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Where to Start: A 30-Day AI Plan for Small Business Owners

Pick one workflow, replace 80% of it in a month — and pay back the rest of your AI experiments.

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What you'll walk away with

By day 30 you have one process you used to dread that now takes 1 hour of approvals instead of 5 hours of work. You'll also know which AI tool you'll actually use long-term — and which subscriptions to cancel.

The idea
Most small business owners try AI for an hour, get a clever email out of it, and never come back. The trick is to pick one process — the one that eats your week — and replace 80% of it before you touch anything else.
The win: in 30 days you have one workflow that saves you 5+ hours a week and pays for the rest of your AI experiments.

What it costs to run

No surprises — here is every tool this training uses, including the MCP connectors, and what it actually costs per month.

ToolMonthly costWhat it's for
Claude Pro or ChatGPT Plus
$20/mo Your daily driver — start with one

Typical spend: from $20/month — most owners start on the free tiers and upgrade only the one tool they use daily.

Realistic setup time: 30 minutes to read this. 1-2 hours/week through the first month. Don't rush — week 1 is observation, not building.

A one-time setup, done at your own pace. After that it runs in minutes a day.

The step-by-step

  1. 1

    List 10 tasks

    Those that you do every week. Circle the ones you'd happily never do again.

  2. 2

    Pick the repetitive one

    If it is also low-stakes — not customer-facing, not your books.

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