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➡️ If this is your first video: I’m Nick Saraev. I run LeftClick, an AI growth agency. We’ve done work for large brands you’re likely familiar with, like Mr. Beast, Anthropic, OpenAI, and a few others.
In plain English: I help people build systems that generate leads, close deals, and scale businesses, mostly using new AI models like Claude. I also make videos about how to do all of that here on YouTube.
It hasn’t always been this way. My family immigrated from a Soviet bloc country (People’s Republic of Bulgaria) in the 90s. They worked extremely hard, and we were broke for a very long time. I grew up wishing for more security, stability, and freedom over my own life.
I don’t have a programming degree, and never took formal education for IT or workflows. I learned it all myself from YouTube videos like you’re watching now.
As for my path: I started my first business at 19 in college. We threw events (mostly parties) at campus bars, and charged people for entry.
That failed to provide me enough money to pay my bills, so at 21, I started another business, a door-to-door marketing agency.
From there, every year, I would start several companies, over 10 in total. I did this in a variety of industries, like e-commerce, photography, videography, SaaS, credit repair, etc. Each grew slightly more profitable, until, at 25, I would start 1SecondCopy, a content writing company. A friend and I eventually scaled that to over $90,000/m. It was my first taste of financial independence, and the reason I’m here today.
Since starting my journey, I’ve grown a fair bit of capital. To diversify my income, at 30, I began investing in other businesses and advising companies on how to grow in the AI era. These include SaaS businesses, like Clairvo, agencies like Dental Connect, and more.
Collectively, the businesses that I own outright or are a part of generate over $10 million per year. This returns far more than the 5-10% you would get in the stock market, but also requires a lot of my active time. There’s a tradeoff there, but I greatly prefer active investing, where I have control over the entities I’m a part of.
It wasn’t easy to get here. But I did in the end! For anyone on their own entrepreneurial journey: I wish you luck, happiness, and perseverance. You can make it!
Summary ⤵️
Is AI automation still worth it in 2027? Lots of people have been asking, and in this video I explain my beliefs on the subject.
To make a long story short, agents are getting extremely powerful at autonomous automation, and it’s unlikely we will be the sole owners of this space moving forward. For that reason, it’s pertinent we upskill immediately and begin doing things like: a tremendous focus on sales and marketing, workshops, education, and consulting.
Chapters
0:00 AI automation is not going to last forever
2:10 Automation Bench and GDPval
3:14 We saw this with website builders
4:31 Website designers that still make bank
5:57 The knowledge asymmetry bet
7:05 The floor is always rising
7:56 Is AI automation even worth getting into in 2027?
10:27 The difference with our industry
12:52 The first half of 2027
14:46 After 2027, I don’t know
15:33 The phasing out of drag and drop builders
16:22 Move your outputs to a higher bandwidth medium
17:10 From implementation to upskilling
18:32 Teaching teams Claude Cowork
19:12 Short-term growth hacking opportunities
19:58 Sales and marketing are 100x as valuable
21:19 The most profitable year of AI automation to date
21:52 I didn’t make this video to scare people
22:25 Maker School
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