Building Your AI Strategy

## What You'll Learn - The AI Maturity Model: Where your startup stands (and what "good" looks like) - Building a 90-day AI roadmap from scratch (with real examples) - Getting team buy-in without forcing adoption - Measuring AI ROI in ways that impress investors and board members - Avoiding the 5 pitfalls that kill 90% of AI initiatives - When to hire AI talent vs. upskill your current team --- ## Why This Matters (2 min read) **The Scenario:** Six months ago, you started using ChatGPT. It was a game-changer. You used it for emails, pitch decks, customer research, product specs. Your team noticed. Now: - Your marketer uses it for social posts - Your developer uses GitHub Copilot - Your operations person uses it for documentation - You're paying for 5 different AI tools ($150/month) **Last week, your board member asked: "What's your AI strategy?"** You said: "We use AI for productivity." They said: "No—what's your *strategy*? How does AI tie to your business model? What's the ROI? What happens when your competitors systemize AI and you're still just using ChatGPT?" **You think:** "Crap. I don't have a strategy. I have a collection of tools and no plan."...