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  "slug": "what-every-business-owner-should-ask-before-hiring-anyone-for-ai",
  "title": "What Every Business Owner Should Ask Before Hiring Anyone for AI",
  "date": "2026-05-11",
  "featuredClaim": "Five questions and four email scripts that sort real AI builders from pretenders before you spend five figures.",
  "description": "A guide for small business owners on vetting AI hires, featuring five questions, four email scripts, and a trial structure to avoid wasting money on demos that never go live. Emphasizes 'boring AI' workflows that pay for themselves within a quarter.",
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    "Five AI workflows can pay for themselves within a quarter for small businesses",
    "Five key questions help separate real builders from pretenders",
    "Email scripts and a trial structure prevent five-figure losses on demos that never launch"
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      "slug": "ai-business-applications",
      "label": "Business Applications",
      "description": "Real-world business use cases and applications"
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    {
      "id": "strategy",
      "slug": "ai-strategy",
      "label": "AI Strategy",
      "description": "Strategic planning and implementation approaches for AI adoption"
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    {
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      "label": "Implementation",
      "description": "Hands-on implementation techniques and frameworks"
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    "Five AI workflows can pay for themselves within a single quarter for small businesses.",
    "Five key questions help business owners separate real AI builders from pretenders before hiring.",
    "Four email scripts are provided so owners can start screening AI candidates immediately today.",
    "A structured trial process prevents five-figure payments on demos that never go live."
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      "stat": "4 email scripts",
      "context": "Four copy-and-paste email scripts are provided so owners can begin screening candidates immediately."
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      "stat": "Five-figure cheque",
      "context": "The article warns that a five-figure payment can burn on a demo that never goes live without proper vetting."
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  "supportingContext": "The article is a practitioner-authored Substack piece by Kamil Banc aimed at small business owners preparing to hire AI builders. Its methodology centers on a practical screening toolkit: five questions, four email scripts, and a structured trial designed to be read once and applied immediately. The core argument is that unglamorous, 'boring' AI implementations deliver the fastest payback, while poor hiring decisions on flashy demos create the greatest financial risk. Because the full content sits behind a paywall, the verifiable claims here are drawn from the publicly visible introduction and summary. No external primary sources were supplied to corroborate the specific claims, so provenance rests on the author's own framing.",
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