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Zach and Jason Francis have spent their careers proving that doing more with less is not a constraint — it's a philosophy — from a nine-month sailing trip from San Diego to Australia to building tiny homes on HGTV's Tiny Luxury to Willo, an AI platform that takes a business idea from concept to live website in under ten minutes. The brothers join Care More Be Better to share what 21 days at sea taught them about complexity, why ideas die in spreadsheets, how AI agents work like bees in a hive, and how to use AI as a tool that empowers rather than replaces the human behind the vision.
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00:00 — Introduction: The Through Line from Tiny Homes to AI Agents
05:00 — Building with a Sibling: Trust, Security, and the Ability to Argue Without Fragility
12:00 — The Sailing Trip: 21 Days at Sea and What You Actually Need
18:00 — Tiny Luxury to Willo: The Philosophy Was Always the Same
24:00 — Complexity Kills: Getting from Zero to One
30:00 — What Willo Actually Does: From Idea to Live Website in 8-10 Minutes
38:00 — The Seven Agent System: Proactive vs. Reactive AI
44:00 — How Willo Differs from Claude, ChatGPT, and Agentic Tools
50:00 — AI Energy Footprint: Stewardship Over Avoidance
56:00 — The Beehive: How Nature Informs Willo's Agent Design
62:00 — Pricing, Roadmap, and What's Next for Willo
COMPLETE BLOG & TRANSCRIPT: https://caremorebebetter.com/from-ideas-to-income-with-ai-zach-and-jason-francis/
About Guests: Brothers Zach and Jason Francis are serial entrepreneurs, builders, and prior hosts of the straight-to-series reality HGTV TV show Tiny Luxury. Over the years, they have built, acquired, and invested in companies spanning real estate, media, software, and artificial intelligence. Their mission is to make entrepreneurship more accessible by simplifying the process of building and growing a business. As the founders of Willo, they are helping a new generation of entrepreneurs turn ideas into real businesses with the power of AI. Beyond business, Zach and Jason are real estate developers, AI investors, beekeepers, sailors, adventurers, and family men who are passionate about creating meaningful companies, exploring new opportunities, and helping others build lives and businesses on their own terms.
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-francis-750200157/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-francis7/
Guest Website: https://willo.ai | https://www.francisbrothers.com/
Guest Socials: https://www.youtube.com/@buildwithwillo | https://x.com/BuildwithWillo | https://www.facebook.com/buildwithwillo/
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