Early Adoptr helps founders and small business owners cut through AI jargon and turn real tools into real results. Hosted by Jess and Kyle, startup founders themselves, this podcast breaks down AI in plain English: what works, what’s hype, and how to use AI to grow faster, work smarter, and build your unfair advantage. No buzzwords. No confusion. Just practical, step-by-step guidance you can implement today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Market Research on a Startup Budget : When to Trust Synthetic Data (01:04:36)
Synthetic data is often pitched as a shortcut around slow, expensive market research. In this episode, we break down when that promise holds, and when it falls apart.This week, we welcome our guest Le...
Synthetic Data Without the Hype: Practical Uses and Real Risks (00:42:32)
Synthetic data is being pitched as the end of slow, expensive market research. And in some cases, it really can help: it’s useful for testing systems safely, generating options quickly, and reducing t...
AI Video Tools Explained: Best Use Cases, Limits, and Risks (01:00:54)
AI video tools like Sora 2 and Nano Banana are finally crossing a line that earlier generations couldn’t: they don’t feel creepy anymore, and in some cases, they actually work! But “looking impressive...
The AI Bubble Question: Hype, ROI, and the Future of Tech (01:07:14)
We're back from the holidays, and we've got a doozy of an episode. The stock market is betting everything on AI, but many organizations are still struggling to turn it into real results. So what’s act...
Holiday Rewind: Getting Cited, Not Ranked: A Practical Guide to AEO (01:04:18)
60% of searches now end without a click. If you’re still optimizing for Google rankings while your competitors are getting cited by ChatGPT, you’re already behind.We originally released this as a two-...
Holiday Rewind: Your Laptop Can Run AI Now? Small Language Models (SLMs) 101 (00:56:44)
We’re off for the holidays, so this is a re-release + stitched double-episode focused on Small Language Models (SLMs) and how to actually use them.Kyle and Jess get hands-on with SLMs, showing you how...
Holiday Rewind: How to Get AI to Actually Do What You Want - Prompt Engineering That Doesn't Suck (00:44:49)
We're off for the holidays so this is a re-release of one of our most popular episodes. Kyle and Jess completely overhaul their most popular episode on prompt engineering, because GPT-5 isn't just fas...
Your IP in the AI Era: What Disney's Deal with Sora Means for Founders & SMBs (00:56:56)
Last week, Disney announced a billion-dollar deal with OpenAI to license 200+ characters into Sora. Everyone's treating this as Hollywood drama, but what Disney actually did is show every IP-based com...
The Vibe Coding Playbook: What to Use, What to Skip, and How to Dodge the Pitfalls (00:59:31)
Last week, we broke down what vibe coding is. This week, we break down the only question anyone actually cares about: “Okay… so what tool do I use?”The vibe coding ecosystem has gone crazy in the last...
The End of Coding As We Know It? A Deep Dive Into Vibe Coding (00:57:08)
Everyone keeps saying AI is transforming software development, but the real story is how vibe coding is quietly rewriting who gets to build in the first place. Over the past year, AI coding tools have...
Making Your Business "Agent-Legible": Practical Playbook for the AI-Commerce Era (00:58:45)
In part two of our deep dive into agentic commerce, Jess brings back her colleague Nathalie Lethbridge to answer the question every SMB is asking: How do I prepare for a world where AI agents are the ...
Why Amazon, Google, and OpenAI Are Fighting Over Your Next Purchase (00:58:31)
The agentic shopping wars are here. And nobody's paying attention yet.Amazon just sued Perplexity. Google just launched agentic shopping. OpenAI is rewriting how commerce works...all of it is aimed at...
AI Can't Even Do 3% of Your Job - So Why Are Companies Laying Employees Off? (00:55:55)
The narrative is everywhere: AI is coming for your job. But here's what nobody's talking about. The data shows AI can't even complete 3% of professional tasks yet. So why are companies laying people o...
How Conversational Commerce Will Change How We Shop (00:53:33)
Your entire e-commerce experience is about to change. OpenAI's "Buy with ChatGPT," introduced at the end of September, isn't just a shopping feature. It's the beginning of a complete overhaul of how d...
Atlas Has Entered the Chat: What AI Browsers Mean for Business (00:55:53)
AI browsers are here, and they could completely reshape how we use the internet.OpenAI’s Atlas just launched, instantly putting Google on defense and kicking off Browser Wars 2.0. But this time, it’s ...
The AI Backlash: How to Build During the Trough of Disillusionment (00:57:48)
From LinkedIn posts about abandoned pilots to earnings calls where CEOs walking back their AI promises on earnings calls, are we witnessing the crash after the hype? Welcome to the Trough of Disillusi...
AI Slop: How Low-Quality AI Content is Breaking the Internet (And Costing Businesses Millions) (00:59:02)
The internet is drowning in AI-generated garbage. From Meta's Vibes to Sora 2 to that clearly ChatGPT generated email from your colleague, businesses are losing an estimated $9 million per 1,000 emplo...
The Complete AEO Toolkit (AEO Part 2: On-Site, Off-Site & Metrics) (00:57:23)
OpenAI just launched "Buy It in ChatGPT" - letting users complete purchases without ever visiting your website. If you're not cited by AI engines, you don't just lose traffic. You lose the entire sale...
Getting Your Business Into the AI Conversation (AEO Strategy Guide) (00:58:25)
60% of searches now end without a click. If you're still optimizing for Google rankings while your competitors are getting cited by ChatGPT, you're already behind.Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) - al...
AI Hallucinations: Why AI Lies With Complete Confidence (And How to Minimise the Risk) (01:00:13)
In this episode, Kyle and Jess tackle the elephant in the room that's sabotaging AI implementations everywhere: AI hallucinations. If you've ever wondered why ChatGPT confidently tells you complete no...
Your Business Data is Messier Than You Think (And Why That Kills AI) (00:55:12)
In this episode, Kyle and Jess continue their deep dive with data veteran Eric Callahan, exposing the truth about how most businesses actually handle their data. It's messier than you think, and that'...
The 5-Minute Data Fix That Prevents AI Disasters (01:07:00)
In this episode of Early Adoptr, Kyle and Jess bust the biggest AI myth of all: “We don’t have enough data.” The truth? You’re already swimming in it. From emails to spreadsheets to customer conversat...
Business Data for AI: How to Turn Customer Emails and Invoices Into Competitive Advantage (00:57:08)
In this episode, Kyle and Jess tackle the biggest myth in AI adoption: "I don't have enough data." The reality? Every business owner is sitting on a goldmine of untapped information - they just don't ...
How to Get AI to Actually Do What You Want - Prompt Engineering That Doesn't Suck: Electric Boogaloo (00:59:05)
In this episode, Kyle and Jess are completely overhaul their most popular episode on prompt engineering, because GPT-5 isn't just faster than GPT-4 - it's fundamentally different. It follows instructi...
Your Laptop Can Run AI Now? Testing Small Language Models So You Don't Have To (00:57:42)
In this episode, Kyle and Jess get hands-on with Small Language Models (SLMs) - showing you exactly how to set up your own private AI that runs entirely on your laptop. If last week was the "why," thi...
