Opinions are not Instructions | Businessing with Pat Miller

Other people's opinions are not instructions. Especially the ones from people who don't pay you green American dollars.

Today on Businessing, Pat unpacks the AI story trifecta: ChatGPT's leaner GPT-5.5 Instant base model, Anthropic's SpaceX compute deal that doubles Claude's usage windows and removes peak-hour throttling, and a researcher's fake eye disease that fooled ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot into telling people to see a doctor. He runs an Idea Slam on the Monday-pumped, Wednesday-overwhelmed cycle, breaks down a 189,000 weekly jobless claims number (lowest since 1969) and what it means if you're hiring part-time help, and unveils the final SBOC '26 reveal: the VIP program with a one-hour Ask Me Anything with Mike Michalowicz and a three-hour Friday session with Matt Mundt of Hug Sleep, who turned a $25,000 investment into $30M+ in lifetime revenue.

Tickets go on sale Monday May 11 for community members, Tuesday May 12 for waitlist, and Wednesday May 13 for the public. There are 115 seats and 275+ owners standing by. Get on the waitlist now.

In this episode: 00:00 — Welcome and check-in 02:30 — Positivity, Gratitude, and the Distraction of the Day 09:00 — Stuff You Need to Know: Iran, jobless claims, and a Mother's Day PSA 14:00 — AI Story of the Day: GPT-5.5 Instant, Claude's SpaceX deal, and a fake eye disease that fooled three AIs 22:00 — Money Masters Bookkeeping 24:00 — Idea Slam: How to stop the Monday-pumped, Wednesday-overwhelmed cycle 31:00 — G2 Insurance Services 33:00 — SBOC '26 final reveal: the VIP program with Mike Michalowicz and Matt Mundt of Hug Sleep 41:00 — Wrap-up

Resources mentioned:

• Mike Michalowicz (Profit First, Fix This Next) — SBOC '26 keynote
• Matt Mundt — Hug Sleep (Shark Tank, $30M+ in lifetime revenue)
• Money Masters Bookkeeping — moneymasters4biz.com
• G2 Insurance Services — g2insuranceservices.com
• SBOC '26 Conference Waitlist
• Live show map — live.smallbusinesscommunity.com

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