Serial entrepreneur / Builder / Host

NICKCORNELIUS

Nick builds companies that help people get more out of their business. And their life.

Hundreds of business owners. Three AI companies. More leads, more deals, and less manual work standing in the way.

Nick Cornelius, founder of SimpliScale
Building businesses. Making room for life.NC / 01
2022SimpliScale founded
November 2022
Scroll to explore
The story so far

ONE BUILD
LED TO
THE NEXT.

Nick Cornelius is a serial entrepreneur whose work began inside other businesses. After many businesses that failed, he built SimpliScale in November 2022. That became a portfolio, then a community of people building their own version of what comes next.

Before SimpliScale

Learning how businesses work.

Before starting his companies, Nick worked in production, project management, and sales in the pharmaceutical industry. Those roles gave him a close-up view of how businesses operate: the people, the handoffs, and the manual processes that slow teams down.

November 2022 / SimpliScale

Turning better ways of working into a business.

In November 2022, Nick built SimpliScale, bringing the lessons from earlier businesses into a practical focus: helping owners generate more leads, close more deals, make teams more efficient, and automate manual work with AI.

The portfolio / KingCaller AI + AIPhonez

From custom systems to AI companies.

After building SimpliScale, Nick went on to build KingCaller AI, followed by AIPhonez. Each company approaches a different part of the same challenge: helping businesses use AI in ways that make day-to-day work better.

Hundreds of business owners

The work got bigger. The focus stayed practical.

Nick has worked with hundreds of business owners on growth and operations. His work has included clients such as Netflix and Afterpay, alongside owners building and growing their own companies.

2025 → 2026 / The masterminds

Bringing the builders into the same room.

Nick expanded into hosting masterminds and workshops, including Simplify and Scale in Costa Rica in 2025 and Surf and Scale in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, in 2026. A chance to work on the business, exchange ideas, and spend time with people doing the same.

A look inside the way Nick builds

LESS BUSYWORK.
MORE BUSINESS.

Find the bottleneck. Connect the moving parts. Build a system that gives your team room to do better work.

Fig. 01 / The systems workbenchIn motion
NC / SYSTEMS
Hover to explore · tap a station below01 / Leads
An illustrated way to explore Nick’s work. One moving head, three connected stages.
Explore the moving parts
Interactive illustration

Partnership & recognition

IN THE WORK.
IN PRINT.

Partnerships

SimpliScale partners with OpenAI, Seamless AI, and Riverflow AI. Nick has also been featured in two OpenAI books about putting ChatGPT to use.

[ 01 ]

100 Chats for Studying,
Career, & College Life

Featured in / OpenAI
[ 02 ]

The ChatGPT
Guidebook

Featured in / OpenAI
Selected clients

From business owners to global brands.

The masterminds Nick hosted

GOOD PEOPLE.
BIG IDEAS.

Some of the best conversations happen away from a screen. Nick hosts spaces for business owners and builders to learn, work, and explore together.

Drone view of the Costa Rica mastermind mansion and pool, from Nick’s original reel cover2025COSTA RICA
Costa Rica mastermind / 2025Watch the original reel ↗
Hosted by Nick / Past event / 2025

Simplify and Scale
Costa Rica Mastermind

A mastermind hosted by Nick in Costa Rica, bringing business owners together around growth, systems, and the business they wanted to build.

Nick with a client on a boat in Puerto Escondido, Mexico2026PUERTO
ESCONDIDO
Nick with a client / Puerto EscondidoSurf and Scale · 2026
Hosted by Nick / Past event / 2026

Surf and Scale
AI Workshop

An AI workshop hosted by Nick in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Time to build, share ideas, and take the conversation beyond the usual workday.

Start here / The community

DON'T JUST
WATCH. BUILD.

Automation Academy

Nick's free community for people who want to put AI and automation to work. Explore the lessons, ask questions, and learn alongside other builders.

Explore the free community
Work with the team

WHAT COULD
YOUR BUSINESS
DO NEXT?

Bring the team the process that's slowing you down, the opportunity you want to pursue, or the idea you want to build.

Talk to the SimpliScale team