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A New Course for Founders, SMBs & Their Teams

Automate &
Accelerate.

A four-session, hands-on course that turns AI into a practical co-worker for founders, small and medium-sized businesses, and their teams. You leave with a workspace, a strategy, a creative kit, and a distribution plan — all built around your business.

Automate & Accelerate
Four sessions. Four shipped systems.
04
Sessions
Live, hands-on
07
Challenges
Per session
12+
AI Tools
Stitched together
01
Outcome
Your business, shipped
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The arc

Session 01
Build Your AI Workspace
You leave with: A connected workspace.
Session 02
GTM, Revenue & Positioning
You leave with: A one-page GTM brief.
Session 03
AI Creative Studio
You leave with: A full creative kit.
Session 04
Distribution & Engagement
You leave with: A weekly outreach plan.
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Is this for you?

Yes What you'll be able to do

  • Set AI up to actually understand your business — files, brand, voice, goals.
  • Write prompts that get outputs you'd send to a client.
  • Score, critique, and refine AI work like a senior collaborator.
  • Ship landing pages, decks, and short-form video without a designer.
  • Build outreach that warms relationships instead of burning lists.
  • Run a weekly AI-powered operating rhythm.

No What this isn't

  • Not a tour of every shiny new AI app.
  • Not a "watch me prompt" demo course.
  • Not a deep-dive on prompt engineering theory.
  • Not generic exercises with someone else's business.
  • Not finance/admin focused — those are bonus material.
  • Not a passive video library you'll never finish.
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The four sessions

Every session: a real business problem → a live AI workflow → an artifact you keep. Bring your business; leave with it shipped.

01
Foundation

Build Your AI Business Workspace

Set up Claude/Cowork, connect Gmail/Drive/Canva/Gamma, organize files, and feed AI the brand, voice, and examples it needs to behave like a teammate.

You'll learn Chat vs. agentic work Projects Context Memory Brand instructions
Live demo
Organize a messy folder. Brief AI on a real business in under ten minutes.
Tools
Claude · Cowork · Gmail · Drive · Canva · Gamma
You leave with: An AI-ready workspace built around your business.
02
Strategy

GTM, Revenue Strategy & Positioning

Use AI to define your target customer, pressure-test your offer, audit competitors, and rank revenue opportunities by speed, effort, and upside.

You'll learn Segmentation Positioning Revenue scoring Warm vs. cold strategy
Live demo
Score 3 revenue paths. Build a 30-day GTM test plan in real time.
Tools
Claude · Apollo · Notion · Gamma
You leave with: A one-page GTM brief and a ranked revenue plan.
03
Creative

Build Your AI Creative Studio

Hands-on with Lovart (creative direction), Google Stitch (UI/landing), Replit (prototypes), HeyGen + Hyperframes (high-engagement video), Synthesia (training video), and Google Flow (cinematic storytelling).

You'll learn Creative briefs Brand-aligned design Scroll-stopping video Prototyping
Live demo
Turn one brief into a landing page, Hyperframes promo, and deck outline.
Tools
Lovart · Stitch · Replit · HeyGen · Synthesia · Flow
You leave with: A full creative campaign kit ready to distribute.
04
Distribution

Sales, Distribution & Engagement

Move past "spray and pray." Build segmented audiences, multi-touch outreach, warm-intro plays, and follow-up loops that turn interest into conversations.

You'll learn Audience segmentation Channel planning Sequencing Follow-up loops
Live demo
Design a 4-touch outreach sequence and an engagement loop that scores replies.
Tools
Apollo · Gmail · Claude · Notion
You leave with: A distribution and engagement plan you can run weekly.
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Bring a real business. Leave with it shipped — workspace, strategy, creative, and distribution.
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