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Marilyn Burns didn't win $25K by having the fanciest tools. She won by knowing exactly what made her business worth talking about. That's the AI problem nobody's naming. You bought the tool. Your
Marilyn Burns didn't win $25K by having the fanciest tools.
She won by knowing exactly what made her business worth talking about.
That's the AI problem nobody's naming.
You bought the tool. Your team ignored it. Now it's a $200/month reminder that "AI" and "useful" aren't the same sentence.
That's not your fault. That's a clarity problem, not a technology problem.
Marilyn's story is a small business lesson disguised as a feel-good segment. She knew her story, her customer, and her edge. That specificity is exactly what separates businesses that get ROI from AI and ones that don't.
AI doesn't work when you hand it a vague problem. It works when you hand it a specific, repeatable task you're already doing manually.
Think about the one thing your team does every week that's tedious and consistent. Customer follow-up emails. Inquiry responses. First-draft proposals. That's your starting point — not a platform overhaul.
Pick one task. One. Run a free AI tool on it for two weeks. Measure the time saved.
That's your first win. Small, visible, yours.
What's one task in your business that eats time every week but never actually requires your brain to be involved?
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Owner of Marilyn's in Lakeside, Ohio, Marilyn Burns discusses winning FOX Business' 'Made in America' contest and a $25000 cash prize on 'Making ...