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SUMMARY:AI-Powered Personal Productivity: The Focus Block\, a 20Fathoms Breakfast Lab
DESCRIPTION:This Week at Breakfast Lab\nMost founders know what it feels like to be busy all day and still fail to move the one thing that actually matters. Slack\, email\, customer requests\, half-finished ideas\, and a constantly available AI assistant can make it even harder to protect real thinking time. \nIn this hands-on session\, you’ll build a repeatable AI-supported focus block: a simple system for choosing one meaningful outcome\, gathering the context you need\, working deliberately\, parking distractions\, and closing with a clear next step. You’ll see how AI can help you prepare\, think\, and execute without becoming another source of noise. \nWe’ll work through how to define a useful outcome\, assemble the right context\, and create a personal focus workflow you can reuse. Attendees who come prepared should leave with a working template for their next high-value block of work. \nAttendees should bring: \n\nA laptop\nOne meaningful outcome or project they want to make progress on\nAny useful context: notes\, documents\, links\, or a rough to-do list\nA paid ChatGPT or Claude subscription (recommended)\n\nAbout the Presenter\nAdam Lorton is an independent consultant who helps non-engineers gain new superpowers with AI. \nSince the release of ChatGPT\, Adam has been on a mission to push AI tools to their limits—not for gimmicks\, but for real business value. He has been invited to teach AI fundamentals to organizations including Mochary Method Coaching and ALO Yoga. \nOutside work\, Adam is the author of This Week in Speedgolf\, the #1 newsletter on the internet devoted to the most athletic version of golf. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Breakfast Lab\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreakfast Lab is a weekly event at 20Fathoms where you’ll get expert guidance to help meet your most pressing startup needs. Connecting you to the right tools and the right people at the right time. \nThese events are held in person and offered virtually. There is no cost to attend. Coffee and a light breakfast are provided. Walk-ins are welcome. \nAnd if you’d like to stay and keep working\, coworking at 20Fathoms is free on Thursdays for Breakfast Lab attendees.
URL:https://20fathoms.org/event/ai-powered-personal-productivity-the-focus-block-a-20fathoms-breakfast-lab/
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SUMMARY:1:1 Business Advice Sessions with Breneman Advisors - Bring your questions!
DESCRIPTION:One-on-one sessions with Breneman Advisors\, designed to help you come with your real questions and leave with a clear next steps.\n\n\nOffice Hours with Breneman Advisors\n20Fathoms is hosting monthly office hours with Brad Repke of Breneman Advisors for Northern Michigan entrepreneurs and small business owners this August\, September\, and October. \nIf you’ve got a question you’ve been sitting on: about growth\, sales\, operations\, financing\, or where your business is headed next\, this is your chance to ask it directly. \nBrad has helped clients buy and sell companies across every stage\, from early-stage startups to established businesses preparing for a transition. That means he knows what real traction looks like and what it takes to get there\, and he’s ready to talk strategy with businesses at any stage\, not just those thinking about a sale. \nHow It Works\n\nWhen: Aug 8\, Sept 10\, Oct 8\nTime: 2:30-4:00\nSession Length: 45 minutes\nWhere: 20Fathoms (in person)\n\nThese appointments are first come\, first served. \nCome with questions like:\n\nHow do I increase sales or find new customers?\nWhat does real traction look like\, and how do I know if I have it?\nWhat should I prioritize right now to grow this business?\nHow do I know if my business is ready to sell\, or when to start planning?\nI’m thinking about buying a business\, where do I start?\nWhat do buyers or investors actually look for?\n\nYou don’t need a polished pitch or a fully formed questions\, just come as you are. \nImportant Note\nIf you sign up for a specific month and we’re unable to accommodate you due to demand\, we’ll automatically move your registration to the next month’s Office Hours and notify you as soon as possible. \nWho This Is For\nFounders\, operators\, and business owners who want support with: \n\nUnderstanding what their business is worth\nPlanning for growth or their next move\nPreparing for a sale\, acquisition\, or succession\nMaking sense of their financials\nThinking through long-term strategy or exit\n\nWalk away with a clear path to increase sales opportunities through a proven process. \nOffice hours are currently available at no cost\, due to grant funding.
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SUMMARY:1:1 Business Advice Sessions with Breneman Advisors - Bring your questions!
DESCRIPTION:One-on-one sessions with Breneman Advisors\, designed to help you come with your real questions and leave with a clear next steps.\n\n\nOffice Hours with Breneman Advisors\n20Fathoms is hosting monthly office hours with Brad Repke of Breneman Advisors for Northern Michigan entrepreneurs and small business owners this August\, September\, and October. \nIf you’ve got a question you’ve been sitting on: about growth\, sales\, operations\, financing\, or where your business is headed next\, this is your chance to ask it directly. \nBrad has helped clients buy and sell companies across every stage\, from early-stage startups to established businesses preparing for a transition. That means he knows what real traction looks like and what it takes to get there\, and he’s ready to talk strategy with businesses at any stage\, not just those thinking about a sale. \nHow It Works\n\nWhen: Aug 8\, Sept 10\, Oct 8\nTime: 2:30-4:00\nSession Length: 45 minutes\nWhere: 20Fathoms (in person)\n\nThese appointments are first come\, first served. \nCome with questions like:\n\nHow do I increase sales or find new customers?\nWhat does real traction look like\, and how do I know if I have it?\nWhat should I prioritize right now to grow this business?\nHow do I know if my business is ready to sell\, or when to start planning?\nI’m thinking about buying a business\, where do I start?\nWhat do buyers or investors actually look for?\n\nYou don’t need a polished pitch or a fully formed questions\, just come as you are. \nImportant Note\nIf you sign up for a specific month and we’re unable to accommodate you due to demand\, we’ll automatically move your registration to the next month’s Office Hours and notify you as soon as possible. \nWho This Is For\nFounders\, operators\, and business owners who want support with: \n\nUnderstanding what their business is worth\nPlanning for growth or their next move\nPreparing for a sale\, acquisition\, or succession\nMaking sense of their financials\nThinking through long-term strategy or exit\n\nWalk away with a clear path to increase sales opportunities through a proven process. \nOffice hours are currently available at no cost\, due to grant funding.
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SUMMARY:AI-Powered Personal Productivity: Multiply Your Agency\, a 20Fathoms Breakfast Lab
DESCRIPTION:This Week at Breakfast Lab\nAI is most useful when it does more than answer a question. The real leverage comes when you can hand it a bounded outcome\, give it the context and guardrails it needs\, and let it work while you stay responsible for the judgment that matters. \nIn this hands-on session\, you’ll learn how to turn a longer-running task into a delegation brief for AI. We’ll cover what to delegate\, what not to delegate\, how to supply clear instructions and source material\, and how to build useful checkpoints so you are not blindly trusting an agent or stuck supervising every keystroke. \nParticipants will adapt one real task into a practical delegation workflow: something that can move forward while they work on higher-value priorities. This session builds directly on the protected focus time from Session 1\, but it also stands alone for anyone who wants a better way to use AI on substantial work. \nAttendees should bring: \n\nA laptop\nA current calendar and task list\, or a representative sample of incoming work\nOne recurring source of “things falling through the cracks” they would like to improve\nA paid ChatGPT or Claude subscription (recommended)\n\nAbout the Presenter\nAdam Lorton is an independent consultant who helps non-engineers gain new superpowers with AI. \nSince the release of ChatGPT\, Adam has been on a mission to push AI tools to their limits—not for gimmicks\, but for real business value. He has been invited to teach AI fundamentals to organizations including Mochary Method Coaching and ALO Yoga. \nOutside work\, Adam is the author of This Week in Speedgolf\, the #1 newsletter on the internet devoted to the most athletic version of golf. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Breakfast Lab\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreakfast Lab is a weekly event at 20Fathoms where you’ll get expert guidance to help meet your most pressing startup needs. Connecting you to the right tools and the right people at the right time. \nThese events are held in person and offered virtually. There is no cost to attend. Coffee and a light breakfast are provided. Walk-ins are welcome. \nAnd if you’d like to stay and keep working\, coworking at 20Fathoms is free on Thursdays for Breakfast Lab attendees.
URL:https://20fathoms.org/event/ai-powered-personal-productivity-multiply-your-agency-a-20fathoms-breakfast-lab/
LOCATION:20Fathoms\, 10850 E. Traverse Hwy\, Ste. 4400\, Traverse City\, MI\, 49684\, United States
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SUMMARY:AI-Powered Personal Productivity: Orchestrate Your System\, a 20Fathoms Breakfast Lab
DESCRIPTION:This Week at Breakfast Lab\nThe work does not stop arriving just because you found focus or delegated one task. New requests\, calendar commitments\, meeting follow-ups\, ideas\, and loose ends keep showing up—and most productivity systems fail because they rely on memory and heroic effort to catch them all. \nIn this hands-on session\, you’ll design a lightweight AI-supported capture and routing system for your incoming work. We’ll explore how AI can help surface tasks from the places work already appears\, including calendars and meeting follow-up\, then help you decide what needs your attention now\, what belongs in a focused work block\, and what can be delegated or deferred. \nYou’ll leave with a practical model for running your personal operating system: protecting focus\, handing off the right work\, and keeping new commitments from disappearing into the noise. \nAttendees should bring: \n\nA laptop\nA current calendar and task list\, or a representative sample of incoming work\nOne recurring source of “things falling through the cracks” they would like to improve\nA paid ChatGPT or Claude subscription (recommended)\n\nAbout the Presenter\nAdam Lorton is an independent consultant who helps non-engineers gain new superpowers with AI. \nSince the release of ChatGPT\, Adam has been on a mission to push AI tools to their limits—not for gimmicks\, but for real business value. He has been invited to teach AI fundamentals to organizations including Mochary Method Coaching and ALO Yoga. \nOutside work\, Adam is the author of This Week in Speedgolf\, the #1 newsletter on the internet devoted to the most athletic version of golf. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Breakfast Lab\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreakfast Lab is a weekly event at 20Fathoms where you’ll get expert guidance to help meet your most pressing startup needs. Connecting you to the right tools and the right people at the right time. \nThese events are held in person and offered virtually. There is no cost to attend. Coffee and a light breakfast are provided. Walk-ins are welcome. \nAnd if you’d like to stay and keep working\, coworking at 20Fathoms is free on Thursdays for Breakfast Lab attendees.
URL:https://20fathoms.org/event/ai-powered-personal-productivity-orchestrate-your-system-a-20fathoms-breakfast-lab/
LOCATION:20Fathoms\, 10850 E. Traverse Hwy\, Ste. 4400\, Traverse City\, MI\, 49684\, United States
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SUMMARY:1:1 Business Advice Sessions with Breneman Advisors - Bring your questions!
DESCRIPTION:One-on-one sessions with Breneman Advisors\, designed to help you come with your real questions and leave with a clear next steps.\n\n\nOffice Hours with Breneman Advisors\n20Fathoms is hosting monthly office hours with Brad Repke of Breneman Advisors for Northern Michigan entrepreneurs and small business owners this August\, September\, and October. \nIf you’ve got a question you’ve been sitting on: about growth\, sales\, operations\, financing\, or where your business is headed next\, this is your chance to ask it directly. \nBrad has helped clients buy and sell companies across every stage\, from early-stage startups to established businesses preparing for a transition. That means he knows what real traction looks like and what it takes to get there\, and he’s ready to talk strategy with businesses at any stage\, not just those thinking about a sale. \nHow It Works\n\nWhen: Aug 8\, Sept 10\, Oct 8\nTime: 2:30-4:00\nSession Length: 45 minutes\nWhere: 20Fathoms (in person)\n\nThese appointments are first come\, first served. \nCome with questions like:\n\nHow do I increase sales or find new customers?\nWhat does real traction look like\, and how do I know if I have it?\nWhat should I prioritize right now to grow this business?\nHow do I know if my business is ready to sell\, or when to start planning?\nI’m thinking about buying a business\, where do I start?\nWhat do buyers or investors actually look for?\n\nYou don’t need a polished pitch or a fully formed questions\, just come as you are. \nImportant Note\nIf you sign up for a specific month and we’re unable to accommodate you due to demand\, we’ll automatically move your registration to the next month’s Office Hours and notify you as soon as possible. \nWho This Is For\nFounders\, operators\, and business owners who want support with: \n\nUnderstanding what their business is worth\nPlanning for growth or their next move\nPreparing for a sale\, acquisition\, or succession\nMaking sense of their financials\nThinking through long-term strategy or exit\n\nWalk away with a clear path to increase sales opportunities through a proven process. \nOffice hours are currently available at no cost\, due to grant funding.
URL:https://20fathoms.org/event/11-business-advice-sessions-with-breneman-advisors-bring-your-questions-5/
LOCATION:20Fathoms\, 10850 E. Traverse Hwy\, Ste. 4400\, Traverse City\, MI\, 49684\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coaching
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SUMMARY:1:1 Business Advice Sessions with Breneman Advisors - Bring your questions!
DESCRIPTION:One-on-one sessions with Breneman Advisors\, designed to help you come with your real questions and leave with a clear next steps.\n\n\nOffice Hours with Breneman Advisors\n20Fathoms is hosting monthly office hours with Brad Repke of Breneman Advisors for Northern Michigan entrepreneurs and small business owners this August\, September\, and October. \nIf you’ve got a question you’ve been sitting on: about growth\, sales\, operations\, financing\, or where your business is headed next\, this is your chance to ask it directly. \nBrad has helped clients buy and sell companies across every stage\, from early-stage startups to established businesses preparing for a transition. That means he knows what real traction looks like and what it takes to get there\, and he’s ready to talk strategy with businesses at any stage\, not just those thinking about a sale. \nHow It Works\n\nWhen: Aug 8\, Sept 10\, Oct 8\nTime: 2:30-4:00\nSession Length: 45 minutes\nWhere: 20Fathoms (in person)\n\nThese appointments are first come\, first served. \nCome with questions like:\n\nHow do I increase sales or find new customers?\nWhat does real traction look like\, and how do I know if I have it?\nWhat should I prioritize right now to grow this business?\nHow do I know if my business is ready to sell\, or when to start planning?\nI’m thinking about buying a business\, where do I start?\nWhat do buyers or investors actually look for?\n\nYou don’t need a polished pitch or a fully formed questions\, just come as you are. \nImportant Note\nIf you sign up for a specific month and we’re unable to accommodate you due to demand\, we’ll automatically move your registration to the next month’s Office Hours and notify you as soon as possible. \nWho This Is For\nFounders\, operators\, and business owners who want support with: \n\nUnderstanding what their business is worth\nPlanning for growth or their next move\nPreparing for a sale\, acquisition\, or succession\nMaking sense of their financials\nThinking through long-term strategy or exit\n\nWalk away with a clear path to increase sales opportunities through a proven process. \nOffice hours are currently available at no cost\, due to grant funding.
URL:https://20fathoms.org/event/11-business-advice-sessions-with-breneman-advisors-bring-your-questions-6/
LOCATION:20Fathoms\, 10850 E. Traverse Hwy\, Ste. 4400\, Traverse City\, MI\, 49684\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOAR Into Strategy: A Strengths-Based Approach to Strategic Planning
DESCRIPTION:Already thinking about next year? Come figure it out with SOAR\, a strengths-based approach that starts with what your business does best.\n\n\nStrategic planning doesn’t have to begin with what’s wrong. What might become possible if your next strategic conversation started by discovering what your organization does exceptionally well—and then used those strengths to explore opportunities\, imagine the future\, and define meaningful results? \nIn this highly interactive five-hour workshop\, participants will experience SOAR—Strengths\, Opportunities\, Aspirations and Results\, a strengths-based approach to strategic thinking grounded in Appreciative Inquiry. \nRather than simply learning another planning framework\, you’ll experience SOAR from three perspectives: yourself\, your organization\, and the people whose voices can help shape its future. \nThrough individual reflection\, appreciative interviews\, partner conversations\, and practical strategic planning exercises\, you’ll explore what gives your organization life at its best\, identify emerging possibilities\, clarify aspirations for the future\, and consider the results that would demonstrate meaningful success. You’ll also explore an important question for today’s leaders: \nWhat changes when strategy is created with people rather than simply presented to them? \nAs organizations begin preparing for their upcoming strategic planning cycles\, this workshop offers a practical way to create richer strategic conversations\, engage stakeholders\, and build greater ownership in turning ideas into action. \nDuring the workshop\, you will: \n\nExperience SOAR personally before applying it organizationally\nLearn how Appreciative Inquiry can strengthen strategic conversations\nPractice conducting an appreciative organizational interview\nDevelop a preliminary SOAR for your own organization\nIdentify emerging strategic priorities and possibilities\nConsider whose voices need to be included in strategic planning\nDesign a SOAR conversation you can take back to your organization\n\nYou’ll leave with practical questions\, tools\, and a process you can immediately use to begin a different kind of strategic conversation. \nWho should attend? \nBusiness owners\, executives\, HR and organizational-development professionals\, nonprofit leaders\, managers\, consultants\, entrepreneurs\, strategic-planning facilitators\, and anyone responsible for helping an organization determine where it wants to go next. \nCome prepared to think differently about strategy—and leave prepared to start a conversation that can move your organization forward.
URL:https://20fathoms.org/event/soar-into-strategy-a-strengths-based-approach-to-strategic-planning/
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