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Eight uninterrupted hours, one functional result. Start with the screener to find your level, then build against the track it points you to. Free, watermarked PDFs.

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Where Are You, Honestly — Screener

A 0–5 self-assessment of how much AI you actually use today, plus the ground rules that apply to every track before you touch a tool.

2 pages · start here

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Getting Started — Track 0

You have barely used these tools. Eight hours from now you’ll know how to ask, how to ground an answer in your own material, and how to tell when it’s lying to you.

6 pages · Level 0

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Past the Chat Box — Track 1

You already use a chat tool well. Eight hours from now your work will live in something that persists, remembers, reaches your material, and can be handed to someone else.

7 pages · Levels 1–2

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Your First Agent — Track 3

You already use purpose-built AI tools. Eight hours from now you’ll have built something that runs on a trigger, does work while you sleep, and can be turned off by someone who is not you.

7 pages · Levels 3–4

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The Orchestrator — Track 5

You have agents running already. Eight hours from now you’ll be able to measure them, break them deliberately, compose them, and defend them to someone who is not impressed.

7 pages · Level 5

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About Paul Cheek

Paul Cheek is a global expert on AI-driven enterprises and enterprise innovation. He is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Senior Advisor for Entrepreneurship & Artificial Intelligence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. As founder of the AI-Driven Enterprise Institute and Entonomy, he develops data systems and software that power AI agent-run businesses. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, bestselling author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics, and recipient of MIT’s Monosson Prize for impact on entrepreneurship education, Paul has advised and built ventures from seed to scale, with his work featured in Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, CNN, Inc., Entrepreneur, and more.

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