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Course · AI Foundations
AI Foundations (New & Improved)
Nate Grahek SaaS founder and Fractional CMO
22 chapters · 2h 52m · Beginner
About this course
Master the essential skills for working effectively with AI tools like ChatGPT through practical, hands-on techniques that go beyond basic prompting.
What you'll learn
6 outcomesEngineer Better Context
Provide roles, goals, constraints, examples, and business context that help AI produce specific, useful work instead of generic output.
Guide AI Conversations
Use interview-style prompting, fresh starts, and handoff summaries to guide AI through complex work without losing quality.
Build Reusable AI Projects
Create reusable projects with instructions, knowledge files, templates, and examples for repeated business tasks you can confidently evaluate.
Run Practical AI Research
Scope deep research tasks, synthesize findings, and turn useful insights into decision-ready reports or project knowledge files.
Create AI-Powered Artifacts
Design lightweight dashboards, calculators, and interactive artifacts that reveal patterns, test scenarios, and support better decisions.
Course curriculum
3 parts · 22 chapters
Your instructor
Nate Grahek SaaS founder and Fractional CMONate is a SaaS founder and Fractional CMO who helps product-driven businesses build marketing systems that actually work — without the fluff. He's spent years helping founders and operators cut through marketing complexity and put the right things on autopilot. At Rundown University, Nate brings that same hands-on, no-jargon approach to AI education. His workshops and courses focus on practical automation and AI workflows you can deploy the same day — no engineering background required. If you've ever wanted to use AI to get your time back, Nate shows you exactly how.