Seed and Society | AI, Agents, and Automation

Makeda Boehm
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Seed & Society™ teaches service-based business owners how to use AI, automations, and agents to create more money, time, and options. If your income stops the moment you step away, that’s not a business. It’s a job. This show is about building systems that keep working, whether you are or not. AI is moving at the speed of daily™. Each episode breaks down how to: - use AI to increase revenue without adding hours - build automations that replace repetitive work - create systems that operate like a team without the payroll Hosted by Makeda Boehm, Strategic AI Advisor, keynote speaker, and social scientist who has sold $10M in enterprise tech and earned seven figures doing it, with a data science background and thousands of hours spent inside AI tools as a daily user. This is where you learn how to leverage AI and make it your competitive advantage.

  1. 1D AGO

    The New A-to-Z

    SHOW NOTES: "The New A-to-Z" When a prospect's budget doesn't match your rate, the old playbook says walk away or offer something diluted. But what if the problem isn't your expertise or your price, it's how you're delivering the work? This episode shows you how to redesign your entire service delivery for the AI era so you can say yes to clients at multiple price points without sacrificing your margins or your sanity. In this episode: The old A-to-Z model: 26 steps that eat your time and become the reason your prices have to be high The new A-to-Z model: same client outcome with most of the steps removed because AI handles the operational heavy lifting The exact question to ask AI after a sales call to rebuild your offer for different budgets Why this isn't about cutting corners: your premium tier keeps its value, and you add accessible tiers below it Real numbers: brand strategy drops from $10K to $3K, group coaching at $1,500, copywriting at $500, and how the math changes when you stack multiple tiers Why this shift is harder than keeping things as they are, and what you actually gain by making it How a consultant in Dakar using these systems is already ahead of someone in San Francisco still running the old way Why you're not behind: you're in the first five percent of people seriously thinking about this Who this is for: Service-based business owners who are still delivering work the old way and want to see what it actually looks like to redesign around AI. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    14 min

  2. 4D AGO

    The Money You're Not Applying For

    There's money waiting for you right now with your name on it: grants, fellowships, pitch competitions, and speaking fees that most business owners never claim because they don't have a system to find them or time to apply. This episode shows you exactly how to build that system yourself using AI, so you can start applying today without waiting for anyone else. In this episode: The seven categories of non-dilutive capital that service-based business owners typically overlook: grants, fellowships, pitch competitions, speaking opportunities, press awards, government contracts, and affiliate programs Why most business owners don't apply and how AI solves all three barriers at once The asset library approach: build your professional profile once, then adapt it to any application in minutes How to create this workflow yourself right now using Claude or co-work without waiting for a platform The updated Everfreely vision: moving from a single dashboard to a portable tool that travels with you across systems Why the extension concept means you're never dependent on one platform The global funding landscape: where to find opportunities through SBA, Startup India, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Sebrae, and more Who this is for: Service-based business owners who've never systematically pursued grants, fellowships, pitch competitions, or speaking opportunities and want to start today. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    16 min

  3. APR 27

    Why You Need to Own Your Audience

    Why You Need to Own Your Audience Your followers aren't really yours. They live on a platform you don't control, and the moment that platform changes, you could lose access to everyone you've spent years building. This episode reveals why owned audience infrastructure is the single most important decision for your business and exactly how to start building it this week. In this episode: Why email converts at 4.24% while social media converts at 0.59%, showing a 7x difference in actual results How email is 40x more effective than social media for acquiring new customers What the data shows about podcast listeners: they spend 7 hours per week listening, finish 70% of episodes, and 52% feel closer to podcast hosts than any other media personality How email engagement lasts 12+ days compared to social media posts that fade in a few hours The priority stack for building your business: email list first, then podcast, then content on your domain, and finally social media for discovery only Practical tools like ManyChat that help you bridge from social discovery to owned audience infrastructure How to move people from rented platforms to owned channels you control starting this week Who this is for: Service-based business owners who've built a strong following on social media but don't own any piece of their audience infrastructure. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    16 min

  4. APR 24

    Agents, Chatbots, and the Difference That Matters

    Most business owners think they're using AI well because they've tried a chatbot. But there's a critical difference between tools that make you slightly more efficient and systems that actually do your work for you while you sleep. This episode reveals where the real money lives. In this episode: The functional difference between a chatbot, an assistant, and an agent (and why most people confuse them) Why using ChatGPT more often isn't the same as using AI well How agents work on a schedule and complete tasks autonomously, unlike chatbots that respond to your prompts The three business areas where an agent pays for itself in the first week What changes in your business when you stop optimizing your own efficiency and let an agent do the actual work The real bar you need to meet to call something AI done well Who this is for: Service-based business owners who are ready to move beyond chatbots and want to use AI to create actual revenue and reclaim their time. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    14 min

  5. APR 20

    How to Make More Money, Working Less

    You're stuck at the same revenue ceiling you hit two years ago, and it's not because you're not working hard enough. Your business model has a mathematical limit, and A.I. is the key to breaking through it. If you bill for your time, your income maxes out at your hourly rate multiplied by the hours you can work. Most service-based business owners hit the wall at five or six figures and can't figure out why. This episode reveals exactly how to raise that ceiling using three specific A.I. shifts, how much revenue each one adds, and how much less you'll actually work once the systems are running. In this episode: Why charging more per hour or working more hours has a built-in expiration date The three specific A.I. shifts that add six figures to your revenue without adding hours to your week What a real million-dollar solo business actually looks like in 2026, broken down layer by layer How to escape the time-for-money trap without hiring a team or sacrificing your weekends The exact agent setups, tools, and workflows to implement these shifts Who this is for: Service-based business owners hitting revenue plateaus who are ready to work smarter instead of harder. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    17 min

  6. APR 17

    AI Models Decoded for Business Owners

    You're using AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT, but if someone asked you what an AI model actually is, you'd probably draw a blank. This episode cuts through the jargon so you can make confident decisions about which models are worth paying for and which ones are right for your business. In this episode: What an AI model actually is and why it matters for your business decisions Why so many models exist and what makes Claude, GPT, and Gemini different from each other How to understand model differences using a law school analogy Model tiers explained: Haiku for speed and cost, Sonnet as your daily driver, and Opus for heavy lifting The framework for choosing the right tier: use the smallest model that actually gets the job done What a context window is and why it determines how much information your AI can work with at once How Claude Projects keep your reference material loaded and ready to go The real cost impact of picking the wrong tier when automations run continuously Why the biggest mistake isn't choosing the wrong model, it's not choosing one at all Who this is for: Service-based business owners who've felt intimidated by AI terminology and want to pick the right tools without needing a computer science degree. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    12 min

  7. APR 13

    Non-Technical People Are Winning at A.I. Right Now

    If you've spent your career consulting, coaching, teaching, advising, or serving clients, you already have the most valuable skill for working with AI. This episode reveals why non-technical thinkers are outperforming engineers at AI implementation and how your existing expertise translates directly to building better AI systems. In this episode: Why you don't need to know how to code, you need to know how to think Five reasons non-technical thinkers are winning at AI right now How understanding context and asking better questions gives you an edge over engineers Why your experience working with incomplete information is a superpower for AI How your ability to understand people helps you build AI systems that actually work The strategic thinking skills that build better AI businesses than technical expertise alone Who this is for: Service-based business owners who feel intimidated by AI because they're not technical, when the truth is you're already ahead. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    17 min

  8. APR 13

    All About Claude: Chat, Co-work, and Code for Business Owners

    If you're running a service-based business, Claude is the one AI tool that can handle your strategy, content, execution, and custom builds all in one place. This episode breaks down the full Claude ecosystem so you know exactly which product to use when and how real consultants, coaches, therapists, lawyers, architects, and real estate agents are using them to scale without hiring. In this episode: Claude Chat for strategy sessions, research, writing, and content repurposing Projects: persistent workspaces where Claude remembers your files, instructions, and business context Skills: workflows you teach Claude once and run repeatedly on demand Claude Co-work: the agent layer that executes tasks directly on your computer Claude Code: building custom tools and applications tailored to your business How these three products work together to replace capabilities that used to cost six figures in employees Who this is for: Service-based business owners ready to understand the most powerful AI tool available right now and how to use it for strategy, execution, and building. Seed & Society is hosted by Makeda Boehm. Find tools, resources, and the free A.I. Employee Report at seedandsociety.com.

    18 min
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Seed & Society™ teaches service-based business owners how to use AI, automations, and agents to create more money, time, and options. If your income stops the moment you step away, that’s not a business. It’s a job. This show is about building systems that keep working, whether you are or not. AI is moving at the speed of daily™. Each episode breaks down how to: - use AI to increase revenue without adding hours - build automations that replace repetitive work - create systems that operate like a team without the payroll Hosted by Makeda Boehm, Strategic AI Advisor, keynote speaker, and social scientist who has sold $10M in enterprise tech and earned seven figures doing it, with a data science background and thousands of hours spent inside AI tools as a daily user. This is where you learn how to leverage AI and make it your competitive advantage.

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