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Start Here

The mindset, the map, and the toolkit.

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3 lessons in Start Here

  1. 1. Why Make First

    Learn why building something real for strangers, with AI, beats writing a plan no one asked for.

    60 min Week 1 Deliverable: A 200-word Make First Pledge naming what you will have live in 12 weeks and the first stranger you will show it to.

  2. 2. The Path and the Firsts

    Map the six gates and Firsts of your 12-week semester, and block the calendar time to hit them.

    60 min Week 1 Deliverable: A 12-week calendar with 5-8 hours a week blocked, plus a Scoreboard sheet with one row per gate for the date it was hit and a link to the evidence.

  3. 3. Set Up Your AI Toolkit

    Set up the accounts you need and learn to use Claude as a thinking partner, not an answer machine.

    90 min Week 1 Deliverable: A Founder Brief produced in a 20-minute conversation with Claude, covering your skills, the communities you belong to, problems you've paid to solve, hours per week, and budget. Save the prompt you used.

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