Monday morning starts with a blank content calendar and a business to run. By Wednesday, there's a stack of emails that all need the same three answers, typed three different ways. Thursday's the job posting nobody has time to write. And by the second week of November, the whole thing repeats — except now it's holiday-volume.

None of that changes because AI exists. What changes is how much of it you have to do yourself.

This fall, Codefi is running a four-session AI Training Series built around exactly those four blocks of a small business owner's week. Access is sponsored by Codefi Foundation, in partnership with the Show-Me Network — no cost, no tech background required, no software to buy at the end.

Four Sessions. One Skill Each. No Fluff.

Sessions start in August and run every second Tuesday, 12–1 PM, with one exception — November's session lands on a Thursday to get ahead of the holiday rush. Each one solves the block of the week it's named for.

• August 11 — AI Made Simple: Your New Free Employee. Before AI can save you time, it has to understand your business. This session covers what AI actually is, in plain language, and how to give it instructions — like training a new hire on day one. 

• September 8 — Never Stare at a Blank Page Again: AI for Your Marketing. The Monday content-calendar problem. Generate a week of social posts in 15 minutes, and train AI to sound like you — not like every other business posting that day. 

• October 13 — Get 5 Hours Back: AI for the Tasks You Don't Enjoy Doing. The Wednesday inbox problem. Hand off routine emails, job postings, and review responses without losing your voice on any of them. 

• November 19 (Thursday) — Holiday Hustle: Let AI Help You Survive Your Busiest Season. The whole week, at holiday volume. Batch-schedule your content before December buries you.

Each session stands alone — come for the one that matches your week's biggest headache — or take all four and rebuild the whole thing.

Why This One's Different

Most AI training for small businesses falls into one of two camps: too generic to apply to a real business, or a sales pitch with a product at the end. This is neither.

• No product to buy. Access is sponsored by Codefi Foundation, in partnership with the Show-Me Network — no tool to purchase, no upsell.

• Taught by people who build AI products, not just present on them. Codefi runs Traction Studio AI and Dev Studio — the team teaching these sessions ships AI-powered products for a living.

• Built for the counties most training skips. The Show-Me Network exists to reach small business owners outside Missouri's metro centers.

• A decade of track record behind it. Codefi has supported 100+ startups, raised $60M+ in follow-on capital for its portfolio, trained 1,000+ tech and AI learners, and generated $100M+ in total economic impact across southern Missouri.

Ready to Take an Hour Back Each Week?

Register for one session or all four. Every session is virtual, live, and closes with Q&A. If you can open a laptop, you can use this.

Register now → https://codefiworks.com/campaigns/show-me-network-small-business-training-series

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