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A $6.5M Estimate in 23 Minutes: How AI Is Rewiring SMBs | David Flickinger Interview
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- Buyers and Builders
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- Jun 15, 2026
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In this episode, David Flickinger, founder of Vellm.ai, joins Mikk Markus to explain how his journey from Marine Corps officer to AI implementation shaped his perspective on technology, and how business owners, private equity professionals, search fund operators, and CEOs can move beyond using Claude and ChatGPT as a simple productivity tool and begin building AI infrastructure that creates real enterprise value. Drawing on years of experience deploying AI solutions inside operating companie...