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Small Business Daily Podcast — October 9, 2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
Meta streamlines AI use for brands with new business agent, creative tools
By Jessica Hammers — October 2, 2025
Source: Marketing Dive
Meta launched Business AI to help small and mid-sized businesses deliver product recommendations and sales guidance across Facebook, Instagram, messaging, and their own sites, alongside new creative tools like AI-generated music, dubbing, and persona-based image generation. A new Meta AI business assistant inside Ads Manager will offer optimization tips and troubleshooting to select SMBs this year, with broader access planned for 2026. Meta is also testing virtual try-ons and expanding creator discovery tools—timely upgrades heading into the holiday season.
A top entrepreneur says these 3 steps will separate the winners from the wiped-out in the age of AI
By Thibault Spirlet — October 8, 2025
Source: Business Insider
Daniel Priestley argues that the next five years will split AI “haves and have-nots,” urging leaders to: rebuild their business as if it already failed, treat AI like limitless free labor via agents, and scale with a lean 30-person team using his 2-4-8-30 model. His message: move fast, integrate AI into the core, and build agile teams that can ship at machine speed. For founders, the actionable takeaway is to run the “your business is dead” workshop to expose vulnerabilities and redesign around AI now—not later.
UiPath pushes into agentic AI: Buy the stock?
By Trefis Team — October 8, 2025
Source: Forbes
UiPath is pivoting from rules-based RPA to agentic automation, striking partnerships with OpenAI, Nvidia, Google, Snowflake, and Microsoft to embed advanced language and multimodal models into enterprise workflows. The company shows solid growth and reasonable valuation, but profitability and volatility remain watch-outs. For operators, the signal is clear: the ecosystem is coalescing around flexible, multi-model agentic stacks that turn analytics into action.
AlphaSense just hit $500 million ARR and is betting it all on agentic AI
By Alexander Puutio — October 8, 2025
Source: Forbes
AlphaSense’s agentic AI platform shows how the “successful 5%” of GenAI deployments can materially move markets by focusing on accuracy, workflow integration, and continuous evaluation. Tools like Deep Research act as autonomous analysts, compressing weeks of work into minutes with sourced, explainable outputs. The big lesson for businesses: prioritize reliability and integration over flashy demos to turn AI from insight into outcomes.
Loop marketing strategy: A framework for stellar AI-era growth
By Ramona Sukhraj — October 8, 2025
Source: HubSpot Blog
HubSpot’s four-stage Loop Marketing framework—Express, Tailor, Amplify, Evolve—helps teams learn from every interaction and adapt in real time across channels, including AI search. The playbook blends human creativity with AI-driven personalization, testing, and measurement to speed time-to-market and lower acquisition costs. Start where your bottleneck is, instrument metrics for each stage, and iterate quickly.
Why brands should stop overlooking their most powerful influencers: customers
By Sophie Miller — October 8, 2025
Source: HubSpot Blog
As audiences grow weary of traditional influencer culture, brands are elevating customers to the spotlight for authentic, relatable content and stickier word-of-mouth. Examples from REFI Beauty, Toco Swim, and Snag show how community features, user-generated content, and customer modeling can drive trust and loyalty. Practical steps include clear participation hubs, virtual and in-person features, and compensating customers for content rights.
Clariti acquires CivCheck to accelerate permit approvals with AI
By Business Wire — October 8, 2025
Source: Financial Post (Business Wire)
Clariti acquired CivCheck, an AI plan review platform claiming 97%+ accuracy and up to 80% faster permit approvals, with plans to invest millions and integrate across permitting tools. The solution augments staff rather than replaces them, keeping humans in the loop for trustworthy results. For builders, developers, and local businesses, faster, more predictable permitting could unlock timelines and cash flow.
Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) and Market Gardener Institute (MGI) partner to deliver regenerative solutions for small-scale growers
By Business Wire — October 8, 2025
Source: Business Wire
AEA and MGI are teaming up on field trials, education, and a new product line to help market gardeners strengthen soil health and crop quality with science-based regenerative practices. The collaboration includes discounts for MGI students and a roadmap to expand AI-assisted tools for inspections and documentation. For small growers, this lowers barriers to adoption and supports resilient, profitable operations.
