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8 modules · 40 chapters

How to Leave Your Job and Build an AI Business Full-Time

Make the transition from employment to an AI-focused business with disciplined financial and execution planning.

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The target outcome

A validated service business and a risk-aware transition decision framework.

  • ✓Assess readiness with real financial thresholds
  • ✓Validate demand before resigning
  • ✓Create a viable first offer
  • ✓Plan operations, client delivery and personal runway

Prerequisites

  • • An interest in building a service business
  • • Basic budgeting skills
  • • Time to test real market demand

Public syllabus

Explore the 40-chapter curriculum

Explore eight focused modules covering the ideas, methods and decisions you will use to build your business.

Module 01 — Personal runway
  1. 01Identify the real reason for the transition
  2. 02Calculate monthly personal burn and obligations
  3. 03Establish minimum emergency reserves
  4. 04Assess insurance, taxes and employment restrictions
  5. 05Create a risk-based transition decision framework
Module 02 — Market opportunity
  1. 06Map transferable professional capabilities
  2. 07Identify business workflows suitable for AI
  3. 08Research competitive offers and customer budgets
  4. 09Interview prospects without pitching prematurely
  5. 10Select one narrowly defined target market
Module 03 — First commercial offer
  1. 11Describe the result the client will purchase
  2. 12Write a deliverable-focused service specification
  3. 13Choose pilot boundaries and acceptance criteria
  4. 14Price based on cost, risk and value hypotheses
  5. 15Prepare an honest demonstration and proposal
Module 04 — First customers
  1. 16Build a small verified prospect shortlist
  2. 17Create a compliant first-contact workflow
  3. 18Run discovery conversations and qualify urgency
  4. 19Design a paid pilot with clear deliverables
  5. 20Track objections, conversion and learning
Module 05 — Technical delivery
  1. 21Map the end-to-end customer process
  2. 22Select approved tools and integrations
  3. 23Protect customer data and access credentials
  4. 24Test reliability and failures before launch
  5. 25Document support, monitoring and handover
Module 06 — Business formation
  1. 26Compare practical legal structure options
  2. 27Map contracts, invoicing and recordkeeping
  3. 28Create a business budget and cash-flow forecast
  4. 29Set up repeatable onboarding and service processes
  5. 30Choose professional support where required
Module 07 — Decision and transition
  1. 31Assess revenue quality versus one-time wins
  2. 32Verify available cash and committed contracts
  3. 33Create an explicit go/no-go scorecard
  4. 34Plan a controlled resignation timeline
  5. 35Prepare a contingency and re-entry plan
Module 08 — Full-time operating cadence
  1. 36Build weekly sales and delivery rhythms
  2. 37Track churn, margin and utilization
  3. 38Define when to hire or outsource
  4. 39Protect founder time and execution quality
  5. 40Draft a six-month business operating plan

Turn learning into practical decisions

Follow a clear progression of topics and exercises designed to help you connect learning with real business decisions.

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