From Books to Breakthroughs: How AI is Rewriting the Rules for Small Business with Tim McConnehey

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Tim McConnehey is the Founder and CEO of Izzard Inc., one of the fastest-growing publishing firms in America. A Harvard-trained AI strategist and alum of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program, he helps entrepreneurs scale smarter through AI-powered creative and operational transformation.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. AI elevates human creativity by enhancing and not replacing the emotional, structural, and strategic sides of storytelling.

2. Process clarity is the secret weapon of small business owners who want AI to meaningfully improve profit and performance.

3. Smart experimentation beats perfectionism every time; test, tweak, improve, repeat.

Check out Tim's website to explore AI-powered publishing services, manuscript assessments, and author support - Izzard Ink Publishing

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0:00.0	Boom, shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by High Level, the all-on-one sales and marketing platform.
0:11.1	Today we'll be breaking down from books to breakthroughs, how AI is rewriting the rules for small businesses.
0:16.8	To drop these viabombs, I brought to Tim McConaughey into EO Fire Studios.
0:20.2	Tim is the founder and
0:21.0	CEO of Izzard Inc. Publishing and a Harvard trained AI strategist, helping small businesses
0:25.9	scale smarter, faster, and more profitably through cutting edge AI transformation. And today
0:30.6	we'll talk about how AI can play a role rewriting your business playbook Fire Nation, specific systems
0:36.1	or processes that are made possible by AI and
0:39.4	owe so much more. And a big thing for sponsoring today's episode goes to Tim and our sponsors.
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0:50.1	and agencies, build funnels, automate follow-ups, manage clients, and even white label your
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1:03.8	to start your free trial today.
1:07.2	Fire Nation, success isn't a solo journey.
1:10.3	It's about who you surround yourself with. That's why I built
1:13.3	the Freedom Circle, a powerful community of entrepreneurs, ready to support, inspire, and share the
1:19.3	ideas that move you forward. Visit Freedom-Sircle.com to learn more.
1:26.6	Well, hello, and welcome to our conversation today about how AI is rewriting the rules for
1:33.7	small business.
1:34.6	And I have brought Tim McConaughey to rock the mic with me.
1:38.1	And he is the founder and CEO of Isarding Publishing and a Harvard-trained AI strategist,
1:43.5	helping small businesses scale smarter,
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