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This is part two of a two-part roundtable with my peer mastermind group, the Weird Hermits — a small group of women entrepreneurs who have been in each other's corners for years. In this episode, we go deep on the specific ways we're each using Claude to run our businesses right now.

We cover: what a Claude skill actually is (and how it compares to a custom GPT), the difference between Claude Chat, Cowork, and Code, and the real workflows we're using — from morning briefings and newsletter automation to dynamic landing pages that update themselves and idea management via Dispatch.

You'll hear from Monica Froese (Empowered Business), Kate Kordsmeier (Success with Soul), Liz Stapleton ( Creator Ops Hub), Jodi Bourne (Borne Strategic AI), Steph Blake (automation & business strategy), and Ruth Poundwhite. We close with a challenge and free resource from each of us.

If you have access to the transcript, drop it into Claude and ask how these workflows would apply to your business. You'll be surprised what comes back.

In This Episode:

• What finally made us switch from ChatGPT to Claude (and why)
• What a Claude skill is and why it's more powerful than a custom GPT
• Claude Chat vs. Cowork vs. Code — the honest breakdown
• Real use cases: dynamic pages, newsletter automation, morning briefings, Shopify scraping, Kit cleanup tools, competitor intelligence reports
• The cognitive load case for AI (Ruth's perspective is gold)
• One challenge + one free resource from each person in the group

Resources Mentioned:

• Monica's free Skool community → Empowered AI Collective (affiliate link)
• Kate's Claude social media free tool
• Destini's Creator Business Scorecard
• Liz's 10-Minute Time Waster Audit
• Jodi's Visibility Scorecard
• Steph's automation workflow swipe file
• Ruth's cognitive load Claude starter guide