James Lang: 90% of Businesses Are Using AI Wrong (Here's What Actually Works) | Ready Set Exec
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James Lang discusses the common pitfalls businesses face with AI tools and shares strategies for building effective AI infrastructure.
Most businesses are burning cash on AI tools that will disappear overnight - and they don't even know it. James Lang (Managing Partner, Overlang Venture Partners) reveals the exact AI growth funnel used by multi-million dollar brands, and why owning your own AI infrastructure is the #1 competitive edge in 2026. In this episode, we get into the AI-powered quiz funnel used by top brands, why your off-the-shelf AI is a liability, and how to build enterprise infrastructure on an SMB budget and what it actually takes to scale a team without destroying the culture that got you there. About Ready Set Exec: Founded by Managing Partners Patrick Shea and John Pezoulas, Ready Set Exec is a premier North American executive leadership recruitment firm specializing in Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, and Operations. We replace hiring chaos with a repeatable process, boasting an average time-to-hire of 39 days and a 100% placement success rate. Chapter: 0:00 - Intro: Who is James Lang? 1:09 - The AI-powered quiz funnel strategy 4:29 - What does a healthy sales funnel actually look like? 11:06 - Where to deploy AI across your marketing stack 13:22 - How to use AI prompts properly (stop…
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