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90-minute live build sessions where you walk away with it actually running - not just learned. For artists, surface designers, and creative entrepreneurs who want to use AI to run a real business. Session 1 is June 24 and it's free.
FREE · Live 90-min build · Walk away with it running
This is not about generating art with AI. It's about using AI to run the business around your art (writing, email, content, systems, automation) so you spend fewer hours on the stuff that isn't creating.
Wednesday, June 24 at 1pm ET. Set up Claude for YOUR business in 90 minutes, live. Build your Creative Business Cheat Sheet on screen with me, make Claude permanently remember who you are, and walk away with both. Works on the free Claude plan, no credit card needed.
Reserve my free seat → See Session 1 details →Build your Creative Business Cheat Sheet live. Make Claude permanently remember who you are. Walk away with both built and downloaded.
The 4-part prompt formula in depth. Build a personal prompt library. Run your first three real business workflows live.
Write a full welcome sequence with Claude, warm, personal, and completely on-brand.
Build a repeatable content engine for Instagram using Claude: captions, hooks, and a posting rhythm.
Build a Pinterest content plan and learn how Claude helps you write descriptions that actually get found.
Map out your full product ladder (from freebie to flagship) using Claude as your business strategist.
Use Claude to write a licensing pitch that gets your patterns in front of the right buyers.
Build your own custom Claude skills so Claude does things your way, every time, without re-explaining yourself.
Teach Claude to run on a schedule (daily reports, weekly content prep, monthly check-ins) without you lifting a finger.
Set up your first automation so your business keeps running while you're in the studio creating.
What MCPs are, why they matter, and how to wire Claude into the tools you already use, without writing code.
"Before Mandy introduced me to Claude, the to-do list felt insurmountable — especially those marketing items I really wanted to get ahead of. By learning my voice, automating, and integrating scheduled tasks, Claude is helping me prepare newsletters, blogs, and social media posts that took so much time away from art creation before. Now I get to spend more time on what I love: painting!"
"Claude has absolutely revolutionised the way I do the mundane and admin tasks in my business. What used to take me an hour now takes minutes, and it has become like a 'team member' in any sense of the word. The time it's saving me is huge — I can finally do more of the fun things in my business again (like making art and hanging out in my community!)."
"With Claude my Pinterest and Instagram captions are now optimized for converting — thanks to Mandy's guidance and support."
"I'm new to Claude and AI in general, but with Mandy's help setting it up, I've created individual C-suite projects in Cowork. My 'CFO' reviewed my YoY numbers and built a full 2026 growth strategy — where to go deeper, what products to cut, funding ideas for slower seasons, a production priority plan, monthly revenue forecasts. As a small business owner, getting Claude started with Mandy's help has changed how I run my product-based business — and I've only scratched the surface."
90 minutes, live with me on Zoom. We'll set up Claude for YOUR business, build your Creative Business Cheat Sheet on screen together, and make Claude permanently remember who you are. You walk away with it running.
You'll get your Zoom registration link by email seconds after you sign up.
Free Claude plan is all you need · No credit card · No spam, just the Session 1 emails
Already grabbed your Session 1 spot? Drop your email here and you'll get a heads-up the second Session 2 (July 8, also free) and Session 3 ($67) open for registration. No overlap, no double emails.
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I'm not a tech bro teaching artists. I'm an artist who taught tech for 25 years. Programming degree, 25 years in tech, a decade teaching network engineering and web design at the high school and college level, and I've spoken on multiple AI summits. Then I left it to homeschool my kids and rebuild as a working surface designer licensed by brands like Nordstrom, HomeGoods, and TJ Maxx. Creative Systems Lab is what happens when both halves of that brain teach you the same thing.