Author: Cassie Bottorff

  • Recording and Slides from Orientation (June 2026)

    📚 What You’ll Learn: In this new student orientation, Casey Zuckerman welcomes you to the AI Consultancy Project and walks you through everything you need to confidently get started. You’ll meet the full Innovating with AI team and learn how each role supports your growth as a consultant. Casey will show you a clear, high-level…

  • Recording and Slides from Orientation (April 2026)

    📚 What You’ll Learn: In this new student orientation, Casey Zuckerman welcomes you to the AI Consultancy Project and walks you through everything you need to confidently get started. You’ll meet the full Innovating with AI team and learn how each role supports your growth as a consultant. Casey will show you a clear, high-level…

  • Feeling stuck?

    “What should I do if I’m having trouble getting my first clients?” According to IWAI coaches, students who struggle to get their first clients in AICP usually find they need to work on one or more of the following areas. We’ve pulled together AICP lessons to help you with each issue: Sending enough clear, helpful,…

  • AICP Owner/Operator

    Great news, your AI Consultancy path is… Owner/Operator You’ve already done the hard part. You built something real — a business with clients, a team, and a reputation. This track isn’t about starting from scratch. It’s about making what you’ve already built smarter, faster, and more resilient with AI. The Owner/Operator track is a curated…

  • Custom GPT Library

    Custom GPTs represent a powerful way to convert your proprietary processes and expertise into scalable tools, create consistent, high-quality outputs for repetitive tasks. and maintain control over quality while dramatically increasing efficiency. Below are a few ways you can build a personal ecosystem of specialized AI assistants that give you a competitive edge. “Niching down”…

  • Build it Together: Step-by-step projects for your consultancy

    Ready to explore some no-code solutions you can offer potential clients? We’ve got several options to choose from! These “Build it Together” lessons offer step-by-step walkthroughs at three difficulty levels so that you can provide solutions at your skill current level and build on them over time—all without writing a single line of code. Each…

  • The Executive

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Executive Jump down to your Persona Path You’ve already got the business experience (and/or an existing client-service company) to ensure you can dive right into selling AI consulting services to new and existing clients. We’ll hook you up with a service menu that you can plug directly…

  • The Engineer

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Engineer Jump down to your Persona Path Your epic tech skills will help you accelerate your launch into consulting, and we’ll help you scale up your business skills while ensuring you don’t get stuck in these common traps: (A) waiting until every detail is perfect(B) believing that…

  • The Inventor

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Inventor Jump down to your Persona Path You’re a tech whiz, so we’ll help you focus your attention as you rapidly level up your business, sales and client-service skills for your new consultancy. As an inventor, you’ve spent years learning all things tech – and odds are…

  • The Strategist

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Strategist Jump down to your Persona Path Your success moving up the ladder in your workplace (and building a network of colleagues) will help you get started much faster than you might expect – in fact, Strategists are the most likely to “accidentally” make big sales to…

  • The Creator

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Creator Jump down to your Persona Path You’ve already built impressive skills in tech, business and work culture – and we’ll help you scale up those skills while ensuring you have the confidence in yourself to dive in to your new consultancy business. As a creator, you’ve…

  • The Bootstrapper

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Bootstrapper Jump down to your Persona Path Your existing tech skills and passion for creating new things will act as a launchpad as we help you rapidly level up your business skills. As a bootstrapper, you’ve built solid tech skills and might even have a long list…

  • The Investor

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Investor Jump down to your Persona Path Your business savvy and the network you’ve built throughout your career will help you dive right into making sales – and we’ll help you skill up rapidly on the tech side, including determining when and where you might want to…

  • The Producer

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Producer Jump down to your Persona Path You know your way around a company and an office, so we’ll help you rapidly improve your tech and AI skills while also introducing you to advanced business concepts to run a lean, thriving consulting business of your own. As…

  • The Pioneer

    Great news, your AI Consulting persona is… The Pioneer Jump down to your Persona Path You’re striking out on a new and exciting journey, and we’ll help you rapidly skill up in both business and tech. As a pioneer, you’re embarking on a totally new journey, making a major career change to become an AI…