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StoryBrand Guide Retreat · Build It to Last · Nashville

The Time
To Guide.

running a business that's highly autonomous and deeply human

Tues · Oct 27 · 2026★Nashville, Tenn.★Jay Owen
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How do you feel about AI right now?

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Jay at the computer, circa 1994
Circa 1994

Three times I thought, this changes everything.

1999

The Web

2007

The iPhone

2022

ChatGPT

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Change doesn't ask permission.

Will you be shaped by it, or will you shape it?

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Almost nobody pays for AI yet.

6 in 1,000 people worldwide pay for ChatGPT

OpenAI: 50 million+ paid consumer subscribers (Feb 2026, latest count) against 8.2 billion people.

30 in 1,000 US households pay for any AI tool

Bank of America Institute card data, March 2026: about 3% of households. PNC card data: about 2%.

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Real photo, or AI?

37%
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The machines take the tasks. The people take the people.
Highly
autonomous.
&
Deeply
human.

Relationship is the moat now.

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Your clients are scared of this too.

Empathy
Authority
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D.A.D.S.

D

Delete

A

Automate

D

Delegate

S

Schedule

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AI trick 1 of 5

Ask it to ask you questions.

Ask me any questions you need to create the best possible outcome.

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AI trick 2 of 5

Talk, don't type.

300words a minute talking
100words a minute typing
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AI trick 3 of 5

Give it your template.

Probabilistic

A different answer every time

→

Your BrandScript

The structure

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Deterministic

The same shape every time

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One workshop. A whole blueprint.

The Million Dollar Blueprint.

Sample diagnosis findings from a growth blueprint
Diagnosis
Sample BrandScript from a growth blueprint
BrandScript
Sample homepage hero from a growth blueprint
Homepage
Sample 12-month marketing plan timeline
12-month plan
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AI trick 4 of 5

Ask what you're missing.

Here's my P&L and last year's. What am I missing?

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AI trick 5 of 5

Make it a skill.

Create a skill from this so I can do the exact same thing next time.

Income values speed. Wealth values time.

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Watch the second pass.

"Write me a one-liner."

"Ask me any questions first."

Just talk back

"Make this a skill."

Next client. Same thing.

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Speed to concept.

The call ends

→

A concept that day

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Sprint with the client

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Your next hire is an agent.

Meta

Muse

Errands and bookings, right inside WhatsApp.

xAI

Grok Bot

Always on. Keeps working when your laptop is closed.

OpenAI

ChatGPT Dots

Background agents with their own browser.

Anthropic

Claude Duet

Daily briefs. Asks before it acts.

it works while you sleep. it asks before it acts.

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Same structure, second client.

The interview

→

The skill

→

New client

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Give clients a simple plan.

Start

The Million Dollar Blueprint

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Then

The build day

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Ongoing

The retainer

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AI tools to consider.

Building the webReplitClaude Code
DesignChatGPT
Meeting notesGranola
DictationWispr Flow

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We're only limited by our ideas and audience.

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Deliverables are dead!

Leading Guiding the client is the job.

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The machines take the tasks. The people take the people.

It's time
to guide.

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