GEO for Small Business: Be the Answer When People Ask AI (GAP Summit Side Event)
If your customers are asking ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, Perplexity, or Claude instead of searching on Google — your business needs GEO (Generative Engine Optimization).
This workshop shows non-technical founders how to make your product show up inside AI answers — using simple templates, plain language, and zero code.
You’ll leave with:
✅ A finished “AI-ready answer box” about your business
✅ A page or profile upgraded so AI can read and quote you
✅ A weekly checklist to track visibility in under 10 minutes
No jargon. No SEO gymnastics. Just practical, repeatable steps.
Ideal for: Small business owners, startup founders, solo operators, and community org leaders.
Seats are limited. Save your spot
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Your Customers Aren’t “Searching” Anymore.
They’re asking AI:
“What’s the best coffee shop near me?”
“Which local nonprofits help new parents?”
“What tools help startups pitch investors?”
“What’s a good tutoring center in my area?”
If your organization isn’t appearing in AI answers, you’re invisible — even if your website is beautiful, your product is great, and your brand has heart.
This is where GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) comes in.
What You’ll Learn
In this 90-minute hands-on workshop, you'll learn:
What GEO is (in plain English)
How AI assistants choose which businesses to recommend.A simple repeatable workflow
to make your business show up in AI answers — without coding, prompts, or expensive tools.How to write “AI-ready” content
using a friendly template that fits on any webpage, profile, or social bio.
What You’ll Walk Away With
You won’t just learn — you’ll produce:
✅ Your own Answer Box (2–3 sentences AI loves to quote)
✅ A page upgrade that makes your business easier for AI to recognize
✅ A channel plan showing exactly where to publish it
✅ A one-page visibility tracker (no analytics setup needed)
Every participant completes at least one real, shippable asset in the session.
Who This Is For
This workshop is designed for non-technical professionals:
Small business owners
Startup founders
Creative entrepreneurs
Coaches & consultants
Community org leaders
Operations marketing comms leads
If you can write a sentence, you can do GEO.
No jargon. No algorithms. No overwhelm.
Why This Matters Now
AI assistants already influence 70%+ of product and service discovery (Gartner 2024).
Search is shifting fast.
This is the new visibility.
And early movers get the advantage.
About the instructor:
This workshop is led by Quanlai Li, founder of DrLambda and a leading voice in the emerging field of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) — the new way businesses show up inside AI answers. Quanlai has helped hundreds of startups and small businesses adapt to the AI-first search era by simplifying complex concepts into clear, actionable steps.
In this session, Quanlai will guide participants through creating an “AI-ready answer box” and optimizing their profiles so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google’s AI Overview can easily recognize and recommend their business.
Seats are limited — only 100 participants will be accepted for this session.
Every attendee will also receive:
📘 A complimentary copy of The GEO Handbook: How to Make Your Business Visible in the AI Era
🎟️ A 2-Day Pass to the Global AI Pitch Summit — Silicon Valley, where founders, investors, and innovators from around the world gather to shape the future of AI.
Main Event:https://luma.com/GAP2025
About the communities behind this:
Bay Area Founders Club (BFC)
A space where founders actually support one another — with shared resources, honest reflection, and real help. Not just networking — real community.
Stanford Entrepreneurs
A global alumni network of Stanford founders, builders, and investors who connect, learn, and grow together at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey.
Stanford Founders
A cross-disciplinary network within the Stanford ecosystem that helps graduate-founders find collaborators, co-founders, and early-stage support across fields and continents.
Global AI Pitch Summit
A platform bringing together founders, researchers, and investors who are shaping the next wave of AI. This summit is one chapter in a larger, ongoing global conversation.
We’re not just hosting events.
We’re building a shared table and there is room here for thoughtful, curious builders. 🌍