​From AI Curious to AI First:

​A real Hawaiʻi business owner is handing me their business, and I'm going to build their AI roadmap live- start to finish, no slides, nothing pre-baked. You'll watch, not build. Bring nothing but questions.

​Cold start to finished deliverable, exactly as it happens: • From cart checkout to the notifications hitting my phone • The intake questionnaire, filled out live by the owner • Automated pre-call prep running while we talk • A live discovery call: real questions about a real business, unscripted • Processing that fires the second we hang up • The draft output, and the exact point where the system stops and a human takes over

​While the machine works, we'll talk strategy. I'll cover where new AI projects break and miss the mark, what separates a business that's AI-curious from one that's AI-first, and why that gap isn't about budget. I'll also show you exactly what this costs. The global consultancies price this category of work in the six figures. I'll put my number next to theirs.

​Who should attend: Owner-operators, GMs, executives, and anyone in Hawaiʻi accountable for a P&L or AI implementation. If you've used ChatGPT, found it useful, and still can't picture how it becomes a valuable system your business runs on- this is for you. (Note: If you want a tools roundup or prompting tips, there are solid sessions elsewhere on the HTW calendar.)

​The Takeaway: You'll leave knowing how to approach an AI implementation and be able to explain how an engagement actually works from the outside in: what gets asked, what gets automated, what still needs a person, and what it should cost. Nobody shows that part because showing it means showing the seams... so that's exactly what I'm showing.

​At the close, I'm opening a Kamaʻāina AI Accelerator Program to Hawaiʻi businesses.

​The Details:
• Cost: Free
• Schedule: Pūpūs and refreshments at 4:45 PM. We start on time at 5:00 PM.