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Corey Gannon

AI Consultant & Entrepreneur · 1 appearance on the record.

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14statements → 7claims → 1claims resolved → 4.07/5average certainty → 1.79/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated → 1said about them ↓

1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 6 not checkable as stated how the 7 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 assertions · 5 insights · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 7 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 6 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Corey argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Gannon: HubSpot acquired AI tool directory Futurepedia
“One of those is futurepedia.io, which is a really big, you know, tools directory, AI tool directory websites. They were actually just acquired by HubSpot.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 11:31 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)

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We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Corey Gannon on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Corey Gannon said on the Startup Ideas Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Gannon: Inflate implementation fees to absorb initial diagnostic costs
“What I really like to do is mark up the upsell an extra thousand dollars and credit the assessment towards it regardless. So that way I'm still making the same amount of money, but psychologically they feel way better about it because they're like, oh, I'm get…”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 35:03 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Insight
Gannon: Door knocking is the single best way to learn sales
“Door knocking is the single best way to learn sales, period, full stop.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 38:22 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Disclosure
Gannon: Follow-up upsell offer earns $1,000 an hour
“And then towards the end of the episode, I'm going to share kind of the followup offer to this that I'm using to make a thousand dollars an hour as like an upsell to this offer here.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 1:56 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gannon: Maybe 5% of companies use AI tools beyond ChatGPT
“Maybe five percent of companies are using any AI tool other than ChatGPT.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 3:24 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
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Gannon: AI assessment client lifetime value reaches $3,000 to $10,000-plus
“The lifetime value of an AI assessment client ends up being, you know, three, five, 10 K or more.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 6:32 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Insight
Gannon: Discovery calls must focus solely on probing, not prescribing solutions
“And I have to bite my tongue and force myself not to prescribe on the first call. The first call is only for probing.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 8:11 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
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Gannon: 50% to 60% of AI assessment clients buy implementation
“Greg, 50, sometimes even 60% of the time, these people want implementation.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 24:35 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Insight
Gannon: Following up with partners every two to three weeks yields referrals
“Usually it takes following up every two to three weeks saying, hey, any of your clients ask about AI lately, would love to act as a resource, happy to meet anytime. Every two or three weeks, you're gonna get referrals if you just keep that up.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 43:41 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gannon: Average AI assessment client saves about seven hours weekly
“The average client saves about seven, right?”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 4:53 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Insight
Gannon: AI tool analysis skills become dialed in after four to six assessments
“With this assessment business, the first probably two or three that you do, the AI analysis is gonna get you know, 60 or 70% of the way there. Like, you're definitely gonna have to make a few, Judgment calls and substitutions when it comes to the tools. But by…”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 10:52 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Assertion Supported
Gannon: HubSpot acquired AI tool directory Futurepedia
“One of those is futurepedia.io, which is a really big, you know, tools directory, AI tool directory websites. They were actually just acquired by HubSpot.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 11:31 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Disclosure
Gannon: Prescribed client software tools cost an average of $60 monthly
“And the average cost of the tools that we prescribe for clients is about 60 dollars a month.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 21:41 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gannon: AI concierge retainers hit $8,000 MRR in first 10 days
“Of the first six people that I told about this offer, I closed five of them and generated where I'm at eight K. I was at eight K MRR in the first 10 days.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 49:48 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gannon: Scaled AI Concierge Pricing from $1,200 to $2,000 Monthly
“The first person I quoted at 1200 a month, the next two at 1500 a month, the fourth at 1800 a month, and then the fifth at 2000 a month.”
Corey Gannon Jul 15, 2026 ▶ 50:51 The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course)

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Appearances (1)

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The $1,000/hour Solo AI business (Full Course) Jul 15, 2026 44m
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