https://paddlingfuriously.com/portal/activity/company Powered by Question2Answer https://paddlingfuriously.com/portal/8/how-should-i-think-about-hiring-my-first-employee?show=16#a16 When I first hired someone, I tried to find an assistant who could help me with everything.  But it was hard to train them and I kept thinking it was easier to do it myself.  So then I made a list of the tasks I really didn't like or felt like they were wasting my time and found someone who could do many of those things.  Because the tasks were better defined, I was actually able to start with a remote virtual assistant, which wasn't very expensive.  It saved me time and took away a lot of the things that were bogging me down, so I felt much more productive Company https://paddlingfuriously.com/portal/8/how-should-i-think-about-hiring-my-first-employee?show=16#a16 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:02:29 +0000 https://paddlingfuriously.com/portal/4/are-using-ai-for-day-to-day-work?show=15#c15 I use it a lot for brainstorming -- help me think of a title for this, hash tags for that.  Often, the answers aren't great, but they help me think of something I like better.  Because it's so generic, I also use it to get a better sense of what the general thinking is on some subject so that I can take a different tack.  Lastly, it's really good for things that would previously have taken multiple google searches.  Let's say I want to research providers of a certain service.  Instead of googling a list of them & then researching each, I can ask AI to provide a list with a brief description of each. Company https://paddlingfuriously.com/portal/4/are-using-ai-for-day-to-day-work?show=15#c15 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:45:25 +0000