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Venture: income and open source

You will test an offer with real people before writing any code, price it, and learn how a one-person company runs on AI. Open source contribution gets its own track, from first issue to merged change.

10real conversations before you build anything

A target we teach towards, not a guarantee.

Length
6 weeks
Format
Live online eveningsTue and Thu, 7:30 to 9:00 pm IST, plus one Saturday lab a week
Cohort size
20 seats
Fee
₹18,000Indicative. Assessment fees are separate.
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Who it is for

Founders and contributors.

Strands covered

  • Strand 11, Business, income, the one-person company
  • Strand 12, Open source

Week by week

Modules run from level 1 to level 3 across the strands above, and each follows the same seven steps. The last week is a full mock assessment and the defence of your assignment.

  1. Week 1

    • Why a one-person company is possible now; operating model Strand 11, level 1
    • Ideas that reached $100k MRR fast: case studies and patterns Strand 11, level 1

  2. Week 2

    • Find, evaluate, adopt projects Strand 12, level 1
    • Niche, validation, pricing, selling with AI Strand 11, level 2

  3. Week 3

    • Licences and compliance Strand 12, level 2

  4. Week 4

    • Automate ops: finance, support, marketing, legal with agents Strand 11, level 3

  5. Week 5

    • Contribute; maintain your own project Strand 12, level 3

  6. Week 6

    • Full mock assessment, then the defence of your assignment before the cohort.
    • Book your live assessment with AIQ Institute.

What you will be able to do

SparkLevel 1

Strand 11, Business, income, the one-person company

  • Explains the one-person-company operating model
  • Knows the patterns behind ideas that reached 100k monthly revenue fast

Strand 12, Open source

  • Finds, evaluates and adopts projects with a checklist

TorchLevel 2

Strand 11, Business, income, the one-person company

  • Validates a niche, prices it and sells with AI
  • Shows first paying customers

Strand 12, Open source

  • Reads licences and keeps a project compliant

BeamLevel 3

Strand 11, Business, income, the one-person company

  • Automates finance, support, marketing and legal with agents
  • Shows revenue and margin evidence over three months

Strand 12, Open source

  • Contributes upstream and has merged work
  • Maintains an own project with users

Prepares for AIQ Institute levels 1 to 3

Prepares for AIQ Institute levels 1 to 3 in strands 11 and 12: Business, income, the one-person company; Open source.

Assessment and certification are conducted by AIQ Institute, an independent standards body; assessment fees are paid to the institute directly.

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