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I own a custom apparel company in small-town Minnesota. About 20 employees, three locations, scaled from zero to millions in revenue. I didn't build my business with AI. I built it the hard way, same as you. But I started messing with AI tools about a year ago and got kind of addicted. Turns out this stuff can actually move the needle for people like us.
I got tired of watching YouTube videos where people explain AI the same way every time. Most of these guys aren't even business owners — they're YouTubers talking about what you "could" do for your marketing agency or your YouTube channel. That's not relatable. So I started this newsletter to share what I'm actually learning and building — in plain English, for people like you and I.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Last Tuesday I needed to hire a general manager. I sat down, opened ChatGPT, and typed what I needed. Five minutes later I had a finished job posting that actually sounds like our company. Here's every click, starting from scratch...
A free tool where you type a question or request, and it writes back. Think of it like texting a really smart assistant who works for free. Job postings, drafting customer emails, social media captions. If you can send a text message, you can use ChatGPT.
Rachael Sharp runs a seed farm in Allendale, SC. She took decades of handwritten crop ledgers and fed them into ChatGPT. Now she pulls up planting data from any year just by asking. Same free tool you just signed up for.
Somebody fed the entire internet into a computer, and now that computer can have a conversation with you about it. That's an LLM. That's the brain behind ChatGPT. Nothing more complicated than that.
I built an app that runs on a tablet on the production floor. Employees hit "start job" and "end job" — that's it. All the data flows into a dashboard. I built it by talking to Claude in plain English. No coding. No developer.
of small businesses say they need more AI training and resources
Goldman Sachs, March 2026of small business owners think adopting AI is essential to stay competitive
Reimagine Main Street Surveymajor AI newsletters target small-town business owners, trades, retail, or restaurants
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