What happens after a Day-1 Build?
A practical guide to what happens once your new system is live, including the old process, later changes, hosting, data and ownership.
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Jeremy Tilson – AlphaFirst
Practical notes on replacing hard-to-manage workarounds, building useful systems and using AI without the theatre.
What do you need to prepare before a Day-1 Build?
Bring the spreadsheet, inbox, tracker or old database your team uses now, plus a few examples showing how the work really moves through the business.
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AI can make a business system look ‘finished’ very quickly. The problems come a few weeks later, when records are wrong, staff need different access, reports have to be trusted, or small changes can’t stay small. By then, someone inside the business is relying on something they may not be able to fix.
Read articleShould your business rent software, or own the system it actually needs?
For years, small businesses were told not to build their own systems. That advice made sense when custom software was slow, expensive and risky. AI-assisted software development has changed the calculation.
Read articleBefore we add AI to everything, what should stay human?
AI can write, summarise and suggest. But when judgement, trust or responsibility are involved, I think a person still needs to be clearly in charge.
Read articleYour Shared Mailbox Was Not Meant to Run a Growing Business
A shared mailbox can work well when a team is small. But as the business grows, it can quietly become an unreliable task list, filing cabinet and handover route. Here’s how to tell when your inbox has become a work-tracking problem.
Read articleStop talking about AI adoption. Start talking about how work gets done.
AI adoption is the wrong starting point for many small businesses. The better question is whether everyday work is clear enough for AI to safely help.
Read articleAI may give small businesses a rare advantage over large companies
AI does not automatically favour large companies. A small business with clear decisions, simple rules and practical systems may be able to move faster.
Read articleDay-1 Build vs improving the spreadsheet
Should you improve the spreadsheet or replace it with a working system? A practical comparison for businesses where one file has started carrying too much of the work.
Read articleDay-1 Build vs Airtable
A practical comparison for businesses weighing Airtable against a focused Day-1 Build for replacing spreadsheets, trackers and manual workarounds.
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