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Notes from the field: what we learn running AI inside real businesses.
What It Actually Means to Connect Your Claude to Your Business
Out of the box, Claude can't see your business — not your inventory, not your customers, not your sales. Connecting it means building that wire: on purpose, with rules.
2 min read → Who holds the keysIn both rooms, the first question wasn't about the AI
Two sales meetings, a day apart. Two businesses in unrelated industries. Both owners asked the same thing first. Not what it costs. Not what it can do.
4 min read → Built between customersFour Places to Write Down One Repair
One repair. Four places. The redundancy isn't the cost — keeping it consistent is, and a person is the sync layer.
3 min read → Built between customersThe One Person Who Holds the Shop Together
Not the best jeweler. Not the one who closes the biggest sales. The one who knows where everything is — and the buying criterion nobody asks her about.
3 min read → Trust the numbersThe Owner Who Checks Every Number by Hand — and Why She's Right
Vendors call it 'resistance to technology.' It isn't. It's quality control — she's not the problem. She's the standard.
3 min read → Trust the numbersWhy Your Dashboard Is Lying to You: The Snapshot-Mixing Problem
The charts render. The totals look right. You'd have to total the source file yourself to catch that the dashboard is hundreds of thousands high.
3 min read → Your data, their gripWhy Switching Store Software Fails — and How to Stop Worrying About It
Every jeweler knows someone who tried to switch. Ask how it went. You'll hear the same three words.
3 min read → Know what you're paying forThe $97-a-Month Tool You Can't Explain
Most jewelers can name the number. Ask what each tool actually does — and the conversation stalls.
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