£18k in 10 Days: How Phil Hughes Built an AI Agency After Being Made Redundant

Phil Hughes asked for a pay rise. He was told there was no money in the business. That same morning the owner drove into the car park in a brand new Ferrari.Fourteen years later Phil runs an AI automation agency and recently billed £18,000 for a job he delivered in ten days.Before that he spent eight years on a SaaS product that never found its market, then got made redundant with thirty days' notice after eight years of service.In this episode we cover:The Ferrari moment that ended his career in employmentWhy he should have killed his SaaS product two years earlier than he didThe Facebook post that brought in his first five agency leadsHow £2,000 in ads fixed his offer, his pricing and his sales process in six weeksWhy he doubled the price of his automation audit and sold more of themWhat most people get wrong about AI, and why he thinks mass adoption will be far slower than everyone predicts Phil Hughes builds AI and automation systems for service based businesses. He's been writing automation code since 2007 and spent years as a lead developer, including one product he says added £30m to his employer's business. He now works with a small book of retained clients from the Northwest of the UK.Follow The Entrepreneur's Cut wherever you listen.Connect with Phil: philh.co.uk