Vlad Bodi
Vlad leads product and AI at Flowcraft. He writes about the operational side of AI: the bottlenecks, approval chains and handoffs that decide whether automation actually works inside a growing company.
Product & AI, Flowcraft Articles (8)
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Why Creative Automation Takes Months, Not Days (Despite What You See on LinkedIn)
We went from 100–200 ads per month to 30,000+ in 8 months — but it took 6 months to get there, not 6 days. The technology was the easy part. Here's what nobody tells you about creative automation at scale.
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Routine Work vs. Growth Barriers: What's Actually Worth Automating
You're being pitched on automating email labeling and timesheet reminders. Your instinct to question it is right — most automation projects solve problems that aren't actually problems. Here's a framework for telling the difference.
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Every Time We Get Busy, Something Breaks
Growth is supposed to be good news — but why does every busy period feel like a warning sign? A look at why scaling exposes hidden bottlenecks and how to fix systems before they break under load.
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What 'Qualified' Actually Means: The Marketing-Sales Disconnect
Marketing says they're sending gold. Sales says they're getting garbage. A 60% lead rejection rate isn't a lead quality problem — it's a communication problem with expensive symptoms. Here's what's really happening and how to fix it.
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We Have a 3-Day Approval Process for Something That Should Take 30 Minutes
A COO looked at his team's quarterly efficiency review and said: "We have a 3-day approval process for something that should take 30 minutes. I know it's stupid, but I can't figure out how to fix it without breaking everything." Here's why that happens — and how to fix it.
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The Unglamorous Work That Makes AI Agents Actually Function
Everyone's building AI agents in 5 minutes — but nobody talks about the months of data archaeology that comes first. The real blocker isn't the AI technology; it's that most SMEs have no idea where their data is or how to prepare it.
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The AI Governance Reality Check: Everyone's Using AI, Nobody Asked About the Rules
A CEO found out his team was putting client data into ChatGPT. He nearly had a heart attack. Here's what that moment reveals — and how to build AI governance that makes your team more productive, not less.
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The $500 Engineering Hour: When Your Best People Become Expensive Sales Demos
A CEO's best engineer spent 6 hours explaining an API to a prospect. That's $500 of engineering time for a sales meeting — and it's happening every week. Here's how to fix it without replacing your engineers with ChatGPT.
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