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 jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessment Chapters 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: jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessment Links & References Via this gdoc Take Action: Run an Australian business? Book a call at jakewoodhouse.io/ai-assessment Know someone who would benefit? Forward this episode. Connect Web: jakewoodhouse.io Email: hi@jakewoodhouse.io The gap isn't access. It's knowing where to start.