About this episode

Dan Chuparkoff discusses the importance of experimenting with AI rather than fearing it, emphasizing practical applications for small businesses.

What if the best thing you did with AI this week wasn’t a big strategy overhaul, just one small experiment? Dan Chuparkoff spent three decades building software, from the early PC era through a stint at Google, before going all in on AI. Now he travels the country helping business leaders make sense of the hype. In this episode, Dan joins Gene Marks to explain why trying AI beats fearing it, why it’s about doing more rather than working faster, and how your AI assistant can double as your new coach. Want to start experimenting like Dan suggests? Grab our free AI & Automation Toolkit to find your biggest automation opportunity: https://bit.ly/4yaSarA Simplify your business operations. Learn how Paychex can handle your HR and payroll so you can focus on what counts: https://bit.ly/3VtM6bs Have a topic idea? Share it at https://payx.me/thrivetopics Topics include:00:00 – Episode preview and guest introduction01:31 – Dan’s work as a speaker & career path04:54 – AI, change, and public perception09:00 – What “using AI” actually means11:08 – Connecting AI to your data17:10 – Small businesses building their own AI21:10 – High-ROI use case: Capturing conversations24:42 – “Our Data…

People in this episode

Host: Gene Marks

Guest: Dan Chuparkoff

Topics covered

• AI experimentation
• business strategy
• automation
• small business
• data management
• AI coaching

Keywords

• AI
• automation
• business operations
• data
• small business
• coaching
• experimentation

Sponsors

Paychex

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Organizations: Paychex, Inc., Google, iHeartRadio, ApplePodcastTips, SpotifyPodcasts

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