Cohort-based Course
Achieve financial independence by starting your own digital product business with this step-by-step course and using free or low-cost tools
Cohort-based Course
Achieve financial independence by starting your own digital product business with this step-by-step course and using free or low-cost tools
Hosted by
Antonio Lucena de Faria
Founder of FabStart, serial entrepreneur, has helped launch over 1000+ startups.
Course overview
You are eager to launch your own business and fulfill your dream of being your own boss, yet the steady paycheck you depend on keeps you chained to your current job. You fantasize about an entrepreneurial safety net if job security falters, but the logistics of juggling a business and a full-time job confound you. Starting a business seems difficult, costly, and risky, so you repeatedly push those first essential steps down the road.
Welcome to a course that transforms these dreams into achievable goals. We will give you a step-by-step guide to quickly build your own business, that will only require 10 hours per week of your time to launch and manage, using free or low-cost tools, and the power of ChatGPT mega-prompts.
No more deferring your dream! Join me in the next cohort to start your business journey today!
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Mid-career professionals that dream of having their own business while keeping their job
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Senior professionals contemplating having their own business after retiring
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This course is NOT for people looking to get rich quickly
Through live workshops and hands-on projects, participants will learn practical skills for starting a business, from finding the best business idea to planning the business launch.
Participants will gain firsthand experience using innovative tools like ChatGPT to help build and manage their business.
The course will provide a deep understanding of essential business components like market research, business modeling, market tactics, sales funnels and financial planning.
During this course participants will adapt or create each of the Key Business Components, by following clear, step-by-step instructions to leverage the power of ChatGPT and free or low-cost tools.
By the end of the course participants will have a fully fleshed-out business operating manual, describing what needs to be done to run the business and achieve profitability.
The Jobpreneur - Start a Business While Employed using ChatGPT
Marta Lowndes
Rick Wintheiser
Serial Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO
I started my first business when I was 15 years old. During the last 30 years I have launched more than 10 new businesses for myself and guided the creation of over 1000 startups, while helping more than 4000 entrepreneurs, from different parts of the world, to find, validate and launch their businesses, often while still being employed.
I'm the author of the Startup Operating System, which identifies the 20 key components of any digital business. Most of these components can be created using ChatGPT prompts that will be made available to students in this course. Other components can be built using free or low-cost web-based tools.
I also teach Entrepreneurship for international Master students at a Top 25 Financial Times Business School.
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Live Workshop 1: Find the Best Business for you with the help of ChatGPT
This workshop will kick off the course by providing an overview of entrepreneurship and the business landscape. It will help you identify business ideas and understand the concept of a value proposition.
Mini-Project: Find the best business idea, aligned with your skills and passions.
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Live Workshop 2: Use ChatGPT to Research the Market and Find Your Niche
Learn how to conduct comprehensive market research, identify your target customers and define your personas.
Mini-Project: Use the supplied templates to do market analysis and create detailed customer personas, which will be crucial in tailoring your business offerings.
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Live Workshop 3: ChatGPT Generated Business Model
This workshop will delve into the various types of business models and introduce the concept of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
Mini-Project: Design the business model for your best business idea and detail the value proposition.
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Live Workshop 4: Use ChatGPT and Other No-Code, Free or Low-cost Tools to Create Your Business
This session will introduce yous to the use of ChatGPT and other free or low-cost tools that can support you in building your business. You will learn how to leverage these tools effectively to reduce startup costs and streamline operations.
Mini-Project: Create a first version of your product that customers will be willing to pay for.
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Live Workshop 5: Sales & Marketing. Let ChatGPT create your Marketing Content
Learn about practical sales and marketing strategies to attract and retain customers. This session will cover key aspects like creating a unique selling proposition, pricing, digital marketing strategies, and effective sales techniques.
Mini-Project: Create the 90 day Sales and Marketing Plan, using ChatGPT mega-prompts.
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Live Workshop 6: Financials & Business Operating Manual created by ChatGPT
The final workshop will address the fundamentals of creating a solid financial plan. You will also learn how to craft a compelling business operating plan, focused on achieving profitability while dedicating no more than 10 hour per week to the business.
Mini-Project: Create the Financial Plan and Business Operating Manual for your business.
1:00pm-2:30pm EST
Each workshop is thoughtfully curated to foster extensive interactivity, combining engaging lectures with purposeful exercises.
All live sessions will be recorded & shared if you're not able to make it!
Thuesday, November 14th
>The entrepreneurial Revolution
>Your skills, experience and passions
>How to create value for your customers
>The pros and cons of digital products
>Criteria to select the best business for you
>Finding the best business for you ChatGPT Prompt
Tuesday, November 21st
>Researching your market
>Finding your niche
>What is a persona and how to create them
>Analyzing your competition
>Market Research ChatGPT Prompts
Tuesday, November 28th
>What is a business model
>The first five components of a business model
>The value proposition canvas
>The last four components of a business model
>What is a Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
>Business Model and MVP ChatGPT Prompts
Tuesday, December 5th
>How ChatGPT can help you
>Using ChatGPT mega-prompts to create business components
>The power of no-code or low-code tools
>How to get or build the key business components
>Digital Products ChatGPT Prompts
Tuesday, December 12th
>Creating your internet sales channel
>Using ChaGPT to create marketing content
>Developing your lead magnets
>Optimizing your sales funnel
>Marketing and Sales ChatGPT Prompts
Tuesday, December 19th
>Forecasting your sales
>Estimating the costs for launching and operating your business
>Creating your Financial Plan
>Putting everything together by creating your Business Operating Manual
>Business Plan ChatGPT Prompts
4 hours/week
Create each component of your business using ChatGPT prompts explained and shared during the live workshops, free or low-cost tools and high quality business templates.
Use this workbook to learn about different business ideas requiring only 10 hours per week to launch and manage. Find how to choose the best business for you based on you passions, skills and experience.
In this workbook you will also find several examples or real life businesses that meet the 10 hour per week requirement and can provide you with a second source of income.
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
Develop your international network
Enlarge your personal network and start interacting with people from different countries that have common goals and interests