9/1/2026 is the big day!

If you aren’t making money right now, here is the brutal truth: you’re solving "nice-to-have" problems instead of painful, non-negotiable ones. I learned this the hard way. I had to shut down trendwatchers.co and completely renovate it. Why? Showcase trends wasn't a painful enough problem. It was useful, but not a daily, burning headache people felt compelled to pay for every morning. You know what IS painful? Sitting at a desk for hours manually chopping up footage, wrestling with clunky scheduling tools, and trying to stay consistent without relying on generic AI slop. That is a massive daily bottleneck for creators and brands. So, I shifted my model. Instead of displaying trends, I pivoted to an AI short-form video editor that edits 100 clips in 10 minutes and schedules them across social platforms with one tap. Why does this work? It plugs directly into an acute, recurring pain. Whether you are starting, buying, or transforming a business, target core utilities, the digital and physical plumbing people cannot function without daily. Here are high-pain utility categories that generate consistent revenue: 5 Core Digital Infrastructure Services 1. Hosting & Servers: Cloud uptime, database hosting, web servers 2. Connectivity: Fiber optics, broadband, DNS routing 3. Communication: SMS gateways, email delivery, VoIP 4. Data Security: Automated backups, DDoS protection, SSL 5. Payment Processing: Gateways, merchant billing accounts 5 Core Real-World Infrastructure Services 1. Housing: Residential rental space, property leasing 2. Electricity: Commercial power supply, grid access 3. Water & Sewage: Clean water delivery, wastewater removal 4. Trash Management: Daily refuse collection, dumpsters 5. Climate Control: Natural gas, HVAC heating fuel supply When you solve a utility-level pain, your product stops being an option and becomes a necessity. Find the pain, build the bridge, and revenue follows.

September 1st. Stay tuned!

👋 Hi, my name is Dejon. I’m 25 years old and am the creator of The Acquire & Automate Lab. Life was good for me two years ago. I had a solid fleet of clients on trendwatchers.co 16 months ago, and things were going really well until one of my clients reached out and asked me a simple question: “How much do I have to pay you to put your businesses on the back burner, come in, and systemize my entire company with SOPs and AI?” At the time, I wasn't sure if it was the right move, but I decided to take the leap. Shortly after joining, I worked my way up to CTO. Over the next 12 months, I didn't just streamline operations, deploy AI systems, and build automated workflows—I also helped scale the team from 4 to over 30 people and took monthly revenue from $50k/month to over $650k/month. 💰🚀 Because we had a growth partnership agreement in place, I benefited significantly. But the business owner still made 10x what I made. That’s when it hit me: I wanted to build real, true equity ownership. Fast forward to three months ago. I was scrolling on Facebook Marketplace and noticed someone listing a franchise business for sale. At first, I thought listing a business on Facebook was weird and scrolled past it. But over the next few weeks, the listing kept showing up on my feed. Finally, I decided to message the seller. After signing an NDA, she sent over the financials and operational documents. It was a massive amount of data to digest, so I fed everything into Claude to analyze the numbers and highlight the biggest growth opportunities. 🤖📊 What Claude revealed completely blew my mind. 🤯 The business was severely underutilized, and I realized I had the exact skillset from my executive background to step in, systemize every process, integrate AI automation, delegate operations, and transform it into a true passive asset. To date, I’ve acquired two businesses using this exact model, and I plan to continue acquiring more over the coming years.