Draft
Informal Networking Group
Thursday, October 22, 2026
8:15 – 9:45 am
Uncle John's Pancake House
1440 Secor Rd, Suite R, Toledo
In person only. No Teams this week.

“Networking that matters is helping people achieve their goals” — Seth Godin

This week's talk · AXXEM AI

You are busy all week. We help you get some of that time back.

This year we sat down with business owners around Toledo. A painter. A remodeler. A few contractors. They are all good at what they do. They just want more of the week for it. On October 22 we will show you the simple things we build that give hours back.

The people in this room

Look around the table on a Thursday. There is a roofer, a painter, a landscaper, a cleaner, a home inspector, a handyman, a knife sharpener, a wood shop, an event hall, a care company, a bookkeeper, HR helpers, money advisors, a coach, designers and a video maker.

  • just one or two people
  • the owner does the selling
  • the owner writes the quotes
  • the owner answers the phone
  • the paperwork waits for Sunday

Most of you run a small shop and do almost everything yourself. That is a lot of skill in one person. It also means small things slow down a good day. You write the same quote twice because the first one got lost. You drive back to a finished job to show a new worker how to do it right. Your phone rings while both hands are full.

Every one of those is a spot where we can help. None of them need a big project. They need one small fix that sticks.

Who we are

AXXEM AI Solutions LLC

We are a business consulting company here in Maumee, Ohio. We help owners run a smoother shop that makes more money and takes less out of them.

AI is our main tool. It is not our whole answer. We use it because it is fast and cheap for the work that repeats. But sometimes the fix is a better way of doing things and no software at all. When that is the case, we will say so, and it costs you nothing.

Find it We look at your week with you. We find the jobs you do over and over. Then we agree on one number. You get it in writing, even if you stop there.
Build it and hand it over We build one thing and get it working. Then we teach you how to use it and write down how it works. It belongs to you, not to us.
Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton Chief Executive Officer. He has spent forty years in insurance and small business right here. Most of you already know him. richard@axxem.ai
Dr. Emmanuel Gonzalez
Dr. Emmanuel Gonzalez Chief Technology Officer. He has a PhD and many years of work in quality and reliability. He is the one who builds the tools. emm@axxem.ai
Follow AXXEM AI axxem.ai

What we build

Real tools with your name on them. They keep working after we are done. Next to each one is the kind of shop it suits best, and every one of those is sitting in this room:

  • The phoneSomething answers when you cannot. It writes down the job. It tells you who called before you put your tools away. Good for roofers, landscapers, handymen and inspectors.
  • The quoteWe keep track of every quote. You will know which ones went out and which ones need a call back. No more lost quotes. Good for anyone who bids a job before they do it.
  • The paperworkAn employee handbook. A packet for new hires. A one page safety and quality sheet. We put your name on it. An HR expert checks it before anyone signs. Good for any shop that just hired its first few people.
  • The bookingsClasses, tours, memberships, repeat visits. The calendar, the reminders and the money all in one place. Good for event spaces, workshops, and anyone with members or a class list.
  • The measureWe pick a number before we start. We check the same number at the end. It went up or it did not. This one comes with every job we do.

Two ways we can work together

We can help you

Do you do the same task over and over? We can probably take it off your plate. If we cannot help, we will tell you right away.

We can work together

Some of you already do the job a client needs. Call us in to help behind you. There is more work in this room than any one of us can do alone.

We are not here to sell you a website. People in this room design, brand and film for a living. They are good at it. If that is what you need, we will point you to them.

Are you coming on the 22nd?

Let us know. And tell us the one thing that ate up your week. We will build the talk around your answers. The more you tell us, the better those twenty minutes will be.

Want to talk instead? Tap the microphone on your phone keyboard and just say it. You do not have to write it neatly.

This goes to Richard and Emm. Nobody else. We will not add you to a list, and nobody else will read what you wrote.

Not coming, or just curious? Try the free check

We put a short check online. Ten questions, about two minutes, and it costs nothing. It shows you where you are today, where your time goes, and what is slowing those jobs down. No sales call comes with it.

Bring your answers on the 22nd if you like. It makes the twenty minutes far more useful.

Take the free check