Is your small business ready for AI?

Free 2-minute quiz. Nine scored questions + one safety check. Results stay in your browser.

Education, not legal, compliance, HIPAA, or professional advice. Your result is a general starting point, not a recommendation for your specific business. Talk to a qualified attorney or compliance professional about sensitive data.

1. Do you have a specific job in mind for AI to help with? Not really. I just hear everyone talking about it. A general idea, like "help with emails." Yes. 1 to 3 specific weekly tasks (for example, quote follow-ups, customer replies, job summaries).

2. What do you use for business email and documents? Personal email accounts (like a free Gmail or Outlook.com address), or a mix. A business email service, but I'm not sure which plan we're on. Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace business accounts, and I know which plan we have.

3. Have you checked whether AI is already included in what you pay for? No, I didn't know that was possible. I've heard of Copilot or Gemini but haven't looked. Yes. I know whether we have Copilot Chat or Gemini available.

4. How do people log in to your business tools? We share passwords. Everyone has their own login, but two-step login (2FA) isn't on for everyone. Everyone has their own login with 2FA or single sign-on.

5. If someone left tomorrow, how fast would you remove their access? I'm not sure we would. Within a week or so, when someone remembers. The same day. We have a habit or checklist for it.

6. Could your team tell "safe to paste into AI" from "never paste into AI"? No, we've never talked about it. Roughly. People would use common sense. Yes. We have clear rules (like Green / Yellow / Red) for what's OK to share.

7. Who checks AI-written content before it goes to a customer? Nobody, or we haven't used AI yet and haven't thought about it. Usually the person who wrote it, if they have time. Always a person, and they check facts, tone, privacy, and promises.

8. How would you decide whether AI is worth paying for? If it feels helpful. If people like it after a while. By running a short pilot and tracking minutes saved and how often drafts need big fixes.

9. Do you have anything written down about how your business uses AI? No. A few informal rules, nothing written. Yes, a short written policy (or we're ready to write one).

10. Safety check (not scored): Does your business handle any of these? Health or medical information about patients or clients Social Security numbers, full card or bank numbers Plans to use AI for hiring, credit, housing, or other big decisions about people Customer contracts that require specific privacy or security measures None of these

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