AI for Entrepreneurs: The Complete Free Course Outline
Every lesson in the free AI course, in the order that works.
This is the reading order. It does not change. The Part numbers on the posts tell you when a lesson went out, not what order to learn it in. Use this page instead.
Published lessons are links. Everything else says Coming, with the date it goes out.
Start at the top if you are new. If you already use AI every day, skip to Part 3.
New lessons land every other day.
Part 1 Foundations
What AI is, which tool to pick, how to set it up, how to talk to it
22 lessons
1. What AI Actually Is
The words and the file
The words you need before anything else — Coming Aug 18, 2026
What an .md file is, and why this course lives in them — Coming Aug 20, 2026
Where you are starting from
The five levels of AI use, and which one you are on — Coming Aug 22, 2026
Starting the right way, and the first week that works — Coming Aug 24, 2026
The honest picture
The honest picture: energy, tiredness, attention, and where this goes — Coming Aug 26, 2026
2. Choosing Your AI
How models actually differ
Models explained, and why one favorite is a trap — Coming Aug 28, 2026
The four Claudes, and which one you actually want — Coming Aug 30, 2026
Fast or deep: picking a model per task — Coming Sep 1, 2026
Picking your tools
ChatGPT and Claude, compared fairly — Coming Sep 3, 2026
Your starter stack, and what to ignore — Coming Sep 5, 2026
3. Setting It Up
Your first three days
Day one: the five things to do first — Coming Sep 7, 2026
Day two and three: the next ten things — Coming Sep 9, 2026
Pick a setup path
The 60 minute setup — Coming Sep 11, 2026
The full one day setup — Coming Sep 13, 2026
Where to work, and what to claim
Desktop, phone, or browser: where to actually work — Coming Sep 15, 2026
The settings nobody checks, and the free stuff nobody claims — Coming Sep 17, 2026
4. Talking To AI
How a prompt is built
The anatomy of a prompt — Coming Sep 19, 2026
Say what you want, not how to do it — Coming Sep 21, 2026
The steering wheel: seven levels of control — Coming Sep 23, 2026
Getting sharper answers
Words that change the answer — Coming Sep 25, 2026
Prompt packs worth saving — Coming Sep 27, 2026
Past the single prompt
Stop prompting, start looping — Coming Sep 29, 2026
Part 2 Make It Yours
Give it memory, keep it honest, plug it into your real tools
19 lessons
5. Memory And Context
Giving AI a memory
Why AI forgets you, and the fix — Coming Oct 1, 2026
The most important file you will ever write — Coming Oct 3, 2026
The about-me file — Coming Oct 5, 2026
Global instructions that apply everywhere — Coming Oct 7, 2026
Feeding it what you know
Knowledge files and your second brain — Coming Oct 9, 2026
Context hygiene, tokens, and never hitting a limit — Coming Oct 11, 2026
Your voice, and getting better
Teaching AI your voice and your taste — Coming Oct 13, 2026
Making it get better every week — Coming Oct 15, 2026
6. Trust And Safety
Catching what it gets wrong
The three ways AI lies to you — Coming Oct 17, 2026
Check the work before you use it — Coming Oct 19, 2026
Build a council, not a cheerleader — Coming Oct 21, 2026
Setting hard limits
The safety playbook — Coming Oct 23, 2026
Guardrails, permissions, and what AI may never touch — Coming Oct 25, 2026
Do not let AI embarrass you — Coming Oct 27, 2026
7. Connecting Your Tools
Making the connection
Connectors: what they are and how to add them — Coming Oct 29, 2026
MCP, explained without jargon — Coming Oct 31, 2026
Add-ons and marketplaces
Plugins, and how they differ from skills — Coming Nov 2, 2026
The free skills marketplace — Coming Nov 4, 2026
Putting it to work
AI as an assistant across every app you own — Coming Nov 6, 2026
Part 3 Build
Skills, agents, apps, and design work you make yourself
26 lessons
8. Building Skills
What a skill is
Skill, workflow, or agent: which do you need — Coming Nov 8, 2026
Skills in ten minutes — Coming Nov 10, 2026
Building one that works
Three ways to build one — Coming Nov 12, 2026
Building skills that actually work — Coming Nov 14, 2026
Turn any guide into a skill — Coming Nov 16, 2026
Ready-made libraries
A skill library for your life — Coming Nov 18, 2026
A skill library for your job — Coming Nov 20, 2026
9. Agents And Automation
Agent basics
What an agent is, in plain words — Coming Nov 22, 2026
Build your first agent — Coming Nov 24, 2026
More than one at a time
Agent teams and org charts — Coming Nov 26, 2026
Running several at once — Coming Nov 28, 2026
Stop babysitting it — Coming Nov 30, 2026
Other platforms
Managed agents and other platforms — Coming Dec 2, 2026
Choosing what to hand over
What to hand off, and what to keep — Coming Dec 4, 2026
The weekend automation list — Coming Dec 6, 2026
10. Building Things
Apps you make by asking
Artifacts: apps you make by asking — Coming Dec 8, 2026
AI can build you any tool — Coming Dec 10, 2026
Coding without coding
Vibe coding for people who do not code — Coming Dec 12, 2026
Claude Code, all seven levels — Coming Dec 14, 2026
Real projects
Real builds: apps, stores, landing pages — Coming Dec 16, 2026
Home and business builds worth copying — Coming Dec 18, 2026
11. Design And Visuals
The design tool
Claude Design, start to finish — Coming Dec 20, 2026
Why your AI designs look like AI — Coming Dec 22, 2026
Borrowing and replacing
Borrowing a layout the right way — Coming Dec 24, 2026
Replacing a designer — Coming Dec 26, 2026
Decks, images, and sight
Decks, images, and AI that can see — Coming Dec 28, 2026
Part 4 Use It
Work, career, learning, money, life, business, marketing
36 lessons
12. Getting Work Done
The working day
Ten ways to use AI at work today — Coming Dec 30, 2026
Meetings, prep, and follow-through — Coming Jan 1, 2027
Making better decisions — Coming Jan 3, 2027
Getting ahead, and teams
Reviews, raises, and promotion — Coming Jan 5, 2027
Cowork: AI for a whole team — Coming Jan 7, 2027
13. Your Career
Where you stand
Which parts of your job AI should already do — Coming Jan 9, 2027
Do not get replaced, become the one who runs it — Coming Jan 11, 2027
Getting hired
Resume and LinkedIn — Coming Jan 13, 2027
Interview prep — Coming Jan 15, 2027
A 30 day job search system — Coming Jan 17, 2027
Reading the market
The new AI jobs, and how to qualify — Coming Jan 19, 2027
Certifications worth putting on a resume — Coming Jan 21, 2027
14. Learning And Thinking
Learning AI itself
How to learn AI for free — Coming Jan 23, 2027
Turning AI into a tutor — Coming Jan 25, 2027
Research and language
Real research instead of guessing — Coming Jan 27, 2027
Languages — Coming Jan 29, 2027
Capturing, and deciding
Notes, voice, and audio — Coming Jan 31, 2027
Finding your gaps — Coming Feb 2, 2027
Designing the life you want — Coming Feb 4, 2027
15. Money And Life
Money
Five ways AI should be saving you money — Coming Feb 6, 2027
Personal finance tasks to hand over — Coming Feb 8, 2027
Investing, with the warnings intact — Coming Feb 10, 2027
Legal help and spotting scams — Coming Feb 12, 2027
Home and travel
Home, family, and the Sunday reset — Coming Feb 14, 2027
Travel and big events — Coming Feb 16, 2027
Your body
Health, food, and daily habits — Coming Feb 18, 2027
16. Business And Marketing
Starting the thing
Setting up AI for a small business — Coming Feb 20, 2027
Pressure testing an idea — Coming Feb 22, 2027
Building a company with AI — Coming Feb 24, 2027
Moats, stacks, and what lasts — Coming Feb 26, 2027
Getting customers
Email marketing — Coming Feb 28, 2027
Ads on Google, Meta, and Reddit — Coming Mar 2, 2027
Getting found: the new SEO — Coming Mar 4, 2027
Content and selling
A content system that runs itself — Coming Mar 6, 2027
Selling with AI — Coming Mar 8, 2027
Earning from it
Making money with AI — Coming Mar 10, 2027
How the course is built
103 lessons. 16 modules. 4 parts. Written for people who have never opened an AI tool.
Every lesson has the same shape, so you always know where you are: what you will be able to do, the idea, do it, the prompts to copy, what to watch out for, a checklist, and one thing to do now.
No code. Third grade reading level on purpose. If a lesson needs a technical word, it explains it first.