{"product_id":"twice-ahead-thomas-heimann-9798995544418","title":"Twice Ahead: How to Build an Agent-Powered Business Before Your Industry Catches Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first time, the internet changed how business was done. This time, agents will change how businesses are built.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1994, Thomas Heimann coined the term \u003ci\u003eautoresponder\u003c\/i\u003e, built one of the first web domain registration services, and grew a company into the world's largest web hosting provider - serving 10,000 customers across 30 countries. He didn't watch the internet revolution happen. He built infrastructure for it before most businesses understood what they were looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree decades later, he's seeing the exact same pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight now, most businesses are using AI to clean up emails and generate social media posts. That's the surface. Underneath, a structural shift is underway: AI agents that can research, route, draft, monitor, and execute - under human oversight - are about to reshape how companies are designed, staffed, and run. The founders who see this early will build advantages that late movers won't be able to close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwice Ahead is not a book about prompts or tools.\u003c\/b\u003e It's a founder's playbook for redesigning your business around an agent-powered operating model - before your industry catches up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you'll learn: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy most people are misreading AI the same way they misread the internet in 1994 - and what the pioneers see differently\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe decision framework for what stays with humans and what gets delegated to agents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to design a hybrid workforce of people, software, and AI agents - including role design, trust calibration, and escalation paths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere to start: identifying high-value workflows and deploying your first real AI agent with defined boundaries and accountability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow agent systems compound - and why early movers build structurally impossible-to-close advantages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat governance, memory, and trust look like in practice - drawn from real playbook architecture, not theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn honest look inside the author's own AI buildout - what's working, what's hard, and what's next\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 90-day roadmap for making the structural decisions now that will compound over the next three to five years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is written for entrepreneurs, founders, and executives\u003c\/b\u003e who are done dabbling with AI and ready to build around it. Whether you're in real estate, healthcare, legal, financial services, logistics, or any other industry - your 1994 moment is happening right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe window is open. It won't stay open long. The winners are being decided now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Heimann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995544418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twice Ahead Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Thomas Heimann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623670624511,"sku":"9798995544418","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twice-ahead-thomas-heimann-9798995544418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}