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AI for business founders

I'm Angie Simmons. As part of my Cert IV in entrepreneurship at Holmesglen Institute, I'm investigating how business founders use AI.

This is a single page survey. All questions are optional and will hopefully help reflect on potential applications of AI for your business. Feel free to reach out to me (anj@simmons.ai) if you'd like an anonymised copy of the survey results or more information about what I'm working on.

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Above: AI generated image based on questions in this survey, left unedited to show imperfections with current AI models

0. Are you a business/startup founder?

0. Are you a business/startup founder?

1. Which AI models have you used? (select all that apply)

1. Which AI models have you used? (select all that apply)

2. Have you ever taken a course/workshop to learn how to better use AI?

2. Have you ever taken a course/workshop to learn how to better use AI?

A custom AI agent uses AI models to help users achieve complex tasks like booking a trip. Businesses can create custom AI agents to help speed up internal processes like responding to emails, or build AI agents directly for customers.

3. If you had your own workforce of custom AI agents, what tasks would you most like them to do? (select up to 3)

3. If you had your own workforce of custom AI agents, what tasks would you most like them to do? (select up to 3)

4. Have you ever created custom AI agents for your business?

4. Have you ever created custom AI agents for your business?

5. Is there anything stopping you from using AI agents in your business? (select all that apply)

5. Is there anything stopping you from using AI agents in your business? (select all that apply)

6. If you needed a custom AI agent, where would you look for help? (select all that apply)

6. If you needed a custom AI agent, where would you look for help? (select all that apply)

7. If you needed a custom AI agent, what would you look for when finding someone to help (select up to 3)?

7. If you needed a custom AI agent, what would you look for when finding someone to help (select up to 3)?

8. How much do you think it would cost to develop a custom AI agent? (provide price range)

9. What industry are you in?

10. What city are you based in (e.g. Melbourne, Australia)?

11. If you had a custom AI agent for your business, what would you ask it to do? (for example, "send me an email each month containing a graph showing the ratio of positive to negative comments made online about <competitor app>, grouped by theme")

Any other comments?

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