How can founders use AI to stay productive with lean teams?

All answers focus on using AI to boost productivity by automating tasks or enhancing team capabilities, but they differ on whether to automate selectively, universally, or use AI mainly as a thought partner.

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  • Eric Ries

    Chair, LTSE Services · Long-Term Stock Exchange

    AI as a thought partner

    Eric Ries says founders should use AI as a thought partner that critiques, suggests, and reveals blind spots, rather than having it do the work for you, because doing the work for you leaves no way to do something original.

    Stanford eCorner · Stanford eCorner · Listen at 12:09

  • Jeff Finkelstein

    Owner · Customer Paradigm

    Automate small tasks

    Jeff Finkelstein says executives should automate just a small piece of a system rather than everything, because quick, flawless early wins build excitement and momentum for the next piece.

    DesignRush Podcast · DesignRush Podcast · Listen at 28:50

  • Jason Calacanis

    Bestie · All-In Podcast

    Give all staff AI tools

    Jason Calacanis says he bought OpenAI and Claude accounts for everyone at his company, reasoning that if people become 20% more effective in a 20-person company, it's like getting four new employees for free each year.

    This Week in Startups · Watch on YouTube

  • Matt Taylor

    Founder · Trepo

    Automate repetitive tasks

    Matt Taylor says founders should automate whatever AI can do with 99.99% accuracy, while keeping a close eye on the rest until the tools improve.

    NZ Tech Podcast · NZ Tech Podcast · Listen at 44:19

  • Elad Raz

    CEO · NextSilicon

    Mandate AI coding

    Elad Raz says his company has absolutely mandated AI coding for everyone, and he points to people getting 10x more productivity using those tools.

    Aleph · Watch on YouTube

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