The Businesses Using AI Right Now Are Pulling Away

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Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP What happens to businesses that wait too long to adopt AI? Piers Linney explains why the gap between businesses using AI and those ignoring it is growing fast, how to automate the work eating up your time, and why being late to this shift could make it almost impossible to catch up. Piers Linney is a former Dragon on Dragons' Den, serial entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of Implement AI. He has built, invested in and sold businesses across technology, telecoms and cloud infrastructure, and previously served on the board of the British Business Bank. He explains: Why you should stop thinking about AI and start thinking about automation How businesses can replace hours of admin, prospecting and customer service with AI Why small businesses now have the tools to compete with much larger companies Why businesses that delay adopting AI risk falling further and further behind How AI can transform customer engagement, sales and personalised marketing Chapters • 00:00:00 Intro • 00:01:11 Piers Linney's Journey Into Business • 00:03:03 The First Business He Started At 13 • 00:06:05 Why Every Entrepreneur Needs To Learn Sales • 00:08:06 From Lawyer And Banker To Entrepreneur • 00:11:13 The Reality Of Building Your First Business • 00:13:01 Learning Through Failure • 00:14:24 Why You Should Play To Your Strengths • 00:16:37 Building And Losing Millions In Tech • 00:18:37 How Piers Ended Up On Dragons' Den • 00:23:18 Why Successful People Should Give Back • 00:26:12 Ads • 00:27:19 What Dragons' Den Is Really Like • 00:29:00 Piers' Best Dragons' Den Investment • 00:30:23 How To Use Your Personal Brand Properly • 00:31:18 Inside The British Business Bank During Covid • 00:33:40 Why Piers Is Going All In On AI • 00:34:02 The Jobs AI Is Already Changing • 00:36:34 How Implement AI Helps Businesses Automate • 00:36:53 Stop Thinking AI. Think Automation. • 00:38:01 The ROI Of Replacing Manual Work With AI • 00:38:44 The AI Tools Every Business Owner Should Start Using • 00:40:55 Why Fear Of AI Could Be Fatal For Businesses • 00:42:04 Why Businesses That Wait May Never Catch Up • 00:43:05 Understanding Exponential Change • 00:43:42 How To Stay On Top Of AI • 00:44:31 Creating AI Avatars In Different Languages • 00:45:50 Why AI Gives Small Businesses A Huge Opportunity • 00:46:12 Why Big Companies Are Investing Millions Into AI • 00:47:02 The Future Of Hyper-Personalised Marketing • 00:47:50 Outro Even More Value: Download your FREE Start, Grow, Scale Roadmap in under 30 seconds: ROADMAP Learn how to build a 7 Figure SCALE plan that runs WITHOUT you: SCALE UP Get Adam's tell-all book about building Million Pound Success: ADAM'S BOOK Follow Adam Stott's Socials: LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Coaching