#299 - AI isn't killing small businesses - it's creating the most profitable era of them in history

The doom and gloom narrative about AI and small business is wrong.For a while now I've been sitting with two feelings about AI at the same time. Genuine excitement about what it makes possible. And a quiet, nagging dread about what it all actually means. The two camps out there - AI destroys everything, or AI sets us all free to float around painting watercolours - haven't helped. Neither one feels right.So when I heard Daniel Priestley's take on Diary of a CEO, it was the first time I'd heard a version of the future I could actually get excited about. Not because it's all rosy. Because it's logical.If you've been quietly uneasy about where AI leaves you as a coach or course creator - this episode is for you.I'm sharing my take on the perspective that changed how I see this whole thing: what the economic landscape actually looks like as AI scales, where the real opportunity sits, and why the coaches and course creators building lean, automated, specific businesses right now might be in the most powerful position of anyone.This might be the most hopeful thing I've recorded in a while.Daniel Priestley's full Diary of a CEO interview is also worth your time 👉 click here to listen.