Build Like a Product Team: Ship Your First AI App in 3 Weeks
Todd Medema
Product leader & engineer, ex-Tesla/Uber
You've asked AI questions. Now let's build something with it.
Most beginners jump straight to code and end up with something nobody uses. In this course you'll build the way real product teams do: think like a product manager to decide what to build, a designer to make it easy to use, an engineer to build it with Claude Code, and a QA tester to make sure it works.
In three weeks you'll go from an idea to a working app, with no coding background needed.
I'm Todd Medema, and I've worked as an engineer and product leader at Tesla and Uber's self-driving group, as a startup CTO and most recently as Head of Product at an AI startup. You get six live sessions, each ending with something that works, personal feedback on every project, weekly office hours and a small group of fellow builders to keep you moving.
What you’ll learn
Go from an idea to a working AI app, live at your own link, by thinking like each role on a real product team.
You'll be able to scope an idea to its smallest useful version so you can avoid building something nobody uses
Project: a one-page plan naming your user, their problem and your smallest useful version
You'll be able to sketch screens and test them on a real person so you can fix confusing designs before you build
Project: sketches of your main screens, tried on one real person before building
You'll be able to direct Claude Code from your plan and sketches so you can build real software without coding
Project: a working first version of your app in the browser
You'll be able to test your app step by step and fix bugs with Claude Code so you can launch with confidence
Project: a test checklist run against your app, with the bugs fixed
You'll be able to add AI that writes, summarizes or answers questions so your app does real work for its users
Project: one working AI feature, like a summarizer or a helper chat
You'll be able to put your app online and gather feedback so you can improve it from what real users do
Project: your app live at its own link, plus a 3-minute demo on demo day
Learn directly from Todd
Todd Medema
Head of Product (Loancrate), CTO (Parsec), Tesla, Uber ATG
Who this course is for
Non-coders who use AI chat daily and have an app idea, but don't know how to turn it into real software
PMs, designers and operators who want hands-on experience building with AI, not just managing people who do
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Todd Medema 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.
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Course syllabus
9 live sessions • 6 projects
Live sessions
3 hrs / week
Two 90-minute live sessions a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00am PT
Hands-on projects
2 hrs / week
Build your app between sessions, with each session's project moving it one step closer to launch
Office hours and feedback
1 hr / week
Optional weekly office hours on Wednesdays, plus personal feedback from Todd on every project
Week 1
- ✍️
Project 1: Your one-page plan
Submit by Dec 3 - ✍️
Project 2: Sketch your screens and test them
Submit by Dec 8
Dec
1
Session 1: Think like a Product Manager
Dec
3
Session 2: Think like a Designer
Dec
2
Optional: Office hours
Week 1 projects: Plan it and design it
Turn your idea into a focused plan, then into screens a real person can use.
Week 2
- ✍️
Project 3: Build your first version
Submit by Dec 10 - ✍️
Project 4: Test it and fix the bugs
Submit by Dec 15
Dec
8
Session 3: Think like a Software Engineer
Dec
10
Session 4: Think like a QA Engineer
Dec
9
Optional: Office hours
Week 2 projects: Build it and test it
Turn your plan and sketches into working software with Claude Code, then make sure it holds up.
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