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Former Zillow execs just gave smaller businesses the best AI advice I've heard this year — and it had nothing to do with tools. "Learn, test, try, fail." That's it. That's their entire competitive s
Former Zillow execs just gave smaller businesses the best AI advice I've heard this year — and it had nothing to do with tools.
"Learn, test, try, fail."
That's it. That's their entire competitive strategy against billion-dollar incumbents.
You bought that AI tool and nobody used it. That's not failure — that's actually the right instinct applied in the wrong order. You skipped the "try small and fail cheap" step and went straight to the subscription.
Here's what the Zillow veterans understand that most AI gurus won't tell you: big companies are slow. They have legacy systems, internal politics, and committees approving every decision. You can move faster. That's your actual edge.
The mistake isn't buying AI. It's buying AI before you've identified the one repetitive task costing your team the most hours each week.
Start there. One task. One tool. Two weeks. If it saves you time, you'll know. If it doesn't, you've lost almost nothing.
That's how you build real confidence around AI — not from a consultant's pitch deck, but from a small win you created yourself.
What's the one task in your business you'd eliminate tomorrow if you could?
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How smaller companies can compete: "Learn, test, try, fail. The only way a young, smaller company can compete with incumbents that have massive ...