AI Employee Training

Greg Isenberg shares his experience using AI tools like Manus and Claude to automate business processes, create content, and handle customer interactions. He believes AI is transforming how businesses operate, saving his company millions while enabling them to work at speeds and scales impossible with humans alone.

Key Points:

• AI as the Ultimate Employee

  • Greg calls Manus an ideal employee: "mattis takes no vacations"
  • Sam jokes that human employees say things like "hey my grandma died I gotta go to the funeral in tampa I'll be back in two weeks" and take long vacations

• Business Impact of AI Automation

  • Greg estimates they're saving "$5,000,000 a year +" through AI implementation
  • "We're doing things at a speed and scale we wouldn't be able to do with human beings realistically"
  • Prevents leaving "money on the table" especially with quick response times for partnerships

• AI Tools Greg Uses

  • Manus - described as "night and day" better than ChatGPT for certain tasks
  • Claude - can make phone calls and have voice conversations
  • Lindy - for automated email responses and customer interactions
  • Also mentions Gumloop and n8n as alternatives

• Practical AI Applications

  • Creating detailed project plans and to-do lists automatically
  • Building quizzes and product features
  • Automating customer response systems
  • Setting up feedback collection systems

• AI Prompt Engineering Tips

  • Ask the AI for the best prompt: "It might be the biggest hack of using LLMs"
  • "You will never be able to outprompt the person/software that sees all the prompts"
  • Role-playing prompts: "Pretend you're XYZ person you look up to"

• Leadership Implications

  • Sam wonders: "I feel like all of my employees need to know how to do all this"
  • Questions if his "job as the boss [is] just to be teaching people how to use AI"
  • Considers whether to "hire a Greg" or learn to teach everyone himself

• Company Structure

  • Greg has about "55-60" employees
  • His company both builds AI products and offers agency services through boringmarketing.com