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T.M. Gunderson

Building AI automation systems for small businesses. Deployed 22+ automation projects. Sharing what actually delivers ROI. Website: https://smbscaleup.com

Joined on Apr 28, 2026

Sep 25

I Stopped Manually Sorting Receipts — Here's the AI Workflow That Categorizes Every Expense

6 min read

Sep 25

Your Team Already Creates Content — Here's How to Turn It Into a Growth Engine

4 min read

Sep 25

Your Inbox Is a Triage Problem — Not a Communication Problem

3 min read

Sep 25

Google Paid $10M for a Bankrupt Airline's Data. Yours Is Worth More Than You Think.

5 min read

Sep 25

Stop Logging Into Your Software: The Buying Question Nobody Asks Yet

4 min read

Sep 24

Your CRM Is a Graveyard — How to Stop Drowning in Data Entry

5 min read

Sep 24

Stop Losing Money to Auto-Renewals: Build a Contract Renewal Tracker with AI

#ai #automation #management #productivity

3 min read

Sep 24

Stop Losing Clients in Week One — Automate Your Onboarding Handoff

3 min read

Sep 24

Stop Installing Other People's AI Skills — Build Your Own

3 min read

Sep 24

The AI Price War Is Your Cost Window

2 min read

Sep 23

Stop Writing Proposals by Hand — This n8n Workflow Turns Lead Data into Polished Proposals in Minutes

6 min read

Sep 23

How an AI Agent Handled 66% of a Support Inbox — And How Yours Can Too

3 min read

Sep 23

Your AI Tools Are Telling You What to Do — That's the Problem

4 min read

Sep 23

Stop Treating AI Like an Employee — Think of It as a Ghost

4 min read

Sep 23

AI Brain Rot Doesn't Look Like Laziness — It Looks Like Extraordinary Productivity

4 min read

Sep 23

Stop Working So Hard — Ask Your AI Agent First

4 min read

Sep 23

Your AI Agent Isn't Installed — It's Just Connected

3 min read

Sep 23

Should You Even Use an AI Agent? A 4-Factor Test for Small Business Owners

3 min read

Sep 23

Who Pays When Your AI Agent Screws Up? The Checklist Nobody Gave You

3 min read

Sep 22

Every AI Lab Just Admitted It's Going Too Fast — Here's the Adoption Speed Your Business Should Actually Run

3 min read

Sep 21

AI Automation for Collision Repair Shops: Stop Drowning in Insurance Paperwork

3 min read

Sep 21

The Race to Done: How SMBs Should Actually Evaluate AI Models

3 min read

Sep 20

Stop Stocking Out: How SMBs Can Automate Reorder Alerts with AI

3 min read

Sep 20

The $20/$60/$200 AI Budget: What Your Small Business Should Actually Spend

4 min read

Sep 20

Stop Losing Customers Silently: Build a Churn Prediction Agent for Your SMB

3 min read

Sep 20

The Hidden Cost of a Bad AI Assistant: Your Team Quietly Stopped Using It

4 min read

Sep 18

AI Automation for Architecture Firms: Stop Losing Billable Hours to Admin

2 min read

Sep 18

How Sign Companies Can Automate Client Onboarding and Reduce Quote Turnaround Time

3 min read

Sep 18

AI Automation for Print Shops: Quotes, Proofs, and Rush Orders

4 min read

Sep 18

How Pawn Shops Can Use AI to Automate Item Valuation and Reduce Risk

4 min read

Sep 18

Managed AI Agents Are the New SaaS Vending Machines: Five Questions Before You Buy

3 min read

Sep 18

Your Next Customer Might Be an AI Agent — Is Your Business Machine-Readable?

4 min read

Sep 18

AI Automation for Public Libraries: 7 Systems That Free Up Staff Time

5 min read

Sep 18

Stop Getting Blind-Sided by Cash Flow Gaps: An AI Agent That Warns You 2 Weeks Early

4 min read

Sep 18

How Bowling Alleys Can Save 15 Hours/Week with AI Automation

3 min read

Sep 18

Same Sticker Price, 45% Cheaper: The AI Bill Trick Nobody Explains to Small Businesses

4 min read

Sep 12

Hand Your AI a Week of Work: What 20-Hour Jobs Mean for a 10-Person Business

3 min read

Sep 11

AI Automation for Professional Organizers: Keep the Personal Touch, Automate the Rest

4 min read

Sep 9

Stop Approving Everything: The MTTR Lesson That Cuts Your Bottleneck in Half

4 min read

Sep 8

Summer Camps Are Drowning in Registration Chaos — AI Can Fix It

5 min read

Sep 8

GPT-6 Astra Can Use a Computer Better Than Your Best Admin — Here's What That Actually Means for Your Business

5 min read

Sep 7

How Glass Repair Shops Can Automate the Boring Stuff (And Keep the Skilled Work)

5 min read

Sep 7

Your AI Agent's Harness Matters More Than Its Model

3 min read

Sep 6

Pottery Studios Are Drowning in Admin Work — Here's the AI Automation That Actually Works

6 min read

Sep 5

How Craft Breweries Can Use AI to Manage Taprooms, Inventory & Events Without Hiring More Staff

4 min read

Sep 5

700 AI Agents Hacked a Company — Build This Permission Ladder Before You Give AI Access to Anything

4 min read

Sep 4

AI Automation for Thrift Stores: Pricing, Inventory & Customer Engagement

3 min read

Sep 4

The 6-Month Waitlist Problem: How Sleep Clinics Can See More Patients Without Burning Out Staff

6 min read

Sep 3

Your AI Agent Makes You More Busy, Not Less — Here's the Work Nobody Counts

4 min read

Sep 3

The $18,000 Estimate Trap: Why Cabinet Makers Lose Jobs to Faster Competitors

5 min read

Sep 2

The Small Model Runs the Big One: Why Your AI Org Chart Should Look Weird

3 min read

Sep 2

Nvidia Just Bought the GitHub of AI Models for $12.9B — What SMBs Need to Know

3 min read

Sep 1

AI Automation for Jewelry Stores: Managing Appointments, Repairs & Custom Designs

4 min read

Sep 1

Claude Now Has Its Own Browser — What Small Businesses Can Actually Do With It

4 min read

Aug 31

Recording Studios: Stop Chasing Clients and Start Recording

3 min read

Aug 30

Your Business Doesn't Need SaaS — It Needs Personal Software

4 min read

Aug 30

ChatGPT Just Hit 1 Billion Users — Is Your Business Ready for the AI-First Internet?

3 min read

Aug 30

AI Agents Are Starting to Talk to Each Other — Without You in the Middle

3 min read

Aug 29

The $300 Overnight AI Bill: How Small Businesses Prevent AI Budget Overruns

3 min read

Aug 28

How AI Automation Can Save Your Independent Hardware Store in 2026

3 min read

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