Dashboard: Our Man on AI’s Bleeding Edge

This week, Gene Marks offers to boldly go where no business owner has gone before. Few of us need to be convinced that artificial intelligence will be transformational, but even fewer of us have the time, energy, and capability to keep checking on which AI apps and platforms are worth using right now. Which is why Gene Marks has given himself precisely that assignment. This week, Gene reports back on what he found when he explored OpenAI’s GPT store for business owners. Did he find lots of useful stuff? Actually, what he saw reminded him of the iPhone app store (circa 2007). Plus: Gene also explains why divorce can be especially nightmarish for business owners and what they can do to prepare for and ease the pain.

Om Podcasten

The 21 Hats Podcast presents an authentic weekly conversation with small business owners who are remarkably willing to share what’s working for them and what isn’t. Unlike many business podcasts, which tend to talk to highly successful entrepreneurs whose struggles are in the past, the 21 Hats Podcast features a rotating cast of business owners who are still very much in the trenches fighting the good fight. Every week, our regulars gather to talk about the kinds of important issues many owners won’t even discuss behind closed doors: whether their businesses are as profitable as they should be, whether they are willing to give up some control to an investor in order to grow faster, why they had to lay off employees, how they wound up with way too much inventory, why they don’t have a succession plan, and even why they are concerned about their own mental health. Visit 21hats.com to hear all of our podcast episodes, read episode transcripts, and learn more. The show is produced by Jess Thoubboron, founder of Blank Word.