by Sara Vicente Barreto
In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara Vicente Barreto shares how a moment of complete creative paralysis at a workshop led to her first experience building apps with Lovable. From redesigning field data collection workflows at the charity to creating spelling and football apps with her son in under ten minutes, this episode explores how AI-powered app building is changing the relationship between ideas and execution — even for non-coders.
In this episode, Sara Vicente Barreto explores how Claude for Excel—an AI tool embedded directly into spreadsheets—goes beyond productivity gains. From fixing complex models to building full dashboards, it compresses hours of analyst work into minutes. But more importantly, it raises a bigger question: if AI can now do the work that once helped us learn, how do entry-level roles evolve?
In this episode, Sara Vicente Barreto shares how a simple shift in using AI turned overwhelming revision into a focused, effective learning experience. Using Google Notebook LLM, information became clearer, more relevant, and easier to understand—highlighting how AI can truly support the way we learn.
In this episode, Sara explores how AI can transform the way you follow up after networking events. By using AI as a personal secretary and thinking partner, she turns scattered conversations into structured actions and real opportunities.
In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara shares how she used AI to automate a monthly accounting process—only for it to fail completely at first. A story about iteration, debugging, and making AI work in practice.
In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara Vicente Barreto shares a simple experiment: recording a voice note while driving, turning it into a transcript with Descript, and using ChatGPT to clean it into a structured draft. A practical workflow for capturing ideas on the go and turning messy thoughts into writing.
In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara shares an experiment combining ChatGPT and Perplexity to draft and verify a company briefing. Discover why AI writing and AI research are not the same — and how using both tools together can produce stronger, more reliable work.
In this episode of Try AI for Growth, Sara Vicente Barreto shares how a small experiment with AI and Excel macros led to a deeper reflection on automation. Starting with a simple but repetitive accounting task, she explores how automation can add memory, reduce cognitive load, and support decision-making — without breaking systems that already work. A grounded, practical story for business owners curious about where to start with automation.
In this episode of Try AI for Growth, host Sara Vicente Barreto shares how she tackled a daunting but essential task for any founder—building internal policies. With the help of AI, she created clear, contextual, and practical policies for her advisory business, Inside the Business Mind. From data protection to risk management, Sara reveals how AI helped her overcome procrastination, get started, and refine her documents in a way that saved time, enhanced understanding, and built confidence. Whether you lead a small or medium sized business or you are just getting started, this episode shows how governance doesn’t have to be bureaucratic—it just needs to be clear – and to exist.
Libsyn Tags: AI tools, small business, internal policies, governance, productivity, data protection, risk management, compliance, solopreneur
