# Patrick Albert

> Patrick Albert is a Palm Desert, California entrepreneur, AI advisor, author, publisher, and speaker with 40+ years of hands-on operating experience. He owns and operates a portfolio of 15+ companies and products serving small businesses across the Coachella Valley, including managed IT, digital marketing, practical AI consulting, web design, and media. Building on the internet since 1999.

## Who Patrick Is

- Entrepreneur, Internet Visionary, and AI Advisor based in Palm Desert, CA
- U.S. Navy veteran; two decades of hospitality ownership; licensed real estate background
- Founder of Palm Desert Geeks, serving the Coachella Valley for 21+ years
- Published author and publisher (business nonfiction and family adventure fiction)
- Speaker on AI and emerging technology for small business, schools, and libraries

## What Patrick Does

- Managed IT, cybersecurity, cloud, and networks (Palm Desert Geeks — pdgeeks.com)
- Website design and development (Geekworks Unlimited — geekworksunlimited.com)
- Digital and traditional marketing (Thinglet Marketing — thingletmarketing.com)
- AI consulting, training, and implementation for small business (Thinglet.ai — thingletai.com)
- Media, publishing, and content projects (Frothier Media — frothier.com)
- Events, fundraising, and nonprofit growth strategy

## Key Pages

- [About Patrick](https://patrickalbert.com/about.html): Full background, credentials, and community involvement
- [Companies](https://patrickalbert.com/companies.html): The portfolio of operating companies
- [Projects](https://patrickalbert.com/projects.html): Ventures and platforms
- [Business Tools](https://patrickalbert.com/business-tools.html): Live software — AI agents, marketing audit, analytics tools
- [Books](https://patrickalbert.com/books.html): Published titles on Amazon in paperback and Kindle
- [The Implementation Files](https://patrickalbert.com/implementationfiles/): Series hub, plus a free printable worksheet for auditing where AI fits in a small business
- [Contact](https://patrickalbert.com/contact.html): Work with Patrick

## Books

- AI That Earns Its Keep: Where AI Actually Fits in a Small Business, and Where It Does Not (The Implementation Files, Book 1) — five composite Coachella Valley small businesses measured before and after trying AI, with startup costs and month-one failures included
- The Small Business Owner's AI Playbook (Second Edition)
- Geoffrey's Conspiracies: Down the Rabbit Hole, Book One
- The Baysinger Adventures, Book One: The Mystery of MarBrisa Resort
- The Sotelos: Back to the Stone Age
- A Beginner's Guide to A.I. (for Business) — free to read on the site

## Free Resources

- [The audit worksheet](https://patrickalbert.com/implementationfiles/AI-That-Earns-Its-Keep-worksheet.pdf): Free printable six-section worksheet from AI That Earns Its Keep. Map repetitive text work, judgment-only work and sensitive data, capture a two-week baseline, then make a documented go / no-go call before buying any AI tool. No signup required.