Good morning, friends — happy to be here with you on a Thursday; this week we’re covering the electric motor manufacturing surge that’s quietly opening doors for small domestic suppliers, a Teams deep
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AI Agents Handle Scheduling and Data Workflows End to End for Small Biz
Happy Thursday, crew — it’s been a long week over here, but a good one, and I’ve got a solid lineup for you today: AI agents and what they actually do for a small business workflow; Microsoft Copilot’
NSF 20 Million Pilot Funds Small Business Deep Tech | Claude Money Analyzes Bank Accounts
Happy Thursday, everybody — today we’re covering Claude’s new bank account analysis feature and what you need to check in your AI privacy settings before you connect anything financial; a $20 million
Local AI agents bring smart control to manufacturing equipment
Good morning, and happy Thursday — we’ve got a solid mix of topics this week: on-device AI agents hitting the manufacturing floor; a WatchGuard firewall vulnerability that’s actively causing ransomwar
SBIR Grants Getting Simpler for Small Manufacturers and Shared Skills Language for Hiring
Happy Tuesday, everyone — yes, Tuesday, not Thursday (I’ll be on the road Thursday, so we moved the show up); we’re covering SBIR grant reforms that could actually be worth a small manufacturer’s time
Use AI to finally get real growth from the digital tools you already pay for
Happy Thursday, folks — Albert here, and today we are talking about something that I think every small business owner has felt at least once: the quiet frustration of paying for software that should b
Siemens shop floor machines under AI attack plus banks failing at useful AI for small business
Happy Thursday, everybody — August 20th, and we’ve got a full house today: AI-powered attacks hitting Siemens shop floor controllers and what that means for manufacturers on the same network as their
75,000 FortiGate firewalls hit in FortiBleed credential harvest across 194 countries
Happy Thursday, nerds — good to be back in the chair, broadcasting from the new South Union Street office here in Traverse City; we’ve got three stories worth your attention today: a credential-harves
Sage 100 on-prem AI predicts equipment failures before they happen
Happy Monday, everybody — Albert here, back in a proper office for the first time in about five years, broadcasting from a new space right in downtown Traverse City; we’ve got two big tech stories wor
Fortigate VPN flaw now on CISA exploited list plus Copilot ERP connectors live
CISA warns Fortigate and Ubiquiti flaws are actively exploited while Copilot gains on-prem ERP access for Sage 100 and Epicor.









