AI consulting and training for small business
Your team has access to the most powerful technology ever. Let’s put it to use.
I led the tech enablement of a traditional business for 25 years. Now I help owners and their teams put Claude to work on what they do every day: marketing, sales, customer service, production, manufacturing, finance and operations. Start with an AI Assessment, or bring a free workshop to your group.
Experienced business operator with a career focused on technology enablement.
“There has never been a technology that creates as much leverage as AI for the time required to learn it.”
Get started
Start with the one that fits your business.
AI Assessment
Three hours on site talking through how your business runs and where technology and AI fit. You get a written report within 10 days and a one-hour online review. The full $1,500 is due once the report is delivered.
Free AI workshop
A 90-minute session for chambers of commerce, industry groups and peer groups: 30 minutes of AI literacy, 40 minutes of live demos with Claude, 20 minutes of questions. No sales pitch.
Then go further
Control your data. Own your software. Build your knowledge vault.
Three 90-day engagements result in a blueprint that defines your path to self-sovereignty: control of your own data and systems, with low or no software costs. After that, I can stay on as your Fractional Chief AI Officer.
New · Own Your Website workshop · $375
Move your WordPress or Wix site to HTML you own.
Two hours, live online, Tuesday evenings at 5:30 Eastern, starting November 24. You leave with your site running and editable with Claude, or you don’t pay.
About Greg
The technology is the easy part. Culture is what makes it work.
I am an owner of Flexo Concepts, a Plymouth manufacturer, and ran it with my partner for 25 years, and I've implemented technology inside running businesses for 40. I've never sold technology. I've only put it to work, hands-on.
Flexo Concepts has an award-winning culture of continuous improvement and runs a paperless operation with all-digital workflows. I bring that mix of business background, technology experience and continuous improvement to the owners I work with.
“When someone asks me whether something can be done, my answer is usually the same: ask Claude.”
Free · 20-minute call with Greg
Not sure where to start? Talk it through with Greg.
Twenty minutes, no pitch. Tell me what’s hard in your business, and I’ll tell you where AI can help first.
Questions people ask
How do I get started with AI in my small business?
The simplest way to start is an AI Assessment: three hours on site at your business, then a written report within 10 days with your first steps in priority order. If you would rather learn first, I run free 90-minute AI workshops for chambers of commerce and business groups.
How much does an AI consultant cost?
SMB AI’s AI Assessment is $1,500, due once the report is delivered. Workshops are free. The extended engagements are Base Camp (from $35,000), Ascent (from $25,000) and Summit (from $15,000), each 90 days. The Fractional Chief AI Officer is $5,000 to $10,000 a month.
What does SMB AI do?
SMB AI helps businesses take control of their data, own their software and build a knowledge vault their team and their AI can use, with a goal of cutting software and IT spend by up to 80%. Services include on-site assessments, free workshops, three 90-day engagements, a Fractional Chief AI Officer, and monthly Guardrail, Foundry, Vault, Keep and Cypher services.
Where do you work?
SMB AI is based in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Assessments and the extended engagements happen on site across Massachusetts and New England. Report reviews and Fractional Chief AI Officer sessions can be done online.
Do I need to be technical to use AI?
No. If you can run a business, you can do this. The assessment, the workshops and the training are built for owners and their teams, not engineers.
Who is behind SMB AI?
Greg Howell. He has owned a business for 25 years, led sales, marketing, finance, engineering, HR, manufacturing and IT, and has implemented technology inside running businesses for 40 years. Flexo Concepts, his Plymouth manufacturing company, runs a paperless operation with all digital workflows.