The AI-Native Business: Stop Chasing Tools and Build What Competitors Cannot Copy

Episode notes

Every small business owner is asking the same question rightnow: “Which AI tool should I be using?” Kim Lewis Howard says it’s the wrong question. And she has a better one. In this episode, Kim and Hal make the case that the businesses winning in an AI economy are not the ones with the best tools. They are the ones who figured out what they have that AI cannot replicate for a competitor - and then used AI to protect and amplify it. What they cover: • Why the AI tool treadmill is keeping operators busy without making them competitive • The “blimp vs.

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