Business Owners Using AI - Fort Myers & Naples

Business Owners Using AI - Fort Myers & Naples is a community for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and small and medium business owners across Southwest Florida — Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Estero, Bonita Springs, and Naples — who are putting AI to work automating operations, augmenting their teams, and rethinking how their businesses run.

The group is run by Matthew Grote, former Head of AI Strategy at Siemens Energy Grid Technologies, where he led AI adoption at enterprise scale. Now he helps small and medium businesses apply the same playbook: what actually works, what to skip, and how to get real results with a small team.

This is not a coding meetup, and you don't need a technical background. It's a group for owners and operators comparing notes on what's really working — AI tools, ChatGPT and Claude workflows, AI marketing, automation — and what to do when your AI integration isn't working the way you want it to.

Whether you run a service business, a trade, a practice, or a shop — and whether you're just starting to use ChatGPT or you're deep into building automated workflows — you'll find people at your stage and people a few steps ahead.

What we do:

• Free live webinars and workshops on implementing AI in specific business functions — marketing, sales, operations, and customer service
• Real case studies from real businesses
• Q&A sessions where you can bring your actual business problems
• A community of owners helping each other figure this out

Who this is for: Founders, solopreneurs, owners, and operators of small to medium businesses in any industry — construction and trades, home services, real estate, professional services, medical and dental practices, restaurants and hospitality, retail, e-commerce — who want practical help using AI to grow revenue, save time, and cut costs.

We're part of the Business Owners Using AI network, with groups in Tampa and Miami.

Join the group and RSVP for our next free live webinar — that's the best place to start.