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AI for Your Business

April 29, 2026 · HBDC · Kingsport, TN

A free 1-hour intro session followed by a hands-on 4-hour workshop. Bring your laptop, leave with a working AI-powered business system you built yourself — deployed and accessible from anywhere.

Choose Your Experience


Free Intro Session

Free 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Walk-ins welcome
  • How AI really works — no jargon
  • Where AI falls down and why
  • A better way to work with AI
  • Live demo
  • Q&A with the instructor

Limited to 30 participants. Laptop required for the workshop.

April 29 Timeline


11:00 AM

AI for Your Business — Free Intro

How you probably use AI today (and what you're missing). What's actually happening inside the machine. Where AI falls down — and a better way to work with it.

12:00 PM

Lunch

Catered lunch for workshop participants.

1:00 PM

Hour 1: Foundation

Verify setup. Create your project from the template. Run your first Claude Code session.

2:00 PM

Hour 2: Building Your System

Customize your AI with your business context. Configure settings, add skills, organize your documents.

3:00 PM

Hour 3: Going Live

Turn your documents into a website. Deploy it. Secure it with login. Access it from your phone.

4:00 PM

Hour 4: Your Project

Independent project work with live support. Work on your own business challenges with the instructor available.

5:00 PM

Wrap-Up

Exit surveys, Discord invite, next steps, group photo.

What You Leave With


Environment

A Working AI System

Claude Code configured for your specific business — your products, your customers, your workflows. Not a demo. Yours.

Structure

Document-First Organization

Your business knowledge organized in a way that makes AI dramatically more useful over time. Plans, research, operations.

Deployment

A Live Planning Site

Your business documents deployed as a password-protected website. Access your plans, strategies, and research from anywhere.

Community

Ongoing Support

Discord alumni community, cheat sheets, copy/paste starter files, and permanent access to course materials and future updates.

Workshop Prerequisites


Detailed setup instructions with screenshots will be emailed after registration. A 15-minute troubleshooting window is built into the workshop start.

The Venue


Holston Business Development Center

2005 Venture Park
Kingsport, TN 37660

hbdc@hbdc.org · 423.578.6235

Seats Are Limited

Only 30 spots available. Early registration saves $100.