Is Your Business Ready for AI Automation? A 5-Point Checklist Before You Build

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Most small businesses don't fail at AI because the models are weak. They fail because they automate the wrong thing first, or they automate a process that only exists in someone's head. We've been building automation and web projects for small and mid-sized businesses since 2018, and the same pattern keeps showing up: the projects that pay off start small, start with a boring repetitive task, and start with the groundwork already done. Here's the checklist we use before recommending any AI build. You can run through it in about two minutes.

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