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Glad you made it in. Before you go anywhere else, work through the steps below. They will get you set up and ready to start. โœ… Introduce yourself in the comments. Tell us what you do and why you are here. โœ… Watch the Getting Started overview ๐Ÿ“šNavigating The Course - Getting Started ยท Clief Notes โœ… Start with the Foundation course 0.1: Where All Of This Leads - The Foundation ยท Clief Notes โœ… Fill out your profile so people know who you are โœ… Join the next competition โญ Competitions Mega Thread - Getting Started ยท Clief Notes โญ On Competitions (and why I love them) We host a competition every two weeks. These are some of the most powerful places to learn and build here. Also Cash prices (often over $200) for the winners. Learning how to do something is one part of it. The real learning starts when you put it to work. That is what the competitions and the build sessions are for. On top of this they act as a portfolio a place to not just show us but show others (clients, bosses, your best friend) what you have been building and that you really CAN build. In order to win a competition you must be a paying member (It takes me hours to review submissions sometimes days. But if you win ONCE you can pay for a whole year of membership so I think that's only fair!) Watch the videos, then go make something.
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๐ŸŽ† THE LAST SALE EVER โ€” HELP US GET TO VEGAS ๐ŸŽ†
๐ŸŽฏ WE READ ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES. HERE'S WHAT'S NEXT (AND A BIG ASK) A couple weeks ago we asked you what you wanted Clief Notes to become. You showed up. You wrote real, thoughtful answers, some of you wrote essays. We read every single one. Twice. So before anything else: thank you. This post is us answering you. ๐Ÿ’ฌ YOU TOLD US. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE BUILDING. You said you want a clearer path from learning ICM to actually getting paid for it. โ†’ It's coming. A real learning-to-earning track, plus a talent platform we're building to connect you with people who want to hire what you can do. Heads up: the talent platform will be Premium and VIP only, one more reason to lock in below. You said competitions without feedback don't help you grow. โ†’ Fixed. Going forward, every single entrant gets tailored feedback on their build, not just the winner. We're moving to two competitions a month so we can do it right. And both monthly winners get a 30-minute call with me. You said the best builds get buried in the feed. โ†’ We're building a tagged library so you can actually find "ICM setups for solo operators" or "small team, non-coder" instead of scrolling for an hour. You said you couldn't map all the pieces, Skool, Discord, the Lyceum, ICM, what each tier unlocks. โ†’ A single orientation page is on the way. One place that breaks all of it down so nobody's lost. You said you want to connect with each other. โ†’ We hear you. Meetups, pairing, and a recorded "After Tea" hangout are on the table. South Florida alone has over 1,000 of you. Let's use that. You said we've felt spread thin. โ†’ The most honest one. You're right. We're bringing on real help to run the day-to-day so the community gets consistency, and so Matt and I can keep building the things above instead of dropping balls. You called it, and we're fixing it. ๐Ÿ“ QUICK NOTE ON ICM: a few of you asked for "ICM with Copilot" or "ICM with n8n, Sheets, GoHighLevel." Good news, ICM already works with any model and feeds straight into the tools you're using. It's the structure underneath all of them, not a separate thing you have to relearn per tool. If that's not landing for you, that's on us to make clearer, and we will.
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Sneak Peak at the platform we are building
This is a devlog from David! A lot of people are saying they want the ability to scale and deploy their ICM and their workflows. We looked at all the possible problems security issues and we have been spending a lot of time building something for all of you! It's almost ready for release, but here's a little developers log to kind of check out some things that David has been doing to build it up. It's far from perfect, but for those technical folks out there you may enjoy it!
Agents are human. PRD or die!
Agents are human. PRD or die! Ok, maybe not human, but human like. Enough to create chaos and wreak havoc. Enough to take you to the edge of insanity, if you're not careful. If you don't write a solid Product Requirements Document. Note: These are my observation after having worked with Windsurf, Cursor, and now Claude Code in both the app and in VS Code, building a web app with a Firestore set-up and some complex business logic. I'm not an AI expert, I'm not a developer, but I have about 20 years of experience working in fintech. Mainly as a product manager, managing teams of developers and business analysts, working with architects and other stakeholders. What do I mean by human like? In my experience, at this point in time, AI agents are as good or better than the best developers. For good or for worse. So, let me elaborate. On this potential issue, on confusion, my sins, and that special place in hell. As a product manager, I've worked with overloaded backlogs of items I wanted to build. I've had a million requests from stakeholders, many half baked. I've come in fresh to teams who had gone down one particular path, with a set in stone architecture, and, important, terminology and concepts that were in no way logical to the outsider. Like a company isn't a company. Say what!? Yes, once decided, something completely illogical become logical, or at least sets a standard. Even for supposedly standard terms, everyone makes assumptions based on their own experience and context. In all these cases, working with smart and dedicated people, I have experienced chaos and havoc, when we didn't take the time to define exactly what we wanted to build. That's why I say "agents are human.", or at least "agents are human-like." A) They are as good or better than good developers. B) Each time you run a session with an agent, it's like working with a new developer on the team. Without context, they will make assumptions to do the job you ask them to.
Poll: What's In Your Toolbox?
Please take ten seconds to respond to this poll โ€” it helps everyone see the real meta! Iโ€™ll like every comment. BONUS: If I can twist @Jake Van Clief โ€™s arm, weโ€™ll pick one random commenter for 1 month of premium access โ€” for free once we hit 100+ votes! Vote and reply! Main method you use for interacting with AI agents right now? WHAT"S IN YOUR TOOLBOX RIGHT NOW?
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