if I had to make my first $1,000 online again in 2026, I wouldn't build a startup fyi: in August alone, I paid $37k to affiliates and creators who market my products with their content one of my users has even made over $75k just by setting up my $99/month product so here are the 5 things I'd do instead: 1. set up AI agents for boring local businesses a dentist doesn't want "an AI agent". he wants his phone answered, his reminders sent and his reviews replied to I run 8 agents across my…