about
The Owner’s Almanac is a daily forecast for business owners navigating the AI era — what changed, why it matters for your business, and the one move worth making. Free, five minutes, plain English, for people who own something worth protecting.
The Editor
I’m Kevin Doherty. I’ve spent twenty-five years owning and building businesses — including a cash-based health clinic I ran myself, back when the newest technology in the room was the scheduling software. I’ve written three books on building a business worth owning, and I’ve spent two decades doing one thing over and over: translating new technology and marketing into moves a non-technical owner can make the same week.
That translation is the whole job here. The AI industry speaks in benchmarks, model names, and breathless announcements. You speak in revenue, hours, customers, and payroll. The Almanac stands between those two languages and hands you the parts that matter, in yours.
Why This Exists
Every morning the AI world publishes enough news to fill a workweek. Two or three of those items will genuinely affect your revenue this year. The rest is noise wearing a press release. Most owners get a bad pair of options: lose hours sorting it out, or tune it all out and hope nothing important slips past. I read everything so you can run your business — and each weekday morning I send the short version: what changed, whether it touches you, and exactly what to do about it.
What Arrives Each Morning
Today’s Signal — the one change that matters, pulled from the noise.
Why It Matters — what it means for revenue, customers, and time, with real numbers.
Who Should Pay Attention — and who can safely ignore it.
The Owner’s Forecast — where this heads over the next six months.
Your Next Move — one concrete action for the week, and the honest word on which tools help.
Standing Rules
When a tool earns a recommendation, the recommendation comes first. If a link pays the Almanac a commission, it says so right where the link sits — and the advice never bends to the payout. That’s how a publication stays worth reading.
When a forecast misses, you’ll hear that from me too. And every email supports replies — they land with me, and I read every one.