Nashville small business owner talks tech policy with federal lawmakers

A Nashville small business owner just walked into Congress to talk AI policy.

Not a tech CEO. Not a VC-backed startup founder. A small business owner who decided her voice mattered at the table.

That hit different.

Because while lawmakers debate AI data restrictions, most business owners I talk to are still stuck at square one — staring at a $200/month SaaS subscription nobody on the team actually opens. Not because you're behind. Because nobody gave you a straight answer about where to start.

Here's what that Nashville story quietly reveals: the real AI conversation isn't about tools. It's about which business problems are worth solving first. Lawmakers are asking that question at a national level. You need to ask it at your own.

Pick one broken process. The one that costs you the most time or money every single week. Write it down in plain language. That's your AI brief — and it's worth more than any demo a vendor will ever give you.

No ripping apart systems. No learning to code. Just clarity on the problem before you ever look at a solution.

What's the one task in your business you wish you could hand off tomorrow — and have you ever tried using AI to do it?

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Her visit comes ahead of National Small Business Week. Nolan raised concerns that proposals to restrict the use of data, artificial intelligence (AI) ...