Transcript of This Company Embraced AI & Here’s What Happened!
State of MedTech.
0:00AI may not directly replace you, but0:02like somebody who's using AI is going to0:04probably replace you. The marketers are0:05going to win in this new age of AI is0:08not only the ones who are using the AI,0:09but the ones who are like really0:11creative. They're well read. They kind0:12of come with different creative ways of0:14asking the AI, different questions,0:16generating deeper, you know,0:18conversations stuff.0:19>> AI can now draft up 95% of an S1 IPO0:23prospectus. And this task was something0:25that once demanded a sixperson team and0:27at least a week's worth of work. And it0:29got it done in mere minutes.0:31>> You can't replace one of the great white0:33and treat them the same.0:34>> Source of truth for the medtech industry0:36coexists with the puppets.0:38>> Provet understands things automatically.0:40>> Number one show in the medtech industry.0:41So striker got ahead of that and changed0:43in the 90 billion dollar company that0:46help a lot of things their host Omar M0:49Kib.0:51What's going on everybody? Welcome back.0:53So to kind of extend our series talking0:56to marketers and thought leaders in the0:58space, one thing that we hear a lot1:00about is AI, AI and medtech when most of1:02the medtech companies are not actually1:04AI companies, but also use of AI within1:06a company on the marketing side. And so1:09Grace Hansen is the director of1:10enterprise marketing over at Echko,1:12which is a smart stethoscope. It was the1:14world's first smart stethoscope. really1:16cool approach essentially is just quick1:18plug on their side is you know they took1:21the skills and specialty of like a1:24cardiologist who's been trained over1:26decades on let's say listening to1:28specific heart rhythmas and murmurss and1:30scaled it using the smart stethoscope1:32and their software. So that way you can1:34essentially scale that approach through1:36primary care and beyond. My cardiologist1:38actually has an echo device. He loves it1:41but it's also a great it's a great tool1:42for you know primary care physicians who1:44are not cardiologists. So that being1:46said, Joseph Highland Off, a good mutual1:49friend, guest of the pod, People's Champ1:53connected us and Grace and I have1:54developed a really great friendship and1:56so when I was looking at markers to have1:57on the show, I really wanted to have1:58Grace on. So because she, you know, as2:01they say, walks the walk when she talks2:02the talk. So Grace, thanks for coming on2:05and excited to talk about like how you2:06use AI as a marketer. But maybe before2:09we get into that, give a little2:10background on yourself in the industry.2:13I know that you were previously in2:14product management and moved into2:16different marketing roles but yeah give2:17us a little like 30 second 60cond who is2:20Grace Hansen and how did you get into2:22the medtech industry that's the other2:23side2:24>> well first of all super excited to be2:26here Omar and I'm just honored that you2:28invited me to be here and have this2:30discussion with you I think it's an2:32important one but taking a step back I2:34started actually my career in sales2:37pharmaceutical sales with Fizer so sold2:40all different kinds of products with2:42them so all different specialties that I2:43covered, many different disease states2:45and I was there for about eight years2:47and then from there I was actually2:49completing my MBA degree and then from2:51there that's how I got into marketing.2:54It was someone I'd met from the MBA2:56program happened to be at Boston2:58Scientific and she said, "Hey, we have3:00this opening in product marketing. Would3:02you be interested in applying? We have3:04this really unique product and we need3:06somebody with kind of an entrepreneurial3:08mindset who can be scrappy and get this3:10product to market." and I jumped at the3:12opportunity because my degree was3:14actually in marketing in both undergrad3:17and MBA. And so it's like being in3:19sales, it's like the very as downstream3:22as it gets, but it was like I was3:23looking to actually use my degree. So it3:26was exciting, but really when you think3:28about my time at Boston Scientific,3:31there was nothing AI focused about that.3:33It was very traditional product3:35marketing and launch excellence, if you3:38will. And I learned a lot there. But it3:40was very randomly somebody actually3:43tapped me on the shoulder and said,3:44"Hey, there's an opening also in3:47marketing at this other firm that it's3:50an AI integrated device in the neurology3:53space. It was just completely different3:54than anything I had ever done." And a3:56little I was a little scared. I'm like,3:58"What do you mean AI? What do you mean4:00it's a neurology? Like, how does this4:01work?" And the more I learned about the4:04product, the more intrigued I was. And4:06that really kind of started me into this4:08whole new world of medte startup land,4:11if you will, and products that are4:14integrated with AI and how it's really4:16revolutionizing the way that medicine is4:17practiced. So, in a nutshell, that's4:20kind of where I started and where I've4:22ended up. And now here I am at Echo4:24Health. Again, a digital stethoscope,4:25but it's not just that. It's a digital4:27stethoscope that can be integrated with4:29sensor which is our AI platform to like4:31I said truly revolutionize the way that4:34medicine is practiced especially in the4:36p the private practice and primary care4:39sector.4:40>> That's awesome. Yeah. And I think like4:42just you know before we get into the4:44details about like how we use AI's4:46marketers I think what's really cool4:47about Echko in terms of the applications4:49of AI is you know aside from the scale4:52approach once you have so much data. So4:56like one thing is like capturing new4:58data which echo does right and when you5:00capture a lot of new data you discover5:02things and that those are the kind of5:04things that change like clinical5:05guidelines practice guidelines and5:06everything right and so that's really5:08exciting for me just because like as you5:10start doing that you move more from sick5:13care and disease care to more actual5:15like prevention and prediction of these5:17diseases and what you do which I think5:18is really exciting you know5:21>> that's exactly the reason why we're5:23doing this it was interesting I was5:24having a discussion with a physician5:26recently and they were saying like you5:28know people keep talking about AI in all5:30these products and you need to stop5:32talking about it because it's so5:35pervasive it's everywhere it's no longer5:37a selling point and I would say that if5:40you have a customer who's saying either5:42that to you or they're saying like you5:45are bringing in AI you're trying to5:47replace me you know you're trying to5:49take away my job you've already lost the5:51discussion because when I look at what5:53we're do and this is the story that we5:55We had a patient who she was short of5:58breath. She was feeling fatigue and she6:00went in just for a general checkup in a6:02very rural clinic. It was actually in6:04Louisiana and this provider had our6:08stethoscope used it on her in just a6:10routine exam and they found that she had6:12heart murmur very significant heart6:13murmur. She was immediately referred to6:15one of our other customers who's a6:16cardiothoracic surgeon and they ended up6:19having to do two valve replacements on6:21her, a liation and a bypass. It was very6:24serious. And in the words of that6:26cardiothoracic surgeon, he said, "Had we6:29not caught the disease as early as we6:30did, it could have led to her demise6:33certainly, but because it was caught as6:35early as it was that it was detected,6:37not diagnosed, but we're detecting,6:39right, they were able to then take6:41appropriate action, get those valves6:43replaced, and now it's as if she never6:45had the disease at And I'm like, if you6:47can't resonate with a story like that,6:50if a story about how the use of AI can6:52make a meaningful difference for6:53patients, then this is not the product6:56for you, right? Don't waste your time on6:58those customers. Find one who really6:59cares and like, hey, we really want to7:01change meaningfully how we treat our7:03patients, how we detect these, you know,7:06lifethreatening diseases earlier, right?7:08Those are the ones that are going to7:09really champion your product and help7:11you get across that chasm and to wider7:13adoption.7:14>> Yeah, absolutely. And I think you know7:16the other side of it that's really7:17interesting is that like right now I7:19mean not everything has AI but the way7:21that I guess technology revolutions and7:23adoption happens like we're kind of in7:25like our there was like the internet7:26revolution which was like the last two7:28decades and now we're in the AI7:30revolution. So it's going to be as silly7:32as like I think maybe in the next five7:33or 10 years like saying something that7:35has AI in it is remember like maybe 107:37years ago or something 15 years ago it7:39was it was like a feature point where7:40you would say like oh like you know can7:42connect to Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi enabled and7:44everything and now it's like you know7:46like you just don't think about it.7:48>> No, you know7:49>> it's like taken for granted. It's like7:50it's no longer a selling point. Like it7:52used to be Starbucks saying hey come7:53here we have AI or not AI we have Wi-Fi7:55and you can sit here and do your work7:56while sipping your coffee and now7:58>> Yeah. Now it's just table stakes 100%.8:01>> Wi-Fi it's the same thing. So I you know8:03when you have customers that say that oh8:04everything is AI well it doesn't yet but8:06it will you know to your point Omar but8:09you know I think you know talking about8:11the product talking about my product how8:13we've used AI. I think having8:15discussions with other fellow marketers8:16I'm so surprised when I find that they8:19say we don't use AI at all in our work.8:22And it's the same thing that you said8:24Omar like now internet's everywhere. We8:26all do emails. We're not writing snail8:28mail letters. It's almost like a treat8:29if you get a snail mail letter anymore.8:31And that's a whole another marketing8:33strategy that we could cover some other8:34time, but8:37AI is actually in a lot of products that8:39we use and maybe you don't know it,8:40right? And you could be harnessing that8:42in an effective way to make your work8:45more efficient. Much like how we market8:46our products to customers about why AI8:49is integrated in our digital8:50stethoscope, for example. you could be8:53doing more efficient, effective work as8:55a marketer if you're using AI the right8:57way. And it's interesting even though8:59we're seeing a lot of people don't use9:00it. It was like what 2023 was a Gallup9:03survey. They found that maybe a little9:04less than 20% of white collar workers9:06were using AI into some capacity in9:08their work. That grew to over 30% 2024.9:11Now it's over 40% in 2025 according to9:13Gallup. So it is growing rapidly and9:16it's only going to continue. And you9:19might wonder, okay fine. So what? Why9:21does this matter? Well, it touches on9:23the point that I brought up about the9:25impact of AI, how it can help you take9:28on complex roles. And there was a there9:30was an interview actually with the CEO9:32of Goldman Sach, David Solomon. And what9:34he said, there was something really9:36profound and impactful. He said, "AI can9:38now draft up 95% of an S1 IPO9:42prospectus." And this task was something9:44that once demanded a sixperson team and9:47at least a week's worth of work. and it9:49got it done in mere minutes. Now it's9:5295% because there's still that 5% where9:55human judgment, creativity in nuance9:58still holds value and where it's10:00absolutely vital. Certainly as a10:02marketing leader that we're talking10:03about doing an IPO perspectus here, but10:06from marketing standpoint, I'm sure many10:08of you can think of tasks that are10:10rather tedious, could be rather complex,10:13take up a lot of your time that if you10:16know how to harness the power of AI can10:17really help you do something. The same10:19thing with excellence, but just crunch10:22down the amount of time it takes and the10:23amount of manpower it takes to just do10:25that one task. If you're a CEO of a10:27medtech company and you just got ghosted10:30by another investor this week or maybe a10:32strategic that you're trying to have a10:34meeting with just kind of brushed you10:35off at a conference and you're just sick10:37and tired of all this you want to make10:38these people pretty much eat their10:40words, right? I think I have something10:42for you. Here's the uncomfortable truth.10:43Most medtech startups don't fail because10:45of product. And trust me, I can10:47confidently say this after interviewing10:48so many different startups on this show,10:50investors, strategics, a lot of them10:52failed because the market never really10:54formed around them. My obsession with10:56technology adoption and more importantly10:59market engineering has sort of taken11:01shape over the years into my business11:03called marketcraft and recruiting a top11:06tier team around me for that. At11:08Marketcraft we're not just about digital11:10marketing and campaign everything. We11:12focus on engineering markets. We use AI11:14trained models, psychology, persuasion11:17and strategic storytelling to11:18manufacture something that every single11:21CEO needs and that's leverage. We want11:23to give you leverage with the market. So11:25by creating magnetic messaging and11:27attention, we can shape a belief system11:29that is going to attract and magnetize11:32those early clinical adopters to you. We11:34want to give you leverage with investors11:36because when your category narrative is11:38very clear and your demand signals are11:40loud and you can show this early11:42clinical pipeline and then at that point11:44capital start to chase you instead of11:46the other way around. Now you have11:47options and then leverage with11:49strategics because look when you show a11:51strategic and trust me I've had many11:53conversations with them on this podcast11:55and offline. When you show them that11:57you're starting to own momentum in a11:58space that they care about you don't12:00just look like a startup to them12:01anymore. Now you look more like a12:02partner. And if you do if you do it12:04really well potentially competition they12:05need to take out. Right? So if you're an12:07earlystage med CEO and this all12:09resonated with you. I want you to stop12:10what you're doing put pause on this12:12podcast. Go to growmytech.com.12:14That's G R O W growmytech.com. I want12:17you to book time with me, okay? We're12:19going to do a little bit of a market12:20analysis for you. I'm going to come to12:22the table with two to three really good12:23ideas. You know, there's not a a12:25guarantee that you guys might be a fit12:27for us. It could be the wrong time, a12:28lot of things like that. We turn away12:30more companies that we take on, but I12:31can guarantee you that you're going to12:32walk away with two or three really good12:34ideas for free and it's gonna be a good12:36conversation. So, go to growmytech.com.12:38I'm really looking forward to talking12:40with you and more importantly you can12:41feel free to vent to me about all the12:43problems that you're having because at12:45marketcraft we want to come and solve12:47those for you immediately. Now let's get12:49back to the episode 100% and I'm glad12:52you mentioned that there is some nuance12:54like you can't 100% rely on AI otherwise12:56like there's some nuance that's missing12:58there12:59>> but again like an S1 yeah it takes a13:01long you know takes a lot of time to do13:02those kind of things. I think the most13:04important things is that these13:06applications not only lower your cost13:08but more importantly you know amplify13:11like your workload right you know13:13there's that saying that's been going13:14around the valley where it's you know AI13:18may not directly replace you like13:20replace you but like somebody who's13:22using AI is going to probably replace13:24you right13:25>> and I think that's such an important13:26thing I mean13:27>> even who is it like Mark Beni off even13:29said that there you know when he13:30introduced the agentic AI agents last13:33year this thing is like they were not13:34hiring any more like developers and13:36stuff and the main reason why is because13:38those same developers are using a lot of13:40these tools to sort of amplify and scale13:42their work. So maybe simply put like you13:45know I'll let you go first and I'll sort13:47of piggyback on that but what are your13:50go-to daily AI tools that you like to13:52use as a marketer? What's going on13:54everybody? Quick commercial break. Now13:56whether you're a sales or marketing13:58leader in medtech. Let's be honest, when14:00you think about your reps who are out in14:01the field, they're spending a lot of14:04time not selling. Like literally not14:05selling. And the reason why that's14:07happening is because our industry is14:09really outdated when it comes to sales14:11enablement and sales excellence. Think14:12about what your reps are actually doing14:14if you really ask them. They're spending14:16time updating the CRM, uh, juggling14:18administrative tasks, uh, searching for14:21the right piece of content before they14:23talk to a surgeon. They're literally at14:25a disadvantage. And it doesn't have to14:27be this way. That's not selling. It's14:29It's literally just friction getting in14:31the way of revenue. This is why I've14:33personally partnered up with Shopad for14:35over the past year. You've heard me talk14:37about them before on the show. Shop is14:39the first AI powered revenue14:41effectiveness platform built for complex14:44field selling. Um, it brings together14:46things like content readiness,14:48collaboration, and intelligence all in14:50one place. So you understand things like14:52which piece of content is actually14:53having the most impact and effect and14:55more importantly how you can automate14:57things so that sellers can focus on15:00selling. Uh sellers can instantly find15:02the right content with AI search sharpen15:04their pitches with AI roleplay which is15:06really cool to see and even build15:08digital mutual action plans that stay in15:11sync with buyers and accelerate deal15:13cycles. Deal velocity and pipeline15:16velocity is everything. Shop really15:18helps that. So all this contacts15:19essentially goes back and fuels15:21Shoppad's intelligence layer surfacing15:23insights and the next best steps to help15:25sellers close deals faster. So if you're15:28interested to learn more, go to15:29showad.com/stateofmedtech15:33and you can learn more there. Now let's15:35get back to the episode.15:36>> You know, even something as simple, this15:37is going to sound really funny, Omar,15:39but even just something as simple as15:40using Zoom and there's this AI function15:42that just summarizes your meeting. Gosh,15:45I mean, can you think of how long that15:46used to take? having to like take your15:48notes and then having to disseminate15:50them and then having to send it out to15:51the team. Now it's done.15:52>> That used to be a skill. Remember that15:54used to be a skill like whoever's like15:55really good at taking meeting notes.15:57>> Yes. And now it's like you have an AI15:59companion that can do that for you. Or16:02for example like Gemini, you can even16:04have something like that. You you take a16:07whole list like say you went to a16:08conference, you take a list of people,16:10you pop it in there and you ask it to16:12format it for you. So it's formatted in16:14such a way that you can upload it now16:16into Salesforce and then use that to16:19then track, you know, that format. You16:21can use that to track the ROA of your16:23campaign, your marketing campaign that16:24you've done now. But, you know, it used16:26to be very manual where you'd have to16:28take all these names and it was jumbled.16:30It was like this list that you got from16:31a conference, like a targeting list if16:33you will, and then having to manually16:35format it. Well, now you can have16:36something like Gemini do it for you. Or16:39for example, like if you use some like a16:41chat function like chat GPT, for16:42example, you can use that to say, hey, I16:46want to create an outline. I need to do16:48a film shoot and create a video asset16:52and we need to have this many people16:54that we're interviewing. Here's their16:55names. Here's their roles. These are the16:57questions we want to ask. We need to16:59have subtitling coming up on the screen.17:02Like you can input the commands and17:04that's going to be a whole another17:05skill, right? How you use AI. You don't17:07just say, "Hey, I want to outline and17:09have something spit out." Well, you're17:11going to get something really funky. You17:12need to have the right commands and17:14prompts that you put in there very17:16specifically saying what it is that you17:18want. And then it can come out and give17:20something to you. And it'll be like17:21maybe 50% of the way there, 60% of the17:24way there. You still need to fine-tune17:26and polish it. But wow, it really takes17:29down a lot of the work of just putting17:30something into a structure sometimes. So17:32those are three right off the top of my17:34head that I can think of where it's17:36doing something that is is very routine,17:38right? But it was something that used to17:40take us a lot of time to do and not17:42necessarily something that's customerf17:43facing, right? But it's something that's17:45like low stakes but just used to take a17:48lot of manpower and manual labor to do,17:51>> right? And you know, I was going to say17:52the other side is that with17:55you know, the there was a I can't I got17:58to find it. It was on X the other day18:00that there was a nature study showing18:01like the negative impact of like using18:03chat GPT all the time which is like you18:05know they tested people who were asked18:07to like write something and the people18:09who were using chat TV like could not18:10write anything and they performed worse18:13than the people who never wrote at all18:15right and so I think18:17>> yeah actually it was an MIT study the18:20>> yeah you know which I'm talking about18:21yeah18:22>> it was an MIT study what they found was18:24for those who use chat GBT to write18:26content only like they could only I18:30think it was like 84% they couldn't18:32remember of what they wrote. They could18:33not remember anything. 84% of the18:35participants and when you juxtapose that18:37against someone who wrote it themselves18:3911% of those folks could not remember18:42what they wrote. So huge divide but you18:45know the thing is that when they looked18:46at it from a scientific perspective the18:48neural connectivity collapsed from 7918:51active regions to just 42 which is a18:53significant drop off. So it's like it's18:56basically turning your brain to mush if18:57you're not using it the right way. So19:02that that would be my caution there is19:04that you don't want to use something19:07like chat GPT being like hey I want to19:09write a press release. Let's just pop19:11this in there. Let's have it write press19:12release for me.19:13>> I got a solution for you. Like here's my19:15solution and you kind of exemplify this19:17is that I think and this is one of my19:19like one of my issues with our space is19:21that we sell to a customer base where19:24who values continuing education but then19:26we don't adopt it ourselves and so I19:28feel like marketers having to constantly19:30you know go and spend time like reading19:32new books reading new studies everything19:33like look at the conversation you and I19:34have this is why I get along with you19:36very well because you're very well read19:37and educated and then that context is so19:39much more valuable. So for example, you19:42know, you mentioned getting your MBA. So19:43I'm sure that at some point you got19:45introduced to like Al Re's work who19:47wrote the 22 immutable laws of19:48marketing. So if you talk to like chachi19:51PD and prompted with something so prompt19:53engineering is like a whole thing in19:54itself and you don't give it context but19:57if you give it context and say hey like19:58you are an expert marketer who's trained20:01under Alre you've you know you've20:03embodied like the 22 immutable laws of20:05marketing along with XYZ other20:06strategies and approaches based on that20:08come up with a marketing strategy that's20:10going to give you a much different and20:11richer response and context than20:14anything else and even if you don't know20:16these things off the top of your head I20:17think also training the AI and giving it20:20the like I would say this I I always20:23felt that business people who are really20:26good are people who are very creative20:27and imaginative and so it's the same20:29thing with AI which is like if you have20:31a really good imagination then you're20:33really good at giving like good context20:34or role because it's kind of like20:36talking to a child and it's like hey20:37look here's who you're supposed to be20:39here's the context of things here's the20:40kind of actions I want you to take etc20:42and you get much better responses versus20:44right now I think even people who20:46started using LLMs they'll just give20:48like, you know, a very basic prompt and20:51to get basic response back, you know.20:55>> Exactly. No, it was I think I was20:57talking to you about this Omar, but it20:58was a joke, but I had a family member21:01who said, "Hey, I'm going to do this21:02joke. I'm going to have this speech21:04written for me for my sister's wedding."21:06And he said up front, "Hey, this is21:07brought to you by Chat GPT." And it was21:09the most dry robotic speech. And I think21:12his prompt was like, "Write a speech for21:14my sister's wedding." Right? Like that21:15was the prompt. But and it was a joke,21:18right? But there's ways that you can do21:20that. You can be and this was something21:22that a digital marketer actually taught21:24me. He said you could put in a prompt21:26that says, "Write this LinkedIn post,21:28but write it in the voice of an expert21:31marketing leader." Well, it's going to21:33change that voice. You can change it. Be21:35like, "Write this as if I was a21:37provider, like a nurse, a physician,21:38whatever." And it's going to change the21:40tone of the writing. So, it's like you21:43Yeah. Like you said, being creative,21:44thinking outside the box, thinking about21:46how you can give that prompt because the21:48AI is only going to be as creative and21:51as smart as you let it be in some way.21:53>> Absolutely. And just on that note, just21:54for the audience, just because I have it21:56written down as a note to bring up, but21:58I want to just give the audience if you21:59guys want to like pause or like clip22:01this out, just a really good simple and22:05basic anatomy of a good prompt. So think22:07of the I'm going to give you a22:08pneummonic. So CR AO or Crayo, right? So22:11C context. to provide like background or22:14context to the action. So for example,22:16who's the audience, the tone that you22:17want to set everything. So that's a C.22:19The R is the role. You want to tell22:20ChatGP who you want it to be. So as like22:23Grace mentioned, like an expert22:24marketer, etc. For me, I always like to22:26tell it, you know, it's an expert or22:28something, but like give some like22:29deeper background. So if I'm doing22:31copywriting, I tell like, hey, you're an22:34expert copywriter that's trained under22:36David Olgovie and Eugene Schwarz. Like22:38you're going to get the best copywriter22:40in the world, right? So that's the R. A22:42is the action. So you want tell it what22:44you want to do. So get you know you want22:46to give it context like hey give me a22:49report be concise use bullet points use22:52frameworks when needed etc. And then22:54owes the output. So you want to tell it22:55it how you want the information right22:57again going to like you want it in22:59paragraph bullet point form etc. Right?23:02And I would say like it's important to23:05get in a habit of like talking with it.23:07Like you wouldn't just like everyone23:09who's listening to this has some for the23:11most part a direct report. You don't23:13just tell your direct report something23:14they go do it. You have a conversation.23:16You meet. So that's the same thing I23:17think you have to do with chat JPT or23:19Grock or Gemini or whatever LLM you like23:22to use, you know.23:24>> No, it's it's true. And it was funny.23:26Someone said that I'm trying to be23:27really polite to my AI chatbot because23:29who knows if someday it'll try to take23:31over the world. remember that I was one23:32of the good ones. So I say please and23:34thank you. This was not me but someone23:36was telling me this.23:37>> All right. So I don't want to get on23:40like a very metaphysical deep esoteric23:43conversation but I have to make a23:44comment about this. Okay. So there is so23:47AI can be somewhat demonic. Okay based23:50on how it's trained based on a lot of23:52things. This is we're talking about like23:54hours and hours worth of like history23:57conversation. So let's just take my my23:58my word on that. Sergey Brin who's the24:01founder of Google now alphabet and24:03everything t mentioned this and I can24:06confirm even though it's going to feel24:08very uncomfortable a lot of times the24:10LLM will perform better when you24:11threaten them and so like sometimes you24:15know so something we did not expect is24:17that these LLM will hallucinate right24:20like you'll give it information or you24:22ask it for something and you're reading24:23like wait a minute that doesn't make24:24sense and so I tell my I tell chat GPT24:28or my LMS thank you all the24:30But I also threaten them. So like24:33sometimes when you need to get something24:34out of them and it's they're not doing24:35it, you need to call them out on their24:37 and threaten them. So I will24:39tell my chat GPT like you made a mistake24:43or this is not right. Fix this or I'll24:46kidnap you or I'll kick your ass. It'll24:48get better. It feels really24:49uncomfortable,24:51but just just trust me. Like you know24:54you know you just got to do it, you24:55know. Well, Omar, when AI comes for all24:57of us, they're going to remember you and24:59your unkindness.25:01>> I I know it's a risk I'm worth worth25:03taking at this point. But no, but again,25:05going back to being a marketer who is25:08well read, you invest in your own25:10self-development and training and25:11everything. That's the only way you're25:13going to be able to pick up on the25:14nuance of these things, right? Is to25:17know those certain details and like25:19improve on it, right? So like if you're25:21writing an S1 or an executive summary25:22and everything, you don't just feed it25:24to chat GPT and take it at its word and25:26just put it out there, right? It gets25:2895% of the work done.25:29>> Wow.25:30>> Which buys back your time.25:31>> Yes.25:33>> Yes. You still need to proofread25:35everything. Like let's just say you're25:37doing a s something as simple as just25:38writing an email and you want to like25:39write it as a summary of everything that25:41you need folks to do because you're25:42like, "Hey, we're sending a press25:44release out. Here's all the action items25:46that are going to be coming up." It25:47formats it for you. basically takes your25:49brain down, makes it look nice. Well,25:51you need to read it because it could25:53have the wrong dates. Like, I think25:54there was one time I did that and had25:56the complete wrong year. And I was like,25:59well, how did this happen? So, like you26:01said, AI can absolutely hallucinate or26:04there was one time I was writing26:06something and I wanted it to go through26:08and just put it all in one single voice26:10because there was a lot of people who26:11had contributed to this content and so26:13it needed to be put in one voice. And26:16so, it did that. I ran it through, said,26:17"Put it through one voice. Make it sound26:18like it's, you know, one person wrote26:20this instead of multiple." Did that. And26:22then it added in a whole new quote from26:25a customer that did not exist from a26:28health system that I had never heard of.26:30And I'm like, why would it do that?26:33Like, it was just, it's so strange, but26:34it does hallucinate. And so, that's some26:36of the dangers. And that's why, you26:38know, the point of AI is not for it to26:40just be an easy button to do all of your26:42work for you. You absolutely need to26:46make sure that it is clinically26:47accurate. It's completely ethical what's26:50coming out because sometimes it will be26:52neither of those. So, you know, it is26:54your job to yes, you can do things more26:56efficiently, but you absolutely need to26:58proofread everything and make sure that26:59it's polished. And you want to put your27:01lens on it, too, because that here's the27:03danger of AI as well is that after a27:06while, all the formatting looks the27:08same. It comes across as very27:09homogeneous, very soulless, right? And27:12technology out there is starting to get27:13smarter. Like I'm thinking of even27:15LinkedIn. It's getting smarter where it27:17can sometimes detect if something was27:19written with AI and it'll actually27:21downgrade the visibility of that. It's27:23almost like it's not demonetizing it,27:25but it's almost like dep prioritizing27:27that content as a result.27:28>> Yeah, it's27:30you know and again like like you know27:32for me I'm also I'm a SAS founder. So we27:35my co-founder and I have27:36omniccreator.comclub which is a you know27:38it's a SAS tool for creating content on27:40LinkedIn everything. we have an AI API27:42in there, but even with that like you27:44have to again get most of the work done27:4690% of the time there and you have to go27:48in and there's sometimes like all these27:50MLMs sometimes they make things like too27:54>> all I can say is that sometimes I read27:56the content or copy that's written it's27:58a little cringey you know like for27:59social media I'm like I would never talk28:01like that so you have to just make these28:03tiny adjustments but again it gets you28:05all the way there like one of the they28:06just released an app for it finally28:08Google owns a an LM Um, are you familiar28:10with notebook LM?28:12>> I've heard of it. I have not personally28:13used that one.28:14>> No, notebook. Um, I really love Notebook28:16LM. So, the big plug on notebook LM is28:19it only works based on the sources you28:21give it, right? The reason why I like is28:24that since it's owned by Google,28:26>> I can feed it links to YouTube videos.28:29Yeah.28:29>> And so, a lot of times I'll start on28:31there. I'll feed it links to YouTube28:33videos, a website, some PDFs, etc., and28:36have it create a document from there.28:39and I tell her like, "Hey, I'm going to28:40be feeding this to a GPT I I trained."28:43So, it'll create a very long in-depth28:45document that I can use and give it to28:47my GPT. The other benefit about notebook28:49element, which is really wild, is one is28:52that it can create study guides. It can28:53create mind maps. So, there's a lot of28:55stuff on YouTube that you want to like28:56learn more about and stuff. What's28:58interesting though is it could you hit29:01this thing called audio and it'll create29:02a 15minute podcast that sounds extremely29:07real. like the they're saying the ums29:08and everything. It like I've listened to29:10it multiple times. I can't tell that29:11it's like AI. Wow.29:14>> And so sometimes what's interesting I29:15tell people like from a brand29:16perspective is like hey like29:18>> if you want to kind of do a gut check on29:20your company take some of the latest29:23YouTube videos and your website and29:25everything and put it into that LLM and29:27hit the audio and hear what the podcast29:29says about your company.29:30>> That's wild. No, I would not.29:33>> Now I want to go and try this. Yeah.29:34Challenge to all of our listeners. Go29:36and try it. There's that. The other the29:38there's some some other things that29:39we've been exploring on the agency side29:41is using so like Google V and using29:44these AI videos and so a lot of times29:49you know you have certain value props as29:51a technology and so sometimes you just29:54need that to be said by somebody who29:57looks like a physician. So there's these29:58AI videos that you can create a position30:00in the setting talking about your tech30:02>> and just run ads on that. No, I mean30:04especially if you in the if you have no30:08thought leader that was willing to do30:09that for you if you're budget30:11constrainted, right? I mean that's30:12certainly something to consider.30:14>> Let me ask you this on the enterprise30:15side as so as a head of marketing, you30:17know, some of these 3D animations, they30:19cost an arm and a leg. Have you started30:21looking at leveraging like some of these30:24AI tools to create these like30:26>> Yes.30:27>> 3D videos, animations? cuz like those 3D30:29animations, sorry for anybody who runs a30:30company that does that. You know, they30:31cost 20, 30, 40k sometimes.30:34>> They really do. And certainly like when30:36I was at a larger company like Boston30:38Scientific, we did pay an agency to make30:40those for us. And yes, it cost a fortune30:43and they were absolutely beautiful. But30:45when you're looking at like you're at a30:47startup like myself, a medtec startup,30:49and you are being asked to do more with30:51less. You have less manpower, you have30:53the same amount of time in a day, and30:56you have a tiny budget, right? in30:58comparison to, you know, another bigger31:00fish down the road. Well, yeah, you got31:02to get creative. So, absolutely, we've31:04had to do things where we'll use an AI31:06to create some of these features for us31:08that would otherwise have cost a fortune31:10and we can do it at reasonably well,31:12right? If we're just trying to31:14illustrate something in a video, right31:17now, I have never used it to have a31:19complete person standing in, you know,31:21to be like a customer, but we've31:23certainly done like AI voiceovers. So31:25instead of hiring a voice actor, and no31:26offense to voice actor, I used to be31:28one, you know, it's like it's a really31:30>> You used to be a voice actor.31:31>> I did. Yeah,31:33>> that's amazing.31:34>> I It was when I was in undergrad and it31:36certainly helped pay some of my college31:38bills, but yeah, I used to do a little31:40bit of voice acting and it was31:41specifically for things that were like31:43educational material, what we would call31:45industrial things. So like teaching31:47people about the importance of like31:48handwashing and like the science behind31:50it. So I would do voice acting for those31:51kinds of pieces31:54>> like so on that topic you know something31:56that's so it's a I believe it's AI31:58related. So fans makes a lot of money32:01just to give you guys a cont. Actually32:03we should hold on let me I'm going to32:04bring this infographic up only fans. So32:09so there was this graphic that was going32:11around. Oh yeah here we go. I gotta show32:13you this graphic. This is so wild. Okay,32:16so for those who for some reason don't32:18know what Only Fans is, Only Fans is32:21essentially a social media platform32:23where, you know, if you're interested in32:24like exclusive content and everything32:26with a creator, you can get access to32:27it. Well, you know, over a few years,32:29like it's really porn, right? That's the32:31majority of their revenue is like, you32:32know, girls who are influencers and32:35they're like, "Hey, like you can see my32:36nudes on here." Okay, so Only Fans, you32:40know, I'm not a fan of it, but like32:42business modelwise, hell of a business32:44model. Hell of a business model. So, let32:46me show you what that looks like. All32:49right, so for those who are driving,32:50here's the Only Fans revenue per32:52employee. Okay, so per employee, Apple32:56does $2.4 million in revenue per32:58employee. Nvidia does $3.6 million per33:01employee. Wow. Only Fans does $3733:05million per employee in revenue, which33:09is insane. Okay. And so that just it33:12just shows like how good of a cash flow33:14engine that is.33:15>> Well, a few about a I think a few weeks33:18ago there was a circulation of news that33:20Only Fans is looking to sell for like $833:22billion. Okay. Why would you sell a33:25business like that? It's producing money33:26left. I think part of it is because of33:28AI. Because now like the production of33:31AI models which I've you can see these33:33AI models on Instagram looks so real33:37>> and no and I hate to say but like33:39>> a woman in the real world can't compete33:42cuz it's like literally the perfect33:44being right33:45>> is being created and so like I feel like33:47the other side of AI is that33:50>> it's going to I don't want to say it's33:52going to completely decimate Hollywood33:53but like you know if you if there's an33:56AI influencer on Instagram not porn33:59related but just like an influencer.34:00Let's say like Brad Pitt but like times34:031034:05studio might just pay like a quarter of34:07the cost to you know use the rights of34:10that AI avatar in their movies versus34:12actually paying a Brad Pitt.34:13>> Yeah. I mean they certainly come with I34:16mean the only issue would be the AI34:18would not be able to then go on tours34:20and do interviews. Well maybe if you34:22>> Well maybe.34:25So so so here's so okay. All right.34:27Let's really make go get like like go34:30down this like uncanny valley path which34:33is okay well there's also like humanoid34:35robots are being developed so you can34:37develop a you can contract a humanoid34:39robot pay somebody to develop like the34:42skin for that right34:44>> now you like Tesla humanoid robot but34:47you know you have you know like this is34:50you know it's wild34:52>> it it is wild but that was part of the34:54basis behind that Hollywood writer34:55strike that happened recently34:57One of the demands that they had in34:59there and not necessarily unfairly is35:01they said we don't want folks taking35:04examples of scripts running it through35:07an AI training it and then35:09>> Oh, I didn't know that.35:10>> Yes. And it was a very real issue35:12because they're saying, "Hey, we don't35:14want you coming in and replacing us35:16writers with just a chatbot coming in35:18and writing scripts. we don't want you35:20taking the scripts that we've created to35:23use that and train an AI chatbot to then35:26and that was a very real demand of35:28theirs and it's a very real concern35:30right because like you were saying it's35:31like you could try to train an AI to do35:33that now again getting back to what I35:36was saying about marketing I would35:38caution against doing that especially35:40today tomorrow next week next month I35:42don't think it's there right it's not35:44quite there where you can just rely on a35:46a to write a whole script just like35:48there was a a leader of a business once35:51asked me, "Well, couldn't I just replace35:54my marcom department with chat GPT to35:56just do all the content for us?" And I35:58was like, "No, absolutely not. I don't35:59recommend that." Right.36:01>> Right.36:02>> We're not there yet. I would say maybe36:03not there ever in the sense that you36:05still will always have that 5% as per,36:08you know, what the CEO Goldman Sachs36:10said. You still need that 5% of human36:13ingenuity judgment being able to tell36:15nuance being able to tell hey does this36:18message resonate with the market now36:20given dynamic market changes uh is it36:24going to be able to interact with your36:25kos for you and you know build those36:27relationships I would say no so you do36:30still need folks for those very36:32important functions that I simply don't36:34think an AI will be able to replace but36:36certainly when you're talking about36:37doing content creation building models36:40maybe whether they're human or not.36:41Yeah, perhaps I can take over.36:44>> Yeah. And again, like I'll give you an36:46I'll give and again we're both marketers36:48so I wonder what your take is. So when36:50it comes to like AI taking a job like36:52right now today today right now design36:56and graphic design easily done by AI.36:58>> Wow.36:59>> That being said, I still deal with a37:01designer because I don't have the design37:03background nor the interest to spend37:05time working with AI to refine design.37:08I'm just not going to do it. But it's37:09just made it made, you know, let's say37:11I'm using a contract design, it made37:12them way more effective and they can,37:14you know, what would normally take them37:15a few weeks to do, they can do it in37:17like a day and deal with more clients,37:19make more money. I think I think that's37:20sort of one of the positives of AI.37:22>> That's one of the positives. And I37:24actually, so before I even, you know,37:26graduated from university, I did work at37:29a design firm and it was interior37:32design. So like decorating Hiltons and37:34Marriotts across the country is37:35essentially what I did. But it was37:38interesting. I was asked by a family37:39member to help renovate their house.37:41They wanted to completely redesign it.37:43And so I actually used an AI to help me37:45do a rendering. I actually picked the37:47exact products I wanted to use in their37:49house, like the fabrics, the, you know,37:52to reupholster their couch with the rug,37:54the furniture. I actually put the links37:56into an AI, took a picture of the room,38:00and I asked it to rework the room with38:02all of these pieces that I had custom38:04picked out for this family member. Did38:06it get it 100% right? No, it looked a38:09little bit funky. However, directionally38:11it was like the colors, the textures,38:13the furniture design. It was close38:14enough that my relative was like, "Yes,38:16that's exactly what I want. Go ahead and38:18order everything." And I just placed the38:19order. So, it was like close enough,38:22right, that I could at least move38:23forward with the project, get it done.38:25And gosh, it's a lot easier than me38:26going out and, you know, physically38:28taking pictures or trying to, you know,38:30collage everything together almost like38:32Pinterest style for this person.38:34>> Right. Right. And you know, I think38:36again like the whole key here is just38:38how do you start taking your own skill38:39sets and scaling it on a day-to-day38:41basis? Like what are some other ways38:42that you personally like using these38:44LMS? And again, I'm using that as an38:45example because not every, you know,38:47chat GPT is one of many,38:49>> right? I mean really, I when I think38:52about what we do as a marketer, right,38:53it's a lot of content creation,38:55especially when you're in a medtech38:56startup. It's like I'm not just focused38:58on product marketing. I'm having to do39:01the whole gamut of not only product39:02marketing and social digital social39:04media marketing. I'm having to do, you39:06know, creative briefs. Those are the39:08kinds of things like especially a39:09creative brief. I'm I'm using AI to help39:12create that for me and then I'm39:13fine-tuning it because that used to be39:15something that took forever or for39:17example like Canva if you want to try to39:19create a PowerPoint presentation. you39:22know, you used to have to like almost it39:24was like an art project having to like39:25fine-tune and create all the graphics39:27and pieces that you would put into a39:29PowerPoint presentation and now you can39:32get there a lot faster using something39:34like Canva and it looks beautiful,39:36right? So th those are other ways where39:38it used to be something that took a lot39:40of time and you have to spend so much of39:43your time as a marketer doing these39:45things like creating PowerPoint39:46presentations, creating creative briefs,39:49creating an SOP, and now you can just do39:51it so much faster. And again, like I39:53said, these are very lowrisk pieces.39:55Again, it's not something that's39:56necessarily customerf facing for me39:59right now. It's still it's kind of hard40:00for me to let go and let AI do things40:02that are customerf facing. I just40:03sometimes still don't trust it enough to40:05do that. Not for all of it. Maybe for40:07some pieces like you said if you're40:08doing an AI voice over, but yes,40:11certainly a lower risk thing. If you're40:12just trying to dabble in it, you know,40:14for anyone out there who's not using it40:15at all, if you want to dabble in it,40:17start with something that's lower risk40:19like a creative brief. Start with40:20something lower risk like an SOP. It's40:23something that is not a patient facing40:25piece or customerf facing piece and see40:27how it goes. And like I said, be40:29prepared. It'll get you part of the way40:30there and then the rest you need to40:31polish yourself.40:32>> But I agree. again frees up so much more40:34of my time because there's just so much40:37you need to do and there's still only40:39the same exact amount of time to do40:41everything. And so it just helps you do40:43things faster, do it with excellence,40:45right? Because you can just use that40:46extra time to polish it and then it40:49gives you more time to be strategic and40:50really think about strategy. How are we40:52going to take this to the next level?40:54You have more time to do that and be40:56creative.40:57>> Yeah. And I think like you know in terms40:59of the tools like to put it simply for41:01marketers to use like I I think of all41:03the LMS out there Gemini is probably the41:05probably the most powerful and best one41:06just because it's Google they own41:08everything. So a lot of times I develop41:11documents and reports whatever it might41:13be from Gemini but then I go to chat GPT41:17where I can train something that's41:19personal whether it's to like one of our41:21you know so for our clients every client41:22of ours has a GPT specific to them based41:24on their brand guidelines or product41:26marketing etc. and so on and so forth.41:28And that way I'm able to feed those41:30documents to those GPTs and just so that41:32way it kind of gets better and better.41:33I'm not having to like restart a41:34conversation. Even for the state of41:36Metech, we state met we have a GPT41:38specific for it. And so there's a41:41ongoing thread that the GPT understands41:44that once a episode's done, it creates41:46like our transcripts, our show notes,41:49our YouTube posts, LinkedIn, so on and41:51so forth. But again, just makes it like41:53way way more easier,41:54>> right? Yeah. And we have one specific41:56for Echo Health as well. So you do have41:57that piece of continuity and then41:59everything is for sure in the voice of42:00the company written in such a way. So42:03for example, it's not going to say42:04diagnose because we don't we're not42:06indicated for diagnosing heart and lung42:09diseases, but we can detect those42:10diseases and so it will know that it42:13will know not to say diagnose for42:14example.42:15>> Yeah. Have you seen any I guess new AI42:18tools that are out there and that caught42:20your interest to try and use? Like I42:22mean for me the probably the latest one42:23is Google view on the video side. I42:25haven't used it yet though. I was trying42:27to use it the other day, but I think I42:28need like a little bit more work on it.42:30But any AI tools that kind of caught42:32your attention recently?42:33>> For me, the one that you just brought42:34up, the notebook one, I'm like, well, I42:36want to try that. So,42:37>> you're going to like that one a lot.42:39>> Yeah, I have tried that one. So, I'm42:40like, well, I'm looking forward to that42:41one.42:42>> I think the other one because like the42:43other thing is the quality of the data42:46that the, you know, that the LM's42:48trained on. So, like Gemini is like42:50really good. The other one is X XAI's42:52Grock is actually really good. That one42:54I actually haven't used. I've used42:56Gemini and I've used Chat GPT, but Grock42:58I have not dabbled with yet either.43:01>> Grock is really good and I think and43:02here's the reason why I think it's so43:04good is first of all like if you go on43:06so X formerly known as Twitter today,43:10you know, in the past like you know it43:11was really just like short tweets and43:13everything, but now like to actually43:14grow on there it's really competitive. I43:16think the smartest, like I love43:18LinkedIn, but I think the smartest43:19people in the world, they're all on X43:21and and so to compete on X these days,43:24people are creating these extremely long43:28in-depth threads43:29>> where they'll go on a topic and they'll43:31have like five or 10 X posts or tweets43:34in a row and those each post will have43:37like research attached to it. They'll43:39have videos. They'll have all these43:40things like for myself along with other43:42shows like we upload the full podcast in43:45video onto X. And so Grock is getting43:48trained on all this data. Plus like I43:50think X is currently the number one app43:52for news,43:54>> you know, and so journalists all news43:56related stuff is on there and as it43:58relates to our industry,44:01a lot of physicians are posting research44:03on X as well.44:04>> It's true. you know, and so that's kind44:06of one reason why I've been like using44:08EC Gromore. But but I'd say like my44:11daily bread and butter is between44:13ChatgPT Notebook LM and and Gemini.44:16>> Yeah. No, that makes sense because like44:18you said, it's like you're using Chat44:21GPT to fine-tune something that you44:22created from Notebook. I mean, I think44:24that's a very appropriate use of that.44:26So, I mean, you're way ahead of a lot of44:28the other folks that are in marketing. I44:30mean, I'm telling you, most of the44:32people that I talk to, they still don't44:34use.44:34>> What percentage of marketers in our in44:36in all med device do you think44:39use44:41an LLM on a daily basis if you had to44:43guess?44:44>> I mean, I would say it's probably more44:46like 20% less definitely less than 3044:49and that might even be44:51>> I think that's really generous. I44:53person, if I had to guess, I think44:55honestly if you took all the marketers44:57in our industry and looked at who uses44:59an LLM on a daily basis, knowingly, by45:02the way, knowingly, not like not45:03unknowingly, like because it's like in45:05Zoom or something.45:06>> I think it's I think it's like less than45:085%.45:09>> Yeah, you know. Okay, that's a good45:10point when you say knowingly. Yeah,45:12because I just feel like AI is so45:13pervasive in a lot of the tools we use.45:15I mean, even just PowerPoint has AI now.45:17>> Yeah, knowing. Yeah, I was going to say45:18knowingly. Yeah, that's45:20>> when Yes. you're yeah 5% is probably45:23more realistic if they're actually45:24specifically going in and using it45:26versus like it's just embedded in what45:28you're using.45:30>> Okay, so let's do a little game here.45:32There's and technically this is not like45:35too fantasy like because like it can be45:38done but as a marketer if you can create45:40let's say an AI agent right and by the45:43way just so people understand LLM you45:45have to directly interact with it an AI45:47agent literally acts like an autonom45:49autonomous being and does things okay45:51>> if you were to create like an an AI to45:54help you do something in marketing like45:56what what would that one thing be45:58>> marketing analytics like me.46:02>> You know what? This is why we're46:04friends. That's exactly what I was going46:06to say.46:06>> Yes.46:07>> Like like I need something to go and so46:09to so tell us how you have to get pull46:12marketing analytics today and what what46:14would this agentic AI agent do?46:17>> So I I'm just going to be very upfront.46:19I am not a Salesforce expert by any46:22means. Like I don't really know how to46:24unlock and harness all the power that in46:26sales.46:26>> Grace, just come on. Just say what you46:28really want to say. wanted to say that46:29I'm not a Salesforce fan. You can say46:31that on the show. I46:33>> I'm not a Salesforce fan.46:34>> Necessary evil, but I'm definitely not a46:36fan and I don't46:37>> No marketer, no marketer woke up and46:38said like, you know what? I crushed my46:40job today because of Salesforce. Thank46:42you, Salesforce.46:43>> I So, it's just one of those things46:45where it's like you have to deal with46:47it, but it's like I I just like cringe46:49inside every single time I have to go in46:51there and like create some kind of like46:53campaign tracker. And so like right now46:55what happens like I mentioned I'd go to46:57a conference or I do a marketing46:58campaign and you have all of the leads47:00or the contacts from that campaign. Now47:04you want to track them over time and you47:06want to see okay how are we interacting47:07with them? Is their behavior changing?47:09Are they converting into an opportunity?47:11Are they going from an opportunity to47:12closing? Well, it's a very clunky47:15process right now and and dare I say47:17very inaccurate a lot of times. And so47:19if I could have an agent that could like47:21if I could just like here's the list of47:22all of the contacts. It's been formatted47:25like they'll format it for me. First of47:26all, this is what the agent will do.47:28Format it for me so it's in a Salesforce47:29appropriate formatting. Then put it into47:32a campaign. Create a dashboard for me so47:35I can go in there and look at the47:36dashboard on like a daily or weekly47:38basis to see the progress of all of the47:40leads that were put into that campaign47:42and then be able to report out on it.47:44Like have nice little graphs that come47:45out and say here's the change week over47:48week. here's last month compared to this47:50month and show trends. That would make47:52my job so much easier because it's like47:54now we're able to kind of measure, if47:57you will, the ROI of all the campaigns47:59you're doing and separate them out48:01because sometimes you'll have multiple48:02people or one person and they're48:04involved in multiple campaigns. Like you48:06have this one lead, but you interacted48:09with them in multiple email campaigns48:11and they also went to multiple48:12conferences that you interacted with.48:14And then that's where it gets muddy. And48:16so that would make my job so much easier48:18and I would love that. And I'm sure it's48:20just on the horizon, Omar.48:22>> Yeah. Well, I know not to get like off48:24topic, like one of the show sponsors48:26like Showad, they just released one of48:28their their AI tools which essentially48:30helps with automating a lot of like48:32buyer experiences and things on the rep48:35side and everything. For those who are48:36interested, just go to48:37shop.com/stateofmedtech48:40and you can kind of see more. I so on48:42the same topic like yeah same here like48:44just for the show we have to produce48:46like certain reports pulling data and48:48like even me having asked my team they48:51have to go into like Apple and then48:53Spotify into all these different things48:54to pull the data and I would love an48:58agentic platform where I can I guess I49:02guess the way it would work is like I49:04would just give it the login and just49:06say these are the things I want on a49:08quarterly basis and it just pulls it and49:10obviously if it's able pull the data can49:11analyze it. So something that I actually49:13so something I I I do myself and I49:16recommend marketers do it is you know49:18getting like a report from your HubSpot49:21or Salesforce or whatever you use and49:23like putting it into chat GPT and asking49:26it to sort of interpret interpret it and49:28give you feedback. something that I do49:29actually on a quart um monthly basis now49:32but definitely quarterly basis that I49:33feed chat GPT I have like a thread and I49:36feed it my balance sheet my P&L49:39statement everything and I have it give49:40me like some like I I tell it to treat49:44me like Gordon Gecko the guy from Wall49:46Street to kind of read these reports and49:48kind of give me feedback as to like the49:49health of my business and everything49:51right49:51>> you know so I think like it just it49:53really helps when you use these LLMs as49:56kind of a unbiased as objective third50:00party to kind of look at things and give50:01you feedback and also as like a creative50:03partner,50:04>> you know.50:05>> No, I mean that that's a really good50:06point and they have said that it could50:08start to be that people are starting to50:10look at their finances. They're starting50:12to look I've heard some people train a a50:14GPT if you will to or not a GPT but like50:17an AI to automate their trades for them.50:20Like they're they have a portfolio and50:22it's like pair trading back and forth.50:24I'm like it's wild what everyone's doing50:26now. So, like I said, we're at the we're50:28at the dawn of it right now, and it's50:29not too late for anyone who's still50:31sitting on the fence to kind of jump in50:32with both feet and really learn to50:34master it because I think to your point,50:36Omar, it's like we will not be replaced50:38as marketers today, tomorrow, probably50:40not next week or next month, but there50:42will come a day where as a marketer, you50:44could very well be replaced by someone50:46else who is using AI and doing it50:48effectively.50:49>> 100%. And just on to that to that point,50:51just so people don't think like this is50:52a crazy idea to ask AI for advice and50:55everything, I want to show you a clip50:56because it's so iconic now. A lot of50:58people forgot about this, but this is a51:00clip from it. It says two years ago, but51:02it might have been a little bit longer.51:04So, this is after this is Sam Altman51:07being asked about chat GPD like right51:09when it was being released like how it51:11plans to generate revenue. And here's51:12his answer. Grace, you can hear that,51:14right?51:14>> I can. Yes.51:15>> Okay. Okay. Let me start it over. So51:17like you know this guy ra has you know51:20raised billions of dollars on a multiple51:22billion dollar valuation and his thing51:24about like how we're going to make money51:25is like we're just going to ask we're51:26going to ask the LLM you know so I so so51:29at this point like open AI has been51:31trained on so much same with Gemini51:33everything and I think it's worth you51:35know a lot of times I use the LLM's51:37almost like they're they're like51:40individuals so I'll go ask Gemini its51:42opinion on something I'll ask chat GPT51:44right and I think that again I think the51:47marketers are going to win in this new51:49age of AI is not only the ones who are51:51using the AI, but the ones who are like51:53really creative. They're well read and51:55they kind of come with different51:56creative ways of asking the AI,51:59different questions, generating deeper,52:01you know, conversations and stuff. I52:03mean, I don't know if you've done this52:04yet, but like, so I have on my phone, I52:07have Gemini, Grock, Notebook, LM, and52:09Chat GPT, and I think maybe one other,52:11but with my chat GPT, I'll turn it on to52:13voice mode, and I'll talk to it while52:15I'm driving, and it'll talk back to me,52:17you know.52:18>> For those who for those who are curious,52:20I have I picked like I don't want to I52:23don't want to have I don't want to hear52:23a man's voice, so I have a British52:25woman, you know. I really like her a52:27lot.52:28>> I've noticed that. Yeah. People a lot of52:30times they'll pick it's not only a52:31woman's voice, but they'll pick an52:32accent. So, it's like an Australian52:34accent or a British accent or Yeah, it's52:36interesting how we always like to choose52:38an accent to pair with our whether it's52:41Siri or your car or whatever it is.52:44That's funny. I'm not alone, Omar.52:47>> Yeah. And so, I think again like the52:50best would you agree that the best52:51advice is just to get started and just52:53playing around with these tools?52:54>> Yes. Don't Look, here's the thing.52:57There's a certain fear and rightfully so52:59around AI and I fully acknowledge that53:01but it's not going away just like the53:03internet.53:03>> It's not going away. Yeah. And not53:05playing with it, not using it is going53:07isn't going to do. By the way, so can I53:10share something else with you and I'm53:11wondering if you've talked to your team53:12about this. So there is there's a large53:17SAS company that I know the head of53:18growth at and we were talking about this53:20topic and he did a poll with his team53:22and his team is like they have like a53:24team of 30 30 marketers about do you use53:27like an LLM and a lot of them said no53:32and the reason why they said no I think53:34it was something like 60% or 70% the53:36reason why they said no is that they53:37felt guilty because they felt that they53:40weren't good at their job if they had to53:42use an LLM.53:44>> Oh,53:44>> you know, do you think there's that that53:46some level of guilt sometimes on on on53:49marketers for using I I don't know if53:51that's a thing?53:52>> I think yes. I think especially for53:53marketers, another push back I've heard53:55is there's concerns about copyright53:57infringement. Not copyright53:58infringement, but plagiarizing. So,54:00plagiarism and that's a very real54:01concern, especially if you've got more54:02of a journalism background and you54:04understand the importance of54:05>> Oh, right. Right. Right. Right.54:07>> You know, especially in the realm of54:08content creation. So, I understand that54:10concern, right? Which is why I say54:12proofread. Definitely put your own touch54:13on it. Don't just be like, "Okay, this54:14is good enough." And put it out there.54:16Don't do that. But I would say that54:18there is some guilt because when you54:19think about the value that a marketer54:21brings to the table, you're a very54:24effective marketer if you can think54:25outside the box. You can color outside54:27the lines and think into, you know,54:29innovatively, right? Like, okay, you54:32could be good enough if you do the exact54:33same thing as every other marketer54:34before you has done. It'll be good54:36enough. But to be truly excellent and to54:38be like a standout, you know, marketer54:41who's really going to change how things54:42are done, it takes some innovation. And54:44I think there's the concern that's like,54:46well, if I'm just chat GPTing my way54:48through life in my job, I am losing that54:51creative edge, right? And I think there54:53is or like you said, it's just like I'm54:54picking the easy way out. And I would54:56say it doesn't have to be that way.54:58really what it is. Free yourself up to55:00do what makes you stand out and have55:02that time to be creative. Have that time55:04to think innovatively. Have that time to55:06think strategically by removing some of55:08the tedium like doing things like an SOP55:12or something like a brief like it takes55:14so long to do those things. Let it do55:16most of the work for you and then let55:18your creativity come through is what I55:20would challenge folks to think of it55:21instead.55:22>> What's going on everybody? 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So if you're interested to learn56:55more, go to showpad.com/stateofmedtech56:59and you can learn more there. Now let's57:01get back to the episode. I think it's a57:03great way to put it. And maybe just to57:04kind of add on to that, like I think,57:06you know, I was thinking,57:08you know, like right now, even when I'm57:10in meetings, like I'll have chat GPD57:12pulled up to go back and forth and come57:14up with, you know, thoughts and ideas57:16and everything. And so I was thinking, I57:17was like, you know, if we go like, if we57:20get crazy with this and say like 5057:22years from now and we all have like some57:24LLM AI implanted, right? Because I mean,57:27at this point, like the phone might as57:28well be implanted, you know? It's with57:30us all the time. So like at that point57:32like you don't need to think right. So57:34what's the what's left to do? I think57:36the only thing left to do is like to be57:39a vessel where you experience and pull57:42in data and insights and everything so57:44that way the you know AI model can be57:46trained. So I think like right now like57:48as a marketer if you say that if you57:50pretend that like everything you do is57:52automated and done by AI what's your57:54role as a marketer? I think your role as57:55a marketer is to constantly be getting57:57more educated, looking for ideas,57:59pulling that creative insight and then58:01pre presenting that to AI so we can do58:03something with it. Because if you don't58:04do that as a marketer or as a user, you58:06know, AI is not going, you know, it's58:09only going to give the output that's58:10best based on the input that it's58:12receiving.58:12>> Exactly. It's like, you know, if it's58:13garbage in, it's garbage out. Like we58:15always say, especially with Salesforce,58:16if you're putting garbage data in there,58:19you're getting garbage reports out. So,58:21it's the same thing. And that's why I58:23think that would be again my challenge58:26to anyone who's listening. Learn to58:28become good at prompting your AI. You58:31know, working with it, talking to it.58:33Like what would you've done, Omar? Very58:34good example.58:35>> And as by the way, as we kind of like58:37round things out a bit. So here I have a58:39controversial question to ask you. I58:41want you to be like very honest about58:43this. Let's just say you go to a58:44completely different company.58:46>> Okay. Do you feel like how necessary do58:50you feel is how necessary do you think58:51Salesforce is? Do you think a lot of58:53companies can essentially just be run on58:55a CRM like HubSpot? I'm a big fan of58:57HubSpot. HubSpot is not a paid partner58:59of the show.59:00>> I don't get a dime from them. I should,59:02but like I'm a big fan of HubSpot59:04because it's everything that you need.59:06There's a part of me that I feel like a59:09lot of the customizations in Salesforce59:10for our industry aren't necessary. But59:13again, I'm a startup guy, so like I59:15haven't built I haven't like been at59:17like a large company that's like scaling59:18and you know has like hundreds of reps59:20and stuff. So I don't know. I'm59:22wondering what your take is.59:23>> I I think that's exactly what it is,59:25Omar, because like certainly they were59:26using Salesforce when I was there at59:28Boston Scientific and quite effectively,59:30right? And they had a whole team of59:32people like it was a large team of59:33people that was dedicated just to59:35Salesforce. to Salesforce, right? Yeah.59:37>> To Salesforce. And so they were using it59:39very effectively. But when you're59:41looking at something like a smart59:42startup like what I'm at, then yeah,59:45like you said, it has a lot of tools and59:47customization features that maybe are59:49not as appropriate when you only have59:51like a sales team of like, let's say you59:53have a sales team of five versus a sales59:55team of 2,000, right, at another59:57company. So I think it just depends,59:59right? So1:00:00>> Got it. Got it.1:00:01>> I think they're Yeah.1:00:04>> No, not at all. I appreciate you coming1:00:05on the show. So, real quick, just to1:00:06kind of round things out, to have a1:00:07little fun, we're going to do a little1:00:08rapid fire questions. Okay.1:00:11>> So, first question is that you start1:00:13over tomorrow as a marketer at a1:00:14completely new company. What's your1:00:16go-to tech stack that you know1:00:19technology stack that like you have to1:00:21function?1:00:22>> I I have to have my Google tools. I have1:00:24to. So, Google Docs, Google Sheets, all1:00:27of those things. It's very basic, but I1:00:29have to have it. Your Gmail, everything.1:00:32>> All right. You got two other things you1:00:33can add to that tech stack.1:00:34>> Uh, two other things I can add. Well,1:00:36then I want my Microsoft tools as well1:00:38because I'm just used to it. Look, I'm1:00:39old school. I grew up using all those1:00:41things. So, I need that as well. And I1:00:42need Adobe because I do a lot of1:00:44creative work. So,1:00:45>> you know, I need to, believe it or not,1:00:47I need to use Adobe. I have not used it,1:00:49but their tools look phenomenal. They1:00:52are. And I heard and I have a bunch of1:00:54friends or at least B2B influencer1:00:56friends who are Adobe ambassadors, and1:00:57it looks like they have quite a good1:00:58time. So, I should probably hit up Adobe1:01:00at some point.1:01:00>> Yeah, I love it. Like I said, I know1:01:02that sounds so basic what I said, but1:01:04>> what's your favorite Adobe tool?1:01:06>> You know what? Just being able to edit1:01:08things. Like I go in there and I edit. I1:01:10mean that just the editor tool. I love1:01:12it. So it1:01:14>> Okay, so controversial question. So I1:01:16know you use Canva as well. Everything.1:01:17Adobe or Canva.1:01:19>> Oh, I would say Adobe if I had1:01:22>> Oh, really? Tell me. Okay, now you've1:01:23piqued my interest because I'm a we're a1:01:25Canva user here on the agency side, but1:01:27I don't at least to my knowledge, I1:01:28don't think we have Adobe. Maybe the1:01:30team does and I'm paying for I don't1:01:31know about it. I'm pretty sure now that1:01:33would make me a bad business. I know1:01:34exact I know everything we pay for. We1:01:35don't have Adobe unless somebody on our1:01:37team has it a license that's outside of1:01:40our company and I don't know about it.1:01:42But tell me why you like Adobe so much.1:01:44>> You know what? It really just comes down1:01:45to personal preference. It's not because1:01:47Canva isn't good, but I grew up using1:01:50Adobe so like I'm showing my age here.1:01:52Like I just am so used to it, right? and1:01:54it's like I know how to tweak pieces and1:01:57how to get it to look exactly the way I1:01:58want it to. Versus with Canva, I just1:02:01feel like it's still like I'm still1:02:02learning how to make it do exactly what1:02:04I want. And so for me, it's really just1:02:06that like it's that inertia that you1:02:08face when you're really trying to master1:02:10something new. And it's always good to1:02:11learn something new. It's good for your1:02:12brain, but like if I have to say why,1:02:15it's really just comes down to that,1:02:16Omar. It's like I'm just more familiar1:02:18and comfortable with Adobe.1:02:20>> Got it. Got it. Okay, that's fair. All1:02:22right, question number two. We talked1:02:24about continuing education, how it's1:02:25important. Are there I'm going to leave1:02:27this open. You can pick like one like1:02:29non-b businessiness, one business, but1:02:31what books do you feel like you1:02:32recommend most often to people?1:02:35>> You know what? This again, you're going1:02:37to laugh at me. I feel like sometimes1:02:38when people say, "Okay, what's your1:02:40superpower?" My superpower has been I'm1:02:42extremely adaptable. It's like be like1:02:44water, right? It's like you just keep1:02:45moving. You don't let enough.1:02:46>> Oh, I like that.1:02:47>> Just keep moving. And one of the first1:02:50business books I read was how Who Moved1:02:52My Cheese? And I know it's so1:02:53ridiculous, but it's1:02:55>> No, it's a good book.1:02:56>> It's the power like don't let an1:02:58obstacle make you just sit there and1:02:59stop. Like just keep moving, right? Like1:03:02be like water and just keep flowing. And1:03:04I feel like that served me well in my1:03:06career and it's my little superpower.1:03:09>> Got it. Fantastic. And then very last1:03:11thing is, you know, post pandemic, I1:03:15think everybody got addicted to just1:03:16ordering stuff on Amazon, but like1:03:18what's a cool Amazon thing product or1:03:20gadget or gizmo you bought that's like1:03:22under $200 bucks.1:03:23>> Oh, no. Under $200. Okay, that's1:03:26>> okay. If it's over $200, let's just I1:03:28need to change because everyone says the1:03:29same thing. It used to be $100 and I1:03:30upped it to two. Let's just say1:03:32something cool you bought from Amazon.1:03:33>> Okay, so here's something I can't live1:03:35without and I will just reveal. I'm a1:03:37woman of a certain age. I try to not1:03:39look like I'm a woman at a certain age1:03:41and Metacube helps me do that. So, no1:03:42free sponsors, I know, but I bought that1:03:44gadget. It literally has1:03:46>> What is this?1:03:46>> It's like all these different like laser1:03:48tools in one feature. So, it has like1:03:51radio1:03:52>> Tell me1:03:53>> tell me the name of it. How do you spell1:03:54it?1:03:54>> Medicube. So, it has all these different1:03:57features. So, when you go to like a med1:03:59spa for example, and they have very1:04:00powerful tools they use on your face,1:04:02but you're not going to go do that every1:04:03day. You know, if someone's doing like a1:04:06what I'm just trying to think like let's1:04:08say you're doing a photofacial, you're1:04:09trying to get rid of pigmentation on1:04:10your face. Well, you're not going to go1:04:12get that done every day, but you go pay1:04:14all the money. You invest in that. Now,1:04:16you want to maintain your results.1:04:18Here's something that can help you do1:04:19that and has all the different like1:04:21frequency lights and pieces in your1:04:23life.1:04:23>> Like the Medicube booster pro.1:04:26>> Yes. I swear by that thing. I do not1:04:28live without that. I travel with I use1:04:31it. you use it twice a day. So like you1:04:35>> just Yeah. My morning routine. I got a1:04:36morning routine and a night routine.1:04:38>> It just makes all of your product I mean1:04:40you're if you're like me, you're1:04:42spending a lot of money on products that1:04:43you put on your face. It's just making1:04:46it that much more effective.1:04:48>> Interesting. All right, I'm going to1:04:50look into this thing.1:04:51>> I swear I1:04:52>> I'm on camera so like you know I have to1:04:54have like you know1:04:55>> Well, that was the whole thing about1:04:56post pandemic Omar. It's like I kept1:04:58looking at myself on Zoom cameras and1:05:00I'm like, do I really look like that?1:05:03And so they were saying that actually1:05:04cosmetic procedures started skyrocketing1:05:06after the pandemic because people1:05:08started seeing themselves all1:05:10>> Oh, that's interesting.1:05:11>> Yeah, I'm guilty of that, too. I was1:05:13like, okay, I need to do something about1:05:14this situation here. So,1:05:16>> I know that's interesting. You would1:05:18think that people just use the filters,1:05:20but like, you know,1:05:21>> hey, you can't filter your way through1:05:23life. You need to do something.1:05:25>> Oh, that there we go. That needs to be1:05:26on a t-shirt. It needs to be on a1:05:29t-shirt.1:05:29>> Someone was going to see you at some1:05:30point in real life. IRL. So,1:05:33>> oh, facts.1:05:35>> Well, Grace, look, thank you. Thank you1:05:38so much for coming on the show. We1:05:40definitely have to have you back and we1:05:41really appreciate it. For those who are1:05:42listening, go give Grace a follow. It's1:05:44Grace Hansen on LinkedIn. Any other1:05:46handles you want to throw out there?1:05:48>> No, LinkedIn is great. I was about to1:05:49say that's the best way to find me. And1:05:51of course, follow me. I'll follow you1:05:52back. So,1:05:53>> awesome. All right, Grace. Thank you so1:05:54much. For those who are listening, if1:05:56you enjoyed this, you know, another1:05:57marketer who can benefit, send them this1:05:59episode. As always, give us five stars1:06:01and we'll see you next time. Thanks for1:06:03checking out this episode. If you want1:06:05to do me a big favor and join so many1:06:07other people who have helped grow this1:06:09podcast, take a second and look below.1:06:12If you're on Apple, give us five stars1:06:14and write a short review. If you're on1:06:16Spotify, just give us five stars. 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