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SUMMARY:AI And Your Business
DESCRIPTION:AI in Action: Real-World Tools for Business Success \n\n \n\nAbout the Event\n\nJoin us for a deep dive into the current state of AI\, its practical applications today\, and the trends shaping its future. Businesses are at a pivotal moment moving from AI as a task-specific tool to AI that can reason\, make decisions\, and drive outcomes with greater autonomy.\n\n \n\nWhat You'll Learn:\n\n\n	Real-world use cases of AI in business today\n	Live demonstrations of AI generating full codebases and applications\n	Understanding AI agents: the difference between agentive (assistive) and agentic (autonomous) tools\n	How AI agents make decisions and the outcomes you can expect\n	Overview of leading AI companies and their specialties\n	Structuring your business data to maximize AI effectiveness\, moving beyond pretrained models to custom agents\n	Practical applications: solving up to 70% of a problem with AI while identifying where human input remains critical\n	Common misconceptions\, tips\, and best practices\n	Risks and ethical considerations\, including hallucinations\, data privacy\, legal implications\, and responsible use\n	Impact on productivity: how properly configured AI agents can reduce task time by 60 70%\, cutting labor costs and freeing time for strategic work\n\n\n\n\nAbout Alex Goff:\n\nAlex Goff\, Founder of Powered By Catalyst\, leads the company in providing AI services\, web design\, and digital infrastructure. Alex believes the modern website is evolving into a central hub for business operations beyond marketing to enable automation\, customer engagement\, and data intelligence.\n\n\n\nBefore launching Powered By Catalyst\, Alex sold a mobile app in 2021 featuring early AI capabilities. He also served six years as COO of a manufacturing company\, managing operations and building scalable backend and data systems\, giving him a unique perspective on operational systems and technology integration.\n\n\n\nThank you to the Erie Business Connections group for hosting this event:\n\nThe Erie Chamber Business Connections is a group of business owners whose goal is to build relationships\, learn about resources and help each other by referring business. These opportunities are done through the building of strong personal connections in a non-competitive and mutually supportive environment.  Relationships - Resources - Referrals!\n\n \n\nWhat do we do?\n\nErie Chamber Business Connections meets the 1st and the 3rd Thursdays of each month @ 7:30am. for networking and meeting is 7:45am to 8:45am.  Calvary Bible Church - 615 Evans St\, Erie\, CO\n\n \n\nOur group meets twice monthly to share about each other's businesses and hear presentations about topics that are relevant to supporting your business.\n\n \n\nIf you are interested in networking with other professions to grow your business\,\n\nplease contact:  eriebusinessconnection@gmail.com
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">AI in Action: Real-World Tools for Business Success&nbsp\;</span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">About the Event</span></span></strong></div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Join us for a deep dive into the current state of AI\, its practical applications today\, and the trends shaping its future. Businesses are at a pivotal moment&mdash\;moving from AI as a task-specific tool to AI that can reason\, make decisions\, and drive outcomes with greater autonomy.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">What You&rsquo\;ll Learn:</span></span></strong></div>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Real-world use cases of AI in business today</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Live demonstrations of AI generating full codebases and applications</span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Understanding AI agents: the difference between agentive (assistive) and agentic (autonomous) tools</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">How AI agents make decisions and the outcomes you can expect</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Overview of leading AI companies and their specialties</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Structuring your business data to maximize AI effectiveness\, moving beyond pretrained models to custom agents</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Practical applications: solving up to 70% of a problem with AI while identifying where human input remains critical</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Common misconceptions\, tips\, and best practices</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Risks and ethical considerations\, including hallucinations\, data privacy\, legal implications\, and responsible use</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Impact on productivity: how properly configured AI agents can reduce task time by 60&ndash\;70%\, cutting labor costs and freeing time for strategic work</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">About Alex Goff:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Alex Goff\, Founder of Powered By Catalyst\, leads the company in providing AI services\, web design\, and digital infrastructure. Alex believes the modern website is evolving into a central hub for business operations&mdash\;beyond marketing&mdash\;to enable automation\, customer engagement\, and data intelligence.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Before launching Powered By Catalyst\, Alex sold a mobile app in 2021 featuring early AI capabilities. He also served six years as COO of a manufacturing company\, managing operations and building scalable backend and data systems\, giving him a unique perspective on operational systems and technology integration.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Thank you to the Erie Business Connections group for hosting this event:</strong></span></span></p>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>The Erie Chamber Business Connections</strong> is a group of business owners whose goal is to build relationships\, learn about resources and help each other by referring business. These opportunities are done through the building of strong personal connections in a non-competitive and mutually supportive environment.&nbsp\; Relationships - Resources - Referrals!</span></span></div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">What do we do?</span></span></strong></div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Erie Chamber Business Connections meets the 1st and the 3rd Thursdays of each month @ 7:30am. for networking and meeting is 7:45am to 8:45am.&nbsp\; Calvary Bible Church - 615 Evans St\, Erie\, CO</span></span></div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Our group meets twice monthly to share about each other&#39\;s businesses and hear presentations about topics that are relevant to supporting your business.</span></span></div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">If you are interested in networking with other professions to grow your business\,</span></span></div>\n\n<div><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">please contact:&nbsp\; <a href="http://eriebusinessconnection@gmail.com">eriebusinessconnection@gmail.com</a></span></span></div>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;</span></span>\n\n<h4><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</h4>\n
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