Nick Butcher
I help small business founders make sense of AI without the hype, without the doom, and without the consultants pretending to know more than they do.
About Nick Butcher
I’ve spent 31 years in technology.
My first job was installing email onto people’s desktops, back when half the people asked me why they needed it. We all know how that turned out.
Since then I’ve worked for corporates, run managed service providers, and spent the last decade working with AI in real businesses. I’ve seen every major technology wave since email. Most were oversold. A few changed everything.
AI is one of the few.
CTRL+ALT+AI is the brand I’m building around all of this. Practical AI guidance for small business founders. New videos every week, practical guides on the site, and small group bootcamps for the founders who want to build with AI themselves.
CTRL+ALT+AI
Choose how you want to start.
Read, build, ask, or watch. Four ways into the same practical work.
Guides on CTRL+ALT+AI
Practical guides on using AI in a small business. Plain English, no jargon. Specific tools, prompts, costs, what’s worth your time.
Explore guides →The Build with AI Bootcamp
A four-week live group for founders who want to stop using AI for emails and start building tools for the way their business actually works.
Next cohort: June 2026 →Ask Nick
A chatbot trained on my professional background. Ask about my career, my work, how I think about technology. Honest answers, no hype.
Try it →CTRL+ALT+AI on YouTube
Weekly videos on AI for small business. Tools, frameworks, real demonstrations, what’s actually worth your time.
youtube.com/@nickbutcherofficial →Stay in touch
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