Part 1 of a 4-episode bonus series on AI agents. Harris tells the story of building his first AI agent on a Saturday night, and what happened over the next 90 days.
Show Notes
Every business owner hits the same wall. You can't grow without the hire. You can't afford the hire without the growth.
On the Saturday before Easter, Harris ended up on the concrete floor of his basement at midnight, building something he'd never built before. By morning, it was alive — and what happened over the next 90 days changed everything.
This is Part 1 of a 4-episode bonus series of The Story of Scale. Harris and Chad pull back the curtain on what they've been quietly building behind the scenes: a team of AI agents that's transformed how Istoria runs.
In this episode:
- The 500K to 3M squeeze every business owner knows
- Why Harris almost kept this story to himself
- Naming the real tensions around AI
- Why building AI agents has Istoria on a hiring spree
- What "agentic AI" actually means (in plain English)
- The invisible robot at the desk — the mental model that unlocks everything
- The Easter Saturday origin story of Vesper, the first agent
- Why super-agents are a mistake — specialization, security, memory
Whether you're AI-curious or AI-skeptical, this is the conversation we wish someone had walked us through 18 months ago.
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The Story of Scale is hosted by Harris III and Chad Cannon — a production of Istoria Studio, recorded in Chattanooga, TN at Socially U Studios.
What is The Story of Scale?
Most business owners hit a ceiling and have no idea why.
The Story of Scale is a conversation between Harris III, a creative entrepreneur who has built businesses across entertainment, events, and coaching, and Chad Cannon, a business growth strategist who has helped companies scale from seven figures into the mid-eight figures. They've been friends for almost 20 years. One is driven by story. The other by numbers. That tension is the whole point.
This isn't for Fortune 500 executives. It's for the founder stuck between $300K and $10M who knows they're capable of more but can't figure out what's in the way. Expect honest conversations, practical frameworks, and stories that make you realize you're not alone.
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