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Build With Oli

Hey,

Thanks for signing up and grabbing one of the resources!

[AGENDA] In this welcome email

  • [THE STORY] Why I left my job
  • [RESOURCES]
    • [COURSE] Learn how to properly use AI to support your business
    • [QUICK SETUP] Catch Claude before it starts making things up
    • [SKILL] Never take a big decision on one AI's opinion
  • [THE BELIEF] What all of this is built on

Quick intro, I'm Oli.

After three and a half years as the AI lead at a UK insurance company, I've left my job.

I've spent the past couple of those years with my feet in two camps:

  • one the stable corporate route, monthly pay cheques and chasing promotions
  • the other the world of side hustles and building a business

So, I've taken the leap…

With the aim of helping founders and business owners adopt this weird and wonderful technology known as AI in a way that will help them scale their business.

Me at my desk, headphones on, giving a thumbs up

One promise, I won't spam you with emails.

One a week, normally on a Thursday, I'll send over a mixture of useful resources, things like:

  • Case studies on how I've helped founders and business owners practically adopt AI
  • What I've built for myself that week, and how you can set it up yourself
  • The tools, updates and reads worth your time, with my honest take on each
  • Thoughts on how to think about the ever-changing world of AI

So, to get the ball rolling, here's a few resources you might enjoy!

[COURSE] Learn how to properly use AI to support your business

Chances are you've got a few chats you keep going back to, or projects set up to keep track of what's going on.

The problem is they all sit separately, so you're continually re-explaining things, or fixing things that are almost right.

My course shows you how to set up an AI that knows your business, and you can start it completely free.

The agent ecosystem course's front page with its ten stages, Oli in the corner, and a play button Start the course for free →

[QUICK SETUP] Catch Claude before it starts making things up

When Claude forgets your name, it's probably forgetting your other instructions too.

Get Claude to call you by your name in every reply so you can spot the moment it slips up.

Hand-drawn sketch. A reply that starts with your name, then later a reply without it and an exclamation mark, no name, it's slipping up The thirty-second setup →

[SKILL] Never take a big decision on one AI's opinion

One model tends to tell you what you want to hear.

The Council skill has five experts thrash it out first and hands you the balanced view.

Hand-drawn sketch. Your question goes to five experts who thrash it out, and out comes the balanced view Set up your own council →

To finish…

Most business owners are stuck in the position where they're spending too much time making sure the business keeps running to be able to focus on the big levers that would really make a difference to the business.

I want to prove to you that with AI, this doesn't need to be true if you set up the right ecosystem to support you.

So…

If you're a founder or a business owner wearing lots of hats and this has resonated, hit reply, I'd love to chat.

Chat soon,

Oli

@buildwitholi on Instagram

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