Revana Sharfuddin: While grads fret about AI taking jobs, small businesses need buyers

Everyone's debating whether AI will steal jobs from new grads. Meanwhile, you're just trying to figure out if AI can actually help you find more customers. You've probably been there. Signed up for

Everyone's debating whether AI will steal jobs from new grads.

Meanwhile, you're just trying to figure out if AI can actually help you find more customers.


You've probably been there. Signed up for a tool someone swore would change everything. Your team ignored it. Another $200 a month quietly canceled. It's not a tech failure — it's a focus failure. Nobody told you which specific problem it was supposed to solve.


Here's the real insight buried in this conversation: small businesses don't have an AI problem. They have a buyer pipeline problem. And AI is genuinely useful there — not because it's magic, but because following up with leads, drafting outreach, and qualifying prospects are exactly the repetitive tasks AI handles well.

That's the unlock. Not AI everywhere. AI on one leaky part of your sales process.


This week, pick one place where leads go cold. Maybe it's the follow-up after a proposal. Ask ChatGPT to write five follow-up email variations for that exact scenario. Test one. That's your first win — no new software, no budget, no consultant required.


What's the one part of your sales process that consistently falls through the cracks?


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Just as some young workers must be redirected from the firms that are de-emphasizing entry-level work, small business owners need to invest in ...