🍁 Vermont-based · No hype, just honest help

Practical AI strategy for Vermont's small businesses.

AI doesn't have to be intimidating or expensive. I help Vermont businesses and organizations figure out where it actually makes sense — then build small, focused tools that do real work.

Let's talk about your business → See what I offer

Trusted by Vermont farms, nonprofits, restaurants & local businesses

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Green Mountain Provisions

AI Strategy · Vermont

"We're a small farm stand in Stowe. Is AI actually useful for us, or is it just hype?"

Great question — for most small businesses, 80% of the hype doesn't apply. But there are usually 1–2 specific things AI can handle really well for you.

"Like what? We spend hours answering the same customer questions."

That's a perfect fit. A simple FAQ assistant could handle those — and I can build one sized for a small farm, not a Fortune 500.

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Who I work with

Built for Vermont's community & small business fabric

I work with the kinds of organizations that make Vermont Vermont — not Silicon Valley startups. If you're resource-constrained, time-crunched, and skeptical of tech buzzwords, we'll get along great.

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Farms & Agricultural Businesses

Seasonal scheduling, customer communication, CSA management tools, and market-day automation.

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Restaurants & Hospitality

Reservation assistants, menu Q&A bots, staff communication tools, and review response drafting.

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Local Retail & Shops

Product FAQ tools, inventory helpers, customer email automation, and simple e-commerce AI add-ons.

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Nonprofits & Associations

Grant research assistants, donor communications, volunteer coordination tools, and report drafting.

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Community Organizations

Member-facing FAQ tools, event scheduling assistants, internal knowledge bases, and communications.

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Professional Services

Law firms, accountants, consultants — document summarization, client intake tools, and research assistants.

Services

What I actually do — no jargon

Everything is right-sized for small organizations. No enterprise pricing, no bloated projects, no disappearing contractors.

AI Strategy Session

A focused 2–3 hour working session where we map your business, identify the 1–3 places AI genuinely helps, and leave with a clear, prioritized plan — not a vague roadmap.

Small, Focused AI Tools

I build one thing that solves one real problem — a customer FAQ bot, a scheduling assistant, a document summarizer. Scoped tight, delivered fast, built to last.

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Team Workshops & Training

Half-day or full-day workshops that help your team actually understand AI tools, use them confidently, and spot the hype from the genuinely useful stuff.

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Process Automation

Identify the repetitive tasks eating your team's time and automate them — email drafts, data entry, report generation, scheduling, and more.

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Customer-Facing Assistants

Simple chatbots and FAQ tools trained on your own knowledge — your hours, your products, your policies. Deploy to your website in days, not months.

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Ongoing Support & Advising

A monthly retainer for organizations that want a trusted local tech partner on call — not a big agency that forgets your name after the kickoff meeting.

How it works

Simple, low-risk, built around you

No long contracts or discovery phases that cost as much as the project. Here's how most engagements go.

Free 30-min call

We talk about your business, your pain points, and whether AI is even the right answer. No pitch, no pressure.

Strategy session

A focused working session to find the highest-value opportunities and agree on what to build — or not build.

Build & iterate

I build something small and real — you use it, give feedback, and we refine it until it actually works for your team.

Hand off & support

You own it. I train your team and stick around for questions — no dependency on an ongoing retainer unless you want one.

Work

Real work & the kinds of things I can build

One real case study so far — and a few illustrative examples of the types of problems I'm here to solve.

🧠 Vermont Therapy Practice

✓ Real project

AI Adoption · Solo Practice

AI Note-Taking for a Vermont Therapist

A Vermont-based therapist was spending significant time after every session writing clinical notes — eating into evenings and causing burnout. I evaluated the landscape of AI note-taking tools built for mental health providers, helped select the right fit, and guided the full adoption: setup, HIPAA considerations, workflow integration, and building confidence using the tool day-to-day.

Real project AI Tool Evaluation Change Management Healthcare / HIPAA Hours saved per week

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Internal Tool · Nonprofit

Grant Research Assistant

A small Vermont nonprofit needed help finding funding matches without a full-time development staff. A tool that searches grant databases and drafts initial summaries — saving hours of manual research per week.

Research Automation Document Drafting Illustrative

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Customer Tool · Restaurant

Menu & Hours Assistant

A small Vermont restaurant fielding repetitive calls about specials, dietary options, and hours. A lightweight chatbot on their website handles the common questions — freeing up staff for actual guests.

Chatbot Website Widget Illustrative

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Customer Tool · Farm Stand

CSA FAQ & Pickup Assistant

A Vermont farm fielding the same 30 customer questions every week by phone and email. A simple chatbot trained on their CSA guide handles the repetitive volume — letting the farmers focus on farming.

FAQ Automation Website Chatbot Illustrative

Illustrative examples show the types of problems I solve — not past client work. Want to be my next real case study?

👋 Hey, I'm Mike

About Mike

20 years in tech. Now using it to help Vermont.

I'm Mike — a Vermonter, a dad of two boys, and the founder of Green Mountain Provisions. I spent 20 years working in eDiscovery, the field that helps legal teams manage, search, and make sense of massive volumes of documents. It's unglamorous work, but it taught me a lot: how to cut through data complexity, how to build tools that non-technical people can actually use, and how to tell the difference between technology that genuinely solves a problem and technology that just looks impressive.

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"After two decades helping big law firms wrangle their data, I wanted to turn those same skills toward the businesses and organizations that make Vermont worth living in."

When I'm not building, you can probably find me at Foam Brewers, catching a show at the Vermont Comedy Club, or grabbing a bite at Mule Bar. If you see me, say hi — I'd love to hear what your organization is up to.

🍁 Burlington, VT 20 yrs eDiscovery AI / LLM Tools Process Automation Dad of two Plain-language explainer

Get in touch

Not sure if AI is right for you? Let's find out together.

The first conversation is always free. No pitch, no commitment — just a straight answer about whether this makes sense for your organization.

Your name

Email address

Organization / Business

What are you looking for?

Tell me about your situation

I typically respond within one business day. I'm local — sometimes faster.

✉️ mikehaw@gmail.com 💼 LinkedIn ⌥ GitHub