u/Chance_Eagle_4641

I keep seeing people recommend AI employees for small businesses. Like every other day there is some new AI platform saying it can run sales, marketing, support, research, admin.

I run a small B2B startup with my cofounder. Hiring anyone full time is not really possible for us right now, even a VA, so we are trying to figure out what can be handled with AI instead.

Right now we are trying to figure out if these AI employees can actually take some work off our plate, or if they are just normal AI chat apps with a nicer dashboard.

Main things we need help with are finding good fit companies, doing basic market research, helping with outreach, writing content, and maybe answering basic customer questions.

I dont expect it to replace a real person. Just wondering if these AI employees are actually useful in real work, or if you still need to check everything and correct half of it yourself.

Been seeing more people talk about AI workforce tools that are not just chatbots but actual AI employees/workers that handle things like lead follow ups, customer support, inbox replies, missed calls, and basic admin.

The idea sounds useful in theory, especially if you are trying to respond faster without hiring another person. But I’m curious how it works once real customers are involved.

Is anyone here actually using an AI workforce for lead follow ups or support? Does it save time without needing constant checking, or does it turn into another thing you have to manage every day?

Would love to hear what setup people are using and what has actually been reliable. Thanks

I keep doing this thing where I know exactly what I need to do, but I just sit there and avoid starting.

It’s not even always a hard task. Sometimes it’s just sending an email, opening a doc, cleaning one thing, whatever but my brain treats it like some huge impossible mission.

I’ve tried timers and to-do lists, but sometimes I just use those to procrastinate too.

What do you do in that exact moment when you need to start, but really don’t want to?