Deborah Deras Has Nine Sessions for You. Yes, Nine. Small Business AI Is Apparently Quite Involved.
Deborah Deras, an AI educator and author, is conducting a nine-part training series for Ventura County small business owners. The curriculum covers customer acquisition, time reduction, and revenue growth using contemporary AI tools.
This illustrates the pedagogical reality that tool fluency requires sustained engagement, not a single tutorial. You must budget time proportional to the complexity of the capability you wish to acquire.
Deborah Deras, an AI educator, leadership consultant, and author, is delivering the series to Ventura County small business owners via Threads.
Step 1: Identify one repetitive business task you perform weekly (invoicing, email responses, social media scheduling). Step 2: Open a consumer AI tool such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Google Gemini and prompt it with this exact framing: 'I run [business type]. I spend [hours] per week on [task]. Create a 3-step workflow to reduce this by 50% using AI tools I already have access to.' Step 3: Implement one suggestion from the output within 48 hours and measure the time before and after.