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Small Business Owners Lose Time to Repetitive Admin Work

The poster asks small business owners which repetitive admin tasks, such as chasing invoices, answering repeat customer questions and copying form data into spreadsheets, they have automated. Owners are described as burnt out by admin and wary of cost and AI errors in customer replies.

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