Ex-Google Chief Evangelist: Why 90% of Companies Are Optimizing AI for the Wrong Thing
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In this episode, Ryan Hanley interviews Nicolas Darveau-Garneau about the common mistakes companies make in AI optimization and the importance of focusing on Customer Lifetime Value.
I help founders & executives generating more than $1M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: https://ryanhanley.com/subscribe Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lKaYO5Hy5LI If you are using AI to optimize for conversion rate, return on ad spend, or time-to-hire, you are pointing a self-driving car at the wrong address. And it’s going to take you there really, really fast. In this episode of Finding Peak, I sit down with Nicolas Darveau-Garneau, former Chief Evangelist at Google and author of "Be a Sequoia, Not a Bonsai." Nicolas has advised over 1,000 CEOs on digital transformation, and his conclusion is staggering: 90% of companies are optimizing the wrong KPIs. We break down the $15 Billion mistake companies make with AI, why Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is the only metric that actually matters, and how a simple mindset shift helped a local gym owner turn a $200K business into a $1.2M powerhouse without adding more members. Whether you run a Fortune 500 company or a Main Street bakery, this conversation will completely change how you deploy AI in your business. In this episode, we cover: 👉 The $15 Billion AI mistake most companies are making right now…
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