AI Prototyping and User Research for Founders, Product Managers and Designers
Drew Falkman
AI Product Manager and Instructor
AI Prototyping and User Research Tools Speed Time to Product Market Fit
You want to focus on getting your idea to market in the fastest possible timeframe. But the the process of experimenting with new ideas and getting quick validation has been out of scope for many of us.
Enter Magic Patterns and Strella.
Magic Patterns lets you build robust prototypes using simple prompts and outputs real front-end apps you can use or deploy on your own servers.
Strella automates user research and helps you to get your questions and/or prototypes in front of actual users and get the results quickly - without having to spend any time on the actual research.
"No way!" you say?
Yes, way.
In this course, I will introduce you to both tools and show you how you can build good prototypes quickly, and then set up your user research to ensure you get the data you need. No experience necessary!
My courses on Maven are a mix of self-paced learning supported by real-world projects and optional 1:1 time with me to work through your questions or issues.
I have helped numerous startups, and companies of all sizes to find product-market fit and I have taught and designed courses online as well as in-person (as an Adobe certified instructor). I'm sure I can help you get to mastery fast.
What you’ll learn
Let Drew guide you through designing and validating a UI prototype with your users to ensure you have an app customers will pay for.
Learn to master Magic Patterns so that you get the designs and screens you want to see and test with users.
Learn how to integrate existing designs and style guidelines to ensure your prototype has the look-and-feel you want and need.
Learn more advanced prompting and design techniques to get more control, be more creative, and build better prototypes in Magic Patterns.
Learn how to do user research in Strella and create surveys that will support your goals, and enable you to learn the most from your users.
Learn how to attach your prototype to the user research and enable it discover the most you can through AI-generated follow up questions.
Learn Strella's insight tools and how to find the salient information to get the most from the results of your research.
Who this course is for
Product Managers who are looking to speed up their process and get their prototypes designed and to code faster than ever before.
Designers worried about getting displaced by AI tools can learn how to use AI to make better designs faster - and send devs the actual code.
Founders who want to be able to see their ideas designed in real-time using a new family of AI tools, and then exported directly to code.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Drew Falkman 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.
Syllabus
5 live sessions • 13 lessons • 3 projects
Week 1
Jan
13
Course kickoff
Your Strategy
Jan
16
Optional: Planning Office Hour
Week 2
Prototyping in Magic Patterns
Jan
23
Optional: Prototyping Office Hours
Free lesson
Vibe Coding an AI Onboarding Flow in Lovable and Supabase
See how easy it is to create apps in Lovable.
The easiest part of this course will be to set up and prepare a UI for onboarding new users in Lovable.
Learn how to create a backend in Supabase
For non-technical users, creating a backend to capture and store key app data is a big new step. Drew will make it easy.
Learn how to read SQL and optimize your database.
Learn one of the trickiest aspects of app development: creating a database that works and will scale.
Schedule
Live sessions
1-2 hrs / week
Q/A and office hours, as well as the opportunity to share your project with other students and Drew
Tue, Jan 13
6:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Fri, Jan 16
8:00 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
Fri, Jan 23
6:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Projects
6 hrs / week
Building your prototype, and setting up Strella for your user research
Async content
2 hrs / week
Self-paced course materials to learn new concepts and get a better understanding of the tools at hand.