Practical AI for small business owners.
Plain-English guides on AI agents, automation, and running a business, written for owners who want to use AI, not be sold AI. Every post is published first on the Substack newsletter by Jeff Binek, founder of CBus AI Agents in Dublin, Ohio.
Don't Bet Your Business on One AI
SpaceX just paid $60 billion for an AI tool, and a quieter experiment proved a team of cheaper models beats the best single one. The case for owning your system and keeping more than one brain in the room.
Replacing Your Software Subscriptions, One at a Time
Which of your subscriptions survive the AI era, and how to triage your whole stack into green, yellow, and red.
Becoming a Claude Super User (in VS Code)
Seven habits that separate people who chat with AI from the few who run their business on it.
Claude Just Shipped For Small Business. Here's What to Build This Week.
Workflows, connectors into QuickBooks and the rest of your stack, and one sub-agent that runs in the background on Claude’s infrastructure. Your full AI build this week, start to finish.
When AI Recommends Your Competitor
A sub-4.0 Google rating is now AI-invisible. The four signals that decide whether AI knows your business exists, and three moves to ship this week.
The Most Valuable Asset in Your Business Isn't What You Think
16 years running a gym, the Built to Sell framework, and what AI agents actually do about key-man risk.
What I Would Do Differently As A Business Owner if I Had AI
Sixteen years as a business owner, the book Built to Sell, and the kind of asset I’d build today.
Automate Is Step Five.
Elon Musk runs a five-step business algorithm. Here is the order, and why it changes how AI lands in your business.
The Owner Dashboard is a Reflection of Your Priorities
What you put at the top of your dashboard shows you what you actually value. Phase 1 of my founder dashboard shipped this week, and here is why health goes first.
Why I'm Building My Own Founder Dashboard
The first page of JB Command drops Wednesday. Here is why off-the-shelf dashboards fail a founder, and what mine does instead.
The Client Dashboard Nobody Has (But Every Service Business Needs)
How to help your business stand out, provide world class service, and give employees time back.
What Happens in the First 30 Days When a Small Business Installs AI
The real timeline from "I need help" to "this thing runs itself." One contractor in Central Ohio. No theory.
The 4 Things Eating Your Day That Aren't Actually Your Job
Every business owner I talk to has the same four problems hiding in plain sight. Here is what they are and what to do about them.
3 Ways to Use Claude Code If You Have Never Touched a Terminal
VS Code, the terminal, and your phone. Pick the one that fits how you work.
Why I Build AI for Local Small Businesses
Episode 1 of Central Ohio AI. Why I left a 16-year fitness career to build AI agents for local small businesses.
From Google to Grok to AI Agents: How a Gym Owner in Dublin, Ohio Stopped Searching and Started Building
What AI agents actually are, why they matter more than search, and how I went from casual user to building them for Columbus small businesses.
16 Years of Obsession, One Big Pivot, and Why I'm Building AI Agents in Columbus Now
After 16 years in fitness, I found the same obsessive energy in something I never expected. Here is the full story.