Most of the time we exchange value for money or buy something by paying. But some things are really expensive and hard to obtain. I'm a solopreneur trying to do everything myself and I'm bootstrapped, yet I still need help from the external world, mentors, personal-branding coaches, or tech coaches. It could be referrals to tap into spaces, getting connected to influential people and having them post something for us or refer someone. These services or valuable things are difficult to reach or even pay for.

I have something that has value, my tech expertise and my time. It might be easier to trade my tech consultancy in exchange for the other things I need to build a brand that I don’t yet have.

But I would have to have one differentiating skills that I’m top notch in and trade it to get other skills. Right now, my focus is to go deeper into the AI Agent space, I already have 21 agents working for me solo 24X7