Small Teams Ship AI. Big Teams Ship Decks.
Erik LaRochelle Erik LaRochelle

Small Teams Ship AI. Big Teams Ship Decks.

The pressure on SMBs to adopt AI is immense. Pundits scream. Vendors promise transformation. The result? Panic-driven decisions, wasted budgets, and expensive software gathering dust. Here's the mistake most make—and the four moves that actually work.

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Inside Snowflake Intelligence: Can the Enterprise Chatbot Live Where the Data Lives?
Erik LaRochelle Erik LaRochelle

Inside Snowflake Intelligence: Can the Enterprise Chatbot Live Where the Data Lives?

Enterprise AI is shifting from data movement to data proximity. Inside Snowflake Intelligence explores how Snowflake’s approach flips the traditional model, bringing intelligence to the data instead of exporting it. The result: stronger governance, tighter control, and a new paradigm for enterprise chatbots that live where the data lives.

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Strategy, Leadership Erik LaRochelle Strategy, Leadership Erik LaRochelle

Ship Strategy, Not Decks: Fractional Chief Data Officers Scaling Growth in Lean Firms

How Fractional Chief Data Officers (CDO) Scale Growth in Resource-Constrained Firms — Budgets are tight, headcount is frozen, but growth targets remain. A fractional CDO acts as an accountable operator who connects data work directly to revenue, installs a lightweight operating system, and delivers measurable results fast. No agencies, no fluff — just the smallest system that works, a weekly decision-making cadence, and experiments that prove ROI in 90 days or less.

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