1Learn
Meet the machine
What Claude is and isn't. Models and when the choice matters. Chat vs. attachments. Where AI beats search — and where it doesn't. Hallucinations 101.
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REACTIVE
Explorer
You've replaced some Googling with Claude. Results feel hit-or-miss and you don't fully trust it yet.
01 — Modules
2Apply
First real work
Summarize a pitch deck by attaching a PDF. Draft and polish emails. Quick market questions with web search on. Ask follow-ups instead of re-prompting from scratch.
3Extend
Trust & judgment
Verifying claims before you use them. Confidentiality basics — what never to paste. When to *not* use AI. Tone control.
02 — Tool belt
- ▸Claude.ai (web + mobile)
- ▸File attachments
- ▸Web search toggle
03 — Say it out loud
Terms you should be able to explain to a colleague.
- LLM
- hallucination
- context window
- prompt
- token
04 — VC playbook
- 01Pitch deck first-pass: one-page summary + 5 sharpest questions to ask the founder
- 02Polite pass email that doesn't burn the relationship
- 03'Explain this market to me like I'm smart but new' — pre-call ramp-up
- 04Meeting prep: 10-minute founder background brief
Checkpoint challenge
First Pass
Take a real inbound deck. Produce a one-page summary, 5 red-flag questions, and a draft reply email (meet or pass). Compare against your own manual take.
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