The role track for founders and small-business owners who've done AI Foundations. You're every department with no time — AI is the first team you can afford. Validate ideas, pressure-test strategy, write the pitch, sell, spec what gets built, run the ops and own the numbers — with ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini doing the legwork and Nova grading your prompts on real founder scenarios. Three weeks, hands-on, no code.
AI Foundations — optional basics (free)
Week 0 · 20 lessons
Beyond the chatbox: what AI assistants really are
How the model "thinks" — and why it changes how you ask
The capability map: what AI does brilliantly
The limits: hallucination, freshness, and what never to trust it with
Your first real win: turn a 30-minute task into 3
Context is everything: give it what it needs to know
Give it a role and a goal
Week 1 — The Founder's AI Toolkit
Week 1 · 5 lessons
Your unfair advantage: the founder's brief
The business context file: brief once, use everywhere
Validate before you build: discovery and research
Strategy sparring: pressure-test the idea and the plan
The limits: what a founder must never outsource
Week 2 — Build the Company's Engine
Week 2 · 5 lessons
The pitch: narrative first, slides second
Investor comms: updates, cold emails, honest numbers
Founder-led sales: outreach, discovery calls, follow-ups
Ship it: specs and briefs your builders can build from
Operations: SOPs, support, and the boring superpowers
Week 3 — The Operator-Founder
Week 3 · 5 lessons
Numbers you own: unit economics and the money story
Hire and delegate: JDs, interviews, onboarding
Your founder prompt library
Guardrails: confidentiality, claims, and founder risk
Milestone: the founder's operating pack (graded)
Week 4 — The Founder Automation Layer
Week 4 · 3 lessons
Prompt chains for the work that comes back every week
Saved templates and a context file that stays true
Practical: build a reusable founder workflow chain
Week 5 — Your Company's AI Assistant
Week 5 · 3 lessons
Build the company assistant your first hires can brief
Test it before your team and your investors see the output
Practical: ship a tested company assistant your first hires can use
Week 6 — Capstone: The Founder's AI Operating System
Week 6 · 3 lessons
Audit the founder’s month: what the system actually has to carry
Run it as a documented system that survives your first hires
Capstone: deliver the founder’s AI operating system (graded)
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Capstone: The Founder's AI Operating System
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Constraints and format: define what "good" looks like
Show, don't tell: examples and templates
Iterate like a pro: steer, don't restart
Documents and reports: summarise, extract, and draft better
Spreadsheets and data: Excel formulas, analysis, and charts
Presentations: from blank page to a solid deck
Long, messy input: transcripts, threads, notes, and screenshots
ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini: which to reach for, and when
Make smarter decisions: AI as your thinking partner
Chaining steps: multi-part tasks done reliably
Your prompt library: reusable templates that save hours
Staying safe: privacy, accuracy, and company data
Capstone: do a real task end-to-end (graded) → your certificate