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By now, most finance teams aren’t asking whether to adopt AI - they’re asking how to make it work in practice. The challenge? Moving from pilot to real, scalable impact. That’s exactly what we’re tackling in our upcoming webinar: When AI Delivers: How Finance Teams Move from Pilots to Real Impact 📅 May 21st 🕐 1:00 PM (ET) / 6:00 PM (BST) Join us for a practical discussion with Vic.ai on what actually drives success with AI in finance. We’ll cover: • Why AI pilots stall (and how to avoid it) • The role of clean data and process readiness • Building trust while maintaining control • Scaling without adding complexity • Measuring success beyond automation rates We’ll also hear real-world lessons from MegaCorp Logistics on their journey from implementation to adoption. If you're looking to turn AI into meaningful outcomes - not just experiments - this session is for you. Register your place 👉 https://lnkd.in/encfbbVA

Tried using AI to build a pitch deck/DD report? The first draft is quick. Impressive, even. Then comes the reality: - fixing bad formatting - checking numbers you can’t trace - forcing everything back on-brand AI gets you to v1 fast. But in finance, v1 isn’t what you send to the client. Getting from that, to vFinal is exactly the gap we’re tackling at UpSlide. UpSlide MCP guides AI assistants like Claude as they build your presentation - applying your templates, pulling approved content, and keeping everything structured, on-brand and 100% accurate. From v1 to v21. So it’s not just faster drafts, it’s faster client-ready decks that you are confident sending. Here’s a preview of what that looks like 👇

Tried using AI to build a pitch deck/DD report? The first draft is quick. Impressive, even. Then comes the reality: ❌ fixing bad formatting ❌ checking numbers you can’t trace ❌ forcing everything back on-brand AI gets you to v_1 fast. But in finance, v_1 isn’t what you send to the client. Getting from that, to v_Final is exactly the gap we’re tackling at UpSlide. UpSlide MCP guides AI assistants like Claude as they build your presentation - applying your templates, pulling approved content, and keeping everything structured, on-brand and 100% accurate. From v1 to v21. So it’s not just faster drafts, it’s faster client-ready decks that you are confident sending. Here’s a preview of what that looks like 👇

Tried using AI to build a pitch deck/DD report? The first draft is quick. Impressive, even. Then comes the reality: ❌ fixing bad formatting ❌ checking numbers you can’t trace ❌ forcing everything back on-brand AI gets you to v_1 fast. But in finance, v_1 isn’t what you send to the client. Getting from that, to v_Final is exactly the gap we’re tackling at UpSlide. UpSlide MCP guides AI assistants like Claude as they build your presentation - applying your templates, pulling approved content, and keeping everything structured, on-brand and 100% accurate. From v1 to v21. So it’s not just faster drafts, it’s faster client-ready decks that you are confident sending. Here’s a preview of what that looks like 👇

Tried using AI to build a pitch deck/DD report? The first draft is quick. Impressive, even. Then comes the reality: - fixing bad formatting - checking numbers you can’t trace - forcing everything back on-brand AI gets you to v_1 fast. But in finance, v_1 isn’t what you send to the client. Getting from that, to v_Final is exactly the gap we’re tackling at UpSlide. UpSlide MCP guides AI assistants like Claude as they build your presentation - applying your templates, pulling approved content, and keeping everything structured, on-brand and 100% accurate. From v1 to v21. So it’s not just faster drafts, it’s faster client-ready decks that you are confident sending. Here’s a preview of what that looks like 👇

Tried using AI to build a pitch deck/DD report? The first draft is quick. Impressive, even. Then comes the reality: - fixing bad formatting - checking numbers you can’t trace - forcing everything back on-brand AI gets you to v_1 fast. But in finance, v_1 isn’t what you send to the client. Getting from that, to v_Final is exactly the gap we’re tackling at UpSlide. UpSlide MCP guides AI assistants like Claude as they build your presentation - applying your templates, pulling approved content, and keeping everything structured, on-brand and 100% accurate. From v1 to v21. So it’s not just faster drafts, it’s faster client-ready decks that you are confident sending. Here’s a preview of what that looks like 👇

The highest-leverage AI workflow most consultants aren't using: Take your last 10 client calls. Transcripts from Fireflies or Otter. Feed them into Claude with a prompt that does three things: - Extracts every objection you heard - Groups them into patterns - Drafts a custom response playbook in your voice 30 minutes to set up. Saves 5 hours a month, forever. No code. Nothing to install. Just a prompt that treats your own data like the asset it is. This is Day 1 territory in the MakerSquare.ai program. First cohort starts July 6 in Austin.

If this is what Day 1 looks like, imagine what a high-intensity 2-week AI bootcamp could do for you and your organization.

We’ve been hearing consistently from small business owners that AI feels promising but unclear in terms of where to start. We’re hosting a hands-on workshop to make that more tangible, focused on practical use cases and real workflows. Looking forward to bringing this to the community with the team.

Most small businesses don't need AI yet. They need systems first. I see it all the time. A business owner reads about AI, gets excited, signs up to three tools, and a month later nothing's actually changed. Their inbox is still chaos. Leads are still falling through. They're still doing everything manually. The thing is - AI on top of a messy business just gives you a messier business, faster. Get the basics right first: → One place where leads land → A clear follow-up process → Tools that actually talk to each other → Documentation of how things should run Then layer AI where it actually makes sense. That's the order. Not the other way around. If you're not sure what your business actually needs first - that's the kind of thing worth a 30-min call.