AI assistant setup for small business
Nicole Kershner
You don’t need another tool to learn. You need the busywork handled.
I help small business owners set up their own AI assistant around the work they actually do, then teach them to run it, so it keeps working after I leave.
What I do
Three steps. One assistant that knows your business.
Audit
I look at how you actually work: where your hours go, what you repeat, what slips. You get a written plan showing what an assistant could take over, and we review it together on a call before anything starts.
Setup
Over about 30 days, we build your assistant’s workflows inside your own accounts and test them on your real work. Between sessions, I prepare your templates, instructions, and examples. In our working sessions, we put them in place together.
Handoff
You learn to run the workflows we build, with written instructions, saved templates, and practice on real tasks. The goal is for you to use your assistant yourself.
about me
I build things. Systems, programs, campaigns, and the operational clarity that lets small businesses actually grow.
Operator
10+ years building systems, onboarding programs, and operational infrastructure for small businesses and national brands.
Connector
Deeply rooted in Statesville, NC with relationships across real estate, wellness, community, and small business.
Builder
I don’t just advise. I create the actual systems, templates, and processes and hand them off running.
I spent over a decade building things for other people’s businesses before I built my own. Sales operations, onboarding programs, brand strategy, marketing campaigns, event production, CRM systems, recruiting pipelines. Across industries, across the country, from a wellness technology company in California to national wellness entrepreneurs to a top-producing real estate team in North Carolina.
What I found every single time was the same gap. Talented founders and owners with great instincts, surrounded by operational chaos they didn’t have time to fix. That’s the gap I close.
I’m based in Statesville, NC, available remotely nationwide, and energized by the moment a business stops depending on one person to hold it all together. These days I build the same kind of structure around AI assistants. Practical, tested on real work, and yours to keep.
How I Work With You
Start with a free 15 minute consult. Tell me what is eating your time. If an assistant can help, I will tell you. If it cannot, I will tell you that too.
Start with an Audit
An interview about how you work, then a written plan you approve on a review call.
Build it in your own account
Working sessions inside your own account. You connect your own tools, I prepare the materials between sessions, and we test the workflows on real work.
What I won’t do
I won’t ask for your passwords. You connect your own accounts.
I won’t run your business for you. This is setup and training, not a monthly managed service.
I won’t quote you a number before I know your work. The audit shows where your time goes, and what an assistant is worth comes from that, not from a pitch.
Start with 15 minutes.
Tell me what is taking up your time. We will talk about whether AI assistant setup is a good fit for your business. The paid Audit is the next step for a written plan.