Include downloadable SOP checklists and ready-to-copy workspace templates for every automation covered
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Superstation Network
AI Ops Lab
AI Ops Lab is the workflow show for one-person businesses. Each week Elena and Brendan run a lab: state the hypothesis, build the automation, instrument it, and ship a versioned SOP you can paste into your stack—complete with guardrails, human handoffs, and the time/cost math. It's practical, tool-agnostic AI operations for solopreneurs who want leverage without hiring.
Hypothesis.
Provide before/after metrics showing specific time and cost savings for each workflow
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Feature complete tool stacks with specific integration steps between LLMs, automation platforms, and CRMs
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Get better at solopreneurs using AI to eliminate manual tasks and scale operations
Build a sharper working lens for solopreneurs using AI to eliminate manual tasks and scale operations in real operator situations.
One usable next step
Leave each episode with a decision, question, or workflow move you can apply this week.
Sharper pattern recognition
Spot the bottlenecks, tradeoffs, and operating signals that usually hide inside the noise.
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Elena
Austin, Texas
Started as a UX designer at Spotify for four years, then freelanced for eighteen months before burning out on client management. Built a productized design audit service that went from zero to $12K/month in eight months by automating everything except the actual design work. Now runs a design operations consultancy serving other solo designers. Deep knowledge of no-code automation tools (Make, Zapier, n8n), API integrations, and building custom GPT workflows for creative services businesses Runs a $180K/year design consultancy with zero employees, spending 15 hours per week on actual client work while her automation stack handles everything else Elena wants to prove that solopreneurs don't need to choose between scale and sanity - she's evangelical about automation as a path to freedom, not just efficiency. The show is her way of helping others skip the eighteen months of trial and error she went through.
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Brendan
Portland, Oregon
Spent twelve years as a management consultant at Deloitte before going solo in 2021. Built a strategic advisory practice for climate tech startups, initially doing everything manually with exceptional client service. Gradually adopted AI tools after realizing he was capping at four clients due to time constraints. Now serves eight clients with selective automation. Expert at identifying which processes truly benefit from automation versus which need human judgment, deep experience with AI tools for research and analysis (Perplexity, Claude, GPT-4) Runs a $320K/year advisory practice with carefully chosen automations for research, scheduling, and invoicing while maintaining high-touch client relationships Brendan sees too many solopreneurs either avoiding AI entirely or automating themselves into commodity services. He wants to share the middle path - strategic automation that amplifies expertise rather than replacing it.