Dear Ben https://dearben.ai/episodes Practical AI for CEOs Who Don’t Have Time for BS Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. en 2026 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:53:41 +0000 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:53:41 +0000 feeds@ausha.co (Ausha) Ausha (https://www.ausha.co) us Ben Fisher Ben Fisher ben@skinnyandbald.com Practical AI for CEOs Who Don’t Have Time for BS Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. false no no yes episodic Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time for BS. Ben Fisher ben@skinnyandbald.com Practical AI for CEOs Who Don’t Have Time for BS Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. false Support us! Technology Business https://image.ausha.co/ycj8OB6hMxcC5OWPWQu2Ki2m6f02NKb9oe1sIGIr_1400x1400.jpeg?t=1772428451 Dear Ben https://dearben.ai/episodes What AI Workflows Are You Sleeping On? nirI-SXmkU0 Andrew Warner asked: "Every time I talk to a founder, I hear about some AI workflow I never would have thought to try. What are the non-obvious ones you're seeing?"

Most people use AI to make stuff. The overlooked category: using AI to mirror things back to you. Scoring. Flagging. Routing. That's where the leverage is hiding.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

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# SHOW NOTES

- The Make vs Mirror Matrix: you're probably doing Make — but Mirror is where the blind spots live
- Jeff Brewer gets rated on clarity, decisiveness, and interruptions after every single meeting
- Dan Shipper built a system that flags when he's avoiding confrontation
- Wade Foster (Zapier CEO) scores team meetings against Five Dysfunctions and sends individual feedback
- Pete Sena's mega prompt analyzed 13 years of my notes and surfaced patterns I'd forgotten
- Chris Brownridge routes meeting actions to Linear/calendar automatically via Claude agent
- One meeting. One mirror workflow. Ship it. Stack from there.

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# TOOLS MENTIONED

- Motion AI Exec Coach (meeting scoring)
- Granola (local-first meeting notes)
- Zapier (automation)
- Fireflies (meeting transcription)
- Claude Desktop / Claude Code (local file analysis)
- Linear (task routing)

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# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2x CEO, 3x CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Andrew Warner asked: "Every time I talk to a founder, I hear about some AI workflow I never would have thought to try. What are the non-obvious ones you're seeing?"

Most people use AI to make stuff. The overlooked category: using AI to mirror things back to you. Scoring. Flagging. Routing. That's where the leverage is hiding.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

--

# SHOW NOTES

- The Make vs Mirror Matrix: you're probably doing Make — but Mirror is where the blind spots live
- Jeff Brewer gets rated on clarity, decisiveness, and interruptions after every single meeting
- Dan Shipper built a system that flags when he's avoiding confrontation
- Wade Foster (Zapier CEO) scores team meetings against Five Dysfunctions and sends individual feedback
- Pete Sena's mega prompt analyzed 13 years of my notes and surfaced patterns I'd forgotten
- Chris Brownridge routes meeting actions to Linear/calendar automatically via Claude agent
- One meeting. One mirror workflow. Ship it. Stack from there.

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

- Motion AI Exec Coach (meeting scoring)
- Granola (local-first meeting notes)
- Zapier (automation)
- Fireflies (meeting transcription)
- Claude Desktop / Claude Code (local file analysis)
- Linear (task routing)

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2x CEO, 3x CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:48:44 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/what-ai-workflows-are-you-sleeping-on-dear-ben Ben Fisher false Claude,ChatGPT,product development,artificial intelligence (ai) 16:39 full Andrew Warner asked: "Every time I talk to a founder, I hear about some AI workflow I never would have thought to try. What are the non-obvious ones you're seeing?" Most people use AI to make stuff. The overlooked category: using AI to mirror things... Ben Fisher false How Do I Turn Conversations Into Actual Work Artifacts? 6_mpSX9KdF4 Work happens in conversations. The problem is it stays there.

You hash out a product idea, talk through requirements, make decisions — and then somehow you're supposed to recreate all of that in a document later. That's where everything falls apart.

I use AI to extract the work that already happened and turn it into artifacts that keep the momentum going. PRDs, user stories, requirements — pulled straight from the conversation.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

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# SHOW NOTES

• Work happens in conversations — but it stays trapped there
• The "missing middle" — decisions made verbally rarely become documents
• Extract the work, don't recreate it — AI pulls out what you already figured out
• Zero-draft artifacts — PRDs, user stories, requirements from the conversation itself
• Pressure-test with clarifying questions — surface gaps before you build
• 95% of the work already done — you just need to extract it

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# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Fireflies.ai — Meeting recording and transcription
• Claude Desktop — Extraction and synthesis
• Claude Code — Workflow automation
• claude-code-requirements-builder — Requirements extraction workflow

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Work happens in conversations. The problem is it stays there.

You hash out a product idea, talk through requirements, make decisions — and then somehow you're supposed to recreate all of that in a document later. That's where everything falls apart.

I use AI to extract the work that already happened and turn it into artifacts that keep the momentum going. PRDs, user stories, requirements — pulled straight from the conversation.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

--

# SHOW NOTES

• Work happens in conversations — but it stays trapped there
• The "missing middle" — decisions made verbally rarely become documents
• Extract the work, don't recreate it — AI pulls out what you already figured out
• Zero-draft artifacts — PRDs, user stories, requirements from the conversation itself
• Pressure-test with clarifying questions — surface gaps before you build
• 95% of the work already done — you just need to extract it

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Fireflies.ai — Meeting recording and transcription
• Claude Desktop — Extraction and synthesis
• Claude Code — Workflow automation
• claude-code-requirements-builder — Requirements extraction workflow

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:31:28 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/how-do-i-turn-conversations-into-actual-work-artifacts-dear-ben Ben Fisher false 10:58 full Work happens in conversations. The problem is it stays there. You hash out a product idea, talk through requirements, make decisions — and then somehow you're supposed to recreate all of that in a document later. That's where everything falls apart.... Ben Fisher false Behind the Build: How I Prep Dear Ben Episodes with AI (Part 1) Cydd3pFhAVY This isn't a Q&A episode — it's for builders who want to see how I actually work.

I walk through using Claude Code and Every's skill creator to build the system that helps me prepare for Dear Ben episodes. The process: do it manually first, pay attention to what you repeat, then systematize.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

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# SHOW NOTES

• Do it manually first, then systematize — I did this process by hand several times before building the automation
• AI is probabilistic, not deterministic — the agent built the skill but forgot to create the slash command
• ChatGPT's Prompt Optimizer genuinely improves prompt efficacy, even for Claude
• The LLM asking questions extracts your thinking — it's a brainstorming tool that forces you to articulate what you believe
• Four phases: Ideation, Content Development, Proof of Concept, Blind Spots

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# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Claude Code
• ChatGPT Prompt Optimizer
• Every's Skill Creator Agent

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> This isn't a Q&A episode — it's for builders who want to see how I actually work.

I walk through using Claude Code and Every's skill creator to build the system that helps me prepare for Dear Ben episodes. The process: do it manually first, pay attention to what you repeat, then systematize.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

--

# SHOW NOTES

• Do it manually first, then systematize — I did this process by hand several times before building the automation
• AI is probabilistic, not deterministic — the agent built the skill but forgot to create the slash command
• ChatGPT's Prompt Optimizer genuinely improves prompt efficacy, even for Claude
• The LLM asking questions extracts your thinking — it's a brainstorming tool that forces you to articulate what you believe
• Four phases: Ideation, Content Development, Proof of Concept, Blind Spots

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Claude Code
• ChatGPT Prompt Optimizer
• Every's Skill Creator Agent

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:04:45 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/behind-the-build-how-i-prep-dear-ben-episodes-with-ai-part-1-dear-ben Ben Fisher false 24:17 full This isn't a Q&A episode — it's for builders who want to see how I actually work. I walk through using Claude Code and Every's skill creator to build the system that helps me prepare for Dear Ben episodes. The process: do it manually first, pay a... Ben Fisher false How Do I Index Sales Collateral So My Team Can Find It? LK5AXNLlGq4 Murali asked: "I run a 600-person software dev agency. How do I index our sales material so my team can actually find what they need?"

Before jumping to AI, ask: is this a process problem or a familiarity problem? When the people creating docs aren't the ones searching, semantic search creates real leverage.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

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# SHOW NOTES

• First question: is this a structure problem? At 600 people with creators ≠ searchers, it's not
• Lindy gives full visibility into prompts — you can tweak and experiment, not just hope it works
• The agent builder gets you 85% there; you course correct the rest
• Use a smaller model for retrieval — it's not reasoning, save budget for generation
• 5-minute setup: Google Drive → Lindy → Slack integration
• Future extension: calendar triggers that auto-fetch docs before meetings

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Lindy AI — automation platform with prompt visibility and agent builder
• Fireflies — AI note-taker with real-time knowledge base features (bonus)

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Murali asked: "I run a 600-person software dev agency. How do I index our sales material so my team can actually find what they need?"

Before jumping to AI, ask: is this a process problem or a familiarity problem? When the people creating docs aren't the ones searching, semantic search creates real leverage.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

--

# SHOW NOTES

• First question: is this a structure problem? At 600 people with creators ≠ searchers, it's not
• Lindy gives full visibility into prompts — you can tweak and experiment, not just hope it works
• The agent builder gets you 85% there; you course correct the rest
• Use a smaller model for retrieval — it's not reasoning, save budget for generation
• 5-minute setup: Google Drive → Lindy → Slack integration
• Future extension: calendar triggers that auto-fetch docs before meetings

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Lindy AI — automation platform with prompt visibility and agent builder
• Fireflies — AI note-taker with real-time knowledge base features (bonus)

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:59:25 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/how-do-i-index-sales-collateral-so-my-team-can-find-it-dear-ben Ben Fisher false Claude,ChatGPT,product development,artificial intelligence (ai) 07:35 full Murali asked: "I run a 600-person software dev agency. How do I index our sales material so my team can actually find what they need?" Before jumping to AI, ask: is this a process problem or a familiarity problem? When the people creating docs aren't... Ben Fisher false How Do I Win at AI Search When Nobody Really Knows the Rules? 8JDdpFcY7TY Henry asked: "What's your best practice advice for winning AI search? Nobody really knows how to game the system."

There's a lot of speculation presented as fact in this space. But practitioners who've been deep in SEO are starting to converge on real patterns. I brought in Chirag from Taco to break down what's actually working.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

---

# SHOW NOTES

• LLMs run web searches behind the scenes — if you don't rank on Google, you probably won't rank in ChatGPT
• Turn keywords into questions: "dandruff shampoo" becomes "what are the best dandruff shampoos for men?"
• Identify where LLMs pull citations from — Reddit, listicles, authoritative publications in your vertical
• Create content on third-party sites that LLMs already trust (Reddit threads, guest posts, affiliate sites)
• Spam tactics get plugged fast — same as traditional SEO
• Some startups have leapfrogged traditional SEO for LLM placement (Lenny's podcast goes deeper)

--

# FEATURING

Chirag Kulkarni — Founder & CEO, Taco (AI-powered SEO agency)
Forbes 30 Under 30 (Marketing). Former CMO at Medly Pharmacy (scaled 1→50 pharmacies, $100M+ revenue).
• Website: https://taco.co/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiragkulkarni/

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Scrunch
• Air Ops
• Profound

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Henry asked: "What's your best practice advice for winning AI search? Nobody really knows how to game the system."

There's a lot of speculation presented as fact in this space. But practitioners who've been deep in SEO are starting to converge on real patterns. I brought in Chirag from Taco to break down what's actually working.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

---

# SHOW NOTES

• LLMs run web searches behind the scenes — if you don't rank on Google, you probably won't rank in ChatGPT
• Turn keywords into questions: "dandruff shampoo" becomes "what are the best dandruff shampoos for men?"
• Identify where LLMs pull citations from — Reddit, listicles, authoritative publications in your vertical
• Create content on third-party sites that LLMs already trust (Reddit threads, guest posts, affiliate sites)
• Spam tactics get plugged fast — same as traditional SEO
• Some startups have leapfrogged traditional SEO for LLM placement (Lenny's podcast goes deeper)

--

# FEATURING

Chirag Kulkarni — Founder & CEO, Taco (AI-powered SEO agency)
Forbes 30 Under 30 (Marketing). Former CMO at Medly Pharmacy (scaled 1→50 pharmacies, $100M+ revenue).
• Website: https://taco.co/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiragkulkarni/

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Scrunch
• Air Ops
• Profound

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:47:31 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/how-do-i-win-at-ai-search-when-nobody-really-knows-the-rules-dear-ben Ben Fisher false Claude,ChatGPT,product development,artificial intelligence (ai) 05:00 full Henry asked: "What's your best practice advice for winning AI search? Nobody really knows how to game the system." There's a lot of speculation presented as fact in this space. But practitioners who've been deep in SEO are starting to converge on rea... Ben Fisher false Behind the Build: Building a Sales Collateral Bot with Lindy (Part 2) P7JxLJjF5qo Part 2 of the behind-the-scenes series. I take Claude's workflow spec and build it in Lindy — and debug it live when things break.

The lesson: check templates first before building from scratch. Lindy has out-of-the-box knowledge base templates I could have started with.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

--

# SHOW NOTES

• Check templates first — Lindy has out-of-the-box knowledge base templates I should have used
• Debug in public — Google connections drop, folder IDs get lost, agents hang
• Multiple approaches exist — agent-built workflow vs. template, different tradeoffs
• Token efficiency matters — different workflow structures have different credit consumption
• Use Claude to generate test data — I had it create 10 fake sales documents for the demo

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Lindy AI (agent builder, knowledge base templates)
• Google Drive integration
• Slack integration

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Part 2 of the behind-the-scenes series. I take Claude's workflow spec and build it in Lindy — and debug it live when things break.

The lesson: check templates first before building from scratch. Lindy has out-of-the-box knowledge base templates I could have started with.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

--

# SHOW NOTES

• Check templates first — Lindy has out-of-the-box knowledge base templates I should have used
• Debug in public — Google connections drop, folder IDs get lost, agents hang
• Multiple approaches exist — agent-built workflow vs. template, different tradeoffs
• Token efficiency matters — different workflow structures have different credit consumption
• Use Claude to generate test data — I had it create 10 fake sales documents for the demo

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Lindy AI (agent builder, knowledge base templates)
• Google Drive integration
• Slack integration

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:30:05 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/behind-the-build-building-a-sales-collateral-bot-with-lindy-part-2-dear-ben Ben Fisher false Claude,ChatGPT,product development,artificial intelligence (ai) 11:24 full Part 2 of the behind-the-scenes series. I take Claude's workflow spec and build it in Lindy — and debug it live when things break. The lesson: check templates first before building from scratch. Lindy has out-of-the-box knowledge base templates I cou... Ben Fisher false How Do You Manage Junior Devs Using AI to Build Beyond Their Skill Level? 4dMYmULSAVQ Jason asked: "How do you manage junior developers when they're using AI to build systems more sophisticated than they understand?"

The solution isn't more oversight — it's constraints that force understanding. I share three practices that work together.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

---

# SHOW NOTES

• Spec-driven development: write what the system should do in plain language before any code
• Opinionated frameworks: use Next.js or T3 stack to prevent AI from inventing architecture
• Test-driven validation: understand what each test proves, not just that tests exist
• Why these three rules create the same constraint: forced understanding
• Bonus: invest in a fractional coach for code reviews and AI workflow guidance

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Next.js
• T3 Stack

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Jason asked: "How do you manage junior developers when they're using AI to build systems more sophisticated than they understand?"

The solution isn't more oversight — it's constraints that force understanding. I share three practices that work together.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

---

# SHOW NOTES

• Spec-driven development: write what the system should do in plain language before any code
• Opinionated frameworks: use Next.js or T3 stack to prevent AI from inventing architecture
• Test-driven validation: understand what each test proves, not just that tests exist
• Why these three rules create the same constraint: forced understanding
• Bonus: invest in a fractional coach for code reviews and AI workflow guidance

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Next.js
• T3 Stack

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:29:42 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/how-do-you-manage-junior-devs-using-ai-to-build-beyond-their-skill-level-dear-ben Ben Fisher false Claude,ChatGPT,product development,artificial intelligence (ai) 04:48 full Jason asked: "How do you manage junior developers when they're using AI to build systems more sophisticated than they understand?" The solution isn't more oversight — it's constraints that force understanding. I share three practices that work togeth... Ben Fisher false Can AI Create My Content, Let Me Approve It, and Post It Everywhere? AxRbhGHGXeE Jeff asked: "Can AI generate my content, let me approve it in Slack, then auto-post to LinkedIn, X, and Reddit?"

The orchestration is easy — scheduling, APIs, multi-platform posting. That's solved. The hard part is content quality. Getting AI output that doesn't sound like AI.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

---

# SHOW NOTES

• Why orchestration (scheduling, APIs) is the easy part — every platform handles that
• The real bottleneck: content quality and voice consistency
• AI writing tools vs. automation platforms: black boxes vs. build-it-yourself
• Lindy as middle ground: prompt visibility + Slack review + workflow automation
• 15-minute proof-of-concept walkthrough with Claude Sonnet 3.5
• Year one cost: ~$2,100 (vs. 260 hours of manual content creation)

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Lindy.ai
• Zapier.com / Make.com

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Jeff asked: "Can AI generate my content, let me approve it in Slack, then auto-post to LinkedIn, X, and Reddit?"

The orchestration is easy — scheduling, APIs, multi-platform posting. That's solved. The hard part is content quality. Getting AI output that doesn't sound like AI.

Ask your own question at DearBen.ai.

---

# SHOW NOTES

• Why orchestration (scheduling, APIs) is the easy part — every platform handles that
• The real bottleneck: content quality and voice consistency
• AI writing tools vs. automation platforms: black boxes vs. build-it-yourself
• Lindy as middle ground: prompt visibility + Slack review + workflow automation
• 15-minute proof-of-concept walkthrough with Claude Sonnet 3.5
• Year one cost: ~$2,100 (vs. 260 hours of manual content creation)

--

# TOOLS MENTIONED

• Lindy.ai
• Zapier.com / Make.com

--

# ABOUT DEARBEN.AI

Practical AI for CEOs who don't have time to become AI experts.

Ben Fisher — 2× CEO, 3× CTO.
A founder-to-founder experiment answering real AI questions from operators running real companies.

Ask yours at https://DearBen.ai

--

# CONNECT

Website: https://DearBen.ai
LinkedIn: https://fshr.co/profile
X: https://x.com/skinnyandbald


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]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:29:21 +0000 https://podcast.ausha.co/dear-ben-ai/can-ai-create-my-content-let-me-approve-it-and-post-it-everywhere-dear-ben Ben Fisher false Claude,ChatGPT,product development,artificial intelligence (ai) 12:38 full Jeff asked: "Can AI generate my content, let me approve it in Slack, then auto-post to LinkedIn, X, and Reddit?" The orchestration is easy — scheduling, APIs, multi-platform posting. That's solved. The hard part is content quality. Getting AI output... Ben Fisher false