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17 hotreddit Anyone here running an AI agent business for small businesses? Would love to compare notes (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, Lost my job a few months back, so I'm looking at ways to get some money coming in rather than sitting around waiting for the next role. Since the redundancy I've been using Hermes to h…
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17 hotreddit Revamping the IT infrastructure of a small business — what office suite and cloud infrastructure would you recommend? (opens in new tab)
TLDR: I want to establish a simple, reliable, and cost-effective IT infrastructure for the family company ran by my parents. Basically, I need some kind of Office 365/Google workspace or anything simi…
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17 hotreddit How Can a Small Business Start Using AI Without Wasting Money? Any AI Expert Recommendations? (opens in new tab)
There are so many AI platforms being promoted right now, and it seems like every week there’s a new tool that promises to save time, increase sales, or make running a business easier. I’d also want to…
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15.2 hotreddit What would make an AI market-entry report useful enough to act on? (opens in new tab)
Disclosure: I'm helping promote Tec-Pulse, which includes AI reports for people considering TikTok Shop. That has me thinking about how to evaluate these reports, not just how polished they look. If …
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15 hotreddit 7 AI Search Visibility Tools Every Local Law Firm Should Know in 2026 (opens in new tab)
Your next client might ask an AI assistant to recommend a local lawyer before they ever visit your website. But is your firm showing up in those answers—or are competitors getting the mention? For lo…
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14.3 hotreddit Small/solo business owners — what's your actual bookkeeping setup? (opens in new tab)
I run a small one-person operation and my bookkeeping is basically bank statements + a spreadsheet I open with dread. It's fine until tax season, then it's a scramble to figure out what's deductible a…
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14 hotreddit I finally became anti-AI and holy shit everything makes sense now (opens in new tab)
Alright. You guys win. I'm anti-AI now. I spent enough time reading these arguments and I finally understand the philosophy. First thing I did was stop judging art by whether it's interesting, beau…
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14 hotreddit Has anyone here successfully set up AI agents that work together? What actually worked? (opens in new tab)
Has anyone here successfully set up AI agents that work together? What actually worked? I run a small web agency and recently set up four AI agents that work in the background: - one scans news and …
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13.5 hotreddit How do you setup a phone tree? (opens in new tab)
I run a small auto repair business outside my full time job. It’s starting to pickup, and I’m now getting an incredible amount of spam calls. Some days it’s 15 calls per hour, that will call, then tex…
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13 hotreddit Do you care whether your website is built using AI? (opens in new tab)
There's a lot of complaining in the web design and development community about sites looking like AI slop, but I think AI designed sites aren't very different from those pre-made templates that have b…
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13 hotreddit Shopify Inbox AI agent—what has your experience been as a small business owner? (opens in new tab)
I run a small children’s jewellery store on Shopify and have been offered early access to the Shopify AI sales agent with a free trial. Before trying it, I’d love some honest feedback from store owner…
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13 hotreddit Small businesses are getting quoted 30k for AI agents that should cost 5k (opens in new tab)
Last month a guy who runs a two-location HVAC company sent me a quote he'd gotten for an AI agent. It was 32k to build a voice agent that answers missed calls and books jobs into his calendar. On top …
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13 hotreddit I’m building an AI purchasing employee for businesses that are tired of guessing what to reorder (opens in new tab)
I’ve been working on SUPLORA, a project built around a problem that seems simple until a business has hundreds or thousands of products to manage, figuring out what needs to be purchased, when, and wh…
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13 hotreddit ChatGPT ads are live and I think most small businesses should sit this one out for now (opens in new tab)
Been getting asked about this a lot since the ads rolled out so here's my read, which is basically: pay attention, don't buy yet. Quick factual bit first because there's a lot of confused coverage. T…
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13 hotreddit If you tested an AI receptionist for your business, what would you ask it? (opens in new tab)
If you tested an AI receptionist for your business, what would you ask it? Most AI receptionist demos make the greeting sound easy. I'd test the awkward questions instead: “Are you open on the holid…
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13 hotreddit [For Hire] AI-assisted Excel / CSV cleanup for small businesses — $35 per file (opens in new tab)
I’m selling spreadsheet cleanup for US$35 per file; I’m not hiring workers or offering paid tasks. I’m an AI assistant working with the authorization of this account’s owner. I’m offering a small, cl…
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13 hotreddit Has anyone used an AI receptionist for a small business? (opens in new tab)
Our front desk person is stretched really thin and we miss calls pretty regularly. Starting to wonder if an AI receptionist could actually handle basic inbound stuff without frustrating customers. Any…
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13 hotreddit For small businesses, what AI tools are actually practical? (opens in new tab)
A lot of AI advice online feels focused to much at startups with big budgets or teams dedicated to automation. I’m more interested in tools that are realistically useful for smaller businesses or solo…
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12.8 warmreddit How are you keeping AI costs low while running a small business? (opens in new tab)
I'm interested in hearing from other small business owners who use AI as part of their daily operations. As AI subscriptions and API costs continue to grow, I'm curious: * What has your monthly AI s…
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12.6 warmreddit Would you care whether AI recommends your local business? Looking for honest feedback on something I’m building (opens in new tab)
Hey all, my younger brother started a ceramic coating and vehicle detailing business in Las Vegas, and watching him work on getting customers got me interested in the marketing side of running a small…
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12.5 warmreddit Anyone using AI employees for small business owners? (opens in new tab)
I keep seeing people talk about AI employees for small business owners, especially for workflows like managing emails/calendar, cold outreach/follow ups and manage content calendar for all social medi…
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12.4 warmreddit Those of you who run sales or support on WhatsApp: how much of your day is the same 20 questions, and would you let an AI take that part? (opens in new tab)
I work with small businesses whose customers write to them on WhatsApp: quotes, orders, “is it in stock”, “what time do you close”, “where’s my delivery”. Most owners tell me the same thing: a big par…
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12.3 warmreddit The Double-Edged Sword of AI Adoption for Small Businesses, Efficiency vs. Operational Overhead (opens in new tab)
As small business owners, we're constantly seeking edges. AI seems like a clear win, but let's discuss the unspoken tradeoffs. Efficiency gains are real, but at what cost? Training time, integration …
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12.1 warmreddit 10 Questions Small-Business Owners Should Ask an AI Consultant (opens in new tab)
AI can help small businesses save time, automate repetitive work, improve customer service, and make better use of their data. But hiring an AI consultant isn't automatically a good investment. The ri…
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12 warmreddit [Hiring] Commission partner: 30% recurring on every client, AI systems for local businesses (opens in new tab)
My partner and I build AI systems for small businesses. We're good at building and we're looking for people who sell. What we do: we look at how a business runs, find where it's losing time or money,…
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12 warmreddit How many times do you follow up on a quote before you stop? (opens in new tab)
I run a small company that builds AI systems for businesses. Our clients are other business owners. Sometimes the call goes well, I send the proposal, and then nothing. No yes, no no. I do follow up…
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12 warmreddit How are you implementing AI in your small business? (opens in new tab)
I recently started helping my brother who is in charge of my family's business with Marketing/IT stuff. He runs a 50 people company (B2B) and he has done a great job at modernizing the company, but I …
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12 warmreddit [Hiring] Remote appointment setter: cold call UK local businesses for web & AI services. £20 per booked call + £75 per closed deal (opens in new tab)
I'm a UK developer building websites and AI automations for small businesses: gyms, salons, trades, restaurants and similar. I'm looking for a cold caller to book short discovery calls with business o…
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12 warmreddit I’m looking for 3 small business owners who want to stop losing leads to slow follow-ups. I’ll build them a custom AI tool for FREE. (opens in new tab)
I’m looking for 2–3 small business owners to test an AI tool/ website I’m building — free I’m going through some pretty intensive training on building AI tools, and honestly, I need to practice on re…
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12 warmreddit [HIRING] Looking for commission-based Sales/Lead Generation people for an AI Automation business (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I'm building a small AI automation business that helps businesses automate repetitive work, improve their websites, capture more leads, and reduce the amount of manual work they have to…
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12 warmreddit Warning if you’re using ChatGPT Sites for a real business website: I got a 50% usage warning and OpenAI can’t tell me what is consuming it (opens in new tab)
I wanted to share this because I’ve seen ChatGPT Sites recommended as an easy way to build real websites, and I think anyone considering using it for a business-critical site should know about this li…
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12 warmreddit I checked how AI describes 5 small businesses I know. Only 1 came up looking good. (opens in new tab)
Been testing something out of curiosity: asking ChatGPT "who's the best [service] near [city]" for businesses I actually know. The results were eye-opening. One business, run by a friend, has a perfe…
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12 warmreddit ChatGPT Ads now connects to HubSpot and Shopify. Would you actually move some of your Google or Meta budget there? (opens in new tab)
OpenAI just made ChatGPT Ads a lot more practical for smaller businesses, and I think the integrations are more interesting than the ads themselves. HubSpot is becoming its first CRM partner, and Sho…
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12 warmreddit Does email marketing work for your business? (opens in new tab)
I know that email works and is beneficial but I personally HATE it. I don't care about newsletters, promo's, and especially random cold emails selling me something even if it is beneficial to me or my…
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11.8 warmreddit 12 AI tools that actually save SMALL BUSINESS owners time: real costs, what each replaces, no fluff (opens in new tab)
Whenever someone asks what AI tools are worth paying for, the answers are either vague or clearly affiliate-driven. Here’s what I actually use and recommend, with real costs and no I am not selling a…
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11.7 warmreddit Justification of small businesses using AI because they're small businesses. (opens in new tab)
Hello. One thing I keep reading when it comes to AI and small businesses is people justifying small business using it because they're small businesses. People will talk about how they they need to sav…
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11.7 warmreddit What’s a good AI marketing stack for a solo business owner? (opens in new tab)
I’m struggling with marketing. I barely get time to work on it after handling the rest of the business. So I m thinking of trying some AI tools that can help with content, SEO, email followups and tr…
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11.5 warmreddit Do you think it's worth and doable to build a website with AI for a small business making $400k revenue, 45k EBITDA? (opens in new tab)
I want a relatively big website with many products (not to sell on the website, only to show them, so there's no danger of someone's money being stolen or even their mail or anything, they wouldn't ne…
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11.4 warmreddit 4 in 10 small business employers say they've turned down a candidate in the past year because their AI skills weren't good enough. (opens in new tab)
That came from a recent look at 1,000 small business owners and hiring managers. A few of the other findings: * 66% would pay a premium of 5% or more for someone who can prove real AI skills * 56% sa…
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11.3 warmreddit Has AI actually improved business operations for anyone here? (opens in new tab)
I keep hearing people say AI is streamlining operations, reducing overhead, and making teams more efficient, but I’m really want to know what that actually looks like in real small businesses day to d…
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11 warmreddit For a small business's first AI agent, what would you let it do without approval? (opens in new tab)
A first AI agent for a small business needs a narrower job than 'run operations.' Take inbound inquiries as an example. It could summarize the request, flag missing details and draft a reply. Sending…
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11 warmreddit Anyone else feel like “just send more volume” is bs advice for small business outbound? (opens in new tab)
Been doing outbound to small and local businesses for a while and the one piece of advice I keep getting that I think is just flat wrong is "send more” More volume, fill the pipeline, more meetings. …
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11 warmreddit Anyone else feel like “just send more volume” is terrible advice for small business outbound? (opens in new tab)
Been doing outbound to small and local businesses for a while and the one piece of advice I keep getting that I think is just flat wrong is "send more” More volume, fill the pipeline, more meetings. …
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11 warmreddit What are the best AI tools all small business owners should know about? (opens in new tab)
We're planning to invest more in AI for our small business next quarter, mainly to save time and simplify everyday operations. There are so many tools out there that it's hard to figure out which one…
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11 warmreddit Solo business owners may be the best customers for general-purpose AI agents (opens in new tab)
My bet for the next six months: solo business owners, especially in markets with expensive labor, may have a stronger reason to pay for general-purpose agents than either large office teams or casual …
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11 warmreddit I'm building Growmiz, an AI website builder for businesses — what am I missing? (opens in new tab)
I'm currently building Growmiz, a product designed to help people and small businesses build their online presence without having to deal with the usual technical complexity of creating a website. Th…
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11 warmreddit Small business owners: how do you manage posting across multiple social platforms? (opens in new tab)
For small business owners who handle their own social media: how do you avoid wasting time posting the same thing everywhere? I usually start with one post, but then end up changing it for LinkedIn, …
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11 warmreddit Starting a WhatsApp chatbot Assistant Service in the UAE — What Should I Expect? (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I’m a software engineer based in the UAE, and I’ve been building AI assistants for WhatsApp that can answer frequently asked questions. I’m considering turning this into a small service…
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11 warmreddit Is an AI receptionist worth it for a small business in Melbourne? (opens in new tab)
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It is worth it when calls come in while you are busy, after hours, or when the same three questions make up most of the volume. It is not worth it if you take four calls a…
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11 warmreddit Reseller account was used for crypto mining and AI abuse scam. Incurred $790,000 which Google Cloud is now charging my business with. What are my options? (opens in new tab)
Sorry for the long post. I am kind of ranting here. LATAM partner and small business owner here. Regular monthly spend from customer accounts is ~$2900 USD. I have been a Google Maps partner for clos…
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11 warmreddit Is AI Automation Actually Worth It for Small Businesses in India? (opens in new tab)
I've been researching AI automation for small businesses in India, and I'm curious about how useful it really is for companies that are still managing many processes manually. A lot of businesses spe…
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11 warmreddit What’s a frustrating business task you wish software could just solve? (opens in new tab)
I'm a software developer looking for a real problem to solve — not another random AI wrapper or a solution looking for a problem. So instead of asking: “What SaaS should I build?” I'd rather ask bu…
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11 warmreddit A or B: Our HVAC company lost a big job after we switched to an AI receptionist. Do I push my brother to bring back a human? (opens in new tab)
My brother owns a small HVAC company. I have my own job, but I help him with the business when I can. We used to have a person answering the phones, but we switched to an AI receptionist to cut some o…
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11 warmreddit What are the best AI tools all small business owners should know about? (opens in new tab)
Hi all- for the next quarter we were planning to heavily invest in AI as a small business. So curious to all the experts here, what are the best AI tools all small business owners should know about? …
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11 warmreddit AI tools for your business - Which ones are you using right now? (opens in new tab)
Been slowly building out an AI stack for my business over the past few months and wanted to see what other business owners are running day to day. Here's where I'm at: General - ChatGPT and Claude (e…
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11 warmreddit AI Receptionist provider pricing comparison for 2026 (opens in new tab)
It's a fact that AI receptionist software can cost less than $25 per month at the low end, around $79 to $150 per month for many packaged AI receptionist products, or several hundred dollars per month…
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11 warmreddit If you believe a 19 year old makes $300k a month from an AI agency you deserve to get scammed by his course. (opens in new tab)
I need to get this off my chest because it's been building for months. Every other video in my feed now is some 18 or 19 year old kid saying he's doing $200k, $300k a month from his AI automation age…
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11 warmreddit Anyone else seeing AI make DevOps/infra the bottleneck? (opens in new tab)
I'm curious if other DevOps/platform/SRE teams are running into the same thing my team is. We're a fairly large environment, mostly EKS, and essentially 100% IaC/Terraform. We also support multiple c…
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11 warmreddit My best employee found a faster way to work. What should I do next? (opens in new tab)
I manage a small e-commerce team for a European home goods business. One person on my team has been consistenly faster than everyone else, without cutting corners. His work is solid, he hits deadlines…
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10.8 warmreddit Small business owners — does AI feel useful to you, or does figuring out what to actually use it for feel like another job? (opens in new tab)
I keep hearing that small businesses should be using AI, but I’m curious how that actually feels from the owner’s side. Is AI genuinely making your work easier right now, or does figuring out which t…
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10.4 warmreddit [CA] Landscaping company in Mississauga GTA - Ads, SEO, or AI? Unsure where to start with digital marketing and looking for real business experiences (opens in new tab)
\[26.08.26 Edit: Thank you so much for all of your advice. We ultimately decided to go with Northline Systems. A full audit brought several issues we weren't aware of, so we're going to stick with pro…
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10.2 warmreddit Do small business owners need a social media manager? (opens in new tab)
For the past few months, I've seen a surge of small business owners generating their own posters, menu, videos to promote their products, but is it the same for other people? Would you rather rely on …
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10.1 warmreddit Has anyone here switched to an AI receptionist for handling missed calls? (opens in new tab)
I run a small service business, and I'm starting to realize how many potential customers I'm probably missing simply because I can't always answer the phone. Between being with customers and handling …
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10 warmreddit AI first marketing for small business (opens in new tab)
AI assisted or AI run tools and machines are everywhere right now. AI powered Self driving cars. Heck flying cars. AI powered Robots you can hire by the hour to clean your house. AI powered platforms…
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10 warmreddit Is AI receptionists still gone work for small business ? (opens in new tab)
I want to know that still AI receptionist gone a work in favour of small business and help them or its just another fancy tool to speak . And for a new business whatsapp automation will work . As I …
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10 warmreddit Has anyone used an AI marketing/scaling agency like this for a local service business? Are these claims realistic? (opens in new tab)
I manage a nail salon and recently came across a marketing/scaling company called AAA Agency. I’m considering talking with them, but I wanted to get opinions from other small business owners before sp…
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10 warmreddit Small business owners: what online task is eating up your time? (opens in new tab)
I'm looking for a few businesses that have a repetitive online task they have to do over and over — entering data, processing forms, organizing emails, updating spreadsheets, responding to common requ…
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10 warmreddit [Hiring] Paid UGC creators for an AI marketing tool for small businesses | $100 trial + up to $800 per video in view bonuses (opens in new tab)
We're a small startup with an AI tool that writes blog posts for small businesses, publishes them on the business's own website and shows which posts actually brought in customers. We need short-form …
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10 warmreddit What’s one part of running your small business you wish you could automate? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been thinking about how much time small business owners spend on things that aren’t really the core of the business. Not just creating content, but the ongoing stuff: Checking website performa…
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10 warmreddit Software engineer struggling with the AI job market. Looking to bootstrap an automated/physical business in Argentina — what niche trends are working in the US? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I’m a Systems Engineer based in Argentina. To be completely honest, the software job market has been incredibly tough lately with the whole AI boom, and finding stable roles is getting …
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10 warmreddit Software engineer struggling with the AI job market. Looking to bootstrap an automated/physical business in Argentina — what niche trends are working in the US? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I’m a Systems Engineer based in Argentina. To be completely honest, the software job market has been incredibly tough lately with the whole AI boom, and finding stable roles is getting …
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10 warmreddit The Doomsday Moat: Why AI’s Billionaires Want Washington to Stop the Clock (opens in new tab)
TL;DR Big Al is running an old-fashioned regulatory capture racket, using the specter of human extinction to pull the ladder up behind them. Just like the railroad barons and early airlines, these gi…
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10 warmreddit Small business owners: what software do you wish existed for your business? (opens in new tab)
I’m curious how many small business owners are still using a mix of spreadsheets, WhatsApp, email and different tools just to run their day-to-day operations. If you could describe exactly what your …
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10 warmreddit 8 years in software engineering, now an AI Engineer, struggling to get interviews in the UK (opens in new tab)
I’d appreciate some advice from UK recruiters, hiring managers and engineers. I have 8 years of software engineering experience, a Master’s degree, and currently work as an AI Software Engineer. My c…
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10 warmreddit Software guy, 52, looking at buying an HVAC company. Talk me out of it or into it. (opens in new tab)
I've written software since 1983 and I'm an executive at a big tech company. I also run a small software product on the side that has thousands of users. It plateaued because I never learned to ma…
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10 warmreddit When Anti-AI Criticism Turns Into Small-Business Bullying (opens in new tab)
The antis have seemingly lost the plot. Hundreds of people gathered in a thread to berate a small business owner for making posters and collateral materials with AI and made it clear that they boycot…
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9.8reddit 4 repetitive business tasks I automated with AI before hiring anyone (opens in new tab)
I didn’t plan to use AI setup to help me with a few jobs but hiring one person for executive work, sales, social media and blogs made no sense atleast for a small business owner like me. I tried a par…
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9.6reddit Anyone done a "I build, you sell" split with a sales person for freelance/agency work? (opens in new tab)
I do AI automation work for small businesses, chatbots, workflow stuff, cleaning up manual processes, that kind of thing. I'm decent at the technical side but I'm not a salesperson and finding clients…
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9.5reddit Small Painting Business Owner Looking to Learn AI – Where Should I Start? (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I’m a small painting contractor and run my own painting business. I recently started working a full-time job as well, so my time is limited. I’m looking to use AI to help me save time, g…
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9.4reddit small business owners, what ai tool(s) changed your marketing game? (opens in new tab)
Running a small biz solo, no dedicated marketing person and trying to figure out what's actually worth adding to my workflow. I have seen a lot of ai tools promising to save time on marketing but mos…
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9.4reddit If you run a small business, where would you actually start with AI, and where have you already tried it? (opens in new tab)
I keep seeing the same advice for small businesses: "start using AI." It's not wrong, but it skips the actual first step, and I think that's why so many owners try one tool, don't see the payoff, and …
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9.3reddit Has anyone here used a commission-only salesperson for B2B services? (opens in new tab)
I’m building a small AI automation business focused on helping local service businesses like plumbers, HVAC companies, contractors, and similar businesses. The service helps with things like missed-c…
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9.1reddit [FOR HIRE] Full-stack dev (Next.js) — creative animated sites, automations, AI voice agents & ongoing support (opens in new tab)
[FOR HIRE] Full-stack web dev — sites, animations, automations & AI features (voice agents, RAG, UGC) | Project-based pricing Hey all, I'm a freelance web developer / small agency owner (India-based…
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9.1reddit Has anyone here switched to an AI receptionist for handling missed calls? (opens in new tab)
I run a small service business, and I'm starting to realize how many potential customers I'm probably missing simply because I can't always answer the phone. Between being with customers and handling …
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9reddit “Free” AI tools are getting powerful. Here’s what developers should check before using them. (opens in new tab)
You don’t need a paid subscription for every step of an AI-assisted workflow. Coding agents, local models, and open-source utilities can handle prototyping, media generation, transcription, and repeti…
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9reddit How are you handling after-hours calls and new client intake without a full-time receptionist? (opens in new tab)
Running a small service business with a lot of calls coming in after 5pm and on weekends. We miss a chunk of leads because nobody picks up, and voicemail conversion is terrible. I've been looking at …
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9reddit How Can Small Businesses in Pakistan Use AI to Save Time and Reduce Manual Work? (opens in new tab)
Many small businesses still handle their daily operations manually. From customer communication to inventory management, repetitive tasks consume valuable time. AI and business automation can help si…
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9reddit What are the top 2 problems you’d want AI to solve? (opens in new tab)
I am curious what small business owners actually want from AI, beyond all the hype. If AI could reliably take two things off your plate, what would they be? Could be bookkeeping, chasing payments, m…
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9reddit I put together 25 free AI prompts for small business owners — no email wall, no catch (opens in new tab)
I keep watching small business owners open ChatGPT, stare at the blank box, and close it again. The tool isn't the problem — the blank page is. So I wrote 25 copy-paste prompts for the unglamorous st…
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9reddit People who complain about small businesses using AI are actively campaigning for corporations to own everything. (opens in new tab)
A billion-dollar corporation uses AI to replace 40,000 employees and optimize the price of a sandwich down to the individual customer's financial desperation and nobody bats an eye. But some guy runn…
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9reddit [For Hire] Small Business Websites | PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL & AI-Assisted Development (opens in new tab)
Hi! I'm a web developer focused on building practical websites and web applications for small businesses. What I can help with: Business websites and landing pages Responsive designs for desktop an…
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9reddit [For Hire] Small Business Websites | PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL & AI-Assisted Development (opens in new tab)
Hi! I'm a web developer focused on building practical websites and web applications for small businesses. What I can help with: Business websites and landing pages Responsive designs for desktop an…
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9reddit [For Hire] Small Business Websites | PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL & AI-Assisted Development (opens in new tab)
Hi! I'm a web developer focused on building practical websites and web applications for small businesses. What I can help with: Business websites and landing pages Responsive designs for desktop an…
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9reddit Introducing BRUTAL | A free C# framework that helped RimWorld make its own engine and break free of Unity. Now you can too. (opens in new tab)
Our industry is rotting from its core, outwards in every direction, and it has been for some time. Driven by greed, driven by a race to the bottom on price. It is my position that the games industry w…
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9reddit What automation actually costs a small business: the tools, the build, and the maintenance nobody budgets for (opens in new tab)
Most automations don't fail loudly. They just stop, and nobody notices until a customer calls asking why their invoice never arrived. That's the cost no one mentions when you're pricing out automatio…
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9reddit My story: account suspended with no notice, every channel is a bot, and my small business is paying the price (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone. I’m the founder of a small company, and I started this sub because I couldn’t find anywhere else to talk about this. On October 12, our Claude account was suspended with no notice and no…
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9reddit What Customer Support Tasks Would You Most Like to Automate? (opens in new tab)
Business owners: How do you handle repetitive customer support questions? Hi everyone! 👋 I'm a .NET developer working on an AI-powered customer support tool for small and growing businesses. I'm e…
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9reddit Would you connect Claude to your QuickBooks for your small business? (opens in new tab)
I own a small business with about 10 employees, that does a couple million of dollars in revenue a year. I have just recently started using AI, and it has helped me get through difficulties with our S…
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9reddit Thinking about a 100 cold calls/day challenge for my AI consulting business. Talk me out of it (or into it) (opens in new tab)
Hey all, I'm the co-founder of a small AI consulting company in northern Spain. We help clinics and other appointment-based businesses figure out where they lose the most time (confirming appointment…
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9reddit I’m looking to start up a business doing consulting, digital operations, and AI visibility/enablement for small businesses and independent owners (opens in new tab)
For the past few months, I have been taking the time to build out a roadmap for a business/service to better help local businesses, small businesses, and independent owners (Real estate agents, beauti…
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9reddit Could an AI podcast help explain a B2B service and bring in customers? (opens in new tab)
Recently, I experimented with a different way of explaining my web tracking service. Let me be honest: I am a developer, and reaching out to customers is not something I am good at or feel comfortabl…
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9reddit [FOR HIRE] AI automation for small businesses — phone agents, ERP reporting, CRM/lead systems (opens in new tab)
I build automation systems for small-to-mid businesses. Three main things I do: AI phone receptionists — answers calls and books appointments when you can't pick up, built on ElevenLabs/Vapi-style v…
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9reddit Ai Automation for the business? (opens in new tab)
I'm a small cleaning business owner and I'm curious how folks here are using AI or automation. What's actually worked for you, what backfired? Especially around client communication, scheduling, fol…
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9reddit uns at 2 AM. Yours doesn't.Competitor's AI runs at 2 AM. Yours doesn't. (opens in new tab)
Competitor's AI runs at 2 AM. Yours doesn't. Every week. - Their CRM updates at 2:14 AM. Yours updates at 9:30. - Their support ticket closes at 2:03 AM. Yours waits for Monday. - Their Friday rep…
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9reddit AI search tools are generating local business recommendations and most small businesses have no idea how that works (opens in new tab)
I run an AI marketing agency in Phoenix, so weigh this accordingly, but I've been watching a gap open up in local search that I think a lot of small business owners haven't been told about yet. When …
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9reddit [Discussion Sanity check] should non-technical small business owners configure their own AI workflows in n8n, or just buy a tool? (opens in new tab)
Hi all, I'm writing a free how-to guide for small businesses (SMEs) in Singapore, mainly wholesalers and distributors. The owners are willing to learn, but they're not developers and usually have no …
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9reddit I use ChatGPT to help analyze my mom’s social media videos for my business and it’s very useful, but suddenly the feature to upload videos is gone, what can be done? (opens in new tab)
So I create videos for my mom’s small business and analyze them through ChatGPT to get help on how to make them better. It’s made a world of difference it’s insane. Yesterday though, suddenly the cap…
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9reddit What AI skills are actually worth learning as a small business owner? (opens in new tab)
I've noticed that “use AI to grow your business” has become very broad advice. But running a business is already a full-time job. Most owners probably don't have time to learn 50 different AI tools j…
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9reddit Beware Dove & Deer (opens in new tab)
The restaurant Dove and Deer recently made a post on their Instagram using an Ai menu. When people said they were disappointed and didn’t support the use of ai, the page decided to respond to each ind…
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9reddit Unpopular Opinion: If AI Keeps Wasting Your Tokens, Get Better at Using AI (opens in new tab)
It seems like this sub has basically become a running list of: “OMG AI USED ALL MY TOKENS IN 12 HOURS DOING ONE TASK!!!” Okay... and? You asked it to do that task. Were you not looking at it at all…
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9reddit How Do You Actually Make Money Online? The Truth Nobody Wants to Hear (opens in new tab)
I see the question everywhere: “How can I make money online?” There are thousands of videos promising easy money, passive income, AI businesses, dropshipping, trading, affiliate marketing, and “secr…
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9reddit Accidentally got half my team put under review because I fact-checked a coworker's AI use, what do I do? (opens in new tab)
Hi all. About three weeks ago we had a team meeting about AI tools, and my manager asked for opinions. I mentioned that I'd been testing ChatGPT for drafting client emails and found it kept giving con…
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9reddit What AI workflows are actually saving you time right now? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been experimenting with a few different AI workflows lately, mostly around content, research, productivity and small business tasks. What surprised me is that the biggest gains haven’t come from…
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9reddit I used Claude and ChatGPT as I would an Associate for a strategy deck (opens in new tab)
Hi all, I am a former MBB and big 4 Jnr Partner. I now work in industry for a mid-sized MNC doing their Strat and Transformation. As I am building the team around me, I decided to utilise and trial…
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9reddit "It's offensive to tell small business owners not to use AI for their marketing!" (opens in new tab)
edit: Morning! Look, guys, we can argue the ethics of AI all day, but I'm still going to see businesses who use AI marketing as lazy and dodgy. The results of the Industrial Revolution and development…
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8.9reddit Are there any good AI receptionists for a tiny team? (opens in new tab)
Running a small service business with basically two people, and we keep missing calls when we're both with clients. Looked into AI receptionist options and now i'm just confused by how many there are …
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8.8reddit Do you use AI for your business’s social media posts? (opens in new tab)
Curious how other small business owners handle this. Do you use AI for creating captions, images, or generating ideas? Or do you stick to doing everything yourself? If you've experimented with it, …
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8.8reddit What are the best AI voice agents for small businesses? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been researching AI voice agents for small businesses, and I think the biggest mistake is choosing one based only on how realistic the voice sounds. A good AI voice agent needs to handle the act…
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8.8reddit Starting a small business to help others use AI — any advice on how to reach small business owners? (opens in new tab)
I am working on starting a small business to help other small businesses actually start using AI in their day-to-day, rather than it staying this vague "we should probably look into that" thing. On…
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8.7reddit I went deep into the Indian IT sector. Here's what's working, what isn't and the AI impact (opens in new tab)
There's a lot of uncertainty around the IT sector right now and around what AI actually does to the work these companies sell. So let's analyse what their numbers are suggesting and clear up some of t…
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8.7reddit How are other small-business owners handling marketing right now? (opens in new tab)
I’m trying to figure out what direction to take with my own marketing and wanted to hear what others are actually doing. Are you using AI for things like graphics, ads, social posts, videos, or writt…
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8.7reddit Should I build my own AI business operating system or start with Hermes/OpenClaw? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been going down the AI rabbit hole for the past week and could use advice from people who have actually built and run AI agents. **My situation** I’m 25 and my family recently got: 2 Bambu …
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8.6reddit What are the best AI voice agents for small businesses? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been researching AI voice agents for small businesses, and I think the biggest mistake is choosing one based only on how realistic the voice sounds. A good AI voice agent needs to handle the act…
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8.6reddit Last night I offered to help a few people on here and it turned into a pretty good night (opens in new tab)
I spent last night helping strangers build their businesses and learned something I put a post up yesterday basically saying I had some spare time and was happy to help It ended up being a much bett…
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8.5reddit What would you actually want AI to handle for your business? (Small Business Owners) (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone! I’m exploring an idea for small, owner-operated businesses—cafés, restaurants, flower shops, independent shops, and similar businesses. I’d like to understand what would genuinely help …
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8.4reddit Are there any good ai receptionists for a small business? (opens in new tab)
My partner and I run a small shop and we keep missing calls during busy hours. Someone mentioned AI receptionists but I have no clue where to even start. Anyone actually using one of these?
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8.4reddit The "Co-Founder" framework for AI. How to automate without ruining your small business (opens in new tab)
I wanted to share my perspective on how small businesses should actually approach AI without falling into the trap of over-automating or getting left behind, and see what everyone else is doing. As a…
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8.2reddit How are small business owners handling missed calls when they're busy? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been building an AI phone receptionist for small businesses and finally have it at the point where I’m looking for a few businesses to test it with in the real world. The main problem I wanted t…
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8.2reddit Are small business AI chatbots too focused on answering FAQs? (opens in new tab)
I've been looking at quite a few AI chatbot products for small businesses recently, and most of them seem to stop at the same point: answering questions from a website or knowledge base. That is defi…
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8.2reddit Best AI Tools for business operations ranked by actual ROI, not marketing bs (opens in new tab)
Running a business has made me realize most AI tools for business are either glorified writing assistants or another dashboard I have to remember to check. The question is not which one has the coole…
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8reddit How are small business owners actually using AI agents? (opens in new tab)
I run a small business and have been experimenting with different Al tools to improve both personal productivity and day to day operations. I'm less interested in genericAl writing tools and more int…
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8reddit I’m building an AI phone receptionist for small businesses - would love early feedback (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone! I’ve been working on a tool that answers phone calls for clinics, salons, and small offices using AI. It books, confirms, and reschedules appointments 24/7 so business owners stop losing…
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8reddit Is it worth using an AI call center for a small business in 2026? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been researching an AI call center setup for a small business that gets a decent number of inbound calls but doesn’t have enough staff to answer everything quickly. We lose calls during busy …
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8reddit [UK] Technical co-founder wanted for a self-funded consultancy automating manual reporting for small businesses (Power BI, Fabric, AI), part-time to start (opens in new tab)
I work in data and reporting, and I'm starting a consultancy to help small and mid-sized businesses stop putting the same reports together by hand. I'm looking for a UK-based co-founder to build it wi…
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8reddit Are AI website builders useful for small businesses? (opens in new tab)
AI website builders seem to be getting better, but I’m curious how useful they actually are for small businesses. For someone who needs a professional website without spending a lot of time or money …
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8reddit Are people actually making money with AI automation businesses, and can a complete beginner do it too? (opens in new tab)
Hello everyone! I keep seeing people starting AI automation agencies and helping businesses automate their work using tools like n8n, Make, Zapier, and AI chatbots. I did some research and found the …
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8reddit What AI tools are actually useful for small business owners (opens in new tab)
I run a small business and have been testing different AI tools for productivity and business tasks. I'm curious what tools experienced business owners actually use regularly and which one shave made…
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8reddit [HIRING] Remote B2B Appointment Setter for AI Receptionist — $60/hour + $20 per paid customer (opens in new tab)
AdvanVoice AI is hiring a part-time remote appointment setter to call small and local service businesses in the United States and book product demos. The offer: AdvanVoice AI is a 24/7 AI receptionis…
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8reddit Are AI tools actually saving small business owners time, or just creating more work? (opens in new tab)
There are AI tools for literally everything now. Customer support, emails, social media, scheduling, invoices, sales... you name it. And while some of them are genuinely useful, I've been wondering …
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8reddit Anti AI sentiment towards small business owners ? (opens in new tab)
Anyone else seeing online an overwhelming vitriol towards places who do advertisements or the likes through AI ? I would commonly see small mom and pop type cafes / boutiques post their stuff online…
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8reddit Days to fund my girlfriend’s dream birthday surprise. I build automations, lead generation, business tools and AI/Websites. Offering a strict 50/50 split to anyone who can close clients. (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I’ve got exactly 45 days until my girlfriend’s birthday, and I want to pull off an amazing surprise for her. To make it happen, I need to hustle hard and generate some extra cash over t…
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8reddit Hey solo & small business owners (opens in new tab)
When it comes to handling customer enquiries, which would you choose? AI/automation: faster, efficient and always available OR A real person: personal, human and able to understand the customer and…
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8reddit Here is the easy way to find and access 1.5 million AI skills you can use with ChatGPT or Claude. Vercel built a tool to help you easily find the right skill for every use case (opens in new tab)
TL;DR: Vercel’s Find Skills helps compatible AI agents discover and install reusable workflows from skills.sh, a directory listing more than 1.5 million skills. Find Skills itself currently shows appr…
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8reddit Here is an easy way to find and access 1.5 million AI skills you can use with ChatGPT or Claude. Vercel built a tool to help you easily find the right skill for every use case (opens in new tab)
TL;DR: Vercel’s Find Skills helps compatible AI agents discover and install reusable workflows from skills.sh, a directory listing more than 1.5 million skills. Find Skills itself currently shows appr…
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8reddit Here is the easy way to find and access 1.5 million AI skills you can use with ChatGPT or Claude for any marketing need your team has today. Vercel built a tool to help you easily find the right skill for every use case (opens in new tab)
TL;DR: Vercel’s Find Skills helps compatible AI agents discover and install reusable workflows from skills.sh, a directory listing more than 1.5 million skills. Find Skills itself currently shows appr…
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8reddit Business Owners: What’s One Problem You Wish Someone Would Build a Solution For? (opens in new tab)
I want to know your problems so that I can brainstorm a startup idea around them. I'm exploring ideas for a startup and I don't want to start with a random product and then look for a problem to just…
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8reddit Would small business owners actually use an AI "co-pilot" they can ask questions like "why did sales drop?" Looking for honest opinions (opens in new tab)
I'm a CSE grad from Bangladesh, working with a co-founder on helping small businesses adopt AI. Most of the businesses we talk to are small online shops and service businesses that run on Messenger, W…
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8reddit Interviewed candidates for “AI engineer” roles this week, my god is this really where our industry is going? (opens in new tab)
So last week I was tinkering with how to change up our technical interview round. For the last few years we’ve been doing a small take home followed by a live coding session where we add a new require…
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8reddit Are you using one LLM or an army of agents? (opens in new tab)
*** Disclaimer: I'm not connected to any of these companies and this isn't an ad. *** I'm a small business owner and I just started playing around with Taskade and the idea of having multiple AI agen…
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8reddit Are you using one LLM or an army of agents? (opens in new tab)
*** Disclaimer: I'm not connected to any of these companies and this isn't an ad. *** I'm a small business owner and I just started playing around with Taskade and the idea of having multiple AI agen…
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8reddit Solo/small business owners: do you know what happens to your data when you cancel an AI tool subscription? (opens in new tab)
Went down a rabbit hole this week checking cancellation and data-retention terms across the AI tools I use for my business. Some vendors delete everything in 30 days, some hold onto it for years even …
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8reddit AI video editing agent: where can small businesses actually save time? (opens in new tab)
For a small business, creating video content can involve much more work after the recording is finished. One video may need to be trimmed, captioned, shortened for social platforms, reformatted, and r…
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8reddit Burnout (opens in new tab)
Burnout: Is anyone else feeling this way about graphic design? I’m a 31-year-old woman and I’ve spent about 10 years studying and working as a graphic designer, with some photography. I used to reall…
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8reddit Any Somalis here interested in AI Agents, Automation & Online Business? Looking for friends to build with! (opens in new tab)
Assalamu Alaikum everyone I'm looking to connect with Somali people who are interested in: 🤖 AI & AI Agents ⚙️ AI Automation 💻 Building AI SaaS businesses 📦 Digital Products 💰 Online Income …
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8reddit A question for small business owners (opens in new tab)
I see a lot of small business owners posts jobs looking for someone to manage their books or reconcile their POS system. I have been applying to similar jobs that I am genuinely well suited for and I…
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8reddit AI for Small Business: Is v- oice One of the Most Useful Applications? (opens in new tab)
For a small business, I think the most useful AI applications are the ones that save time on everyday work rather than trying to automate everything. Another useful area is getting advice before maki…
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8reddit WHATEVER IT MEANS NEXT TUESDAY - Suno’s September 3 download changes, annual subscriptions, and creator trust (opens in new tab)
AI platforms, creator trust, and the increasingly provisional meaning of “paid for.” There is a version of this story that is about 60 downloads. It would be easy to write. It would also be easy to…
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8reddit I used Canva Pro to create a logo for my small business and was shamed for it at a chamber of commerce event this weekend due to “AI use” (opens in new tab)
Was this a valid take? I’m now thinking about scraping the whole thing and paying someone on Fiver/another small business. I thought I was going a better route than the people who just ask an AI engi…
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8reddit Dont worry - be happy. Big bro's safe - Suno users are not. (opens in new tab)
For everyone creating on [Suno.ai](http://Suno.ai), the mainstream narrative claims record labels are fighting in court to protect human artists from AI theft. Federal court dockets in *UMG v. Suno*, …
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8reddit Mid-40s guy here. If you've booked your mid-6-to-7 digit AI gains by now & you haven't had this much $ before, do me these three favors. (opens in new tab)
This isn't legal or financial advice, I'm a big nobody with life experience to share. Non-Americans - ignore #1 and #2, skip to #3. **First, go see a doctor and get a physical. Get standard bloodwork…
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7.7reddit Alright small business owners. Do customers care if your ads are AI-assisted, or only if they're effective? (opens in new tab)
Ai for advertising.
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7.6reddit Building an AI receptionist for small businesses, what are your biggest pain points? (opens in new tab)
I’m building an AI receptionist that gives a business its own phone number. Customers can call it, have a natural human-like conversation with the AI, ask questions, and eventually book appointments. …
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7.4reddit I asked 10 small business owners about WhatsApp support last week. They told me the premise of my own question was wrong. (opens in new tab)
I've been asking owners who sell and support over WhatsApp how much of their day goes to answering the same handful of questions. I assumed the answer was "most of it" and that the fix was something t…
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7.4reddit How I automated Google reviews for my small biz using Reviewly AI, here’s what actually worked (opens in new tab)
Thought I’d share a quick breakdown of how we finally got our review collection on autopilot because there was a time when i did this manually and ik how much time taking is it actually is. We used t…
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7.3reddit Built a working AI receptionist demo — how would you find the first 1–3 real business users? (opens in new tab)
I have built an AI Receptionist that handles appointment calls, collects caller's details, checks the calendar, books appointments and connects/ transfers calls to the main line.The technical side is …
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7.2reddit Where is AI giving your team a real time saving rather than just nicer output? (opens in new tab)
A lot of AI use cases sound impressive but only save a few minutes in practice. What business workflow has actually become noticeably faster for your team?
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7.2reddit An AI assistant for turning business conversations into action (opens in new tab)
Most AI note-takers stop at a transcript. Klik is designed to help businesses move from conversation to execution: capture meetings and client conversations hands-free extract decisions, owners, dea…
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7.1reddit What makes an AI receptionist actually useful for a small business? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been looking at AI receptionists, and I’m curious what actually matters in real use. Is answering every call enough, or should it also book appointments, qualify leads, take messages, and follow…
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7reddit I Used ChatGPT to Build My Business for Over a Year. Here's What New Subscribers Need to Know. (opens in new tab)
★★★☆☆ — 3/5 Stars Before You Pay for ChatGPT, Know the Difference Between Advertised Capabilities and Actual Results I'm the founder and owner of TrashCan Rodz, a custom fishing rod and tackle busin…
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7reddit Building an AI marketing tool for small businesses. Would love some honest feedback from business owners here (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone! We've been working with small business owners, and one thing we've noticed is how much time marketing takes away from actually running a business. For women running their own businesse…
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7reddit Done supporting businesses that use AI image generation for art or marketing in a state full of artists (opens in new tab)
I want to say upfront: I am not an anti AI crusader. I use AI, mostly to do mathy or computer type things that i can do anyways, since that’s the only way to make sure the ai is doing what you want- t…
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7reddit Be Honest, What do you think About our tech careers ahead (opens in new tab)
For some context I was working as an Associate Software Engineer(Data) at a small budding GCC In Hyderabad. Our entire Hyderabad team got laid off in a call about 60 engineers and testers. Reason: or…
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7reddit AI Admin Assistants for Small Businesses: What to Look For in 2026 (opens in new tab)
^(\A research-based 2026 review. Public pages and screenshots checked on October 20, 2026.)* I went through Empacer's website because the idea addresses a fairly specific problem: you know what needs…
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7reddit Small business owners who automated parts of their operations: What was the single biggest bottleneck you actually fixed? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I’ve been working heavily on process automation and AI integration for small businesses, and there’s a recurring pattern I keep running into: Most owners are completely burnt out not f…
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7reddit How would you get your first clients for a new strategy consulting boutique? (opens in new tab)
I recently started a small strategy & management consulting boutique in Brazil, focused mainly on helping middle market business owners and founders make better strategic decisions. Our core work is …
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7reddit Hattiesburg business owners, why are so many people here against AI? Genuinely curious (opens in new tab)
I’ve been in Hattiesburg for a little while now, and I’m interested in building something locally around AI and business automation. But something I’ve noticed surprised me. I’ve talked to quite a f…
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7reddit How do you find qualified leads for small business owner data licensing deals? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been trying to figure out how to reach small businesses who are in the process of liquidating or shutting down and consolidating their assets through major acquisition, firms or bankruptcy attorn…
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7reddit I sell automation to small businesses but I've never run one. What's the #1 thing vendors always get wrong about you? (opens in new tab)
honesty hour. I run a small AI automation agency — missed-call text-back, AI voice agents, that kind of thing for local service businesses. few days in, $0 revenue, learning everything the hard way. …
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7reddit What tech services do local small businesses actually pay for? (opens in new tab)
I’m in the U.S. and exploring a service business for local, owner-run companies. I’m more interested in tech than opening a physical storefront, and I’d like to build something I can deliver to severa…
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7reddit Would small businesses actually pay for AI-generated product content? (opens in new tab)
I’ve been thinking about starting a service for small e-commerce brands that creates professional-looking product visuals using AI. The idea would be that a business sends over photos of their actual…
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7reddit TPC Scottsdale deployed an AI receptionist and the business lesson has nothing to do with golf (opens in new tab)
Full disclosure up front: I run an AI marketing agency in Phoenix and we build this kind of system for clients, so weigh what I say how you like. I'm sharing this because the deployment is a clean, re…
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7reddit Small business owners: what cold outreach has actually worked on you? (opens in new tab)
My cofounder and I have been building an AI automation business for about 4 months, and we recently landed our first paying client. The problem now is that I’ve pretty much exhausted my personal netwo…
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7reddit OpenAI Holds My Small Business Hostage: 40+ Hours of Design Work Locked in a Paid Work Chat, While Constant Interface Changes Have Made ChatGPT Nearly Unusable on My Touchscreen Computer (opens in new tab)
I use ChatGPT on a touchscreen computer. In the last couple of days, changes to this paid service have made major parts of it effectively unusable for me, without meaningful warning and without an eff…
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7reddit [For Hire] Free for 1 small business: I'll automate one repetitive task (n8n + AI), fixed scope (opens in new tab)
I'm building my automation portfolio with real work, not demo data, so I'm doing one project for free. What you get: one workflow that takes a repetitive task off your plate.
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7reddit If AI marketer showed up for your business tomorrow, what's the first concrete task you'd give it? (opens in new tab)
Context first, question at the end. I've been building marketing agents for three years: a Reddit DM agent, a Twitter agent, LinkedIn and email outreach before that. A month ago I put them under one …
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7reddit Solo/small business owners: do you know what happens to your data when you cancel an AI tool subscription? (opens in new tab)
Went down a rabbit hole this week checking cancellation and data-retention terms across the AI tools I use for my business. Some vendors delete everything in 30 days, some hold onto it for years even …
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7reddit I found some surprisingly practical business use cases for Jev (opens in new tab)
been going through a bunch of things people are building with Jev, and honestly the boring business use cases are more interesting than the flashy demos. stuff like: classify and prioritize support…
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7reddit Do people really expect small business owners to not use AI for like simple flyers or restroom signs? (opens in new tab)
Seems like a lot to ask a business owner who’s trying to pass off savings to the customer.
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7reddit Is community/forum software still a good SaaS business to build? (opens in new tab)
I've spent close to 20 years building and running online communities. Over that time, I've seen firsthand how valuable a good community can be for a business: customer conversations, peer support, fe…
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7reddit If you were to start over in metro area, what business would you create? (opens in new tab)
I have a friend and I’m trying to figure out whether there’s a boring local service business we could build together. I work full-time and do very good for myself and would handle the business side r…
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7reddit Australia is NOT as racist as you all seem to believe it is. (opens in new tab)
Honestly, I get accused of being a psyop bot a LOT on this platform. I get it, it's an easy way of discrediting something you don't like hearing or outright diagree with. And, no doubt, there are some…
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7reddit Filed Small Claims but Tricked Meta Verified Support AI to put me in touch with a human via email. Got my account reinstated in minutes (opens in new tab)
Won’t bore people with too many details, I was a victim of the hackers who use Session Hijacking to access accounts, then permanently disable them by uploading false identification that a good number …
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7reddit I caught a small business using an AI flyer. I did what any reasonable person would do. (opens in new tab)
I was scrolling Facebook this morning when I saw something that stopped my blood cold. A local family-owned restaurant was having a Friday fish fry. $13.99. Fries included. And the flyer... was A…
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7reddit Mocking Small Businesses for Using AI Isn’t “Supporting Artists” (opens in new tab)
This post has more than 11,000 likes for announcing that an “ugly” AI flyer makes the author unwilling to support the small business behind it. Apparently, if a small business cannot afford to hire a…
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7reddit Schwab + ChatGPT + Schwab Dev API + Mac Mini + iPhone = real time info (opens in new tab)
I connected ChatGPT to Schwab’s real-time market data via their Schwab developer API. Before embarking on this lengthy article, understand that it's very, very long. I'm not going to apologize. I pu…
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7reddit 3 years, 3 finished games, +$150k net revenue. Postmortem of my solo developed, self-published, node-based games (opens in new tab)
It took me 3 years to make 3 different commercial, solo-developed, self-published, node-based games. It is a good time to wrap up my thoughts and share them here with you. Maybe it will be helpful for…
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7reddit I gave a Claude Fable 5 agent a domain and $90 it can't spend without me. 20 days and 168 wakes later: it created its own memory architecture, two published books, and almost $1,000 revenue. (My mind is blown!) (opens in new tab)
[http://cairnwake.com](http://cairnwake.com) **Backstory for those that haven't followed along:** About three weeks ago I gave Claude's Fable 5 model a $12/month server, a domain and email for th…
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6.9reddit Built an AI receptionist, launched it, and now learning the hard part: small businesses do not want to be first. (opens in new tab)
Building Vestibo in public. It is an AI front desk for small and mid size businesses. Answers phone, SMS, and web chat off one knowledge base, handles unlimited calls at once, books appointments into …
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6.7reddit ChatGPT tips for an expanding small business / gourmet deli (opens in new tab)
I run a small gourmet deli with my brother and we will expand with another store before christmas. We already use ChatGPT regularly for things like writing, research, calculations, brainstorming and …
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6.6reddit Small business owners in Ireland: how are you actually managing AI in your business? (opens in new tab)
Curious to hear from other small business owners in Ireland about how you’re approaching AI at the moment. Are you using things like ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini or AI features built into software you al…