Beyond ChatGPT & Copilot: How Small Businesses Win with AI
You don't need an AI strategy. You need your evenings back.
Small business owners do every job at once: sales, admin, marketing, bookkeeping, customer service. Big companies are hiring AI to take on that work. This evening shows how a small business can do the same, without an IT team or a big budget.
What you'll get
A live demo of an AI employee running real small-business admin
An honest conversation with an owner-operator about growing an independent business
Other owners to swap notes with, and something good to drink
The evening
6:30pm: doors and drinks
7:00pm: live demo. Watch Saint, an AI employee, run small-business admin live: answering customer enquiries, booking appointments, chasing an unpaid invoice and drafting this week's social posts. No slides.
7:30pm: in conversation. Paul Walsh, CEO of Nirvana Brewery, the UK's dedicated alcohol-free brewery, on growing an independent brand and where AI fits in. He's bringing samples. Then Q&A.
8:00pm: drinks and networking until 9pm
Who it's for
Owners and managers of small businesses of every kind: shops, studios, agencies, clinics, trades, consultancies, cafés and online businesses.
About the demo
Saint is an AI employee with its own email and WhatsApp that takes on the admin. You brief it like a colleague and it gets on with the work. saint.work
Hosted by Encode Club at Encode Hub, London's AI centre in Shoreditch (41 Pitfield Street, London N1 6DA). Free to attend. Spaces are limited and every registration is reviewed by the team, so you'll hear from us once you're approved.