The resource library
Looking for something I mentioned in a video? Find the guide, prompt or template here. Search, or filter by topic, tool and format.
Personal AI agents compared
Muse, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and Claude all have an agent now. How they actually differ.
Which AI subscription is worth it this fall?
Every major plan side by side, what changed in six weeks, and which I'd pick for you.
Set up Codex in one afternoon
OpenAI's coding agent, for non-coders: one folder, one instructions file, one real job.
Set up Meta Muse in one afternoon
Meta's new agent can send email and buy things for you. Set it up so it only does what you've approved.
How much can you pay yourself?
You made money with AI. Four numbers and one spreadsheet tell you what you can actually take out.
Before you quit your job for AI
Do you want a business or a different boss? Five things to sort out first, plus a worksheet.
Your first index fund: what you're actually buying
Deposited isn't invested. What an index fund really is, a checklist to read one before you buy, and VOO vs QQQ side by side.
Savings, debt, or investing: what to do first
The order I'd put your money in, why investing usually isn't first, and a worksheet for where your next $100 goes.
How to build an emergency fund
How much you actually need, why it stays out of the market, where to park it, and the one auto-transfer that fills it.
How to research a business before you invest
Six questions, a copyable research prompt, and a worked example on Suno, plus a memo template you keep.
Set up Claude in one day
Give an AI the context it needs, save reusable instructions, and learn to tell a good answer from a plausible one.
Build your first AI agent
Point an assistant at one recurring job, with a review step so nothing goes out unchecked.
Which AI tools are worth paying for?
A five-question test for deciding what earns a subscription, based on the work you actually do.
Build and sell your first digital product
Find a buyer first, build it with AI, then price it against what it costs you to deliver.
How to use a project you found on GitHub
A plain-English walkthrough for non-coders: repos, READMEs, licenses, and getting it running.
The service business systems map
Scan every system your business runs on and get your top 3 to hand to AI, with the instructions.
Which parts of your business should AI handle?
List your recurring work, score it, and find where AI would actually help first.
How much money does an AI business actually keep?
Gross margin and cost-to-serve in plain English, with a simple model you can fill in.
What I'd want to know before investing in an AI startup
The questions I'd ask and the red flags I'd look for before putting money in.
Set up an AI research assistant for startups
A repeatable process: a saved prompt, a place to store findings, and source-checking.
Find out where your AI workflow breaks
Test cases, a failure log, and cost tracking, the difference between a demo and a system.
What do you actually own when you invest in a startup?
Equity, dilution and preferences in plain English, with a worked example.
5 MCP connectors for your online business
Connect your AI to the tools you already use, Commas, Granola, Supabase, Canva, Apify, so it can actually get things done.
Build a business with Grok
Use Grok to research and launch a digital-product shop, from setup to weekly review, even if you've never used it.
How to test a new AI model
Three tests that tell you which new model is actually worth using for your work, instead of trusting the launch page.
Set up Grok in one day
Point a Grok bot at a real job, finding video ideas, and get it running weekly. Includes copyable templates.
How to choose which AI tool to pay for
Google letting its engineers use Claude is the clue. Stop picking a side, run a simple head-to-head on a job you do often, and pay for what saves you work.
Build an AI invoice assistant
Connect an AI assistant to your client records so it flags who needs invoicing before you forget. Includes the exact prompts and the guardrails.
What makes your business worth buying?
A private-equity lens on the business you're building: why customers stay, what it really costs to serve them, and whether anyone but you can run it.
Build an AI agent, Part 2
Your client said yes. Give the agent a real job: prepare the kickoff from the proposal, draft the welcome email, and flag what's missing. Includes the prompt.
Is your company keeping what it learns from AI?
Three harder questions than hours saved: where the knowledge lives, whether the judgment improves, and if anyone else can run the process.
Want a guide that isn't here?
If there's a tool, workflow, or playbook you want walked through, tell me and I'll build it. Email hello@withriya.com with what you're trying to do.