4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Build AI employees that scale marketing, streamline sales, and increase profits, mentored by ex-AWS AI engineer and Alexa PM.
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Build AI employees that scale marketing, streamline sales, and increase profits, mentored by ex-AWS AI engineer and Alexa PM.
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Course overview
A tactical course for IT companies, agencies, and lead gen experts who want to scale B2B sales without increasing headcount and compete in the AI-era (outbound, inbound, and sales automation).
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You're probably aware that sales, marketing, and go-to-market playbooks are being rewritten by Gen AI.
Everything from outbound lead gen to B2B marketing is changing rapidly with AI, as we speak. AI agents can already do the vast majority of work that junior sales people can do. This isn't a hypothetical - it's a fact.
And the most forward-looking companies are already using AI to automate their outbound, inbound, lead gen, marketing, and even customer support.
But still, the vast majority of companies are struggling to adopt the "AI-native" sales and marketing processes, despite AI agents becoming easier to build than ever before.
Why?
First, many are confused about how to redesign their existing processes with AI. Exactly which use cases do you prioritize, and how do you integrate AI agents into workflows? What does an AI agent even mean?
Second, they don't know how to confidently architect agentic workflows that actually do their bidding. How do you ensure that AI agents are reliable, safe, and most importantly, gets the job done?
Third, they aren't just ready to take the leap of faith with 3rd party AI automation tools yet. They want to have more control over their AI workflows, without outsourcing everything to some AI startup that charge thousands per month.
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This course solves that. With this workshop, you will get help in three ways.
> First, I will share you the exact blueprint for building your own AI GTM employees (AI SDR agent, AI BDR agent, and AI Customer Insights and Content agent) that I use to research and score leads, automate outreach, and streamline sales processes.
I developed these agents to solve my own painpoints running a SaaS business, and to help clients (IT consulting firms, lead generation agencies, Venture Capital firms) scale their outbound. My agents have worked in the toughest verticals, including educational institution leads.
I will walk you through the templates to clarify every bit of detail, so that you can extend it and customize for your own needs in the future.
With these agents, you will get a massive head start versus building everything from scratch, and figuring out everything on your own. The time saved and extra insights will give you the edge you were looking for to stand out from competition - before others catch on.
> Second, you will receive a relevant crash course on AI agents, so that you have a "solid grip" on the AI landscape without being flooded with information - and help your own team and clients with the knowledge.
I will give you the requisite and pertinent "theoretical knowledge" to understand why the AI agents are built the way they are, so that you know "how the sausage is made".
This will leave you with a solid foundation to "learn on your own" after the course.
> Third, I will provide you the mentorship throughout the program to help you actually integrate the AI agents into your business processes - so that you can have the confidence to move forward.
Through office hours, you will have access to me to ask any questions about the agents or course materials.
Through build labs, you will see how I explain agents are built. No mysteries or holding back.
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So why act now?
AI is moving fast—but so are the opportunities. The time to build AI agents is now: companies of all sizes are initiating AI agent programs in 2025.
In addition to lectures, I will show you three AI agent employees - an AI outbound sales agent, BDR, and an AI sales ops agent ($5,000 total value).
By the end of this course, you'll learn:
• How to build GTM AI automations that will help scale sales and marketing to research leads, automate personalized outreach, score leads, and qualify leads - all without spending $1000's per month on marketing automation SaaS.
• How to easily find worthy AI agent and automation opportunities in different domains, with explanations of proven implementations.
• When to use agentic architectures vs. automations—and how to design the right solution
• How to rapidly prototype AI agent and automation solutions that demonstrate value and de-risk execution
You'll also get:
• Labs where I go over the AI agents: one on AI sales rep, one on AI sales ops agent (for extracting customer insights from sales calls, and generating content ideas)
• Frameworks and templates for opportunity validation and solution architecture
• Reusable code, prompts, and scaffolds to speed up your own builds
• Weekly live lectures, group coaching, and direct feedback from me throughout.
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Sales and Marketing Professionals
Learn how to automate everything (follow up on every lead, automate outbound, research and score lists)
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High Ticket Offer Consultancies
Learn to scale outbound and generate valuable leads without spending thousands on lead services per month.
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Lead Gen + Marketing Agencies
Increase your bottom line by streamlining your own offerings with proven AI solution templates
Although the course doesn't require any coding skills, some level of technical familiarity is very helpful to internalize lecture material
Much of "building AI agents" involves prompting and conceptual familiarity with how "AI" works.
Scale your sales and marketing with AI agents
Transform your outbound to be 10x more productive without adding headcount by offloading tasks to AI agents - anywhere from outreach to lead research, and more.
Ready to use AI agent templates for sales and content.
Don't spend months or years reinventing the wheel on building AI agents for sales. There's no time for that! Bootstrap from my AI agent templates, and customize them as you see fit with my guidance. Save months of headache.
Architect AI agents with confidence
Gain a systems-level understanding of how to wire up tools, APIs, models, and workflows to create agentic solutions that are robust, not just clever demos.
Level up your technical comfort with AI agents
Are you ready to actually learn what AI agents are, how they are made, and how to make them on your own - without just "talking about AI agents"? This course will solve that.
Figure out the "right" tech tools & tech stack to build with, without being led astray
I will cut through all the AI youtuber and social media hype and tell you what matters and what doesn't, when it comes to building AI agents and automation. This will save you a lot of confusion about which path to take, what tech stack to invest in, etc.
Live sessions
Learn directly from John Hwang in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
AI Agents for Sales and Go-To-Market
Apr
23
Live: AI Project Ideation and Evaluation Framework
Apr
25
Week 1: Let's Build Together - Build Lab
Apr
26
Week 1 Saturday Office Hours
Apr
30
Live: Overview of AI Agent and Automation Concepts
May
2
Week 2: Let's Build Together - Build Lab
May
7
Live: Adding Resiliency and Functionality to Agents
May
9
Week 3: Let's Build Together - Build Lab
May
10
Week 3 Office Hours
May
16
Week 4: Let's Build Together - Build Lab
May
23
Week 5: Finale, Show and Tell, and Last Office Hour
May
21
Live: Evals, Operationalization, and Change Management
May
17
Week 4 Office Hours
May
14
Live: Different types of AI agents
May
3
John Hwang is the creator of "Enterprise AI Trends" newsletter, read by over 30,000 readers per month. His audience includes founders, product managers, consultants, engineers, and VCs across Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Previously, John was a Generative AI architect at AWS, where he helped Fortune 500 companies build out enterprise AI platforms and develop vertical AI strategy across call-center automation, loan origination, intelligent document processing, and customer support. Prior to AWS, John was an early PM at Alexa, where he helped build the developer platform for Alexa Skills. John’s work can be found in Alexa inside cars, wearables, and the Alexa mobile app.
John studied CS and Math at Stanford (BS, MS), and was a full stack engineer at Graphiq, which was acquired by Amazon. In his life prior to tech industry, John was the Head of Volatility Index Trading at Morgan Stanley.
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$1,999
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5 hours per week
Live Lectures
Wednesdays from 12:00pm - 1:15pm EST
We will go over any theoretical concepts or lecture material required to progress toward the course, or build your projects.
Weekly Office Hours
Saturdays at 12:30pm-2:30pm EST
Get help with lectures or projects
Weekly Build-Togethers
Fridays at 12:00pm EST
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Join an upcoming cohort
Inaugural Cohort
$1,999
Dates
Application Deadline