A 110-person company just lost access to Claude. Cold cut off. And it got Pat thinking...what would happen to your business if your AI got taken away tomorrow?

This episode goes deep on the AI dependency trap most small business owners are sleepwalking into. Pat shares why building your business on someone else's software is starting to look like the late-2010s Facebook follower mistake, and what to watch as open-source models start to compete. Plus: Taco Tom from G2 Insurance on cyber coverage and the questions every owner should be asking, the new SBOC 2026 Professional Presence Workshop with Captain Cathy Trimboli and Rebekah Bryan, and the device Pat is buying to break his Twitter habit.

In this episode:

00:00 — May the 4th open and welcome

01:30 — Today's sponsor: Money Masters Bookkeeping

03:00 — Daily warm-up: positivity, gratitude, and your #1 task

07:00 — Distraction of the Day: the Brick (and Pat's Twitter problem)

12:00 — News: Iran, gas prices, and Spirit Airlines bankruptcy

15:00 — Kentucky Derby: 23-1 longshot and the first female trainer in 152 years

18:00 — SBOC 2026 Conference intro

19:00 — Guest: Taco Tom from G2 Insurance on cyber coverage

30:00 — AI Story of the Day: what if you lose access to Claude?

36:00 — Money Masters Bookkeeping spotlight

39:00 — SBOC 2026: the new Professional Presence Workshop with Captain Cathy Trimboli & Rebekah Bryan

46:00 — Stephanie Kern's Sticker of the Month Club

48:00 — Tomorrow on the show: Mike Michalowicz on The Money Habit

Resources mentioned:

- The Brick — focus device that blocks apps on your phone

- Tom Goman, G2 Insurance — business and cyber insurance

- Money Masters Bookkeeping (Barbara Faucet) — https://moneymastersforbiz.com

- Captain Cathy Trimboli — command presence workshop

- Rebekah Bryan — professional stylist, the 90/10 Rule and Red Shoe Theory

- Stephanie Kern, Vanderblooming Creative — Sticker of the Month Club

- Mike Michalowicz — The Money Habit (tomorrow's guest, 11am CT)

- Nikki at Genhead — open source AI models for small business

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