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I run a business

Get customers, handle the money and paperwork, and set up helpers that work while you're gone. All in the Claude app. No Terminal, ever.

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Folder 1 · 4 lessons

Start here

Everyone, first. Press play, nothing to set up.

  1. Which account and plan you need 10 min · 3 steps
  2. The apps on your phone and laptop 15 min · 4 steps
  3. Your first real conversation, in the app 15 min · 3 steps
  4. Keep a notebook 10 min · 3 steps

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Folder 2 · 17 lessons

Get customers

People trying to reach you, and making sure they can find you.

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  1. The mystery shopper: who gets recommended in your town 20 min · 6 steps
  2. Your business, as a stranger sees it 35 min · 8 steps
  3. Write the answers AI wants to quote 30 min · 6 steps
  4. Check again in 90 days 25 min · 7 steps
  5. The one-minute reply to a quote request 25 min · 6 steps
  6. Quotes that went quiet 20 min · 7 steps
  7. Ask every customer for a review, and reply to every review 30 min · 6 steps
  8. Missed calls and after hours 30 min · 6 steps
  9. The hard customer 20 min · 6 steps
  10. One finished job into a week of posts 25 min · 6 steps
  11. A simple content calendar 20 min · 6 steps
  12. Emailing your own customers 35 min · 8 steps
  13. Keep your Google Business Profile current 30 min · 8 steps
  14. Set up Google Search Console for your site 30 min · 5 steps
  15. Visitor stats: Google Analytics or PostHog 50 min · 9 steps
  16. Ask Claude about your search data 40 min · 6 steps
  17. Connect it, so you don't have to export 25 min · 6 steps

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Folder 3 · 15 lessons

Money and paperwork

Your numbers, your quotes and the back office.

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  1. Write the quote 30 min · 6 steps
  2. The money conversation 35 min · 8 steps
  3. What to charge 40 min · 7 steps
  4. CSV in, paperwork out 40 min · 7 steps
  5. The weekly scoreboard 35 min · 8 steps
  6. Reports vs notes 30 min · 6 steps
  7. Where did the money go this month? 45 min · 9 steps
  8. Hand your accountant a clean year 60 min · 8 steps
  9. Read the contract for me 40 min · 8 steps
  10. Your one-page AI policy 30 min · 7 steps
  11. Fix it once 35 min · 7 steps
  12. Write it down once 40 min · 7 steps
  13. Hiring 50 min · 9 steps
  14. Choose software without the sales pitch 40 min · 7 steps
  15. Meeting notes into to-do lists 25 min · 6 steps

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Folder 4 · 5 lessons

Weekly helpers, in the app

Helpers that take care of things while you're gone. All in the Claude app.

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  1. Connect Claude to the tools you already run on 25 min · 5 steps
  2. One agent, one job 35 min · 5 steps
  3. Read-only first: an inbox watcher 45 min · 8 steps
  4. Did it actually run? 40 min · 6 steps
  5. Is my AI paying for itself? 40 min · 6 steps

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Folder 5 · 4 lessons

Grow, in the app

Make your own thing. The first part needs no Terminal, and it's where the business path goes to grow.

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  1. Vet the idea in an hour 60 min · 8 steps
  2. Sell what you know 50 min · 7 steps
  3. Audits that sell 40 min · 7 steps
  4. Be the local hub 50 min · 7 steps

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