AI Agency Foundations

Module 6 — Selling, Holding, and Exiting

Lesson 21: Common Failure Patterns to Avoid

Last updated: 2026-05-10

A short, honest catalogue of the most common ways small AI services practices fail, drawn from the patterns visible across many cases. None of these failure modes are mysterious. They are simply easier to see in others than in oneself.

Lesson 21: Common Failure Patterns to Avoid

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Failures rhyme more often than they rhyme

10 min
Pause and Think

Practice Question

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Choose one answer, use the hint if needed, then check your answer.
Use the hint before checking if you need a nudge.