# AI, Agents and why you can’t wait… What every founder needs to know about AI to 10X their business

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Published: 2026-04-20T19:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Some founders are firing their whole team and replacing them with AI…or pretending it’s not happening at all. But Joe Stolte thinks differently. Joe Stolte has built 6 companies, exited 4 (including Lottery.com which went public at $526 million), worked at Microsoft and generated over $100 million in sales. He now helps businesses to deploy and integrate AI agents and knows exactly what separates the business that will survive the shift to AI, from the ones that won’t. In this episode, we chat about building teams of AI agents, empowering your staff to use AI and ways you can 10x your business. If you’ve been waiting for a sign to get started with AI, this is probably it. Key moments: 00:00: Hire people or hire AI. What founders should actually be thinking about right now 1:19: The matrix that will help you decide what should be done by AI and what should be done by your team 3:09: How AI can completely change the game for sales teams before during and after every call 4:19: What your best employees are actually costing you when they aren’t using AI 5:07: What most founders get wrong when using AI 15:07:: The four stages of AI: what's coming next and why the timeline is shorter than most people expect 30:15: Chatbots vs Agents. What’s the difference and which one you should use 21:52: The three agents worth setting up today and how to actually get started 23:30: Is Open Claw worth it? What it can do, where it falls short and 45:33:How delegation changes when your team is AI-powered and what that means for you as a leader 1:01:00: The one daily habit that moves the needle and how to make it stick in your business Drop a JESS in Joe's DMs at dmjoe.com to get his free Constraint Test bot plus a stack of AI resources and training to get you started. No email, no pitch, jus…

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