The Solo Founder’s Guide to Using LLMs as Your Team
You're doing everything alone—but you don't have to do it without help. Language models (LLMs) can fill in key roles in your business. Here's how to use the right one for the job.
🧠 ChatGPT (GPT-4) – Your Strategist
Use when you need:
- Marketing ideas
- Customer email drafts
- Business plans or outlines
- Competitive analysis
Best at: General reasoning, creative writing, planning.
"Write a 5-email sequence for a digital product launch targeting real estate agents."
✍️ Claude – Your Editor
Use when you need:
- Long document summarization
- Clear, concise rewrites
- Policy drafts or onboarding guides
- Keeping context over long chats
Best at: Long-form, context-rich tasks.
"Summarize this 12-page lease agreement into 5 bullet points a client can understand."
🧾 Gemini – Your Assistant
Use when you need:
- Google Sheets formulas
- Research tasks
- Email drafts pulled from Gmail
- Workspace integration
Best at: Anything tied to Google’s ecosystem or real-time info.
"Create a Google Sheet that tracks weekly revenue and sends me a report every Friday."
💻 Deepseek – Your Developer
Use when you need:
- Code generation
- Math-heavy logic
- Technical tasks
- Data cleaning scripts
Best at: Coding tasks, especially with logic or calculations.
"Write a Python script that scrapes property data and saves it to a CSV."
Final Tip
Don’t try to use every tool at once. Pick one model that solves the problem in front of you. Start with ChatGPT. Layer in others as your needs grow.
