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20 AI tools to supercharge your business and productivity<\/p>\n
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Artificial intelligence can be an entrepreneur\u2019s best friend or worst enemy. Channeled incorrectly, it can bring FOMO, anxiety, and fear of irrelevance. It can make business owners believe they\u2019re not moving fast enough and their team fear they\u2019ll lose their jobs. Used well, however, the benefits are huge. Do more in less time, make more impact with less effort, and make more money with a fraction of the cost.<\/p>\n
AI is more than ChatGPT. Much, much more. Tools are popping up all over the place, each promising to transform your life and work.<\/p>\n
Rowan Cheung is founder of The Rundown<\/a>, a fast-growing AI newsletter providing an in-depth look at the latest developments in AI. In less than a year, The Rundown has gained a following of over 325,000 subscribers who rely on its content to stay informed about the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. Cheung is on a mission to inform millions of people about the latest advancements in AI and highlight how technology is transforming the world. His AI database, Supertools<\/a>, records the best tools mentioned in the newsletter.<\/p>\n I asked Cheung to give his top 20 list of the tools entrepreneurs absolutely have to use.<\/p>\n Large language model (LLM) ChatGPT, \u201cremains one of my most useful AI tools for generating content ideas including hooks and titles, analyzing data through Code Interpreter, using various plugins, and proofreading my newsletter,\u201d explained Cheung. And while he doesn\u2019t use ChatGPT (or any AI tool) to write his newsletter, \u201cbecause there’s a risk of hallucinations and misinformation, AI produces really bulky, unreadable copy, and he just likes the human touch,\u201d it\u2019s great for ideation, proofreading, and instant access to a sounding board or co-editor.<\/p>\n Another LLM, Cheung described Claude as, \u201ca less robotic version of ChatGPT.\u201d Claude has a higher context window (up to 75,000 words), is \u201cmore up-to-date, can read multiple files similar to Code Interpreter and is completely free.\u201d Claude\u2019s specialism? \u201cAnalyzing extra long articles, or for any sort of copywriting suggestions.\u201d Cheung also believes Claude feels more human and is, therefore, a better chatbot to talk with.<\/p>\n An AI image generator Cheung described as, \u201cthe highest quality.\u201d He uses this platform to \u201cgenerate images and thumbnails for my newsletter.\u201d Accessed using Discord and prompted with words, Midjourney can remove the need for photographers, models and complicated sets. Simply describe the image you\u2019d like to see and watch it appear before your eyes. Re-prompt to edit, and download for publication.<\/p>\n \u201cI use Photoshop like a madman for my social media content and newsletter content, so this is a game changer,\u201d said Cheung. Adobe\u2019s new feature uses Adobe Firefly image creation model, allowing you to expand any image to whatever you can imagine in a few seconds. While Midjourney creates assets from scratch, Photoshop will do more with what you already have. Make use of Adobe\u2019s automation tools and level up your imagery game.<\/p>\n Automation tools Make, Bardeen and Zapier automate your workflows, and each have different strengths. \u201cThe power of these tools is incredible, allowing you to automate basic tasks without lifting a single finger.\u201d Cheung has made multiple automations, but one of note is that, \u201cwhenever someone replies to one of my posts on any social media channel, it gets sent to my private Slack channel.\u201d This means he can simply stay logged in to Slack and ignore the others. \u201cFrom there you can respond individually to the responses you find interesting, or even connect it to ChatGPT to generate a response.\u201d He advised that you don\u2019t get caught up on what to automate, rather, \u201cget started with basic automations and letting the more advanced ones come to you with time.<\/p>\n \u201cNotion is a place where I store all my notes,\u201d said Cheung, who explained, \u201cit\u2019s literally my second brain and without it, my mind would probably explode.\u201d Not only can you use Notion to take notes, but Notion AI will help you ideate and mindmap ideas, and if you add Super, you can create websites straight from these notes, without writing code. Cheung\u2019s website Supertools<\/a>, an AI tools database, was created from a database on Notion using Super.<\/p>\n \u201cThis AI tool documents everything I see through my Mac laptop or phone screens, processes it, and then allows me to back-track certain content when needed.\u201d Useful for prolific researchers or people who see a lot of stuff. \u201cI go through multiple pages and apps daily, and it helps me recall exactly what I need when I forget throughout the day.\u201d Use Rewind to group content you have seen by theme, for research, presentations or your own newsletter.<\/p>\n \u201cFireflies is a new tool I\u2019ve been experimenting with to semi-automate my meeting notes,\u201d said Cheung, who meets with AI tool creators that want to be recommended in The Rundown. \u201cIt transcribes and analyzes all my meetings into a condensed summary for future reference.\u201d And while you might not need every detail from every meeting, \u201cwhen I forget a thing or two, it\u2019s nice to have the option to revisit.\u201d<\/p>\n This tool, with tagline \u201ceffortless podcast creation, for the AI era,\u201d turns written content into engaging podcast episodes. \u201cI\u2019ve been using the tool to turn my newsletter editions into audio versions,\u201d said Cheung, who describes it as an, \u201cincredible tool for creators who simply don\u2019t have enough time to do everythings at once.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is your calendar app on AI steroids.\u201d Cheung uses Vimcal to schedule his time efficiently, because it organizes his schedule to maximize work periods. Especially for busy entrepreneurs with too many meetings, tasks and an overflowing inbox, Vimcal calls itself the, \u201cworld\u2019s fastest calendar\u201d and claims to be the only calendar designed for remote work.<\/p>\n Described on its website as, \u201cAI-powered email built for high-performing teams,\u201d Cheung said Superhuman is \u201can email assistant that streamlines email productivity.\u201d While not specifically all AI, it has \u201caccelerated my emailing experience with its automated organizing systems.\u201d Its built-in AI features include creating an entire email from a few notes, and matching your tone and voice to a tee. \u201cI get a lot of emails every day,\u201d said Cheung, and Superhuman sifts through to prioritize my responses.\u201d You can also integrate your scheduling systems to avoid double-booking.<\/p>\n Taplio and Tweethunter are \u201cLinkedIn and Twitter scheduling apps with AI features,\u201d said Cheung, who uses both of them to schedule some of his content ahead of time. One feature of both is the ability to see when you should post, \u201cwhich matters for the algorithm,\u201d and both offer AI-generated tweet and post creators where they suggest content based on your brand\u2019s topics.<\/p>\n The classic spell checker tool that now uses AI, Grammarly launched in 2009 but has been building AI tools including paraphrasing and text-generation. \u201cI have Grammarly on 24\/7,\u201d said Cheung. \u201cNot only does it help me with small mistakes I make while writing content across my newsletter, Twitter, and LinkedIn, but it helps me find more applicable synonyms in seconds.\u201d Spot errors and mix up your wording with this tool.<\/p>\n \u201cCreate beautiful, engaging content with none of the formatting and design work,\u201d says the Gamma website. \u201cThis tool has been helpful when I need slide deck presentations created quickly,\u201d said Cheung. It\u2019s essentially an automated presentation generator that produces full presentations from a few settings and prompts. It also allows real-time edits. \u201cThe output usually requires some small changes, but the majority of the work is completed for you after the first round of prompts.\u201d<\/p>\n Feedly is a news aggregator app that compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources to customize and share with others. \u201cI use Feedly to simplify and narrow my daily research, which has made my process much more organized,\u201d said Cheung, who uses it to research the latest trends for his newsletter. Forget staying up to date with multiple sites, use AI to deliver everything you need to know to the same place.<\/p>\n Created by the team behind question and answer site Quora, Poe\u2019s goal is to be the universal chatbot. \u201cPoe lets people ask questions, get instant answers, and have back-and-forth conversations with several AI-powered bots,\u201d according to its website. Putting existing chatbots into one platform for users to try for free,via a simple mobile interface, Cheung said, \u201cit\u2019s great to try and test chatbots before buying a subscription.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cChatGPT currently produces fake citations, and this tool is the solution,\u201d said Cheung. Consensus is a research tool that helps get your answers with credited citations, specifically from research papers. Ask your question, for example, \u201cdo people trust AI coaches?\u201d<\/a> and Consensus finds answers from evidence-based sources, or says there\u2019s not enough evidence around. Anecdotes and hallucinations don\u2019t make an appearance.<\/p>\n Perplexity AI \u201cunlocks the power of knowledge with information discovery and sharing,\u201d according to its website. Cheung describes it as, \u201canother AI-chatbot search engine generated to deliver answers to all your questions,\u201d and said, \u201cPerplexity is a great tool to have on hand when you have quick questions requiring evidence-based responses.\u201d No fluff or waffle, just cold hard facts.<\/p>\n Not to be left behind is Google, which recently \u201cintegrated AI features into Google Docs and Drive,\u201d said Cheung. \u201cIt\u2019s actually extremely useful, especially creating templates for Google Sheets for data projects I want to start.\u201d You can use a \u201cHelp me organize\u201d prompt in Google Sheets to create tables with AI, as well as asking it to draft a trip planner or task tracker.<\/p>\n If you haven\u2019t yet boarded the AI train, these tools will get you started. Identify your biggest business challenges and see if you can make them disappear. Sign up for a free trial, experiment with a specific task, and assess the time you save or the output quality you improve. Forward-thinking entrepreneurs are finding the tools that will make the difference, and the ones that are right for you could be in this list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n20 AI tools that entrepreneurs can use every day<\/h2>\n
ChatGPT<\/h3>\n
Claude 2<\/h3>\n
Midjourney<\/h3>\n
Adobe Photoshop Generative Fill<\/h3>\n
Automation tools<\/h3>\n
Notion AI<\/h3>\n
Rewind<\/h3>\n
Fireflies AI<\/h3>\n
Wondercraft AI<\/h3>\n
Vimcal<\/h3>\n
Superhuman<\/h3>\n
Social media schedulers<\/h3>\n
Grammarly<\/h3>\n
Gamma<\/h3>\n
Feedly AI<\/h3>\n
Poe.com<\/h3>\n
Consensus<\/h3>\n
Perplexity<\/h3>\n
Google Sheets AI<\/h3>\n
20 AI tools to help entrepreneurs in their business<\/h2>\n