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What AI Tools Really Cost Your Small Business
Uber blew its AI budget in four months. Amazon missed a $1.8 million overrun for five months. Here is how small businesses can budget for AI before it happens to them.
Christy Winckles
Aug 64 min read


Prompt Writing Is a Communication Skill, Not a Tech Skill
Created by C. Mesaros-Winckles using Google Gemini Quick answer: Prompt writing is not a technical skill, it is a communication skill. The people who get the best results from AI are the ones who already know how to brief a colleague, define an audience and ask a clear question. AI just gives them a new place to use it. I once stood in front of a room of college students and asked them to write a single sentence telling a computer what to do. Half of them typed “help me with
Christy Winckles
Aug 53 min read


Why AI Training Beats AI Access
ccess was never the problem. Here's why 95 percent of enterprise AI pilots fail, and what small business leaders should train for instead.
Christy Winckles
Jul 223 min read
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