Meeting and idea capture layer
Granola catches real meetings, notes, and voice thoughts, then gets cleared instead of becoming another archive.
Founding cohort · Tuesdays, July 28 - September 15, 2026 · Live build sessions
Build the AI operating system your service business will actually use.
Stop collecting AI tools and start shipping the workflows that make solo work less fragile: client calls become follow-up, ideas become content, prospects become pipeline, and your weekly numbers become decisions.
Four tools. Under $150/month. Eight weeks live, plus 30 days of post-cohort build support.
The real problem
You have tried AI. Your work still lives in your head.
A solo founder does not need another clever prompt. You need fewer dropped balls. You need client meetings to turn into next actions, outreach to stop living in a spreadsheet you avoid, and a weekly rhythm that tells you what matters before the week gets away from you.
Practical AI means turning the repeated parts of your business into workflows you can run again tomorrow. This cohort is built around those workflows, not abstract AI literacy.
Why eight weeks
This is not a one-day tool sprint.
This is purposefully not a "learn everything about Claude, Codex, or the newest AI tool in one day" workshop. Those can be useful for exposure, but they rarely change how a business actually runs.
Practical AI is a different way of working. You need time to build, use the workflow on real work, notice where it breaks, and come back with better questions. The pacing is part of the product: one layer at a time, with enough reps for the system to become operational instead of inspirational.
Before / after
From scattered AI use to a working operating rhythm.
What you actually build
Not notes. Not theory. Working business infrastructure.
Claude project with your business context
Your voice, audience, offers, goals, and reusable workflows live where AI can use them.
Notion HQ and system of record
Content, contacts, sales, meetings, tasks, references, and decisions land in one durable place.
Cold outreach workflow
Claude researches and drafts. Notion tracks every send, follow-up, reply, and next touch.
End-to-end meeting lifecycle
A call becomes a summary, decision log, linked contact record, task list, and next-meeting prep brief.
Chief of Staff agent
A weekly agent reads your goals and data, names what is working, flags stalls, and recommends next moves.
A Tuesday after the cohort
This is what practicality should feel like.
You open your HQ, run your Morning Brief, take a client call, promote the useful pieces, draft the follow-up in your voice, update the pipeline, and let your weekly Chief of Staff review tell you what to fix next.
8-week live build
Every week ships something you can use immediately.
Install the Capture Layer
Set up Granola and Obsidian, lock privacy settings, capture real material, and learn what should not stay in capture.
You leave with: a working capture layer.Build the Thinking Layer
Configure Claude with your business context and build your first assets: voice, ICP, content strategy, and Morning Brief.
You leave with: a thinking partner that knows your business.Architect the System of Record
Build your Notion HQ, content pipeline, sales pipeline, contacts database, and durable reference layer.
You leave with: the place your business runs from.The Meeting Lifecycle, End to End
Run one real meeting from Granola to Claude to Notion, with summary, action items, linked contacts, and next steps.
You leave with: a repeatable meeting workflow.The Cold Outreach Workflow
Research real prospects, draft outreach that reads like it was written for one person, and track every touch.
You leave with: a revenue workflow, not a blank sales spreadsheet.The Chief of Staff Agent
Create a scorecard, configure the agent, connect it to your business data, and run it against your real goals.
You leave with: a weekly strategic review ritual.Run and Diagnose
Operate the full system on real work, then diagnose where it stalls, drags, or gets avoided.
You leave with: a prioritized map of the leaks.Tune, Sustain, and Expand
Fix the top leaks, schedule the maintenance cadence, and learn when a new tool earns its place.
You leave with: a system you can keep running.
Included after week 8
30 more days of build support.
The first month after a course is where systems either become real or quietly disappear. Every seat includes 30 days of weekly cohort support focused on your custom builds: the workflow you are adapting, the dashboard you are tuning, and the handoff that broke when it met your actual week.
Level 2 pathway
Level 2 Course: Practical AI for Marketing comes after Level 1.
Level 2 Course: Practical AI for Marketing builds on the operating system you create here, then goes deeper into AI-enabled marketing operations: campaign planning, content production, audience research, nurture workflows, and performance review.
Access to Level 2 is limited to students who complete Level 1, because the marketing layer only works when your capture, thinking, and system-of-record foundations are already running.
Best fit
Built for solo service operators who are ready to do the work live.
This is for you if
- You sell expertise, services, or client outcomes.
- You are the person making most operational decisions.
- You have tried AI tools but have not built a system that sticks.
- You want follow-up, content, sales, and decisions out of your head.
Probably not if
- You want a passive recording library.
- You need enterprise automation or a custom-coded platform.
- You are looking for prompt packs instead of operating workflows.
- You cannot commit to weekly live build sessions.
Founding cohort seat
$799
One payment · 8 live Tuesday sessions from July 28 to September 15 · 30 days of support · recordings included
Reserve your seatWhat is included
- 8 live weekly build sessions, 90 minutes plus Q&A
- Complete Capture, Think, Run operating architecture
- Notion HQ and pipeline templates ready to customize
- Claude project setup, reusable workflows, and Chief of Staff scaffold
- Cold outreach and meeting lifecycle workflows
- 30 days of post-cohort build support