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In this episode, we take a look at how to get more time for your money. So time, what a crazy concept right? Have you guys ever listened to Myron golden? If not, you should look him up. He's got a great, great segment on this right, which is, what's the relationship of time and money? Right? We've all heard the statement. Time is money, but my run really throw some rocks at that right? And then he convinces Yeah, you know what? It's actually time is more valuable than money. And that's how I feel about it as well, it is more valuable than money. So what is the value of it? What's the value of your time? If you looked at 2500 hours working hours per year, and let's say you made $12,316 per year, then your time is worth $4.93 an hour? like wow, how'd you come up with that? At one point that was the poverty line in the United States? So $4.93 an hour is what your time is worth. So that today that's actually worth or excuse me, that's actually below the poverty line. So the question is, what is your time worth?

In this episode, we look at why I don't have the time and you don't have the time to do one more thing. Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. All right, who's got the time? You know, as I work across a lot of different companies, that is one of the common themes right from company to company. It's everyone's slammed everyone's busy, who has got the time to do one more thing, you constantly are struggling, each of us are with a I don't have the time or the energy or the resources to get things done. And the stuff that really matters. I would even add that that applies to this whole AI business. Right? Which is okay, fine. I got some AI insights, Holy smokes, don't have the time to actually do this. You know, think back to the last time you implemented something in your business, and it took longer than what you expected. That is a recurring theme across tons of projects, tons of companies. So how on earth? Could it be any different with AI? You know, I've, I've always liked Ted, you kno

In this episode, we're gonna take a look at how many data scientists does it take to predict your SMB success. Hey, welcome, everybody to another episode. All right. So we've been looking at this problem around how do I help my own SMB to grow? Right? What does it take for me to have all of the sufficient technology that I need to compete today? We've heard the adage, of course, Hey, you know what, if you're not participating in AI, you're going to get left behind, right that there's a lot of large organizations that, of course, pursuing this, and we'll talk about that here for a moment. What I found is that most AI platforms today, they really require a deep technical bench, right? And a lot of that gets outside of the reach of the small to medium business, right. So one of the things that led me into this world was to say, How can I help and find a way to close that gap for the small to medium business? What does that look like? The drive for Business Insights, leveraging AI, through simple platforms is gr

In this episode, we take a look at what it takes to win the SMB war. Who has a reason to reduce YOUR competitive edge? What tools are THEY using? Okay, everybody, thank you for joining. So a couple episodes ago, I talked about this Harvard Business Review, where they talked about the gap between the large and small companies, how that's growing and why. And if you if you think back to that a lot of it had to do with big companies innovating more and spending more on r&d, as well as having more data. And they were investing in these intangibles. Right, and r&d and technology and artificial intelligence. Well, they also found that you know, the small companies that invested in these intangibles meaning technology, ai data, that they were found to be more resilient, during COVID, as well. So started to think about how can an SMB win, right? What does it mean for an SMB to win in this war, where even the large companies are going after the footprint? that historically has been the small to medium busines

In this episode, we take a look at the secrets of the growth mindset. If YOU could adopt the techniques for changing your growth culture, would you do that?   Thank you for joining me here today. So recently, I was taking a look at a site that was talking about some of the pain points around SMBs. Right? What are some of the things that make it difficult for small to medium businesses? I've been so busy doing some AI work, and projects that I've not had a chance to podcast recently. So I've missed doing this. Alright, so let's let's take a look at this. I was interested in focusing on what are the things that hold back a small to medium business. And I look through what lots of organizations are saying certainly looked at what my own experience has been as well. I found one in particular, that was interesting. It's called WalkerSands.com interesting site, they focus on accelerating the growth of b2b brands. Anyway, in their on their blog, there was a gentleman who had written down a list of 100 pain points, a

What are the two secrets to helping your small-to-medium business break the Small Size Trap? Would you apply those secrets if you knew them? Welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. In this episode, we look at the two secrets to investing in your small to medium business to break the small size trap.   Hi Everybody, thank you for joining. Okay, so the small size trap. What is this? Well, it's when a small company has a challenge of getting or growing larger, right? It's where you have a difficult time breaking the barrier of getting from a small to a medium and ultimately to a large size company. Here's a couple of statistics this came out of a Harvard Business Review. What they found was that until the year 2,020%, of small companies became medium or large each year, right. So every year. Now, the downside is that by 2017, this was cut in half. Wow. Now let's look at that same period until 2,080% of large companies retain their size. All right now by the year 2017. Though, this said not cut in half, but

Is AI relevant to my marketing funnels? If so, how do I apply AI to my funnels? Can I move my customer away from pain toward pleasure using AI? Hey, thank you for joining another episode of click AI radio. All right. So I was looking at Russell Brunson his book called Traffic Secrets. I don't know if you've looked at that. It's got this he's got this great these great insights on how to drive traffic to your business interior to your sites and such. Alright, I wanted to call out something in there. So he's got this activity, it's on page 19. If you have the book, open it up to page 19. If not get the book. He gives it away for free. So Alright, so page 19. He's got this, this little activity on there. I'm just flipping through it right here as we go. All right. And and what he's focusing on here is moving customers away from pain and towards pleasure. And he's got this, I'm gonna read something. I'm gonna quote him right here. He says, He says that the next step to entering the conversation inside your custo

We look at the question, How can I use AI if I don't have enough data? How much data do I need to get value from AI?   Hi everybody welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. This is Grant. All right. So this is a very common problem, especially in the AI machine learning world, right? So you got a business, you want to be able to apply AI to your business, but you look at your data and you're like, I don't have enough data? Or do I? That's always a big question around AI, how much data does one actually need? We were working with a newly formed company, they were providing coaching to their clients. And they wanted to have insights on their client base so that well, they could improve their messaging, as well as their client acquisition. However, they only had a handful of clients. So they didn't really have a sufficient amount of data to leverage AI. And so we went about the business of building out a framework. So I'll introduce that framework to you later, as I walk through this. First and foremost, wha

What is the one simple hack to increase my revenue? If you could apply a 3-step framework to overcome the main reason for business failure, would you? Hey, welcome, everybody. This is Grant Larsen. Thank you for joining. So okay, been looking at this problem around revenue, right. And as a small to medium business owner, this is constantly a challenge. In fact, I was reading recently, some common reasons why small to medium businesses fail. In fact, this was something I saw on investopedia. And of course, was looking at other places as well, I came back with these four reasons, right? These are the most common reasons, one, financing challenges or hurdles to inadequate management, three, ineffective business planning and four marketing mishaps. So let's talk about the first one financing challenges or hurdles. Right. So some of the challenges, of course, running out of money. That's always a big challenge. In fact, the first startup company I got involved with, that was clearly the problem. You know, not onl

One simple hack to increase your revenue. In this episode we discuss how to increase your revenue through your business numbers. Grant Hi everybody this is Grant Welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. In this episode, I have the opportunity to discuss with the infamous Blake nubar on how to get a grip on your business numbers. Everybody, welcome to another episode of click AI radio. This is Grant Larsen, I cannot tell you how excited I am today to have a visitor here with me someone that I've been dying to interview for a long time. I have really admired this man and what he's done. Blake nubar. Blake I appreciate you having me here, man. It's a pleasure. I'm ready to have some fun and and thanks for having me on the podcast. Grant Thanks for taking the time to do this. You know, I've chased you for some time, right? Just keep trying to track you down wherever you are on the planet, right? Trying to get a moment of your time. But thanks so much for doing that. In fact, I was remembering the first time

In this episode, we're asking the question, How do I improve the quality of my leads? Do I use special language? Is there a framework I should use? Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. This is Grant. Okay. So, one summer, during my college days, I was selling long distance phone service, right? That definitely dates me, I was constantly looking for ways to find people who wanted to save money on their long distance service right now back then, as you probably know, the big fish in the ocean was AT&T. And so there is this other company that had bought a ton of their capacity and had got the rights to sell that service or that capacity. But at a reduced rate. Right. They clearly didn't have all of the infrastructure that at&t did. So they could undercut him. So I was selling this service and I was looking for customers, how am I going to find a customer? There were times that I stood in the local mall. This was in western Colorado, and I would try to solicit people, right? I'm t

How can you use what you don't know as your competitive business weapon? How long will it take me to discover what I don't know to improve my business? In this episode, we'll address the question how to use what you don't know as your competitive weapon in business. Hi Everybody, this is Grant, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. All right, so we are talking about using what we don't know as a competitive weapon. You know, I was looking at something on this from one site, and they're saying, hey, if you wanted to know what you don't know, then go ask somebody. They'll tell you, right, your friends, your family, lots of people will tell you what you don't know, right? For sure. I was looking at a site recently called mix.com. It's one of those sites that sort of minds the internet, right? So you say, Hey, I'm interested in these topics. And then we'll go off and search for things and put it in front of you. So Alright, if you don't know about a particular topic, it will go hunt for those things. That

In this episode, we look at the question, what kind of motivation is needed to scale my business? Is there a kind of motivation that will enable my business to grow and scale? Hi everybody, this Grant, thank you for joining another episode of ClickAI Radio. Okay, so we're looking at this question around motivation. And what does it mean? How do I actually apply motivation in terms of scaling my business? So I was looking at some examples of companies small to medium businesses that had gone through these pivotal moments right in their organization. I got some of these out of a New York Times article, actually, this was interesting. I'll go through a few, a few examples here. Here's the first one. So one of these, it was a concierge service, right. And it was this woman who was an intelligent entrepreneur that had started by spending, you know, lots of hours doing errands and handling tasks for multiple clients. In fact, it looked like she took on more than she could handle. Now as the economic conditions cha

Good gut health leads to good body health. Good business gut health leads to business insights. How do you get good business gut health? Hey, everybody, this is Grant Welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. All right. So I was looking back at an experience that I had many years ago. And I was standing in a hospital visiting an elderly friend of mine, he had just completed surgery, he had part of his feet removed because of because of his diabetes. He was fully aware of his diabetic problem. But he also made a determination not to make changes to his diet or to his lifestyle. Well, as I stood there trying to support my elderly friend, I have to admit, I felt a bit conflicted. I wondered, why wouldn't he do anything about it? Why wouldn't he accept some insights and guidance to improve his health situation? I learned through that I'm not going to judge him. But I'm going to love him, right and try to be there to support him. But I also said to myself, like if I ever get into that situation where I'm diagn

Your business is running, you are making sales, but you'd like to Evergreen your business. What are some tips for Evergreening your business? Is there anything you can do to reduce the time and effort to Evergreen your business? Hi Everybody, this is Grant, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. All right, so today we are talking about evergreen? And particularly, how can we fast track key characteristics of our business to evergreen them? Now, the question might be what is evergreen? Well, the purpose of an evergreen business is to make a long term difference for your customers, right? It's a we want to be able to establish enough value over time, so that we can get that into as many customers as possible. Now finding the recipe is you know, to evergreen, especially when you're an early startup phases. And that's a challenge. Right that that certainly takes a lot of time. I actually think that the phrase evergreen is a bit of a misnomer in the sense that sometimes we think well, it's long term, right?

So, we've all heard about biohacking our bodies to improve longevity and brain function. But what does it mean to biohack our business AI? It unlocks the secrets to improved business longevity and business brain function. Hi everybody this is Grant, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. Okay, a few days ago, I lost my voice. Hopefully it's coming back. I'm leaning into my microphone. All right. So I wanted to talk a little bit about biohacking. What the heck does that mean as it relates to our businesses? So a couple years ago, I was reviewing a blog. It was something by Dave Asprey, those of you that watch or listen to him, view him, many of you him as a father of biohacking. Anyway, there there were two big buckets where biohacking was being applied, right. One was longevity. And the other was improved brain function. So if you're thinking about, Hey, I'm trying to improve my personal health, right, I'm looking at how can I improve? You know, the or I should say, increase the probabilities that I'll

Running your business AND being a MARKETING GENIUS AND hiring AND training AND selling AND delivering AND...well, you get the idea, is a challenge. How would you perform differently if you could have insightful guidance on WHERE to FOCUS your MARKETING activities WITHOUT BEING A MARKETING GENIUS? Hi Everybody, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. This is Grant Larsen. All right. So today we're talking about blasting, blasting by your competition without becoming a marketing genius. I remember when I was in college, and I was taking my classes in computer science and business, all those kinds of things, economics, etc. And then I had a marketing class, and I was like marketing, Holy smokes, why do I need marketing? And it turns out, I never did become that marketing genius, you know, is like oh, marketing. Wow. Okay. So the question is, are you a marketing genius? So you and I've had the opportunity to, to help build and run multiple startup companies and marketing such a critical role. You know, in yo

Disruptions take many forms, some come from competitors, some come from partners, and some come from pandemics. As a small business owner, are we creating the disruption or aligning with the noise it produces? What can we as small business owners do with disruptions without taking our last cent? Hey, everybody, this is Grant Larsen. Thank you for joining another episode of ClickAI Radio. All right, so today we are talking about disruption, right disruption to our business disruption to our profits. How do we use disruption to grow our profits without taking our last cent? That's a huge issue and topic today. What we really want to discuss is aligning with destruction. What does it mean to do that? We all know who Clayton Christensen is, back in the 1990s. I think it was he had coined this concept called disruptive innovation. I'm going to quote something that he said on that, alright, you're ready. It's three sentences. So buckle up. All right. So when another company comes along with a novel technology appe

The competitive landscape has changed; large businesses are investing more and more in R&D & AI, outpacing Small-to-Medium business investment. With COVID-19 having much more significant impact on Small-to-Medium businesses, every tool we can use to re-kindle small businesses is needed. In this episode I have the opportunity to interview a technology provider who has seen the secrets to business growth through AI. Hi Everybody, this is Grant Larsen, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. So glad to have you here with us today. All right, I told you a couple episodes ago about something exciting that was coming up. And this episode is one of those pieces, it is an opportunity that I've been looking for for a long time to bring in. One of the industry experts that I work with. His name is Tommy Stewart Say hi, Tommy. Hello, hello. Thanks, Grant. Thank you. Alright, hey, thanks for being here with us today, Tommy. So I'm excited about this conversation. Because the relationship that I have with T

Some argue that Humans will be Overtaken by AI and Robots and become obsolete. In this episode we look at some industry pundits view on this and the impacts to your small-to-medium business. Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of ClickAI Radio. So this is an interesting title here. Russell Brunson said, What about AI? It came about it wasn't too long ago, I was reviewing some articles. Actually, I'm gonna refer to a couple of those here in this particular episode. But I bumped into this one out of Forbes. And the interesting question that it brought up was, you know what, it comes down to humans or automation, right? That was that was the way in which the author is sort of pitching it right. Humans are automation. That is the question that almost sounds as daunting is to be or not to be right. That is the question. And for some people, humans vs. Robots can be just about as intense of a question. Recently, Gartner, which is a leading technology research firm, claim that AI augmentation, will create alm