AI-Assisted Grant Proposal Writing

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This entry comes from a video arguing the opposite of the usual advice: stop trying to build something that scales. Shane Hummus's case is that anything easily scalable gets crushed by big companies, whereas a boring, unscalable, one-person service is beneath their notice — and that boring means less competition. He cites Alex Hormozi's figure that roughly 78% of US businesses are service businesses, because services are the easiest thing on earth to start and sell. Grant writing is the fourth of five ideas and, in his words, one of the most boring on the list and one of the most lucrative. It was also, he says, requested by his audience. His credential claim is modest and specific: he has worked with clients who did grant writing, and he did some grant writing himself when he was younger, working for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. That is the extent of the first-hand evidence. Be clear about what this entry is and is not. There is no named operator with disclosed revenue here — the reason it earns a place is the structural argument, which is unusually strong: high-stakes documents, motivated buyers with existential need, established market rates in the thousands, and an incumbent workforce that he claims is largely older and does not use AI. That last point is the whole thesis. It is an ⏳-shaped opportunity dressed as an evergreen one, and we have graded the evidence honestly as unverified.

The instruction is local and direct: find nonprofits near you — animal shelters, youth programmes, community organisations — offer to write one grant for a low first fee, a small base rate or even free, take the testimonial, then move the best of them onto monthly retainers.