Chapter 3: The Big Guys’ Secret Weapon
Now They’re in Your Crosshairs
How do I compete with competitors who have more resources?
Chapter Recap
For years, big companies had an edge you could not match. More money. More staff. More data. Their secret weapon turned out to be AI. Amazon uses it to guess what you want. Starbucks and Netflix use it to keep you coming back. This chapter shows how they do it. Then it shows how the same power is now in your hands, sized for a small business and your budget.
In This Chapter
- How Amazon Knows What You Want Before You Do
- How Starbucks Fills the Right Cups at the Right Time
- How Netflix Keeps You Watching
- What They Spent. What You Pay.
- Your Small Business Superpower
- A Lever Long Enough
Your Move
Ask AI this question right now: “I run a [describe your business]. Give me three specific ways I could use AI the way Amazon or Netflix uses it (personalization, prediction, or automation) scaled to my size and budget.” Write down the one idea that surprises you most. That is your first experiment.
Read the full chapter in
AI Jiu-Jitsu: Run Circles Around the Big Guys, the book this toolbox comes from.
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