How I’d Make $1M with AI in 2026 (Zero Code)
The Martell Method w/ Dan Martell
Dan Martell
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
This is the exact blueprint I’d follow to make my first million dollars with AI in the next 12 months, even starting from scratch.
It’s the same process I’ve used to build multiple 7-figure AI companies inside Martell Ventures, and I’m breaking it down step-by-step
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| 0:00.0 | I became a cash millionaire at 27 years old with software. |
| 0:03.3 | But if I had to go back and make my first million dollars in the next 12 months with AI, |
| 0:07.6 | this is exactly what I do. |
| 0:09.2 | It's the same proven process that I took all my AI companies at Martel Ventures through over the last year. |
| 0:14.8 | And three of those companies are already at a million dollars in revenue in less than 12 months. |
| 0:19.6 | So if you've been thinking about building an |
| 0:21.3 | AI company or already have one and want to scale past the million, this video is your blueprint. |
| 0:26.5 | And if at any point in this video, you think to yourself, I can't do this, you might not be cut out |
| 0:30.9 | to make a million with AI. But if you're one of the select few that are willing to do the work, |
| 0:35.4 | this video is for you. Welcome to the Martel Method. |
| 0:38.4 | I went from rehab at 17 to building a $100 million empire and being a Wall |
| 0:43.0 | Street Journal bestselling author. |
| 0:44.8 | In this podcast, I'll show you exactly how to build a life and business you don't grow |
| 0:49.1 | to hate. |
| 0:49.6 | My bestselling book, Buy Back Your Time is out now. |
| 0:53.1 | Grab a copy at buybackyourtime.com or at any of your |
| 0:55.9 | preferred online retailers. Starting with step one, sell before you build. Let me tell you the |
| 1:02.4 | fastest way to go broke with AI. Spend the next six months building a tool, then find out |
| 1:07.9 | nobody wants it. You actually got to flip it. You need to sell it first, then build it. I call it pre-selling. Here's how it works. The first thing is we have to find 10 potential customers and ask them for advice. I'll give you the question to make this really easy. Because I learned a long time ago, if you talk to a potential customer and ask them for money, they'll just give you advice on why maybe you're not ready. But if you ask for advice, they give you feedback and then they sell themselves into buying from you. So the question you want to ask them is what has been hard about your business that if you could automate with AI, you would love to get that set up for yourself, right? Just ask them those questions. And when they give you the answer, |
| 1:44.6 | then you create the offer, which brings us a step two. That's usually when people say, well, how much should I charge? My rule is, is whatever you would charge for the year, give them a 50% discount. And the reason you're giving the discount is because you're gonna ask them for a case study. But what they're giving you in return is the permission to use their name to then use that |
| 2:02.4 | when you go talk to other customers. |
| 2:04.1 | And finally, them for a case study. But what they're giving you in return is the permission to use their name |
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