AI for Small Business Owners
Run leaner and sell more with AI - no technical background needed.
Free to watch. Starting adds a personal copy to My Learning with progress tracking and a curated-path certificate on completion.
About this path
A practical path for owner-operators: get oriented in AI without the hype, set ChatGPT up so it knows your business, stand up a no-code chatbot for your storefront, get found by local customers, and turn your sales spreadsheet into decisions. Six courses, trimmed to the lessons that earn their place.
What you'll learn
- Use ChatGPT confidently for drafting, planning, and customer communication
- Stand up a no-code AI chatbot for your business
- Apply SEO basics so local customers actually find you
- Analyze sales data with pivot tables and charts
- Avoid the classic cash-flow and insurance traps
The path, module by module
Each step is lifted from a full course in our catalog, and where a course repeats itself we keep only the lessons that earn their place.
Module 1 · from The AI Edge: Work Smarter with AI
AI Foundations for Owner-Operators
Four short lessons that replace a whole intro course: what AI actually is, the prompt formula, the mistakes everyone makes, and which tools are worth your money.
4 lessons · 40m · hand-picked from 8
99% of Beginners Don't Know the Basics of AI · Master the Perfect ChatGPT Prompt Formula (in just 8 minutes)! · You’re using ChatGPT wrong
Module 2 · from ChatGPT for Beginners (2026)
Set ChatGPT Up for Your Business
The current walkthrough plus custom instructions, so ChatGPT knows your business before you ask it anything. The source playlist repeats this guide four times; you watch it once.
2 lessons · 38m · hand-picked from 9
Ultimate ChatGPT Guide: How to Use ChatGPT 5.6 for Beginners (Luna, Terra, Sol) · I Discovered The Ultimate ChatGPT Prompt Formula (Custom Instructions Explained)
Module 3 · from Prompt Engineering with Generative AI
A No-Code Chatbot for Your Storefront
Build a customer-facing chatbot without a developer, plus a tour of the tools worth knowing.
2 lessons · 36m · hand-picked from 8
Building a Chatbot with Prompt Engineering | Flowise AI-Build AI Apps without Coding | Edureka · Top 15 Popular Gen AI Tools You Must Know | Best Generative AI Tools To Boost Productivity | Edureka
Module 4 · from SEO Course for Beginners
Get Found by Local Customers
Ahrefs' keyword research core: what people search, what they mean by it, and how to find the terms you can win.
4 lessons · 32m · hand-picked from 8
SEO Basics: What is SEO and Why is it Important? [SEO Course by Ahrefs] · What are Keywords and How to Choose Them? 1.1. SEO Course by Ahrefs · Keyword Research Pt 1: How to Analyze Searcher Intent - 1.2. SEO Course by Ahrefs
Module 5 · from Microsoft Excel Full Course
Turn Sales Data Into Decisions
Pivot tables, pivot charts, and slicers in under an hour. Skips the ribbon-customization filler that fills the source course.
4 lessons · 35m · hand-picked from 8
8.1 Data Analysis in Excel Why Every Department Needs This Skill! · 8.2 Create Pivot Table in Excel in Just 3 Clicks! · 8.3 How to Create Pivot Charts in Excel? | Excel Tutorial For Beginners
Module 6 · from Personal Finance for Beginners
Owner-Operator Money Hygiene
The three that catch small businesses out: emergency reserves, insurance mistakes, and the debt trap.
3 lessons · 24m · hand-picked from 7
What is an Emergency Fund? | How to build it? | Personal Finance for Beginners Ep - 1 · Common mistakes while buying Life & Health Insurance | Personal Finance for Beginners Ep - 2 · What is a debt Trap? Mistakes to avoid while taking debt | Personal Finance for Beginners Ep - 3