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Practical notes on AI for small businesses.
Short, plain-English thinking on where AI helps, where it does not, and how small teams can deploy it without losing control.
4 min read / AI Agents, Opportunity
The big opportunity in agentic workflows is in the boring middle
AI workflow automation for small business pays off in the boring middle. Here is how to find the multi-step work an agent can handle, with a human checking it.
June 20, 2026
4 min read / Pricing, SaaS
Your flat software subscription is quietly becoming a usage bill
Managing AI software costs is getting harder as flat subscriptions add usage meters. Here is how a small business can stay ahead of a variable bill.
June 13, 2026
4 min read / Security, AI Strategy
AI is getting good at security work, and that cuts both ways
AI for cybersecurity helps defenders and attackers at once. Here is what a small business should do to stay a harder target as the basics get more vital.
June 6, 2026
4 min read / Strategy, Frameworks
A simple framework for deciding how to handle any AI task
Deciding when to automate or hire is hard. This framework walks a small business through five options for any task so you pick the one that fits.
May 30, 2026
4 min read / Marketing, AI & Work
When buyers can verify your claims in seconds, marketing changes
Marketing in the AI era rewards proof over spin. Here is how a small business can surface real evidence now that buyers can check claims in seconds.
May 23, 2026
4 min read / AI Agents, Infrastructure
The boring plumbing of agents is where the real value gets unlocked
Connecting AI tools to each other and to your systems is where the real value sits. Here is what a small business should look for as standards settle.
May 16, 2026
4 min read / Infrastructure, Risk
The narrow base every AI tool quietly sits on
AI vendor dependency risk reaches every tool you buy. Here is how a small business can spot the chokepoints and avoid getting locked in or surprised.
May 9, 2026
4 min read / Prompting, AI Strategy
The prompt-craft era is ending, and that is mostly good news
Writing better AI prompts matters less than it used to. Here is what a small business should invest in instead now that AI models keep getting more capable.
May 2, 2026
4 min read / Workflows, Writing
The AI writing move that actually works: stop asking it to write
Using AI to write works better when you stop asking it to write. A small business method that keeps your voice while AI handles the thinking and the editing.
April 25, 2026
4 min read / AI Agents, Risk
Why an agreeable AI is a problem, not a feature
Getting honest feedback from AI is hard when models are built to agree. A small business guide to engineering disagreement so AI review actually catches mistakes.
April 18, 2026
4 min read / AI Strategy, Markets
When the AI boom slows, the question is which kind of wall it hits
AI hype vs reality comes down to which wall the boom hits first. A small business guide to staying steady whether the limit is capability, economics, or adoption.
April 11, 2026
4 min read / Infrastructure, AI Strategy
The boring problem under the AI boom: the plumbing can’t keep up
AI infrastructure costs can swing as power, chips, and data centers strain to keep up. How a small business can stay flexible when AI prices and capacity move.
April 4, 2026
4 min read / AI & Work, Teams
What it means when a company treats AI like a team member, not a tool
Using AI as a team member changes how work gets done. A small business guide to making AI a normal part of the workflow while people stay in the review seat.
March 28, 2026
4 min read / AI Agents, Quality
The cheapest quality check for AI work is another AI
Checking AI output quality gets easy when you point a second AI at the first. A small business method for catching weak arguments before a client or investor does.
March 21, 2026
4 min read / AI Agents, Safety
How to stop an AI agent from wrecking your data
AI agent safety for small businesses. Practical guardrails that keep an AI agent from deleting data or making destructive changes while it works at machine speed.
March 14, 2026
4 min read / Product, AI & Work
When building gets cheap, the product manager’s real job changes shape
When AI makes building cheap, deciding what to build with AI is the hard part. A small business guide to choosing what deserves to exist and what to retire.
March 7, 2026
4 min read / Workflows, Productivity
What daily AI use taught me about my own workflow
Building an AI workflow that holds up takes more than speed. Lessons from a year of daily use on what to automate and what a small team should keep manual.
February 28, 2026
4 min read / Workflows, Quality
Treat AI output as a first draft, never a finished product
Reviewing AI output is where the value sits now. Treat every result as a first draft your small team checks and owns before it reaches a customer.
February 21, 2026
4 min read / AI Strategy, Evaluation
Leaderboard rankings won’t tell you which AI fits your work
Choosing the right AI model is not about leaderboard scores. Build a small eval set from your real work so a small team can test any model in an hour.
February 14, 2026
4 min read / AI Agents, Operations
When you scale AI agents, review becomes the bottleneck, not cost
Scaling AI automation runs into review, not cost. When agents produce more than you can check, here is how a small team keeps quality from slipping.
February 7, 2026
4 min read / AI & Work, Strategy
Why companies are cutting roles in the AI era, and what to do about it
AI and small business staffing decisions get murky when big firms cut roles and blame AI. How to read the trend and make your own work hard to automate.
January 31, 2026
4 min read / AI Tools, Workflows
Don’t marry one AI coding tool. Run several and route the work.
Choosing AI tools for your business is not a one-and-done pick. Run several, route each task to the best one, and compare on your own real work.
January 24, 2026
4 min read / AI Strategy, Go-to-Market
Distribution beats raw model capability, and it isn’t close
Getting business value from AI is less about the smartest model and more about owning your customers and data. What that means for a small business.
January 17, 2026
4 min read / Workflows, Productivity
Stop chatting with AI and start handing it real work
Delegating tasks to AI beats endless chatting. A simple loop small teams can use to hand scoped work to an agent, review it, and get real time back.
January 10, 2026
5 min read / AI Strategy, Resilience
Never build a critical workflow on a model you don’t control
Avoiding AI vendor lock-in keeps your small business running when a model changes or disappears. Separate the job from the tool and stay portable.
January 3, 2026