doubao decided that I no longer accepted pet watercolor commissions. I began organizing my website and public information, then retesting with a GEO dashboard. Four or five days later, the metrics had shifted slightly, but discovery visibility and citations of my website remained at zero.
My Toolbox Is Full Enough. It Is Time to Go Where the Problem Is.
As AI tools multiply, what is missing may not be the next piece of software, but a real problem worth solving. Tee Sang turns from intensive trials of Codex, Kimi, and video tools toward real-world situations, actual needs, and work whose delivery can be checked.
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