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Small Business Big AI explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the entrepreneurial landscape. Hosted by Kim Lewis Howard, we provide actionable insights and practical strategies for small business owners looking to leverage AI and stay ahead in today’s competitive world.
Kim Lewis Howard hosts Small Business Big AI, a business show with 93 episodes published.
You bought the AI to get your life back. So why did it quietly book your weekend? There’s finally a number on it. The Glean Work AI Index (June 2026) found AI gives the average operator about 11 hours a week back — and t
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
What happens when your next customer never calls, never fills out the form, never reads your About page — becausetheir AI agent does it for them? In Episode 93, Kim Lewis Howard and Hal Howard close the Systemized or Squ
The businesses pulling ahead aren't bigger. They're leaner. Here's the blueprint. In Episode 92, Kim Lewis Howard and Hal Howard draw the line between reactive lean and designed lean — and showwhat a business actually lo
Your best clients don’t know how you do it. They just know it works. That gap—between what clients experience and what it actually takes to deliver that experience—is where themost durable competitive advantages are bein
The AI divide is quietly splitting small businesses in half — and most owners are on the wrong side without knowing it. There is a divide forming in small business — and it is not about who is using AI. It is about how.
What do the CEOs of Lowe's, YouTube, and IAC/Expedia all have in common? They listen — not politely, but strategically. In this Coffee Table Conversation, Kim and Hal break down how listening has quietly become the most
The distance between what you could do in year one and what you can do in year three is not a measure of how hard you worked. It's a measure of how well you designed. The series finale. In this episode of Small Business
Everything your system produces has your name on it. Checkis how you stand behind it. A Tuesday phone call. A gracious client. A citation that didn't exist. In this episode of Small Business Big AI, Kim Lewis Howard and
A $52,000 sale walked out of Hal's dealership because a four-minute follow-up got buried in Wednesday's chaos. Right now, the same thing is happening to thousands of small business owners. Not with trucks, but with leads
Stop trying to teach your team your taste. Build a system that has taste. Seven people on your team. Every one of them using AI. Productivity is up — but the business is starting to sound like seven different companies.
Most entrepreneurs think the secret to getting better results from AI is writing better prompts. But what if the real problem starts before the prompt is even written? In this episode of Small Business Big AI , Kim Lewis
Most small businesses are experimenting with AI tools—butvery few have turned them into systems that actually run the business. In this episode of Small Business Big AI , Kim Lewis Howard and Hal Howard explain why the c
"Build a million-dollar business with one AI tool." The pitch is everywhere — and Kim and Hal aren't buying it. In this Coffee Table Conversation, they pull apart the one-person business model honestly: what actually wor
The question isn't whether AI is ready for your business; it's whether you're ready to stop being the engine. The Agentic Shift is here — and most small business owners are experiencing it as anxiety, not advantage. In t
You don't have a prompting problem. You have a design problem. Most small business owners are stuck at Level One — better prompts, faster outputs, same results. In this episode, Kim and Hal break down the AI Thinking Sta
MIT’s 2026 prediction is blunt: AI becomes invisible. It stops being a feature and starts being how work gets done. When that happens—when AI operates continuously in the background, executing business functions without
The adoption gap is closing fast. 89% of small businesses now use AI in some capacity—and 78% report efficiency gains. So why does most of it feel like it’s not working? Because the competitive edge in 2026 isn’t about w
Agentic AI is no longer a future scenario. It’s the operational reality of 2026. The market is projected to hit $45 billion by2030, and Gartner predicts 40% of enterprise applications will have embedded agents by year’s
The shift isn't learning AI—it's building a business where AI can actually contribute. Every founder eventually hits the "2 AM ceiling"—the realization that they’ve built a business that can’t runwithout their constant j
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