Live one-on-one AI mentoring
Learn AI from someone who builds with it every day.
I help founders, professionals and managers understand AI, use it in their daily work, automate tasks and build their own tools. Live, one-on-one, on your real work. No coding needed.
- 01 25 years in technology and product
- 02 Building software independently since 2015
- 03 AI applications for clients since 2023
- 04 Building Automette in public
What we can work on
Start from your goal.
Sessions are shaped around what you want to achieve. Choose one area, or combine several over time.
All focus areas- 01Understand AIHow AI actually works, in plain English.
- 02Work faster with AIMake AI part of how you work every day.
- 03Automate your workHand repetitive tasks to workflows that run on their own.
- 04Build AI tools and productsTurn your idea into something that works, without a dev team.
- 05Get unstuck on your buildA developer's eyes on what you've built with AI tools.
- 06AI for your teamHands-on sessions for teams, built on their real work.
How a session works
Live sessions, built around your work.
- 1
Free 20-minute intro call
Tell me what you want to achieve and where you're starting from. We agree on a goal and the right way to work on it.
- 2
Work on it live
On Zoom, with your tools and your real tasks. You do the work and I guide each step, so you understand what you built.
- 3
Keep going on your own
You leave with notes, prompts and clear next steps. If you want ongoing support, we continue as monthly mentoring.
Ways to work together
Focused help, or ongoing support.
1:1 program
A short run of live sessions over a few days, focused on one goal: a tool to learn, a workflow to automate, or a build to finish.
Ask about thisMonthly mentoring
Regular calls, with chat support in between, while you learn, adopt or build over a few months.
Ask about thisTeam workshops
Private live sessions for your team, built around the work they do every day.
Ask about thisWhy live
Free content gives you information. Live sessions work on your actual problems, so what we cover is in use the next day.
About me
A career across finance, teaching and software.
I started in 2001 in financial e-learning, ran Finance Train for over thirteen years, and taught in classrooms. Since 2015 I've built software independently for companies in the US, UK and Europe, and for the last few years much of that work has been AI: chatbots, RAG systems and agents.
Explaining technology to people who don't write code has been part of my work the whole time. Now it's my focus.
Questions
Before you book.
Do I need to know how to code?+−
No. Everything we do uses tools built for people who don't write code. If you're building an app, I explain the technical parts as we go.
Which tools do we use?+−
Whatever fits your goal and what you already use: ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini for daily work, n8n, Zapier or Make for automation, Lovable, Claude Code or Cursor for building.
What happens on the intro call?+−
It's free and takes 20 minutes. You tell me what you want to do with AI, I ask a few questions, and I suggest the right format. If I'm not the right person, I'll say so.
How much does it cost?+−
It depends on the format and how much support you need. I share pricing on the intro call, once we know what you want to achieve. You can pay in INR or USD.
Is this for developers?+−
No. It's for founders, professionals and managers who want to use and build with AI without becoming engineers.
The newsletter
AI concepts, in plain English.
One idea at a time, explained for people who don't write code.
Read AI with ManishStart here
Tell me what you want to achieve with AI.
A free 20-minute call. You tell me your goal, I suggest where to begin. No pitch if it isn't a fit.
Book a free intro call