A small business workshop — practical AI for owners who don't have a tech team.
Session overview
AI for the Rest of Us is a hands-on workshop for small business owners who keep hearing about AI but haven't seen it do anything useful for their business yet. No jargon, no hype, no computer-science degree required — just working systems you set up live, on your own accounts, before you leave the room.
We start with the money leaks: missed calls, slow follow-up, and the admin work that eats your evenings. Then we set up the fixes together — an assistant that answers common questions, follow-up sequences that run themselves, and prompts tuned to your actual business instead of generic examples.
You'll leave with systems already running, a plain-English playbook your team can follow, and a clear list of what to automate next (and what to leave human). Seats are capped at 50 so everyone gets direct help with their own setup.
Who this is for
- Owners and operators of service businesses — trades, salons, clinics, restaurants, real estate
- Teams of 1 to 10 with no in-house tech person
- Anyone who has tried ChatGPT once and thought "now what?"
- Businesses losing leads to missed calls and slow follow-up
What you'll leave with
- Set up a working AI assistant live, on your own accounts
- Missed-call and follow-up automations that run themselves
- A plain-English AI playbook to take back to your team
- Capped at 50 seats so everyone gets hands-on help
How the session runs
- 019:00 AM
The money leaks
Where small businesses actually lose revenue to missed calls, slow follow-up, and manual admin — and what AI can realistically fix this quarter.
- 029:45 AM
Live setup: your AI assistant
Hands-on, on your own accounts: an assistant that answers common questions and captures every lead, configured before the break.
- 0311:00 AM
Follow-up that runs itself
Build the missed-call text-back and follow-up sequences that make sure no lead goes silent — tuned to your business, not a template.
- 0412:15 PM
Your 90-day AI playbook
Leave with a plain-English plan: what to automate next, what to keep human, and how to tell if it's working.
What happens after you book
- 01
Your seat is locked in
Checkout takes under a minute. Your confirmation and receipt land in your inbox immediately, with the date and location ready for your calendar.
- 02
You get prepped, not surprised
Before the session you'll receive exactly what to bring and how to get the most out of your seat — no homework, just a short heads-up.
- 03
The value keeps going after
Attendees receive the follow-up materials for the session, so what you build doesn't evaporate when the session ends.
Session details
- Date
- Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 AM PDT – 1:00 PM PDT
- Location
- San Diego + Livestream · San Diego, CA
- Capacity
- 50 attendees
Event hosts
Cyriac Zeh
Host & facilitator
Design engineer and AI product builder helping small teams ship practical systems without enterprise overhead.
