AI for small businesses
Get AI actually working in your business
Most small businesses already use AI somewhere, and most say they need help making it work. We set it up around your real tasks, show your team how to use it, and put guardrails on what data goes in.
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In a Goldman Sachs survey of small businesses (January to February 2026), 76% said they use AI and 73% said they want more training and resources to put it to work. The top barriers were technical know-how, choosing tools and data privacy. (Goldman Sachs)
What we set up
- Email and customer replies: drafts for common questions, quotes and follow-ups, reviewed by a person before they go out
- Paperwork: turning notes, receipts and forms into organized records and summaries
- Marketing: a routine for posts, listings and review replies in your voice
- Books and numbers: categorizing transactions and monthly summaries, checked against your accounting software
- Phones and scheduling: an assistant that answers common questions and takes messages, where it fits
How it works
- Look at your week. A call to find the repetitive tasks that eat your time.
- Written scope. Which tools, what they'll do, what they won't, and the price, before we start.
- Set up and train. We connect the tools and walk your team through them with your own work.
- Privacy rules. A short written policy on what never goes into an AI tool: customer IDs, account numbers, health information.
- Monthly support, optional. Tune what works, drop what doesn't, add the next task.
How we know it works
MCC Solutions runs its own quoting, scheduling, outreach and bookkeeping this way. We set up what we use, and we're straightforward about what AI shouldn't do: give legal or tax advice, make final decisions, or see data it doesn't need.
Questions
Which AI tools do you use?
Whatever fits the job and your budget. We'll recommend tools in the written scope and explain the cost of each before you commit.
Is my customer data safe?
We set rules for what can and can't go into an AI tool, choose business plans that don't train on your data where available, and keep sensitive information out entirely.
Will AI replace my staff?
That's not the goal. It takes the repetitive work so your people spend time on customers. Everything customer-facing is reviewed by a person.
How much does it cost?
A written scope sets the price before any work starts: a one-time setup, and optional monthly support.
Tallyfinch
Books you keep on your own computer
Tallyfinch does invoices, bills, bank import, reconciliation and the main reports, in a file you own. $99 once, then $5 a month for updates; the app keeps working if you stop the plan. It does not do payroll or sales tax filing. The free download records up to 60 entries.
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