Is Your Small Business Ready for AI? A 10-Minute Self-Check

Most SMBs don’t need an AI strategy. They need one repetitive workflow automated with a measurable return. Here’s the self-check we run in the first consultation.

Which task do you repeat most?

Support replies, document intake, quote generation, report assembly — the best first AI project is boring, frequent, and rule-adjacent.

Where does the knowledge live?

If the answers exist in documents, tickets, or a database, a retrieval-augmented assistant can be grounded in them. If they live only in one employee’s head, start by writing them down.

Can you measure the win?

Hours saved, response time, error rate. If you can’t name the number, you can’t know it worked.

Is your data reachable?

AI quality is data quality. Scattered spreadsheets aren’t a blocker — but they’re step one, not step three.

Who owns it after launch?

A model nobody monitors degrades quietly. Plan for operation, not just delivery.

Want the structured version? Try the interactive AI-Readiness Score on our AI Assistant page — it takes three minutes.