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The Workshop

AI Tools Aren'tThe Point. What YouBuild And Ship Is

The #1 problem AI builders have is they don't ship. Everyone's chasing the next tool. The difference isn't the tools, it's whether you can use them to ship. That's why everything here runs on EXPERIMENT ZERO, a system built to make you ship. Welcome to the workshop.

Experiment Zero — Live
Active Bets3 active
Songbook IQ

AI-powered chord and lyric analysis tool for musicians

Beta
Microconsulting

Paid calls for builders who need expert guidance

Beta
Weekly Tech Updates

Weekly newsletter for AI builders who ship

New
Sandbox6 active
Build Anything App
Alpha
One-Man Media Empire
Alpha
E0 Management App
Daily Management System
Outreach System
Fitness Design Labs
Alpha
Portfolio4 active
EricBefore.com

The workshop. Tools, resources, content hub

Building
YouTube Channel

Weekly builds, thought pieces, opportunity spotlights

Live
Conductor Framework

AI agent operating system. Folders, workflows, skills

Live
Experiment Zero

The system running in public

Live
Graveyard2 killed
Riot-Bikes

Custom bike brand

Learned: Market too niche, margins too thin for solo operation

Riot-Guitars

Custom guitar brand

Learned: Same lesson, passion project ≠ viable business without scale

What's Happening
This Week

This Week — Week of Feb 23

Building the Idea App for business owners and launching the weekly newsletter to 500 existing subscribers. Three videos this week — Tuesday, Wednesday Big Build, and Friday Deep Dive.

Microconsulting goes live Sunday. Thursday is dedicated to the business owners outreach plan.

Active Bets
Songbook IQ (beta)Microconsulting (launching)Weekly Tech Updates (NEW)
Portfolio Focus
Three videosWebsite tweaks

Monday

Feb 23
Daily Open
EXP ZERO
Publish Monday video
PORTFOLIO
Define Idea App scope
BET
Combine subscriber lists
BET
Start planning Wednesday video
PORTFOLIO
Daily Close
EXP ZERO

Tuesday

Feb 24
Daily Open
EXP ZERO
Figure out how to reuse Build Anything app
BET
Spec out Idea App
BET
Build first version of Idea App
BET
Finalize Wednesday video plan
PORTFOLIO
Daily Close
EXP ZERO

Wednesday

Today
Feb 25
Daily Open
EXP ZERO
MorningRecord, edit, publish Big Build video
PORTFOLIO
Midweek Check
EXP ZERO
Continue building Idea App
BET
Alpha testing Idea App

If the first build is ready

BET
Daily Close
EXP ZERO

Thursday

Feb 26
Daily Open
EXP ZERO
Research and create outreach plan for business owners
BET
Write Friday Deep Dive article
PORTFOLIO
Daily Close
EXP ZERO

Friday

Feb 27
Daily Open
EXP ZERO
Record and publish Deep Dive video
PORTFOLIO
Publish Deep Dive article on X and website
PORTFOLIO
Daily Close
EXP ZERO

Saturday

Feb 28
Daily Open
EXP ZERO
Define newsletter format
BET
Write reactivation email
BET
EricBefore.com website tweaks
PORTFOLIO
Start thinking about next week
EXP ZERO
Daily Close
EXP ZERO

Sunday

Mar 1
Daily Open
EXP ZERO
Send reactivation email

500 subscribers

BET
Sunday Wayfinding
EXP ZERO
Daily Close
EXP ZERO
Latest Video
Episode 12 · Feb 10, 2026
How Experiment Zero Works (Coming Soon)
18 min watch
Show Notes
0:00 Why solo builders need systems
4:12 The Conductor workflow
11:30 Shipping with Claude Code
15:45 What's next
Full show notes →
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