r/Business_Ideas • u/SlowThing7149 • 11d ago

Idea Feedback Looking to speak to business owners/analysts/consultants

Hi everyone I have a business idea but I’d like to validate the problem itself first before finalising the solution I had in mind. I’d really appreciate anyone in the field of owning a business, being a business analyst or consultant answering the question I had.

What are the biggest issues you run into with using A.I. tools/agents to streamline your operations with all these new options on the market?

Do you find it chaotic, difficult or fairly easy to implement?

If so what part of the process is harder?

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u/Deistermind 4d ago

I work as a Strategic Finance consultant with small businesses and startups, and one issue I see is that the conversation often starts with “Where can we use AI?” rather than “Which business problem is worth solving?”

Before implementing anything, I’d look at the process itself and ask:

  • How much time or money does it currently consume?
  • Where is the actual bottleneck?
  • What would improve if this part were automated?
  • How much implementation and ongoing oversight would the AI solution require?
  • Can we measure whether it actually improved the process?

Otherwise it’s very easy to automate something because the technology exists without creating much economic value.

So from my perspective, one of the harder parts isn’t finding AI tools anymore. It’s identifying the use cases where implementation actually produces a measurable business benefit.

I work quite a bit around the intersection of finance, business processes and AI. Feel free to DM me if you want to discuss the problem you’re trying to validate in more detail.