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RecentBuilding Your AI Chief of Staff
Start simple
How to Start Building Your AI Workforce
Why you need to start with an AI Chief of Staff

10% of SMBs Take 2/3rds of all the Profits
My AI Manifesto

From $2M to $10M
The Power of Killing Your Industry’s Bottleneck

Your Company Has Brain
This is the key to AI compounding

OpenAI and Anthropic have the enterprise wrong
And that's why AI adoption is lagging

Noble Physicists Shouldn't Work on TikTok Videos
The moat is adoption velocity

I thought I was building a CRM
I was actually building a proprietary data machine for a niche market

Your Company's New Operating System
What I'm seeing across the cutting edge AI builders

The YC kids are coming for SMB services
Garry Tan is launching a jihad against B2B Services Companies

Your next hire may be half person, half AI
The job description is becoming an AI operating plan

There's No One to Call
So I'm building an army

The Harness Wars Have Begun
OpenAI is back in the game

75% of your work can probably be done by an agent
That's good news

Your next software vendor needs to answer one question
Dude, where's my MCP connector?
Last email. Here's what 6 weeks actually does.
One participant explains what changed.
Only 3 days to build your own AI system
Deadline: Monday at noon. Here's everything.

AI Can Diagnose but It Can't Testify
AI has no scars but humans do
The cohort is filling up. Price changes at 11 AM ET
17 People Enrolled. Price Goes Up Today at 11 AM

The $11,000-Per-Employee Opportunity Your Competitors Don't See Yet
Eat or be eaten
101 people signed up. Here's why.
We go live today at noon ET.

AI isn't a helper; It's a worker
The quiet shift from tracking work to doing work
The webinar your marketing agency doesn't want you to attend
12 minutes to a lead magnet. 30 minutes to a full pipeline.

Once AI Clicks Teams Get Excited
Lessons from our first embed projects
I built a lead generation system in 30 minutes. You're going to watch me do it again
No code. No developer. No agency. Just 30 minutes.

I Showed My COO Friend One Thing That Will Transform His Business...
He Hasn't Stopped Thinking About It
Software Development Deflation Is Real
It's showing us how AI will change most knowledge work

I Spite-Coded My Own Scheduling Assistant
SaaS pricing tactics are going to have to change

90% of companies see zero results from AI
I think I know why

The Small Businesses That Will Win the AI Race
It's Not Who You Thin

The App That Wiped $300b Off Software Stocks
Claude Cowork is the future

I Rebuilt Monday.com In An Hour
Then I built something really useful

"You Just Wrote Python!"
My take aways so far from my second AI for business owners cohort
Compound vs Stagnate: The real AI build/buy decision
I change my AI agents every week. Here's what that taught me.

Last spot: AI Cohort starts Thursday
Thursday 12PM ET. Final spot.

The Comfortable Fiction You're Telling Yourself
I made a checklist (5 AI Mistakes)
I just finished documenting the 5 costly AI mistakes I see 90% of business owners making right now...

Your AI Strategy is Only Operating at 10% Potential
Stop Buying AI Projects. Start Building Capabilities.

"The hottest new programming language is English"
The Rise of the Knowledge Programmer

I Had Two AI Agents Debate the Future of Work
The Sematic Layer (buzzword alert) is Your Future Competitive Moat

I Rebuilt My Company's CRM in 48 Hours
We just moved into the agentic future

Teaching Owners the Six Levels of AI
Where are you?

Why Salesforce gets 72% of growth from squeezing YOU, not serving you
Are you planning your exit from traditional SaaS?

I watched a client ignore $200K sitting in their email list
All companies have gold lying on the ground right in front of them

Big Companies are Winning with AI
And how to catchup
The Only Investment Thesis You Need: Find the Operator
Once you strike gold, just keep digging

Your Processes Should Get Smarter Every Week (Yours Don't)
Status: Draft - Ready for Review Target Length: ~1,100 words Target Audience: Business owners ($500K-$20M revenue), operations leaders Publication Timing: Tuesday 7 AM Lead Magnet: Agent Learning...

The Software Pricing Model Just Died (And You're About to Feel It)
We'll Be Measuring Token Efficiency Soon

Your payroll bill is about to become your compute bill
Agents will overtake your employee costs

Marketing is Shifting
AI is forcing us to rethink what "works"

Your Competitors Are Building a Memory—You’re Trusting Yours
Why smart owners are turning conversations into data before their brains delete the evidence.

The AI Disruption Wave Will Start Next Year
It's Not Fair But It's Happening
He made $750K and went home broke
Why gross margin is king
Is Your Team Push You?
Or Are You Pushing Your Team

This is the biggest change in search since Google
Are you ready for GEO?

Why Your $3M Success is Hiding a Profit Problem
Stop flying blind

Make AI Your Competitive Advantage
5 key use cases

Stop Being the Human Duct Tape in Your Business
Are You Playing Whack-a-Mole?

Your Competitors Just Hired 10 Employees You Can’t See
While You Debate They Automate

Your Business Doesn’t Care What Book You Just Read
It has it’s own problems

When Focus Becomes Blindness
Business rules were made to be broken

The Tech Giants Are The Canaries in the Coal Mine
There'll be fewer humans who get paid more
Why AI Will Make Doers Unstoppable
And leave everyone else behind
Corrected Link
Wish I had an agent for this

Why I Make My Agents Fight
Unlocking the AI Secret Almost No One Knows About

No One Is Coming To Save You
Why business owners need to learn AI themselves

Are you too cheap?
Stop Choking Your Business to Death

How to make ChatGPT useful
Prompting is still an art

The Human Bottleneck Killing Your Growth
It’s all about people

While You're On Version 3, Your Competition Is On Version 3,000
AI isn't just for automation; the real power is in simulation

Can AI Make You A Better Salesperson?
It Sure As Hell Did For Me. (15-Min Tool Inside)

Meet Rx: Your Real-Time Strategy Coach
He's just going to get better and better

I Just Saw the Future of Business Education
Owners are tired of getting generic advice for their very specific problems

From Overwhelmed Owner to Architect
The 90-Day Zone of Genius Transformation

The $10,000 Hour
Why You’re Trading Diamonds for Pennies

Why I Don’t Do Org Charts
How to Design a Business That Lets You Stay in Your Zone of Genius

Sometimes You Have to Take One Step Back to Take Two Steps Forward

How to Build a Company That Feeds You, Not Drains You
Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose

Focus Drives Results
The One-Page Strategy That Actually Works

From Gatekeeper to Creator: Why I'm Building My Own Software
(And You Should Too)

The Content Revolution: Why Your Lead Magnets Just Got 100x Better

All Businesses Taste Like Chicken
It’s about getting the basics right

The Future Belongs to Business Owners Who Make Their Own Solutions
Why every business owner should experiment with AI development tools before their competitors do

The Future isn't coming. It's here.
Time to start building

The $5-10K Retainer is Dead
And Most Agencies Don't Know It Yet

Are You Running Your Business?
Why having a Personal Vision is Key

Why I'm Building What I Wish I'd Had 10 Years Ago
Using AI to break the rules of business
My Secret AI Strategy Weapon
The Board of Titans
Stop Being the Human Duct Tape in Your Business
Why You're Still Doing Everything (And How to Finally Stop)

🚀 Your Team Is Your Business: The 4-Factor Stress Test
Learn to turn any team roster into a profit-driving machine
I will be superhuman
And you can be too

Attacking Your Weakest Link
How to Actually Fix What's Broken in Your Business

The Meetings Are Too Damn Long
Why Most Planning Methodologies are Overkill

Why Working Harder Isn't Working
Most businesses are accidentally structured to waste the owner's energy

Why You Need to Get Ruthless About Your Team
(Or Stay Small Forever)

The Growth Tradeoff:
Why More Revenue Doesn't Always Mean More Freedom

Why Hiring a Sales Person Too Early Will Fail
(And What to Do Instead)

The Brutal Truth: Everything in Your Business is Your Fault
(And Why That's Good News)

Why An MBA Doesn’t Prepare You to Run a Business
(And What Actually Works)
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What is the OwnerRx newsletter?
A weekly signal on AI for business owners. Real deployments — what's working in real companies — not hype. Practitioner-written by the team behind OwnerRx.
Who is it for?
Small business owners (typically $2–50M revenue) who want to deploy AI in their company instead of just reading about it. Written for operators, not engineers.
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