The small businesses trying to prop up the tandem bike industry - The Hustle

You bought the AI tool. Nobody used it. $200/month went quietly out the door while your team kept doing things the old way. That doesn't make you foolish. It makes you normal. Here's what a tandem b

You bought the AI tool. Nobody used it. $200/month went quietly out the door while your team kept doing things the old way.

That doesn't make you foolish. It makes you normal.

Here's what a tandem bike company in California taught me about AI adoption: the businesses that survive aren't the ones with the fanciest technology. They're the ones who found one specific use case, made it work, and built slowly from there. They outlasted industry giants not by doing everything — but by doing one thing really well.

Most AI failures aren't technology failures. They're fit failures. The wrong tool got bought for the wrong problem without anyone asking "what actual task are we solving today?"

Your competitors aren't winning because they spend more. They're winning because they started smaller and got one real result first.

So here's your move: Pick the single most repetitive task your team complains about. One task. Find the tool built specifically for that task. Measure the time saved in 30 days. That's it. No system overhaul. No consultant. Just one win that proves the model works for your business.

What's the AI tool sitting unused in your stack right now — and what was it actually supposed to solve?

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A small company in California popularized tandems in the US and outlasted industry giants. But can bicycles built for two survive an anti-social ...