AI for Solopreneurs and Solo Founders | Solo, Not Small

For solopreneurs

AI for solopreneurs: learn AI, but also live.

Your business needs systems, not more of your hours.

I'm Bhavik Sarkhedi. I built and sold three companies, the biggest with seventy-five people. Now I do thirteen jobs alone on systems I built in Claude, and I still have my evenings.

Solo,
Bhavik Sarkhedi in a maroon suit
The founder
Bhavik Sarkhedi working on a laptop
The assistant
Bhavik Sarkhedi with his hands clasped
The copywriter
Bhavik Sarkhedi explaining with open hands
The LinkedIn writer
Bhavik Sarkhedi with his fingertips together
The web developer
Bhavik Sarkhedi in a black blazer
The search person
Bhavik Sarkhedi, black-and-white portrait
The publicist
not small.
Bhavik Sarkhedi writing on a flip chart
The trainer
Bhavik Sarkhedi smiling
The marketer
Bhavik Sarkhedi listening, hands clasped
The pricing desk
Bhavik Sarkhedi standing in his studio
The researcher
Bhavik Sarkhedi at his desk
The proposal writer
Bhavik Sarkhedi smiling, hands clasped
The onboarding desk

What changes

A solopreneur's week, with and without systems.

  • Proposals
    go out days latergo out the same day
  • New clients
    wait for a welcomeget a welcome the moment they say yes
  • Sales calls
    feel like interviewsstart with the research done
  • LinkedIn
    gets you likesbrings you work
  • AI itself
    needs your business explained every morningknows your business before you say hello

These are five of the thirteen jobs inside every one-person business. Solo, Not Small gives small business owners a system for each one.

Bhavik Sarkhedi in the video: Most people use AI backwards: write first, then let AI work on your draft0:58

Fifty-eight seconds. Play it before you open ChatGPT again.

Where to start

Most people use AI backwards.

Most people type one line into ChatGPT, spend an hour fixing what comes back, and it still doesn't sound like them. I do it the other way. My thinking goes in first, as a voice note or a rough draft, and then AI works on top of it.

You decide the menu and let AI do the chopping.

That one change is where every system in Solo, Not Small begins. A solo founder who starts from their own draft gets work that sounds like them, in less time than fixing a blank answer.

Bhavik Sarkhedi talking at his studio desk, six frames in a loop

Six frames from my studio recordings.

How I teach it

You bring the judgment. Claude does the repeat work.

In each video lesson I do one real job inside Claude, start to finish, and hand you the system file so Claude does that job your way. You bring the judgment, the taste and the clients.

I'm a writer first, so every system starts from your own draft. AI edits, checks and structures. The story stays yours.

But also live

This is what the systems bought me.

A short filmBuilt to Explore4:33

One person, thirteen jobs, an AI system on each one, and my evenings back.

The systems keep the work moving while I'm away from the desk. This short film, Built to Explore, is what that time looks like for me.

Who it's for

If you do most of it yourself, it's for you.

  • Solopreneurs
  • Solo founders
  • Consultants
  • Freelancers
  • Small business owners
Bhavik Sarkhedi at his studio desk in Ahmedabad

Who's teaching

A serial entrepreneur who went solo on purpose.

Three bootstrapped exits: Dad of Ad in 2021, Write Right in 2023 and a third in 2026. Author of 21+ books. Featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, HuffPost and Entrepreneur. The longer version is on the About page.

A solo founder is also found by name. I call that Person Engine Optimization, and it's one of the things I teach. I also give AI talks for solopreneurs, and my speaker page has the rest.

Questions

Before you join the waitlist.

Who is Solo, Not Small for?

Solopreneurs, solo founders, consultants, freelancers and small business owners who still do most of the work themselves.

Does AI write for me?

Every system starts from your own draft. Claude edits, checks and structures what you wrote, so the result still sounds like you.

Which AI tool do I need?

Claude. I do every lesson inside it, start to finish.

I have a small team. Is it still for me?

Yes, if you're the one doing the posts, the proposals, the research and the client welcomes. The systems cover those jobs first.

When does it open?

Join the waitlist on the homepage. I'll email you when it opens.

Solo, not small.

Learn AI. But also live.

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