AI Breakdown

SME growth supercharged with AI

November 11, 2026ยท34 min
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๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐Ÿ‘€This week Kree and Varun sit down in studio with Nishant Raina, Vice President of Product Management for Small and Medium Enterprises at Mastercard Canada, who led the launch of Mastercard Navigator here and teaches product leadership at BrainStation.This week on ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง:๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌGetting busy used to mean posting a job. Now it can mean a subscription bought on a card that starts working the same afternoon.Inside the conversation:๐Ÿ”ด Tools that do real work running from about $20 a month per seat to a few hundred, with one worked example handling 70% of customer queries at $1,500 a month๐Ÿ”ด Spending heading toward roughly $2,000 per employee a year, with about 56% of vendors blending a flat fee with usage charges๐Ÿ”ด Integration alone adding 20 to 40% to a budget๐Ÿ”ด What separates the businesses that became genuinely intelligent from the ones that bought a lot of toolsIs this a person problem or a capacity problem? Choose on purpose. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธStream on :โ–ถ๏ธ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUBโ–ถ๏ธ Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyqโ–ถ๏ธ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdownโ–ถ๏ธ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599โ–ถ๏ธ iHeart Radio :  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/โ–ถ๏ธ Web: smbaimagazine.comโ–ถ๏ธ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.

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