When you work inside a major corporate transformation, you see the future coming. When you leave that job to build something for the people being left behind, you become part of it.
In this episode of Forward to Extraordinary, part of the Strictly From Nowhere network, we sit down with Alesha Taylor, founder of G2G Intelligence. A few years ago, Alesha watched her company get acquired by an AI technology firm. She got a front row seat to how automation and AI transformed operations, how less busy work meant more meaningful work, and how the small business owners struggling to keep up would soon be facing extinction without help. So she walked away from corporate and built a company to bridge that gap.
We dig into her zero to market story, what it means to pivot when the data tells you to, and why understanding opportunity cost became the thing that changed everything. Alesha shares hard won lessons about saying no to the wrong clients, protecting your time as your most valuable resource, and why differentiating yourself means understanding that you are your brand, not your company.
This is a conversation about finding your way through chaos, and why the struggle is more universal than any of us realize.
What we cover:
- Leaving corporate to serve the small business community
- What AI transformation looks like from the inside
- Pivoting based on data and the law of averages
- Understanding opportunity cost as a founder
- Why you have to be willing to walk away from the wrong deals
- The moment you realize you are your brand
- Building community around education and AI implementation
- Protecting your time as your most valuable resource
https://g2gintelligence.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ataylor1011/
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