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2026-10-24 · Academy newsPut AI to Work free live webinar. 400+ business owners registered. One room. Tonight. Saturday October 24 at 6:30 PM AST, live with Curtis Jordan.

Over 400 Business Owners to Gather Tonight as Put AI to Work Goes Live

Over 400 business owners registered for the free Put AI to Work webinar with Curtis Jordan. The next step is the free School of AI for Business community, where they keep learning to put AI to work.

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2026-10-13 · Practical AIIllustrative Caribbean business colleagues checking handwritten meeting notes and a follow-up checklist.

Turn Messy Meeting Notes Into a Follow-Up You Can Trust

Use AI to separate decisions, actions, suggestions and open questions. Keep your follow-up accurate without inventing owners, deadlines or commitments.

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2026-10-12 · Practical AIIllustrative Caribbean business owner comparing two printed options at a sunlit workspace.

Too Many AI Suggestions? Choose One Business Move You Can Test

Compare two business options against your goal, time and available facts. Use AI to examine the trade-offs and choose a small test you can review.

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2026-10-11 · AI & FaithAI & Faith. It sounds human. What are we actually hearing? Illustrative man reflecting on an AI conversation at a computer.

It Sounds Human. What Are We Actually Hearing?

A Sunday reflection on AI, faith and trust: how conversational AI generates a response, what a human-sounding voice establishes, and what to check yourself.

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2026-10-11 · Practical AIIllustrative Caribbean business owner reviewing a printed work sample beside her laptop in a sunlit workspace.

Show AI What Good Work Looks Like

Use a strong example of your own work to guide AI's tone and structure. A practical exercise for clearer drafts, with a reusable prompt and a simple review.

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2026-10-10 · Practical AIIllustrative business colleagues checking an order exception together beside a laptop in a sunlit stockroom office.

Before You Automate a Business Task, Decide When AI Should Stop

Give your AI workflow clear stopping points: spot missing facts, name who makes the decision and test the awkward cases before allowing real actions.

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2026-10-09 · Practical AIIllustrative business owner reviewing a printed draft beside a notebook and laptop in a sunlit workspace.

Did AI Actually Help? Review One Task Before You Repeat It

A practical end-of-week review for business owners: check what you used, count the effort, save one correction and choose what is worth repeating.

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2026-10-08 · Content & visibilityIllustrative business owner documenting a design detail on a phone at a sunlit worktable.

You Already Have Content. It’s in the Work You Do.

Too busy to create content? The questions you answer and decisions you make each day can help people understand your expertise. Start with one useful lesson.

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2026-10-08 · Practical AIIllustrative Caribbean business owner turning scattered task notes into a clear brief beside a laptop.

Before You Delegate to AI, Define What “Done” Looks Like

A three-sentence brief helps you define the result, supply the right facts and decide what to check before using AI-generated work.

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2026-10-07 · Practical AIIllustrative shop owner reviewing a customer message on a phone against a paper checklist beside a laptop.

How to Build Customer Replies You Can Trust With AI

Use AI to uncover missing facts, check the promises in your wording and build one customer reply you can confidently reuse.

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2026-10-06 · Practical AIIllustrative business owner reviewing draft offer notes beside a laptop to simplify a service description.

What Do You Actually Sell? Make Your Offer Clear With AI

Turn a vague business description into one clear sentence with a practical AI prompt, local examples and a simple check for promises you cannot support.

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2026-10-01 · Website StudioIllustrative Caribbean business owner reviewing clear business information on a laptop and smartphone.

Can Customers Find Enough Information to Choose Your Business

A practical checklist for making your services, location and next step clear to a customer who is discovering your business for the first time.

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2026-10-01 · Website StudioIllustrative desk with a social post on a phone, a business webpage on a laptop, and understated Christmas planning details.

What Happens After Someone Sees Your Social Post

Connect your social posts to useful service information and an easy enquiry step, with practical ideas for preparing your Christmas offers.

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2026-10-01 · Website StudioIllustrative Caribbean business owner and designer reviewing a proposed website together.

See Your Website Before You Pay with CCA Website Studio

How the complimentary CCA Website Studio concept preview works, what happens before launch and which costs are separate.

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2026-09-25 · AI Summit GemsGive them proof. Why should a customer trust you? An artisan finishes a decorated bowl by hand.

What proof can your customer see?

Give customers a reason to trust your offer. Choose one real example, explain what it demonstrates, and place it where buyers can see it.

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2026-09-24 · AI Summit GemsMake it clear. Do customers understand your offer? A black-and-yellow balloon backdrop frames a birthday cake and party table.

Can a stranger explain what you sell?

Turn a vague service description into a clear offer. Use this simple sentence template and stranger test to improve your wording today.

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2026-09-24 · AI Summit GemsBe Found. A small-business owner stands at a storefront beside the question: Can the right people find you?

Can your next customer find you?

Check whether customers can find your business and recognize what you offer. Use this quick visibility exercise to improve one public profile today.

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2026-09-23 · Business & AIDiscernment at Speed. A Caribbean entrepreneur pauses to assess a decision in a warm, modern workspace.

The One Skill Every Entrepreneur Needs in the Age of AI

Curtis Jordan explains Discernment at Speed: how to notice meaningful change, make sound decisions and act while an opportunity still matters.

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2026-09-22 · Business & AIEditorial illustration of a Caribbean business owner and a shopper using a phone, with the headline A New Buyer Has Entered the Marketplace.

A New Buyer Has Entered the Marketplace

Your next customer may send AI to look for you. Is your business ready to be considered?

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2026-09-19 · Business & AIYou Have the Ideas. AI Can Help You Take Them Further. An open notebook shows an idea developing through sketches.

You Have the Ideas. AI Can Help You Take Them Further.

Your ideas deserve a chance to grow. Curtis Jordan explores how AI can help you create, test and develop them, with human judgment guiding the work.

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2026-09-17 · AI & LearningWho Benefits When We Fear AI? Curtis Jordan. Fear AI is highlighted in burgundy beside a glass prism in a brass frame.

Who Benefits When We Fear AI?

Fear can attract investment, attention and political support. How do we examine those interests while taking the risks seriously?

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2026-09-17 · Business & AIFound on Google. But no clicks? The words no clicks are underlined in gold beside a Caribbean business owner using a laptop.

Customers Can Find You on Google. Why Aren’t They Clicking?

New research shows why search visibility and website visits can move in different directions, and what business owners should do about it.

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2026-09-14 · AI & LearningI Teach AI. I Still Question the People Building It. Curtis Jordan. I Still Question is highlighted in burgundy beside a notebook, laptop and glass prism.

I Teach AI. I Still Question the People Building It.

Using AI in my business does not settle the questions about its safety, its economics or who gets to control it.

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2026-09-13 · AI & LearningHow Much Are Your Forgotten Subscriptions Costing You? – AI subscription audit by Curtis Jordan

How Much Are Your Forgotten Subscriptions Costing You?

Small monthly charges can quietly become hundreds or thousands of dollars a year. This practical AI-powered subscription audit can help you discover what you are paying for, decide what deserves to stay and stop unnecessary spending.

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2026-09-07

Which AI Model Should You Actually Use?

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2026-09-02

You Charged $100.. But They Were Willing to Pay $1,000.

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2026-08-26

Why Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Quietly Costing You..

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2026-08-05

The Bad Review You’re Afraid Of.. Might Be Your Biggest Opportunity.

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2026-08-03

Getting Found Is Half the Job. Getting Chosen Is the Other Half.

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2026-07-30

Your AI Does Not Know You, and It Does Not Work for You. Fix Both.

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2026-07-28

You Are Using AI Like a Toy. Here Is How You Start Building With It.

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2026-07-16

Fix Your Google Business Profile Now, Before AI Fills In the Blanks For You.

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2026-07-13

Data Centers in T&T: Nobody Knows If This Deal Is Good. Not Even the People Shouting.

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2026-07-09

The “Best Kept Secret” businesses in Trinidad are Still Going Under.

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2026-07-06

Your Business Isn’t Losing Because It’s Worse. It’s Losing Because It’s Blurry.

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2026-07-04

She Paid the Deposit and The Supplier Vanished.

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2026-06-30

More Businesses Are Being Born Right Now Than Ever Before. Here Is Why.

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2026-06-28

Business | While You Are Busy Building for Humans. The Web Is Now Being Read by Machines.

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2026-06-24

Your Customers Are Choosing Businesses Without You in the Room. Here’s Where to Fix It.

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2026-06-17

My Choice for Ultra Realistic AI Video Generation

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2026-06-15

We Are Not Afraid of AI. We Are Paying Attention.

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2026-06-13

World Cup 2026 Day 3: What the Latest Results Are Teaching Us About AI, Data and Prediction

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2026-06-11

FIFA World Cup 2026 Day 1 Update: The First Data Story of the First AI World Cup

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2026-06-06

Why Most People Are Failing at AI (And It Has Nothing to Do with AI)

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2026-06-04

One Person, One AI Stack, Infinite Possibility: Why The One-Man Company Narrative Is Actually About Access.

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2026-06-03

What’s Your AI Stack? Here’s Mine (It’s a Little Unconventional)

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2026-06-02

How to Use ChatGPT to Manage Your Week (A Real Guide for Busy People Who Forget Things)

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2026-06-01

Small Business AI Adoption in 2026: Turning Hype Into Real Results

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2026-05-30

You’re Not Bad at AI. You’re Just Catching Up.

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