AI does not decide for you. It reads a contract before you do, prepares a meeting, keeps an eye on your competitors, and makes sense of your numbers, so you arrive informed where a call has to be made.
AI helps small business owners with tasks such as “Read a contract before you sign it,” “Prepare a meeting with a key customer,” and “Take stock of unpaid invoices.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Claude · An attached file, in the conversation
TodayTwenty pages of terms arrive the day before signing, and you sign having read only the price.
With ClaudeA one-page summary of the contract, the clauses to negotiate, and the list of points to take to your attorney.
TodayYou arrive at the meeting having skimmed the customer’s website in the car, without knowing what changed for them this year.
With PerplexityA one-page brief on your contact and their company, with sources, and five questions to ask.
Pennylane · Connector for your assistant
TodayYou know there are late payments, but not how much, or from whom, or where to start the reminders.
With PennylaneThe list of your unpaid invoices sorted by customer, an order for the reminders, and three messages ready to send.
Also
Qonto · “The Analyst”
A view of your money in and money out month by month, the list of your subscriptions, and an export for your accountant.
Claude · Attached files, in the conversation
A two-page memo for the banker, the list of their likely questions, and your weak points to prepare.
Gemini Notebook · A “Commitments” notebook
The calendar of your commitments: due dates, notice periods, and guarantees, each row tied to its clause.
Granola · “Enhanced” tab
A one-page decision log, sent the same day, with your own commitments listed separately.
Perplexity · “Projects”
A ten-line market update every Monday, with sources, on your competitors and your market.
Claude · Incognito chat
The arguments for and against, the twelve-month risks, and the list of what is left to check before you decide.
What to check
A summary replaces neither reading the flagged clauses nor an attorney’s opinion on a contract that commits the company. Use a Team workspace, or remove the other party’s name.
Read a contract before you sign itClaude · An attached file, in the conversationThe prompt to copy
I run a small business in [industry, headcount]. Here is a contract that [a supplier, a customer, a landlord] is asking me to sign. Summarize it in one page: what I commit to, what the other party commits to, the term, the exit and renewal conditions, the prices and how they are revised, the penalties and the liability caps. Give the article and page number for each point. Then list the five clauses least favorable to me, and what I could ask for instead. Flag what is missing from a contract of this type. You are not my attorney: indicate the points to take to them.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobKeep a written record of the leadership meeting
In your jobRead a contract before you sign it
In your jobPrepare a meeting with a key customer
In your jobTake stock of unpaid invoices
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
It reads a twenty-page contract or your financial statements, turns them into one clear page, and plays the demanding partner when you are preparing a decision.
Recommended planFree to try, with no confidential documents. For the company: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
Before a meeting or to follow your competitors: it searches the web at the moment you ask and gives the source of each piece of information.
Recommended planFree to start: 3 “Pro” searches per day, 1 “Research” report per month. Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
It takes the notes at the leadership meeting with no bot on the call. You leave the meeting with the decisions and who does what.
Recommended planBasic, $0. Notes older than 30 days are visible only with Business, $14 per user per month.
Lease, loans, contracts, insurance: gathered in one notebook, they answer your questions and show the original clause.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day. Included in the company’s Google Workspace plans.
If your books are kept there: connected to your assistant, Pennylane lets it read your invoices and transactions, for an update on unpaid invoices in one question.
Recommended planEssentiel (small business), €49 per month, excl. tax
If your business account is there: “The Analyst” answers questions about your spending and your balance, and “The Operator” prepares a transfer that you confirm.
Recommended planBasic, €9 per month, excl. tax, billed yearly
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Perplexity, Granola, Gemini Notebook, Pennylane, and Qonto. 4 of them can be used for free to get started.
It reads a twenty-page contract or your financial statements, turns them into one clear page, and plays the demanding partner when you are preparing a decision. The plan to choose: Free to try, with no confidential documents. For the company: Team, $25 per user per month ($20 if billed yearly).
With “Read a contract before you sign it,” in Claude (an attached file, in the conversation). Allow 10 minutes the first time. A one-page summary of the contract, the clauses to negotiate, and the list of points to take to your attorney.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.