Hey everyone 👋 I want to make sure you’re truly using what’s inside the Classroom here on Skool — because it isn’t just theoretical content. It’s the proven starting point for building an AI service business in 2026, based on everything I've learned scaling my own 7-figure AI agency. When I first launched my business back in 2022, I was figuring things out in the dark — long days, trial and error, and a lot of mistakes before the real patterns finally emerged. Since then, I’ve worked with 7, 8, and 9-figure clients, helped thousands of people start AI agencies, and studied what separates the people who succeed from the ones who stall. And now the data is clear: There are TWO proven paths people are using to break into AI. All you have to do is choose the path that fits how you think and work. That’s why the very first thing you should do here is go to the Start Here module inside the Classroom. Inside it, you’ll find: - A clear breakdown of the two proven paths - Clarity on how to pick the one that fits you best - Then you'll find your playbook to land your first paid client fast Everything I wish I had when I started — the frameworks, playbooks, lessons, and action plans — is inside this Classroom. And I continue to update it based on what’s working right now. It’s all here for you, step by step. Don’t let this sit in your dashboard like another course. This is the stuff I lived to be where I am right now. If you aren't already, make sure you're following/subscribed to me for my latest content to help you on your journey: → Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LiamOttley → VLOG Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LiamOttleyVLOGs → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liamottley/ → X: https://twitter.com/liamottley_

It fits me perfectly — I love teaching, connecting with people, and digging into customer problems. As a Scrum Master, this work already feels very natural to me.

Hi, I'm a Scrum Master and mother of a 2 year old boy. My dream is to start something myself, and then I found Liam and this community. I really hope to be able to do this on the side with a full time job and having my son. 🤞

Hey everyone! Respect to everyone grinding and shipping in here. Your wins are genuinely inspiring. Just wrapped my first paying client and wanted to share because this one almost went sideways. Context: First client was a construction company who was spending 80-100 hours every week just moving estimate data between Monday and QuickBooks. 45 minutes per estimate. All manual. Calculation errors costing them actual bids. I told them I’d automate the whole thing in 3 weeks. Then Week Two Hit: The platform I was building in completely broke. Make couldn’t connect to QuickBooks. Token issue. Their team had no timeline for a fix. I was stuck. So I made a call: rebuild everything from scratch in n8n—a platform I’d literally never touched before. Got it done in under a week. Why That Actually Worked: I’d already designed the system architecture before writing a single automation. When the tool exploded, I didn’t have to figure out what to build. Just how to rebuild it in different syntax. The system now pulls all the project data, calculates square footage automatically, checks for existing customers, maps everything correctly, generates the estimate in QuickBooks, and drops a clickable link back into Monday. Result: 45 minutes of manual work → less than 20 seconds automated. They’re saving between $104K-$156K annually in labor alone. Plus zero calculation errors now. Setup was $8,500 + $750/month for monitoring and optimization. The Real Lesson: “You don’t rise to your goals. You rise to the ceiling of your systems” I first heard this in one of Liam's videos a while back (interviewing Hormozi), and it made conceptual sense. But this project made it real. When everything broke mid-build, the system architecture I'd designed upfront was the only thing that saved the timeline. I didn't have a perfect plan. I didn't have unlimited resources. I didn't have formal training. I didn’t have a team. Just systems-first thinking under pressure. Real talk: this community keeps me moving. Your wins inspire me. Your struggles remind me I'm not the only one grinding through the chaos.