PRACTICAL AI FOR BUSY BUSINESS OWNERS

Find where AI can save time or make money. Then put the best opportunity to work.

You do not need to become an AI expert to use it well. DSS helps non-technical owners turn AI ideas into measurable business value, one useful workflow at a time. The fixed-fee assessment gives you a ranked action plan. AI Concierge helps you implement the best opportunity and leaves behind the operating assets, controls, and evidence to keep it useful.

$999fixed-fee assessment
3-7ranked opportunities
90 daysinitial Concierge term
THE OFFER LADDER

Use the smallest engagement that can produce a real decision.

Each level has a distinct job. The assessment creates the prescription. The knowledge base organizes the approved context. The Concierge turns the right opportunity into working behavior. Managed agents come only after the job and controls are proven.

01 / AI TOOLS ASSESSMENT

Get the prescription

$999
Fixed fee | principal-led
  • Pre-work questionnaire
  • 45-minute discovery
  • Three to seven ranked opportunities
  • Tools, cost, risk, and implementation plan
  • Report plus 30-minute review
Start the assessment
03 / AI CONCIERGE

Put the plan to work

$1,800/mo
Initial 90-day term
  • Two 45-minute working calls each month
  • One active workflow lane
  • Asynchronous support
  • Client hub and build inventory
  • Monthly value report
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04 / MANAGED AGENT

Staff the proven job

Scoped
Built and managed by DSS
  • Defined role and success measure
  • Approved knowledge and tools
  • Least-privilege access
  • Human approvals and reliability monitoring
Discuss the proven workflow
WHY THE ASSESSMENT COMES FIRST

We do not begin by pitching tools. We begin with how work actually gets done.

Where does work pile up? What gets copied between systems? What waits for approval? What does the owner repeatedly fix? The assessment turns those operating facts into a ranked prescription.

01
Map the friction

We look for repeated work, slow handoffs, information gaps, and decisions that depend on scattered context.

02
Score value against effort

Opportunities are ranked by outcome, frequency, risk, required access, implementation burden, and time to proof.

03
Prescribe the path

You get the recommended tools, cost assumptions, controls, implementation sequence, and the best first move.

04
Choose the delivery route

Implement it internally, build it with the Concierge, or scope a separate second-brain, automation, or managed-agent project.

YOUR ASSESSMENT DELIVERABLE

Enough detail to make the next move without guessing.

Executive summary

The business outcome, current constraint, and recommended priority in plain language.

Opportunity map

Three to seven workflows ranked by value, effort, risk, and readiness.

Tool and cost prescription

Recommended products, integration assumptions, expected operating cost, and alternatives.

Implementation sequence

A practical first-week plan, dependencies, owners, access needs, and approval points.

ROI assumptions

Time, throughput, revenue, quality, or risk-reduction assumptions you can validate.

Next-step options

DIY path, Concierge path, or separately scoped build with no forced upsell.

THE AI CONCIERGE

Two focused calls. One active workflow. A build ledger that shows what changed.

The required intake lets us choose the right first-call track before the calendar starts. We either establish the AI foundation or go directly into the highest-value workflow. Every implementation cycle uses Audit, Optimize, Automate: observe the real process, remove unnecessary work, then automate the smallest stable remainder.

Between calls, you have an asynchronous support lane with a one-business-day target. Your client hub stores recordings, decisions, actions, and the build ledger: every context file, skill, SOP, workflow, and automation created, its adoption status, and the evidence behind the next move.

$1,800 per monthInitial 90 days | two 45-minute calls monthly | one active workflow lane
Discuss AI Concierge
01
Mandatory intake before the call

Outcome, friction, current tools, files, access constraints, risk, and the decision to make.

02
Choose the first-call track

Establish the AI workspace when the foundation is missing, or go directly into the first workflow when the client is ready. Either way, leave the session with something useful.

03
Audit, Optimize, Automate

Watch the work, remove unnecessary steps, build the smallest useful aid, assign the human review point, and test it in real use.

04
Every call leaves receipts

Update the call log, action items, build ledger, value evidence, open risks, and the best next workflow.

WHEN THE CONCIERGE REVEALS A BIGGER OPPORTUNITY

Expand only after the first workflow earns it.

Process Redesign

Map the current workflow, remove unnecessary steps, and define a simpler future state. If that solves the problem, we stop before automation.

Business Knowledge Base

Organize approved context into a governed, client-owned source of truth with access rules, source ownership, review, and a fallback path. See the full offer

Workflow Automation

Connected systems that move information, prepare work, trigger follow-up, and keep humans at the right approval points.

Managed AI Agents

Specialized agents with defined jobs, tools, access boundaries, reliability monitoring, alerts, and a separate service scope.

CONTROL IS PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE

Useful AI without pretending risk does not exist.

PII and model gate

Sensitive information is classified and minimized before any public-model route is considered.

Least privilege

Tools and agents receive only the access required for the approved job.

Human approval

Publishing, outreach, financial actions, and other consequential steps stay behind explicit review.

Decision ledger

The client hub records what changed, why it changed, who approved it, and what evidence supports the next move.

COMMON QUESTIONS

What the program is, and what it is not.

Is the AI Concierge unlimited custom development?

No. The program keeps one active workflow lane so progress stays concrete. Larger integrations, production agents, or infrastructure builds receive a separate scope.

Do we have to use a specific AI model?

No. Tool and model choices follow the use case, sensitivity, integration needs, and economics. Local models and approved external routes can work together.

What happens in the first month?

We complete intake, establish the working environment, select the first workflow, ship an initial useful version, and create the client hub and evidence baseline.

Can our team implement the assessment without the Concierge?

Yes. The assessment is designed to stand on its own. The Concierge is available when you want principal-led implementation and an ongoing improvement rhythm.

Does every client need a Business Knowledge Base first?

No. If the required context is already organized and the first workflow is narrow, DSS may recommend moving directly into Concierge implementation. The knowledge-base build is used when scattered or untrusted context is the real constraint.

Do you automate the workflow immediately?

No. We map the current process and remove unnecessary steps first. Sometimes the right deliverable is a simpler process with clear ownership. Automation is proposed only when the improved workflow is stable, valuable, and safe to operate.

START WITH THE PRESCRIPTION

Find the AI work that is worth doing.

The $999 AI Tools Assessment gives you a ranked opportunity map, implementation plan, and a clear decision about what comes next.