You Don't Have and AI ProblemL It's the Tech!

You don't have an AI problem. You have a tech problem. Learn how to build an AI strategy for your small business that actually pays off, from a former Microsoft Data and AI executive turned fractional CTO.

Most businesses jump into AI without a plan. They buy tools they don't need, automate the wrong things and wonder why nothing changes. In this episode of Tim Stating the Obvious, Arun Pattanayak, founder and CEO of Tipsora and author of Future-Proof Your Business, explains how to pick where AI pays off, when to build, buy or kill a system, and how to future-proof both your business and your career.

Arun has spent more than 20 years inside complex enterprise technology, building systems for companies like EY, Merrill Lynch and Citibank, plus six years as a Microsoft Data and AI executive. Today he works as a fractional CTO for founders and CEOs. He also hosts the podcast What Comes Next with Arun.

What you'll learn:

✔ Why "blinded by success" is the most dangerous stage of the Durable Advantage Cycle

✔ How Google diversified while search was still on top

✔ The build, buy or kill decision every business owner faces

✔ How to map your technology to revenue before you spend a dollar on AI

✔ Why saving 5 minutes 100 times beats saving 1 hour once

✔ Where AI should hand off to a human to protect your brand

✔ Why the "work until you retire" model is broken

✔ How to use AI automation to build your personal brand without burning out