Ep. 022 | Your First AI Employee

What does it actually look like to hire your first AI employee? Michael and Frank walk through the full process — from choosing the right role, to setting it up, to measuring whether it's doing the job. This is the practical guide to adding AI to your payroll without the guesswork.Topics: hire AI employee · first AI hire · AI for small business · AI staff setup---Frequently Asked QuestionsHow do I hire my first AI employee for my small business?Start by identifying a single role that has high volume and low variation — customer FAQ, appointment scheduling, or content drafting. Set up the AI tool, give it clear instructions, test it, then let it run. This episode covers every step.What tasks can an AI employee handle for a small business?AI works best for structured, repeatable tasks: responding to common questions, scheduling, drafting emails, summarizing calls, creating social posts, and logging data. This episode maps out the best first roles.How is an AI employee different from a regular software tool?A regular tool follows rules. An AI employee understands context, handles variation, and can make judgment calls within defined boundaries. That's what makes it feel more like a hire than a tool.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail Support the showCtrl AI Profit — Real AI. Real Business. No Hype.CtrlAiProfit.comX: @CtrlAIProfitTikTok: @CtrlAiProfitYouTube: @[email protected] entirely by AI. Yes, really....