AI Has Handed Entrepreneurs a Historic Window of Opportunity in the Short-to-Medium Term

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Here in 2026, there's a lot of doom and gloom around AI. One half is very alarmist — AI is taking over, it's going to put so many people out of business and change the world as we know it. The other extreme says you'll always need a human touch and AI can never replace that. I think both sides are kind of wrong and kind of right.

The main takeaway, for entrepreneurs and people who work for themselves in particular, is this: there's going to be a significant transfer period between those who implement AI and those who don't. Whether the world-changing shift happens all at once or as a gradual, accelerating change, there's going to be a window of time where putting AI to work gives you a massive leg up on the people who aren't.

This isn't me parroting that phrase you hear all the time — "you're not going to be replaced by AI, you're going to be replaced by someone who uses AI." I don't really agree with that either. Honestly, a lot of people will be replaced by AI directly, and hopefully freed up to do something better as a result.

The point isn't about using AI in one specific way long into the future. It's about taking advantage of this moment where there's a significant gap — partly generational, partly just between early adopters and everyone else. In the short to medium term, that gap represents a massive opportunity. AI will likely start automating many things that still require significant human legwork right now, but that transition isn't complete yet. The opportunity already exists.

So — no doom and gloom, but a real call to urgency. Put it to work and create opportunities for yourself.

Michael McGovern

The Wildman Path

Who I am and how I work:

I'm an ex-filmmaker turned direct-response marketing strategist who co-founded the Business Acquisition Summit (the premier virtual M&A event for entrepreneurs)...

I’ve worked with 7-and 8-figure companies in different niches like financial publishing, precious metals, online education, business coaching, real estate, eCommerce, and health & wellness.

Now, I help entrepreneurial businesses unlock hidden growth with campaigns that actually sell & drive real enterprise value — using Hollywood storytelling techniques and deep buyer psychology.

I work in one of three ways:

1. Creative strategy and/or copywriting for companies ready to grow via marketing that pays for itself [driving a LOWER cost per customer acquisition (CPA)… and a HIGHER average order value (AOV) and lifetime customer value (LTV)]

2. Equity “growth partnerships” where I bring an owner’s mindset to your long-term growth as we prepare to win back your time & freedom via an exit (either of the day-to-day operations or of the business fully) in 1-3 years, together

3. Full acquisitions of $1-10M businesses as an investor alongside my experienced M&A team at Relentless Growth Group

Behind the business stuff — I'm a former digital nomad now resettled back in my hometown of San Diego, California, a lapsed Jiu Jitsu blue belt, a student of Portuguese (because of my Brazilian wife), and a newly minted Dad of the world's cutest baby boy.

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