AI Tools for Small Business Owners: 10 That Save Real Time

Small business owners wear every hat. Marketing, customer service, bookkeeping, HR, operations — most of it falls on one or two people who are already working full time just keeping things running. AI won’t replace that workload. But the right tools can compress it significantly. Here are 10 that are actually worth your time — not theoretical AI futures, but tools people are using right now. 1. ChatGPT — Your All-Purpose Writing and Thinking Assistant If you only use one AI tool, make it ChatGPT. It handles an enormous range of tasks: drafting emails, writing product descriptions, creating social media captions, answering customer FAQs, building simple scripts for staff, analyzing data you paste in, and thinking through business decisions. ...

January 17, 2026 · 5 min · Lexi Rose

Can AI Write a Business Plan? We Tested It

Can AI Write a Business Plan? We Tested It A business plan is one of those documents that everyone says you need, nobody loves writing, and most people procrastinate on for months. So we decided to test whether AI can actually write one — not just produce a generic outline, but deliver something substantive that a real founder could actually use. We used both ChatGPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Here’s what happened. ...

January 2, 2026 · 5 min · Lexi Rose