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Put Your AI Assistant to Work   The inbox keeps filling up, the follow-ups keep coming, and running a business leaves little time to catch every detail. How much of that work can an AI personal assistant handle? This discussion brings together insights from two Startup Club conversations featuring Colin C. Campbell, Michael Gilmour, Michele Van Tilborg, and entrepreneurs from the community. They share examples of daily briefings, email tracking, document preparation, and subscription reviews, along with different views on how much freedom an AI assistant should have. Learn why useful context matters, how founders are refining their workflows, and where human review still plays an essential role. Find more entrepreneurial insights at https://startup.club.

A forgotten invoice. A commitment buried in a chat. A week full of priorities that never made it onto the calendar. In this episode of The Complete Entrepreneur, hosts Michael Gilmour and Colin C. Campbell, and members of the Startup Club community share practical ways they use AI to manage business responsibilities and everyday life. Michael explains his morning briefing and weekly planning routine. Ryan describes a custom local AI system that flags unbilled hours and sends reminders about unfinished work. Joe shares how his team turns discovery calls into organized client reports, and Colin discusses using dedicated AI projects and conversational voice tools. The conversation also explores how much information to connect, where human review matters, and why small, useful applications can be a good place to begin. In this episode: • Organizing daily priorities and weekly plans • Tracking commitments and outstanding work • Keeping client context accessible to a team • Using AI for everyday questions and product comparisons • Balancing convenience with control over business information Find more episodes and founder resources at https://startup.club/.

Who benefits most from AI: startups or big corporations? Colin C. Campbell and Michele Van Tilborg open that question to the Startup Club community in a candid discussion about money, data, expertise, and execution. Colin makes the case for entrepreneurs' ability to move quickly and accomplish more with smaller teams, while Michele and community members examine the advantages established companies retain. The conversation covers practical opportunities in AI implementation, improving existing businesses, and helping small companies solve operational problems. It also explores the importance of human oversight, the risk of relying on tools without sufficient understanding, and building competitive advantages through customer relationships, brand, and distribution. Listen for different perspectives on where AI creates opportunities—and how founders can put those opportunities to work. Find more episodes and resources at https://startup.club/

Before you commit to a business idea, consider what it will take to grow it. Will serving more customers require another location, additional employees, more inventory—or a better way to reach the market? In this episode of Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat., Colin C. Campbell and Michele Van Tilborg explore how to choose a scalable business idea and identify the constraints that could hold it back. Drawing on their experience across e-commerce, domain names, education, and office space, they discuss the trade-offs between growth potential, capital requirements, and competition. They also tackle customer acquisition, building awareness on a limited budget, and using AI alongside experienced professionals to improve execution. A community member's question about finding customers for a new translation app brings those challenges into focus. Listen for practical guidance on evaluating your idea, preparing your operations for growth, and building a business that fits your goals. Find more episodes and resources at https://startup.club/

When You Build Around Something You Actually Care About, AI Can Help You Turn That Passion Into A Real Business Faster Than Ever In this episode of Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat, Colin C. Campbell, Michele Van Tilborg, and members of the Startup Club community explore how entrepreneurs can turn hobbies, interests, expertise, and personal passions into businesses in the AI era. From pet products and residential cruising to domain names, content creation, professional services, software, and customer support, the conversation looks at how AI is removing many of the traditional barriers that once made starting a business expensive or technically difficult. Instead of replacing the entrepreneur, AI can act as a thought partner that helps research, write, design, analyze, automate, and accelerate execution. More importantly, the group discusses why the real advantage still comes from the human behind the technology. When everyone has access to similar AI tools, differentiation comes from understanding real problems, bringing authentic expertise, creating something customers value, and staying involved enough to recognize when the technology gets it wrong. Why building around something you genuinely enjoy can help you stay committed through difficult periods How AI is lowering the cost and complexity of turning an idea into a business Why access to AI alone is no longer a competitive advantage How subject-matter expertise becomes more valuable when paired with AI Why founders should treat AI as a thought partner rather than an automatic decision-maker How AI can remove language, writing, technical, and operational barriers Why authentic human insight still matters in content, products, and customer relationships How entrepreneurs can use AI to amplify real experiences instead of replacing them Why human oversight remains essential when using AI for important business work How AI can help creators move from passive interests to products, services, and companies