AI in Small & Online Businesses
AI Tools for Startups: How Small Teams Can Punch Above Their Weight
Last March, I sat across from three sleep-deprived founders in a sun-faded Brooklyn co-working space, staring at a whiteboard covered in crossed-out to-dos and red-circled burn rate numbers. Their DTC sustainable apparel brand, Thread & Tone, was 30 days away from missing their pre-seed milestone. The problem wasn’t their product; their zero-waste linen tops had […]
Real AI Business Ideas You Can Start With Little Cash:
Last fall, I sat across from my friend Mike at our neighborhood Portland coffee shop, staring at a stack of crumpled quote sheets spread across the sticky Formica table. Mike runs a small landscaping company with two part-time crew members, and he was burnt out. He’d spent the previous week working 12-hour days: 8 hours […]
AI for Entrepreneurs: Practical Ways to Build Faster
Three years ago, I was drowning in customer emails, spending twelve-hour days just keeping my small e-commerce business afloat. Today, that same business runs smoother with half the effort, and the difference maker wasn’t hiring more staff; it was strategically implementing artificial intelligence tools that actually work for small-scale operations. The entrepreneurial landscape has shifted […]
AI for Small Businesses: Stop Chasing Hype, Start Solving Real Problems
If you run a small business, you’ve probably felt the squeeze lately. You’re wearing more hats than evermarketing director, customer service rep, accountant, and sometimes even the janitor. The to-do list never shrinks, but the hours in the day remain stubbornly fixed. For years, the buzzword “Artificial Intelligence” felt like something reserved for Silicon Valley […]