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The First AI System Every Founder Should Build with Specialist Luke Heka
Description
What if using AI in your business gets to be easier than it looks online?
Luke Heka has built over 4,000 automations across 250+ businesses through his agency Sellr, and in this episode, he’s breaking down what actually works when it comes to implementing AI inside a real company.
And the best part is that Luke is a huge advocate for keeping it simple so that you can get AI off the ground and running in just a couple of weeks.
There is so much AI content online that it’s getting harder each day to figure out what works, what’s achievable and what is just marketing for the algorithm.
So today, we’re getting into where most founders go wrong when they start with AI, how to identify the part of your business that will being in more money when you learn to automate it, and what an AI specialist role would look like day to day if you’re looking at hiring one.
Key moments:
0:00 - The step most founders skip before touching AI (and why everything breaks without it)
5:15 - The fastest way to figure out what’s worth automating in your business
7:56 - One AI feature that every founder can use that will save them time and money today
10:33 - Most founders are making AI harder than it needs to be
13:42- The build that’s outperforming complex AI systems and is way more simple
14:25 - Luke’s current tech stack
20:00 - How to get AI to do the work for you instead of answering questions
29:40 - Why Luke’s cut his team in half (and what replaced them)
31:54 - When you should hire someone specialising in AI for your business
36:51 - Should you move to Claude?
41:16 - The one role inside every business that AI should be built around
48:42 - The security measures you should have in place when playing with AI
54:03 - What the ‘AI person’ in your team actually does day to day
1:00:00 - How to find the one automation that will move your business forward
1:04:02 - The first three hires Luke would make if he had to start again today
1:08:06 - The mindset shift leaders need before bringing AI into their team
If you want to work with Luke or join his next workshop, follow him on IG @mr_heka or Sellr on @selr__ai
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