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Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast
Two long-time small-business owners, Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean, come to you each week to talk through the trials, success, pitfalls and tips it takes to successfully run a small business in today’s world. Hear real-world folks talk about real-world problems, letting you know not only what it takes to get it done but that you’re not alone in doing it!
Episodes
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastDon't Make L-C-D Rules
In this episode of Business Brain, we tackle the rule that’s slowly choking your business: the lowest common denominator rule. When a customer complains or an…
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FridAI - GrokBot and iMessages + Skills
In this FridAI episode of Business Brain, we open with a tip for anyone running scheduled AI agents: they inherit whatever model created them, so they may be…
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Scheduled Nitpicking
In this episode of Business Brain, we hit episode 800 and kick things off with a couple of quick-hit tips. Dave makes the case for handing your kids the phone…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Agents talking to Agents
In this episode of Business Brain, we look at a future where most internet traffic is agents talking to agents, and what that means for you. When your…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastGetting Comfortable in Front of the Camera
In this episode of Business Brain, we put a classic tension on the table: are you experiencing your life, or just sharing it? Dave admits he’d rather soak in…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastAI Tunnel Vision and Data Access
In this episode of Business Brain, we take on AI tunnel vision. Dave spent weeks letting a frontier model troubleshoot a nasty Mac Mail slowdown, only to…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastBusiness Expenses and To Do Lists
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into a to-do list rethink that’s saving a ton of mental energy. Dave realized his business-by-business categories…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Muse and AI Dumbing Down
In this episode of Business Brain, we dive into Muse, the new agent-first AI platform that does things for you instead of just answering questions…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastReview Inflation + Intentional Deprioritization
In this episode of Business Brain, we tackle the broken five-star review system and why it holds your business hostage. You’ll hear how Airbnb can pull a…
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FridAI - The What am I Missing Prompt
In this Casual FridAI episode of Business Brain, we kick off National Body Language Day with a reminder that your business should keep evolving until its…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastBuilding in Reverse
In this episode of Business Brain, we celebrate International Podcast Day by talking about building your business in reverse. Before you build the app, the…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI Building an AI Harness
In this Casual FridAI episode of Business Brain, we explain the harness, the app layer that sits between you and the AI model. The model is static. The harness…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastThe People Who Change Your Life
In this episode of Business Brain, we unpack what happens when a conference forgets who it’s for. Fresh off Podcast Movement’s first run in New…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Instinct + $10K AI Update
In this episode of Business Brain, Dave hands ten grand to an AI and gets out of its way. The proceeds from his domain sale became a 90-day experiment: Claude…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastDomain Negotaiting and HCIH Follow Up
In this episode of Business Brain, we take you inside both sides of a domain negotiation. Shannon wanted resellerrocket.com, found it sitting on a generic…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - GrokBot and Simplebench
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into Grokbot, the new agent platform that packages OpenClaw-level power into something you can actually set up in…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastGive Yourself 2 Years + VCF Files
In this episode of Business Brain, we uncover a dead-simple texting hack most businesses are ignoring: sending a VCF contact card with your very first message…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - First Draft Software
In this episode of Business Brain, we make the case for what we’re calling first draft software. Getting custom software built used to mean months of…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastThe 3 Most Powerful Words You'll Ever Say
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the three most powerful words any of us can say: “I need help.” As entrepreneurs, we train ourselves…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - AI Usage and Watermarking
In this episode of Business Brain, we open with a management tip that could be costing you right now: tell your staff to use as much AI as they need…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastLosing Huge Customers and Please Text our COO – Business Brain 782
In this episode of Business Brain, we start with a simple receipt that carried a big idea: a restaurant inviting you to text its COO directly, real number and…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - AI Note Taking and Query Your Zoom
In this episode of Business Brain, we get practical about AI note-taking and why your meeting transcripts are pure gold. You’ll hear why local, on-device…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastSaved by Hobbies and Overcoming Being Timid
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into two decisions that quietly shape an entrepreneur’s whole life: protecting your hobbies and refusing to…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Agents + Loops and AI Watermarking
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into agents and loops — and how most of us are already using them without realizing it. Every time you interact with…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastStart Your 2nd Business and the Power of Food
In this episode of Business Brain, we get into a lesson that landed on Dave’s doorstep — literally. A local candidate finally cracked the code by leaving…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Tool Testing and a Claude Cowork Update
In this Casual FridAI episode of Business Brain, we get real about the AI tools that let us down and the ones that blow us away. You’ll hear how Shannon…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastWhat Happens if You do Nothing?
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into what happens when you finally step away. Shannon walks you through his experiment of doing “nothing”…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI: You Don't Need Another Tool
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into a question that’ll save you money and focus: before you buy yet another AI tool, ask the tools you already…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastMake Your Customers Heroes
In this episode of Business Brain, you’ll learn why the smartest marketing move is to get out of your own spotlight and put your customers there instead…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - AI Browsers Test Your Website + Markdown
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the tools that make us better operators, starting with Markdown, the plain-text format John Gruber built to be…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastReselling, Unfair Advantage, People want to Buy from People
In this episode of Business Brain, we welcome a special third brain to the table for World Brain Day as Lisa joins Shannon and Dave with real questions about…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Cowork vs Chat and $10k to Claude
In this episode of Business Brain, we get into when to stop using chat and move to Cowork. Chat is a great place to start — it’s just not where we should…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastThe Exponential Timeline + Negotiating Signals
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the exponential timeline — the long, flat stretch every business grinds through before anything looks like…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Free $10K + AI Insanity
In this episode of Business Brain, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton kick off Casual FridAI with a $10,000 surprise. Dave got an unsolicited email about a domain…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastWhat Have You Failed at This Week?
In this episode of Business Brain, you’ll rethink everything you assumed about failure. Shannon and Dave dig into why America’s culture of…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastOpenClaw for iOS + Supercut
In this episode of Business Brain, we break down Anthropic’s surprise release of Claude Sonnet 5, a leaner, more agentic model built for the daily grind…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastCS Language and Unnecessary Change
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the power of intentional language and why unnecessary change can quietly wreck a good team. We kick things off…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Reducing and Distractions
In this episode of Business Brain, we tackle a question that hits closer to home than anyone wants to admit: is AI quietly stealing your creative time the same…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastDisco Bathrooms and Tipping Culture
In this episode of Business Brain, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton tackle a topic that hits every wallet: tipping culture, and how far the pendulum has swung…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - AI Censorship and MCPs
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the question of who really controls AI. We trade notes on Anthropic’s new Mythos model and its Fable…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastAuto Responders and Trillionaires
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into how a little personality goes a long way in business. We talk about turning our interests into businesses (and…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI Datacenter Bashing + AI is Non-Binary
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into why data centers and AI have suddenly become public enemy number one. Shannon unpacks the wave of negative press…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastDigital vs Analog and All About Nothing
In this episode of Business Brain, we get into the balance between digital and analog life. Shannon makes the case that being “too online” dulls…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Taming your AI Expenses
In this episode of Business Brain, we tackle a question every entrepreneur is starting to face: how do you tame your AI expenses before they tame you? It…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastWe're all in the Experience Business
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into why every business is now in the experience business. It starts with a tangent on tailors and cobblers — trades…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Assistive Intelligence
In this episode of Business Brain, we get practical about putting AI to work on the everyday stuff, not just the big business plays. Shannon walks through…
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SB Mowing + The Cost of a Day Off
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into what happens when a holiday throws off your rhythm. Dave detached over Memorial Day weekend and paid for it on…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Voice, Slack & Markdown
In this episode of Business Brain, we kick off Casual Friday AI with Dave’s pitch to learn Markdown — the plain-text format that every AI engine now…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastEmployee Buy-in + Last Bottle Wines
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the messy, human side of managing a team — specifically what happens when you take over customer service and…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Tokens + xAI Voice Cloning
In this episode of Business Brain, we unpack why so many websites still have terrible search even with AI everywhere — and it comes down to tokens. We break…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastBusiness Blueprints + Crawler Box
In this episode of Business Brain, we’re launching something new: Business Blueprints, a free companion resource that distills each episode’s…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI: Prompt Failure + Micromanaging AI
In this episode of Business Brain, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton celebrate Casual FridAI #751 with a Reward Yourself Day kickoff before diving into the art of…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastCommon Ground + Attorney Therapy
In this episode of Business Brain, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton kick off episode #750 by celebrating National Tourist Appreciation Day (and the lesser-known…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI, AI Training + Claude Cowork – Business Brain 749
In this episode of Business Brain, it’s FridAI and Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton are putting Anthropic’s brand-new Claude Cowork through its paces…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastDistribution > Product – Business Brain 748
In this episode of Business Brain, hosts Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton tackle two profit-protecting plays every entrepreneur needs to hear. First up: why you…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - DeSkilled by AI
In this episode of Business Brain, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton celebrate Casual FridAI (and Scream Day, April 24th) by flipping the script on a fear a lot…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastWhat’s Your Entrepreneurial Appetite?
In this episode of Business Brain, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton kick things off with the story behind the Candy Man documentary — the David Klein story of…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI Automating with AI
In this episode of Business Brain, Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean get into the nuts and bolts of using AI to supercharge our workflows — starting with how…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastWhat is your Entrepreneurial Appetite?
In this episode of Business Brain, Shannon Jean and Dave Hamilton dig into the hard lessons of selling a business — and how we can protect ourselves when a…
Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ PodcastFridAI - Bycicles for the Mind
In this episode of Business Brain, we explore how AI is becoming the ultimate bicycles for the mind—amplifying our thinking, speeding up execution, and opening…