The Awais Rafeeq Show

What can you do yourself with AI, and where do you still pay a pro?

You keep hearing AI will run your business. Nobody tells you which part. Or what it costs. Or where it breaks.

Each episode I sit with someone who knows. An analyst. An SEO pro. An owner who built it. One question. Plain answers.

Why owners watch

Real businesses. Real tools. The part that worked, and the part that went wrong. Every answer has to pass one test. Would a salon owner know what to do on Monday?

What you get from each episode

  • The guest's answer. In their words, no script.
  • Our check. When a guest gives a number, we put the source on screen.
  • One Monday step. Something you can do this week, yourself.
  • A short write-up. The episode on one page, with every claim linked to its source.

Episodes

Why AI projects fail, with Michael Fauscette

Michael spent about ten years at IDC. Then he was Chief Research Officer at G2. Today he runs Arion Research.

I asked him where a small business should put its first AI money. His first answer: spend nothing for two weeks.

pilots fail people first, data second, technology's, uh, almost the third.

Watch on YouTubeRead the write-up

Will ChatGPT name your business? With Nouman Ali Awan

Nouman has done SEO for 13 years. He runs the agency Being Optimizers.

We asked how a business gets named when people ask AI. Then we checked every answer against Google's own pages.

If you are not adding anything from yourself, from your experience, then that content will not work.

Watch on YouTubeRead the write-up

More episodes on our YouTube channel, @aidatahouse.

We check the numbers

Guests talk from memory. That is normal. So we look up every number they give. When a guest quotes a report, we open the report. Then we show its own page on screen. You see the source, not just the claim.

Come on the show

Who fits: you run or advise a business, and you use AI for real. Or you sell a service and know where AI stops.

What it costs you: nothing. We do the production.

How long: 60 to 75 minutes, one sitting, online.

What you get: the full episode, plus short clips ready for LinkedIn.

You agree the topics before we record. Anything off the table, we skip. No pitching on air, from either side. Want to see the edit before it goes out? Just ask. You will see it first.

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Awais Rafeeq, host of The Awais Rafeeq Show

Your host

Awais Rafeeq runs AI Data House. His team has built 500 plus systems for companies in the US and the UK. Lead follow-up, paperwork, reporting. The boring work that eats your week. On the show he asks the questions owners ask him on calls.

FAQ

Where can I watch?

On YouTube, on the AI Data House channel. Each episode also gets a short write-up on this site.

Is it a sales pitch?

No. Nobody pitches on air. Guest links go in the episode description.

How do I apply to be a guest?

Use the contact form. Write "Podcast guest" and one story you would tell.

Will I see the edit before it goes out?

Yes, if you ask. We show you the edit first.

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