Avoid These AI Mistakes!

🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ Stop experimenting with AI and start PROFITING from it. Three founders reveal which AI tools actually generate revenue (plus the $200K mistake most make). Shopify cracked the code—here's how you can too. Join Simon Severino, Sean Malone, and Neil Fairmont on The Elevate Podcast as they expose the truth about AI for founders: 90% are using it wrong, wasting time while competitors scale. Learn which AI tools actually drive revenue and which ones are just expensive distractions. What You'll Discover: Why Shopify is the ONLY Fortune 500 showing real AI productivity gains (data-driven proof) Sean's self-liquidating funnel: $47 book generating $122 average cart value using AI Hyros Air breakthrough: Automatically captures 20-50K monthly website visitors and converts them The "Content Monster" system: AI agent that creates videos, B-roll, captions, and posts everywhere Merker's $200K strategy: Paying experts to train vertical-specific AI agents (the future) Why voice AI will eliminate screen dependency (and what to build now) Peter Drucker's principle: Efficacy before efficiency (most founders get this backwards) AI Tools That Actually Work: Fixer AI (Simon's tool that generated $27K from one forgotten lead) Claude for team productivity and email writing Perplexity for competitive research ChatGPT for coding workflows Make.com & n8n.com for automation Sora 2 for AI avatar videos Critical Mistakes to Avoid: Using wrong tools based on hype (not your specific needs) Training AI on bad/generic data instead of YOUR business data Not training your team on new AI workflows Prioritizing efficiency over efficacy (the hedge fund example) Relying too much on AI without first principles thinking Real Use Cases: Neil's automation saves 2+ hours weekly on LinkedIn posts Simon's Gmail + Google Drive integration catches missed invoices Sean's DM automation using FlowChat's native AI Perfect for founders ready to move from AI curiosity to AI profitability. Stop the slop, start the systems. Chapter Markers: 03:00 Simon's Win - Six beta readers for unfinished book, collaborative writing 04:30 Sean's Win - Low ticket funnel with $122 average cart value ($47 book) 06:00 Self-Liquidating Offer - Pay affiliates $100 for $47 book, still profitable 07:45 Most Exciting AI Development Question - What's changing how founders grow? 08:30 Simon's Monitoring - Shopify shows hockey stick in revenue per employee 46:45 Mistakes Founders Make Question - Common AI implementation errors 47:45 Neil's Three Mistakes - Wrong tool selection, bad data training, inadequate staff training 50:00 Simon's Mistake - Relying too much on AI, abandoning first principles 51:30 Hedge Fund Example - Five people, systematic trading, not beating market but won't change 53:00 Peter Drucker Principle - First: what's the right thing to do? Second: how to do it right? 54:30 Efficacy Then Efficiency - Don't be fastest marathon runner in wrong direction 56:00 One or Two AI Tools Question - Which ones should new founders start with? 57:00 Simon's Innovation Answer - Build voice tools, eliminate screen staring stupidity 66:30 Biggest Takeaway - Sean: efficacy then efficiency focus 67:15 Neil's Takeaway - Interested in Content Monster project Sean's building 68:00 Simon's Takeaway - Sean's amazing funnel shipping, workbook after book 69:15 Conclusion - Write comments with biggest takeaway, conversation not one-way 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.