Bank of America community roundtable highlights sales tax increase, small business struggles

Small business owners are quietly figuring out AI while the gurus are still selling courses about it. A recent Bank of America roundtable surfaced something real: small teams — five people or fewer —

Small business owners are quietly figuring out AI while the gurus are still selling courses about it.

A recent Bank of America roundtable surfaced something real: small teams — five people or fewer — are using AI to operate like companies ten times their size. Not by overhauling everything. Just by plugging AI into one or two existing workflows.

Sound familiar? You've probably already bought the tool that sits unused. $200/month going nowhere, and now the word "AI" makes your stomach tighten a little.

That's not a you problem. That's a bad implementation problem.

The business owners winning with AI right now didn't start with a strategy deck. They started with one broken process — something slow, repetitive, and frustrating — and asked: can AI handle this specific task?

That's the whole first step.

Pick your most time-consuming repeatable task this week. One task. Test one tool against it. Give it two weeks and measure the time saved.

No ripping out systems. No learning to code. Just one small proof point that builds your confidence and your case.

That's how the five-person company starts punching above its weight.

What's the one task in your business that eats the most time but shouldn't require you personally?

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... business owners are increasingly incorporating AI. “It's incredible to think about with AI, you have maybe a company of five people that today can ...