Story angles & sources
Angles worth writing, and where the numbers come from
Angles
Owners do not need more information
Small business owners are drowning in advice and starving for a decision. The interesting question is not whether AI can answer, it is whether the answer came from someone who has actually run the shop.
Answer library: How much should I charge?The three percent price increase nobody takes
Most owners have not raised prices in years. A 3% annual increase drops almost entirely to net profit, and the script for telling customers is two sentences long.
Answer library: How often should I raise prices?Peer groups cost $15k a year. What replaces them?
Vistage, EO, and YPO sell judgment on a monthly calendar. On-demand operator advice sells the same judgment at 10:00 on a Tuesday when the decision is actually happening.
Guide: Vistage vs EO vs YPO vs Ask a Shop OwnerA closed library instead of the open internet
Every general AI tool answers from everything ever written. This one refuses to answer outside its library, and says 'I don't know' instead of guessing. That constraint is the product.
Trust: AI policy
Coverage
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- The most-asked question categories across the answer library, by industry.
- Anonymized examples of the decisions owners bring in, with the owner's permission.
- How the closed library is built, reviewed, and what the model refuses to answer.