Central Ohio AI

Timestamps are approximate against the recorded episode. Update after final upload if Substack's chapter timestamps shift on import. 0:00 · What this episode is: software, market dynamics, and a little theory. Where I get my read, the AI-native builders and the investors who put real money behind what they believe is coming. 2:30 · A quick history. Software used to be a thing you bought once and o...

0:00 · This is a call-to-action episode. Today we are not just listening, we are doing. 2:35 · Why Claude and Grok work better as a pair than either one alone. The personalities. The strengths each brings to a brief. 5:00 · What just shipped. Claude for Small Business is rolling out pre-built workflows and connectors into QuickBooks, DocuSign, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, PayPal, HubSpot, and...

Show notes · timestamps Timestamps are approximate against the recorded episode. Update after final upload if Substack's chapter timestamps shift on import. 0:00 · Cold open. Google's announcement about agentic phone calls and what it means for every small business. 1:00 · The history lesson. The cheap windows in Google Ads (2010) and Facebook Ads (2014) and what happened to the owners who got in...

0:00 · The question every business owner avoids. If you stepped away tomorrow, would your business survive? 1:00 · 16 years at Friendship Fitness. Head coach, closer, customer service, schedule fixer, dispute mediator, website creator. The gym worked because I worked. 3:30 · What I sacrificed and didn't know I was sacrificing. Time, trips, financial decisions that came from gym security first and...

Show notes · timestamps 0:00 · The balls in the air problem. Why I am building a dashboard for myself before I productize it. 1:25 · The question a high school student asked me yesterday about my number one value. 1:45 · The 95% version of you versus the 40% version. Why everyone downstream of you pays for the difference. 4:30 · The top row of the dashboard is not business data. It is sleep, HRV,...

Show Notes 0:00 — I got some trees removed last week. The work was great. The communication after signing the contract was a black hole. Every service business has this problem. 1:30 — You sign a $30K contract and then hear nothing for 2-6 weeks. No updates, no timeline, no confirmation. Then you start texting your project manager. 2:53 — I've been on both sides of this. 16 years running a gym, pl...

Episode 2: The 4 Things Eating Your Day That Aren't Actually Your Job Every business owner I talk to describes the same problem differently. Revenue is up, clients keep coming in, but there's never enough time and everything runs through one or two people. In this episode I break down the four hidden time drains I see in every small business and how one connected AI system fixes all of them. What...

Timestamps for Substack show notes: 00:00 — Welcome to Central Ohio AI 01:09 — My backstory: Friendship Fitness, 16 years in Dublin 02:14 — The entrepreneurial drive and why small businesses matter 03:00 — AI is lowering the barriers for starting a business 04:00 — Why I want to help people bring their passions to life 06:30 — The shift: social media organic reach is dying 08:15 — Facebook ad cost...