- Robin van Veen - AI Automation
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- 15 years ago I worked for free
15 years ago I worked for free
I used to do this for weeks. Now it takes 2 minutes.
15 years ago I built websites from scratch.
For free.
I would spend days designing, writing copy, tweaking layouts.
Then I would email the company and hope they would pay me.
Sometimes they did.
Most of the time they didn’t.
Back then I thought that was normal.
Hustle first.
Maybe get rewarded later.
I never thought this would happen.
Today my OpenClaw Agent scans the internet every single day.
It finds companies with terrible websites.
Then it does something that still feels unreal to me:
It rebuilds their entire website.
From structure to copy.
Based on their market and positioning.

Then it writes a completely personalized cold email.
From scratch.
Ready to send.

The work that used to take me weeks…
Now happens in 2 minutes.
Not because I work harder.
But because I finally understand leverage.
This is what most people misunderstand about AI.
It’s not about replacing creativity.
It’s about compressing execution.
Especially if you are young.
Still in college.
Thinking about starting something.
The opportunities right now are insane.
You don’t need a team.
You don’t need funding.
You don’t need an office.
You need skill.
And you need leverage.
Fifteen years ago I traded time for a chance.
Today you can trade intelligence for scale.
And that changes everything.
Talk soon,
Robin