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Templates and guides for running a small business, and for doing more of it with AI. Free to use. If one helps, pay what you want.

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Resource 1 · Statement of Work templates

A Statement of Work for every way you charge.

Five templates, two pages each. Page 1 is the deal: scope, pricing, payment schedule. Page 2 is the terms and the signatures. Fill in the [brackets] and send.

Walkthrough · 41 seconds · no sound

What every template covers

  1. Header: SOW number, date, project
  2. Provider and client contacts
  3. Scope, out of scope, term
  4. Services and pricing
  5. Payment schedule
  6. Payment details
  7. Delivery, payment and change terms
  8. Confidentiality, ownership, liability
  9. Termination and governing law
  10. Signatures for both parties
Pick

Choose the template that matches how you charge. Not sure? Start with Fixed Fee.

Fill

Replace every [bracket]. Delete rows you don't need. Page 2 rarely changes.

Send

Export to PDF and send for signature. Keep bank details off the page if you prefer and send them separately.

Resource 2 · Working with AI

Claude shortcuts worth learning first.

The keys that save the most time in Claude, ranked. S is worth using every day. A saves real time each week.

Claude keyboard shortcuts

Windows keys shown. On a Mac, use Cmd where you see Ctrl in claude.ai.

    Coming next

    Ranked by what people ask for. Vote in the feedback form.

    • SOW pricing calculatorPrice an engagement and check the payment schedule before you send.
    • Small business tool mapThe software a business needs from its first day to 50 people.
    • The New Museum of WorkA book on getting things done with AI, written for small teams.
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    1. What would make it more useful?
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    3. Was it useful?
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    What changed

    Updates made from feedback and testing.

    • Added a walkthrough video for the SOW templates.
    • Rebuilt all five SOW templates as plain two-page documents that work for any business.

    Work with me

    Need more than a template?

    I work as an AI chief of staff for founders and executives. I build the systems that run your week and your operation, on your own accounts, and you keep them.

    • Daily executive briefYour priorities, calendar and inbox flags, ready each morning.
    • Board and investor updateDrafted from live numbers, on your own template.
    • Inbox triage and draftsA sorted inbox, and replies written in your voice.

    Ben Lazaroff, Elevate Advisory. Stanford GSB MBA, former McKinsey consultant. I teach AI building to founders and professionals and use these systems to run my own practice.

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