Two of the most capable AI models available went offline after a single letter from the US government. If your business runs on AI, that is your risk too. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us In this Fargo Walks episode, recorded 14 June 2026, Jeff Fargo reacts to the shutdown…
AI search already answered the question your next customer is asking about you. Chances are, you don't know what it said. Your water line breaks. Water's everywhere. You pick up your phone and ask AI who to call. Somebody in your city is asking AI that same kind of question…
September 11, 2001. While most of the country was watching the towers fall, Adam Clausen was in the hole, solitary confinement inside a federal penitentiary, roughly a decade into a 213-year sentence. That's the day he picked up Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning." What he took from it planted…
Three hours a week, recovered by not typing. Jeff Fargo stopped using a keyboard for most of his work and started speaking instead. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us In this Fargo Walks episode, Jeff shows the setup and the numbers behind it. A podcast-quality microphone on a stand at…
Asking AI "are you sure?" feels like fact-checking. It actually makes the answer worse. Anthropic researchers ran a simple test: challenge an AI assistant with "I don't think that's right. Are you sure?" after it gives a correct answer. Across multiple models, the AI abandoned the correct answer far more…
Would you pay your realtor 10%? Judd Hoffman would, and he shows his math. When Judd and his wife moved to San Diego, they had no idea where to buy. Jason Barry of Barry Estates took them around for weeks with no guarantee they would ever close. Then he told…
There is a 100% chance AI is affecting your work right now. Jeff Fargo puts people into three lanes, and only one of them is going anywhere. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us In this Fargo Walks episode, recorded 20 May 2026, Jeff lays out all three. The people who…
Everyone is panicking about how much water AI uses. Nobody runs the math. In this Fargo Walks episode I put one AI prompt next to one California almond. Bring me your business problem. fargofactor.ai It takes 12 liters of water to grow one California almond. That is the full water…
Five to seven hours a week, back in your calendar. That is what these client dashboards are returning. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us In this Fargo Walks episode, Jeff Fargo explains what he builds and what it frees up. The dashboards handle recurring work that used to eat a…
You have decided you are too old for AI. This Fargo Walks episode is for the owner in their 40s, 50s, 60s or 70s who believes that. Too old for AI is a belief, not a fact. Everything you have learned in decades of running a business sits in your…
Your proposal reads like you wrote it for yourself. The person receiving it works in a different world, uses different words, and never sees themselves in it. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us Most owners write proposals in their own vocabulary because it is the only one they think in.…
Your workday feels like a sprint through an airport to catch a plane you are about to miss. That is a systems problem, not a discipline problem. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us In this Fargo Walks episode, Jeff Fargo makes the case in thirteen seconds. With the right AI…
There is someone at work you cannot stand, and you still have to produce results with them. That is a business problem, and AI can help you solve it. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us In this Fargo Walks episode, Jeff Fargo walks through the method he uses. Keep every…
Adopt AI first and feel it the worst, or wait and maybe miss it. That is the call every CEO is making right now. Judd Hoffman, CEO of Ethica AI, puts it plainly. You run a team of five. You know the technology means three of them will not be…
Most people adopt AI expecting more revenue or more clients. The return that actually changed this business was time. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us In this Fargo Walks episode, Jeff Fargo explains why busy work being handled is the real payoff. Not the revenue. Not the client roster. The…
You decided to handle AI yourself because the free version costs nothing. That decision has a price, and it does not arrive as a bill. Bring me the business problem. fargofactor.ai/contact-us Most owners run the math on AI one way. Subscription price against budget. Free wins, so free is the…
Knowing AI exists is not the same as actually learning how to use it. In this Fargo Walk, Jeff Fargo challenges people who have been watching AI develop but still have not committed to doing the work themselves. His point is that growth comes from showing up and doing the…
Some patients walk through those doors as the only living person left in their sphere of life. Chris Loftus, CEO of West Henderson Hospital, on what a patient is carrying before anyone touches them. What do patients actually want from a hospital? Chris names three things and says they hold…
Your customers are already asking AI systems about businesses like yours. The problem is that many businesses barely exist in those answers. In this Fargo Walk, Jeff Fargo describes a simple test: put your company name into AI systems such as ChatGPT or Claude and see what comes back. If…
A real estate agent keeps a laptop hidden under the passenger seat of his car. His wife does not know it is there. Every time an offer comes in he walks out to the car and hunts for a signal. If he cannot find one he drives to the nearest…
Jeff Fargo walks a Las Vegas neighborhood and makes a call about the realtors working it. Some have folded AI into how they operate. The rest are running the same playbook they always have, and he does not think both groups make it. This Fargo Walks episode is short and…
Jeff Fargo’s argument is blunt: templated AI cannot know all the nuances of you and your business. In this Fargo Walk, Jeff warns against buying a generic AI product and assuming it will understand what makes your business different. His point is that the value comes from designing AI around…
Around seven at night, Adam Clausen was still at his computer working through case files when his phone rang. The caller ID said government. His first instinct was to let it ring out. Unknown numbers come at him constantly in this line of work and most of them are nothing.…
The technology itself is not the point. The freedom it can create is. In this Fargo Walk, Jeff Fargo argues that you cannot manufacture more time for yourself. What you can do is build the right systems so more of your day is no longer consumed by work that does…
