What I Learned Assessing 5 Australian Businesses for AI in 10 Days (JWP 121)
Ten days ago I sent an SMS to my warm network offering a free AI Business Assessment. Five business owners said yes. By Friday, I'd run five 20-minute calls, delivered five custom AI roadmaps, and identified between $1,560 and $17,400 of monthly value waiting to be unlocked.
Lewis, a construction and landscaping director in Melbourne, replied: "What once felt overwhelming now feels exciting."
This episode is the story of those 10 days — the SMS that started it, the five calls, the numbers, and the offer that's now live at:
http://jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessmentChapters:
- 00:00 — Lewis testimonial
- 02:00 — Why I paused The Durable Man
- 04:30 — The Deloitte stat that flipped a switch
- 06:30 — The SMS experiment
- 09:00 — The five calls
- 14:00 — The numbers
- 17:00 — The system: Zoom → Claude → Gamma
- 19:30 — The offer & the guarantee
- 22:00 — The Rova experiment and AI slop
- 25:00 — Final thoughts & how to take this up
In This Episode:
- Why I paused The Durable Man and what my wife saw that I didn't
- The Deloitte Nov 2025 stat that flipped a switch (1 in 3 Aussie businesses don't know where to start with AI)
- The 60-word SMS that got an extraordinary reply rate
- Five businesses, five roadmaps:
- Mat (landscaping) — automating labour metrics on invoices
- Lewis (construction & landscaping) — AI for design mockups
- Paul (retail) — winning back time for marketing across 300 suppliers
- Tom (mould inspection) — compacting 12 hours of reporting
- Pete (accounting) — $17,400/month of billable time leaking into admin
- The system: 20 min Zoom → Claude → Gamma → 48-hour PDF
- Why the report pays for itself in month one (and why I'll refund if it doesn't)
- The Rova experiment and why human stories still beat AI slop
The Offer:
AI Business Assessment — $999 AUD
- 20-minute Zoom call
- Bespoke PDF report delivered within 48 hours
- Two tiers in every report: 4 low-hanging-fruit you can implement this week, 3 longer-term projects worth scoping
- Report-Pays-For-Itself guarantee — full refund if the monthly ROI identified doesn't exceed the cost
Book yours:
http://jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessmentLinks & References:
- Via this gdoc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l2NWf_ex_zZ_Nx3cuGdC0ApPyPpmEbVkS83RQ_wtaNE/edit?tab=t.0)Take Action:
1. Run an Australian business? Book a call at
http://jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessment2. Know someone who would benefit? Forward this episode.
Connect:
- Web:
http://jakewoodhouse.io- Email:
[email protected]The gap isn't access. It's knowing where to start