How to Back Up Your Business So Ransomware Can't Hold You Hostage
75% of small businesses can't continue operating if hit with ransomware. Proper backups make ransom payment unnecessary. Here's how to set them up right.
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Amelia S. Gagne
CEO and co-founder of Kief Studio. Full-stack developer and strategist. Perplexity AI Business Fellow. In tech since 2012.
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How to Evaluate AI Tools Without Getting Sold
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What Happens When You Get Hacked: A Realistic Timeline
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What AI Can and Can't Do With Your Business Data
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Why Your Password Manager Is the Best Security Investment Under $50
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The difference between a useless AI response and a genuinely helpful one is almost always the prompt. Here's how to write prompts that work on the first try.
How Phishing Actually Works and How to Spot It
Phishing isn't just bad grammar in a Nigerian prince email anymore. AI-generated phishing is personalized, grammatically perfect, and harder to spot than ever.
Your First Week With AI: What to Try and What to Skip
The best way to learn AI isn't a course — it's seven days of focused experimentation with tasks you already do. Here's a realistic first-week plan.
The Five Things Every Business Should Do Before Anything Else
MFA, password manager, software updates, backups, employee training. These five steps cost under $5,000 a year and eliminate the majority of your cyber risk.
How to Figure Out Where AI Actually Fits in Your Business
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Entity SEO: How to Become the Answer, Not Just a Result
Google doesn't rank pages anymore. It ranks entities — people, companies, concepts. If the Knowledge Graph doesn't know who you are, your content is competing at a disadvantage.
How to Evaluate a Technology Partner When You're a Fintech Under $50M ARR
The vendor pitch deck won't tell you what you need to know. Here's what to actually look for — from someone on the other side of the table.