IWAI Co-Founder Has Been Featured In…

Over 1,000+ AI Consultancy Project™ students are already using our…

5 Steps to Engineer ROI with AI for Clients (& Themselves):
From 30-Day Projects to 1-Year Initiatives and Beyond.

Technical background not required.
Are you next?

Results:
(This isn’t typical – many don’t do this,
while for others, it’s easy. Read on to
learn what they already know.)

Michelle P.
-AI Consultancy Student

“WIN to share!
Won a Discovery project valued at $16,000.”

“And ANOTHER WIN!
Landed an engagement valued at $49,000.”

(she posted these
6 minutes apart in Slack.)

–

Jo D.
-AI Consultancy Student

“WON THE GRANT!

We’ve been allocated ~$2M in funds to build out a more mature version of this.”

(this happened in 3 months.)

–

Stephanie L.
-AI Consultancy Student

“First client was a 5-figure deal”

“I’m on my 3rd client and have another in the pipeline.”

“This [is] my first foray into AI consulting…took a chance and it’s going really well.”

–

Thiago F.
-AI Consultancy Student

“$10,000 project delivered in 5 days!”

“spent 20-25 hours working. Felt like 0 hours because I had so much fun!

“Client is super happy!
He’s already scheduled media interviews”

–

Dave W.
-Past Client

I paid Rob $1.9M. We made $4M-$5M.

I made [even more] when exiting the business.

(…and it all started as
a 30-day project for $2,475.)

–

Process:

DESIGNED WITH PRECISION AND CARE FOR…

Before you Engineer ROI with AI,
you ought to know what those students
(you just saw) already do…

 – This Is The New AI Problem –

“95% of AI Projects Deliver No ROI”

– Source | MIT: The GenAI Divide, The State of AI In Business 2025

That’s the big headline from the MIT report and it is the new AI problem.

Now sure, the AI Economy is still projected to do big numbers by 2030 according to the ‘big guys’ with huge macroeconomic research budgets and teams:

And yes, there’s not just a big opportunity for businesses, but for AI Consultants as well:

And sure, there’s no shortage of “Blue Ocean” opportunities that are just waiting for the right person to engineer the heck out of ROI with AI into it. 

If you look closely, those are 9 business functions that are relevant across 21 industries which gives 189 ways to specialize:

So, what the heck is up with that?

Well, if we go deep enough the MIT Report, they tell us:

“Despite $30–40 billion in enterprise investment into GenAI…95% of organizations are getting zero return.

This divide does not seem to be driven by model quality or regulation, but seems to be determined by approach.” – MIT

You heard that right…

AI isn’t the problem.
It’s the process that people
are using that gets no ROI.

Now, this is good news, because if you fix the process, then ROI shows up. However, in our experience, most people rush to prescribe a ‘fix’…but don’t slow down and run deeper diagnostics to make sure they’re even solving the right problem.

So, we decided to dig a lil deeper first and found some more refreshing truth:

– MYTH –

“The biggest thing holding back AI is model quality, legal, data, risk” – MIT

– TRUTH –

“What’s really holding it back is that
most AI tools don’t learn and
don’t integrate well into workflows.” – MIT

Now we’re getting somewhere.

And, I’ll save you the time and just tell you that the solutions they presented were to do smaller pilot projects before scaling up to something larger, but that’s not exactly novel. Professionals have been doing that for decades, heck, centuries at this point.

So, not really a groundbreaking solution. And, considering that this is a globally relevant problem, we figured it was time to take matters into our own hands.

After all, we have over 1,000 AI Consultancy students (who we love seeing win). And, this also gives us an unfair advantage because our potential data set is 1,000 x every organization they know that’s trying to implement AI (read: it’s all of them).

So, we dug even deeper to diagnose this whole “No ROI with AI” issue. And, let me tell you my friend, what we found surprised even us…

 – Training 1,000 AI Consultants,
We Found A Very Curious Pattern –

The reason why folks get no ROI with AI
isn’t just a ‘what’ problem,
It’s a ‘when’ problem. 

When it comes to solving any problem, it’s natural to ask what happened. But, just as, if not more important than ‘what happened’ is ‘when it happens’.

That’s especially true if what you’re dealing with is a global pattern of problems. So, when we zoomed out from the “what problems” each organization our 1,000+ students were helping, that’s when we discovered what we now call…

The ROI Problem Journey:

5 Signs of ROI Problems
(& When You’ll Spot Them)

Once we saw this, everything made much more sense. 

That’s because this is a model. A ‘problem model’ to be more specific. And as it is with any model, it gives the structure you need to then (1) diagnose parts of the problem, before you then (2) prescribe solutions.

Doesn’t matter if you’re a consultant (aspiring or experienced) or owner-operator (small-to-medium sized team). 

Heck, you’ve probably already self-diagnosed what ROI problem you see the most and when it happens.

And if that’s what’s happening for you as you read this, then yes, you’ve probably already realized it. We absolutely created the solution model you saw at the top of this page to deeply solve every single part of this problem.

So, let’s get to it, yes?

After all, 1,000 students are already learning it inside our AI Consultancy Project and should you choose to engineer ROI with AI for yourself and/or someone else, you will want to have this, because it is devilishly effective.

Here’s the visual — let’s walk through it:

5 Steps to Engineer ROI with AI for Clients (& Themselves): 
From 30-Day Projects to 1-Year Initiatives and Beyond.

It’s real, and it’s more than a model — here’s a screengrab from an existing training our students already have access to:

Source: The AI Consultancy Project > Client Skills >
Calculating a Clear ROI for Client Projects.

Lesson Resources:
(1) ROI Calculator for AI Consulting
(2) Client ROI Discovery Questionnaire

…and we have much more of this.

Why The ROI with AI | PROOF Process™ Exists:

My (intentionally quiet) cofounder used academic research skills (honed on a Harvard-led research study) to:

(1) analyze data points from 1,000+ of our students over the last 2 years…
(2) identify industry-wide gaps in AI implementation (as seen in the MIT Report) to…
(3) engineer a science-driven framework that solves the “ROI with AI” problem for years to come.

While he prefers to stay out of the limelight, he’s been on the inside of health certification programs with 50,000+ members and is trusted by founders of $20M+ online education businesses.

I share this not to impress, but for you to know how dedicated we are to IWAI’s mission: helping everyone thrive in our AI-powered future.

That includes our 1,000+ AI Consultancy students…

and you.

So, to maximize your value today, I’ll walk you through:

1 – What each step is
2 – Why it matters
3 – Proof that it works in the ‘real world’ (from our students who are ‘in the field’)
4 – What you can do with this right now (even if you don’t join our program)

Let’s dive in.

How The PROOF Process™ Works

Phase 1 – P – Prime ROI Metrics

Key Action: ROI (Metric) Discovery & AI Demo Session (in 0-7 Days)

Success Looks Like: Agreed on a testable ROI hypothesis. AI Demo shows how you test it.

From Day 0, we train our students to do 2 things:

1 – ROI Metric Discovery: Find the metrics that matter. Usually, there are two kinds:

• ROI metrics (usually sourced from a company’s P&L (profit and loss) statement)
• Operations metrics (that directly impact the ROI metric).

Having both makes sure everything from this point forward is undeniably valuable and measurable.

2 – AI Demo: Once you know the metrics that matter, next is an AI demo that explicitly moves the number. This gets you away from “oh that looks cool 🥱” to “omg we needed that yesterday 😐”.

Deborah’s Story:

“Giving my first paid presentation tomorrow to 350+ employees at the Arapahoe Library District – a lead that came in from the IWAI Directory!!! I might have gone a little overboard preparing…built a [presentation with AI tool] and a private landing page with [deliverables] just for them. So excited to present tomorrow!” – Deborah

Did you catch that?

Paid presentation. That’s because ROI Discovery and AI Demos don’t have to be free or delivered 1-on-1. They can be paid sessions you deliver 1-to-many. 

Now, not everyone starts here, but if our students want to, we show them how. When folks join AI Consultancy, we get everyone to set a pace and price that works for them. 

Some start big & premium, and others start small & free.Both can work…so long as you: (1) follow the process (2) don’t forget that progress is better than perfection. All of this sets you up for…

Phase 2 – R – Rapid ROI Delivery

Key Action: Deliver Your First 30-Day Result.

Success Looks Like: One project on the calendar. Tested with real users. ROI metric measured and logged. No scope creep.

Phase 2 is where the ROI action starts. For both consultants and owner-operators, this is usually the first paid engagement. Now, besides picking the wrong metrics/no metric at all, the other way this goes sideways is by:

(a) going too big (e.g. increase sales number by a quadrillion % 📈)
(b) taking too long for an initial result (e.g. 90-180 days for the first project of its kind)
(c) picking a ‘test environment’ that requires users to change too many habits all at once (read: new tech overload).

If we zoom out here, these are mostly scope of work problems. That’s why, as boring as it sounds, I strongly recommend our students to keep things to a 30-day timebox + simplest most effective test environment.

The only exception to this is if a student has demonstrated experience with structuring and delivering longer term projects – which, in that case, there are still 30-day, 60-day, 90-day milestones, etc. 

How our students are doing it (right now)

Christina’s Story: shipped a small email-automation build: $1,200 setup + $100/mo oversight. A thin slice, live in the client’s stack, and just like that, she’s on her way.

“Scored a small email automation project with a client and was able to bill $1200 set up + $100 per month ongoing oversight. Hoping for more work from this client!“ – Christina F.

Now, like I mentioned before, some students start small, some start bigger, and there’s no perfect path — there’s only the path that’s right for you. If you’re on the more experienced side, then maybe your story might be more like…

Michelle’s Story:

●       $16,000 discovery project for a worldwide organization representing tens of thousands of certified professionals.

●       $49,000 engagement with a local municipal utility.

“WIN to share! Won a Discovery project valued at $16,000.”
“And ANOTHER WIN! Landed an engagement valued at $49,000.”

[she posted these 6 minutes apart in Slack.]

Regardless of your AI consulting path – you’ll still define a 30-day result. And if you do it like how we train our AI Consultancy students to do it, then it becomes the springboard for…

Phase 3 – O – Optimize ROI 

Key Action: Deliver Your First 90 Day Result.

Success Looks Like: Establish continuity of results. Create new standards of performance.

Vibes are nice. Results are better. Instead of “add more features”, here, we prove that the ROI math is sustainable. 

If you’re newer, I recommend not expanding the scope much (that comes in Phase 4). Here, you’re establishing continuity. Continuity of process and results, which, when it comes to any new tech implementation, is the one of the real tests. After the novelty wears off, do the results hold? Does it become the new standard? That’s what you’re really aiming for here.

That said, if things are going really well, you might actually see not just continuity of results, but continuity & compounding results (depending on the specifics of your AI implementation).

Which is exactly what happened for Jo.

Jo’s “90 Days To A $2M Grant” Story

“A few months ago I happened upon someone distantly in my network asking for some Al advice on a nonprofit colleague’s longshot idea for a public grant application.

Normally I wouldn’t have given this a second thought, but feeling motivated by this community I decided to reach out and offer some of my time to give them some thoughts!

That connection turned into a few hours of conversations, which then turned into a short-term contract to build an MVP app. 

After a couple months of development work and a crash course in grant writing, we found out earlier this week that WE WON THE GRANT! We’ve been allocated – $2M in funds to build out a more mature version of this application, and the team has asked me to be the lead developer moving forward!

I wouldn’t have thought I was capable of something like this without the amazing motivation and support from this community. There is so much amazing opportunity out there and we’re so well-poised to help capture it!

I’m happy to discuss details of the application/build if anyone is interested! 

That said, I want to be blunt with you. This isn’t normal. It’s an outlier. But, I wanted to share it because you can do so much more than the $2,475 x 3 = $7,425 that I did on my client project 😊.

Regardless of whether you’re newer or experienced, when you get Phase 3 right, two things happen: 

(1) approvals get faster because the story is priced, and
(2) you don’t sell enthusiasm, you have the data points to enroll everyone in a vision of compounding results — which is exactly where we want to be headed next.

…and that brings us up to:

Phase 4 – O – Orchestrate ROI Expansion

Key Action: Maintain recurring results → start expansion projects → manage it all quarterly (without heroics).

Success Looks Like: The same win shows up in multiple lanes, the same way, without you in the room. Reviews are on the calendar. Receipts keep stacking. A playbook exists because you were inspired to write one.

In Phase 4, we don’t scale features, we scale the team habits that drive results. That looks like shifting from “do more” to 2 paths the drive results when the ‘hero’ isn’t in the room: 

That looks like shifting from “do more” to 2 paths the drive results when the ‘hero’ isn’t in the room: 

Growth Path 1 – the AI Growth Manager (“decide once, then put it on repeat”)

Here, it’s less about steps and more about how you see your role – because as you become more sophisticated, having a clear identity will naturally lead you to what is required for success within that role. To make it explicit though, you’ll take the thing that paid back in Phase 3 and make it portable:

• Package the win. Imagine having one screen that answers: what it does, where it lives, which KPI it moves, how we know, who owns it. You might start creating playbooks, a simple change log, and a tiny proof log. Then, test it on yourself, your internal team, or the external team you’re working with (usually in that order). If it can’t be followed, it isn’t packaged yet.
  
• Pre-book the cadence. Monthly review (usage + issues + next step). Quarterly ROI review (which lanes expand, which pause). Have ‘release windows’ that teams can plan around. No more “as needed” heroics.

Do those two and ownership starts to shift to the team — results flow from a predictable schedule, not personality.

Growth Path 2 – the AI Growth Architect (“build an ROI with AI portfolio”)

Here, you revisit ROI Discovery + AI Demo, but now you’re evaluating 3–5 opportunities at a time and launching quarterly initiatives using the same validation framework from Phases 1–3. 

Now you’re thinking like an investor: measure risk/reward, fund the few, validate, keep the winners, log and learn from the rest. This sets you up for Phase 5’s C-suite posture because that’s effectively how you’re operating.

That’s also why – even before Phase 5 – some students get tapped to:

1. Step in as Fractional Chief AI Officer at companies they were “just helping” a few months ago.
2. Productize a solution (with licensing or a true SaaS path).

Both of these increase company valuation, which is why sophisticated clients often invite you into Phase 5 (partnerships and productization) before you ever bring it up.

But, I’m getting excited and getting ahead of myself – here’s a student example for this Phase as well ☺️.

Bron’s $36K/year + equity stake (in 12 weeks)

“From ‘Can you build us a reporting tool?’ to ‘Want to co-found a company?’ in 12 weeks.”

MASSIVE WIN: From Side Project to SaaS Company + $3K/Month Retainer Contract!

💰 THE BUSINESS OUTCOME (THE REAL WIN)

Fullstack Agentic Al Engineering just changed my career trajectory:

• 💵Secured $3,000/month retainer contract with dental lab client ($36K/year recurring revenue)
  
• 🏢Co-founding a SaaS company – turning in-house product into public offering
  
• 💎Equity stake in the new entity – building long-term value, not just billing hours
  
• 📈Production system serving real users – 370+ reports processed, 100% automated quality control, 80% Time Saving
  
• 🎯Validated multi-industry’ opportunity – legal, real estate, medical, support markets identified.

This is what happens when you ship production-grade Al systems that solve real business problems.

From “Can you build us a reporting tool?” to “Want to co-found a company?” in 12 weeks. 

Oh, by the way, here’s another fun one.

Shawn’s $50K 3-month contract story:

Been a bit quiet for me lately, but happy to share I just landed a $50,000 three-month contract to rebuild the student feedback dashboard for a midsized foundation that offers mentorship and support to nearly 30k high school students per year, including a two-week discovery, and a nice little retainer to provide support for the chatbot we’re about to roll out on their homepage!

(He did so well inside AI Consultancy that we invited him to coach. He said yes 😊.)

Phew, that was a mouthful but if you’ve read this far, then I will not leave you hanging because we finally get to talk about Phase 5.

Personally, it’s one of my favorites because it completely changes the trajectory of our students’ lives. Sure, there’s the financial component but what I’m talking about is the way they see themselves (for the better, forever).

Phase 5 – F – Futureproof ROI Systems

Key Action: Decide & Deliver 1-3 Year Results.

Success Looks Like: The win outlives people, tools, and news cycles. Results survive model changes, team turnover, and “new priorities.”

I’ll switch things up and just let you hear from “Dan The Man” (one of our students) himself:

Guess what everyone?

There is a brand new Fractional Chief Al Officer in IWAI, and guess what? He looks like a shark. Yea, thats me!!!

The client signed and paid today!!

Today they gave me the “Yes” and paid the 1st month (10k)! I am so excited, and its 100% official, I am now OFFICIALLY a Fractional Chief Al Officer!! Pricing structure- 10k up front, $7,500/month for month 2&3, then $5k/month or 15% of revenue (whichever is greater!).

This equals $70K Annually at least!!!

I will use Al to help scale her gym and bring in new members. I am over the moon right now. I am so excited to be part of this group and learn and work with you all! Lets win together!! 

-Dan M., fCAIO

How cool is that?

Very 😎.

And he’s not the only one:

Just sold a quarterly Fractional Chief AI Officer (FCAIO) package for $12,000!

I gave them a bucket of 60 hours for consulting, training, and automations. We’re kicking off with an audit that will take ~20 hours, and the rest of the work will be based on the roadmap coming out of the audit.

Got the client from cold email. First built them an automation w/ Airtable + n8n to build trust. They told me they wanted to continue consulting w/ me, do trainings, and build automations, so I suggested making me an FCAIO who does all those things instead of having separate contracts every time we want to do something different.

In my FCAIO offer, I asked if they wanted to pay $5K monthly or get 20% off by paying $12K quarterly. They happily went with the discounted option and paid the $12K up front.

-George N., fCAIO

Good times ☺️.

And, from having worked with them personally, I know those times are about to go from good to great and then exceptional.

At Phase 5, you’ve long left the land of being a ‘vendor’. At this point, you’re an irreplaceable growth partner — what we call inside the AI consultancy, a Trusted AI Advisor.

At that level, you aren’t pretending to provide a C-suite level of advisory…because you’re actually on the C-suite, and you got there by providing unmistakable ROI with AI at every single step of the way. Reliably. Predictably. And then, in a way that compounds not just value, but the valuation of the company itself.

Beyond the money, there isn’t really any kind of opportunity that allows someone to go from $2,475 project to generating $4M-$5M in value…and then additional value if the founder exits the business for a multiple.

The only thing more incredible than having lived that exact story, is the humbling fact that I get to now help our students write their own one-of-a-kind stories. The kind that can impact them, their families, loved ones, communities, and causes for years and decades to come.

That’s my story. 

That’s the story of my cofounder. 

It’s the story of IWAI. 

And it’s rapidly becoming the story of our 1,000+ students.

Why All of This Actually Matters
(It’s About Much More Than Money)

If you’re like myself, my cofounder, our team, and our students, then flashy Lamborghinis probably aren’t your thing.

For the kinds of folks we hyperspecialize in helping, money itself isn’t the goal, rather it’s a tool to create more of the life they want.

As what that ‘more’ is? Well, in a word, that’s freedom — and there are 4 kinds that matter for folks like you, me, and our 1,000+ students:

The Bigger Picture of Freedom:
There are four kinds…

*adapted with respect from Dan Sullivan’s The 4 Freedoms That Motivate Successful Entrepreneurs

Now, if you’re the kind of person that wants to engineer ROI with AI to handcraft your personal picture of freedom, I’ve got good news for you.

We do this everyday, we love it, and we teach you how to do it.

That’s because for all of us, this is more than business, it’s personal. As for my own personal picture of freedom? Well, truth being told, AI has allowed me to do much more than I’d ever imagined:

• Using my skills to support great causes – like increasing the accessibility of the web for people with disabilities and vision impairment.
  
• Expanding my client services so I can offer the best benefits, work-life balance and lifestyle to myself and my employees.
  
• Helping my local community by investing tens of thousands of dollars in important (but underserved) neighborhood projects.
  
• Fund major non-profit initiatives, such as donating $10,000+ to help women and people of color attend career-changing tech conferences.
  
• Share my AI knowledge at schools, colleges and via free educational material so that everyone can start their journey in this new chapter of computing.

Through all of this, here’s what I’ve found:

Teaching, sharing and helping others is where my real growth and happiness comes from. 

For me, the second act of my career isn’t about escaping the grind to tropical island, it’s about helping our students create the kinds of lives that bring them more fun, fulfillment, and freedom.

If that sounds like your kind of party, then I’m proud to share everything we’ve prepared for you to win in the world of AI consulting.

Picture this: you and I work closely to…

Engineer ROI with AI

(so you don’t end up like 95% of
‘the big guys’ who fail to make it happen)

Here’s the TL;DR:

⌄

“Got paid for a discovery call”

Patrick M.

Really happy to report that I did a discovery session which I got paid for upfront for £500. And they want a proposal for the agreed work

“Booked another one this week!”

Eric G.

“Did my first webinar training.  A bit nerve racking since thats outside my comfort zone but survived 😅.

Anyway, just got booked for another one for this week.  Riding this momentum for sure! 

“$1,200 for 2 hours”
& they want more…

Tanya S.

“First client in the books! Delivered an AI in sales training. $1200 for 2 hours and they were moved enough to invite me back to focus on business processes audits and automations.

“I didn’t know anything about AI and
within a couple months…

“…I sold and delivered AI services. Now, I’m starting to offer [AI] strategy. After that, I want to move into building [AI] tools. I’m just moving down that checklist”

Regardless of your starting point, my vision is for you to become more than ‘good at AI”.  I’ll be with you every step of the way so you can have it all – the process, skills, and systems to engineer ROI with AI and live more of the life you want.

Do it, and you will forever command a unique level of control over your time, money, and lifestyle. 

That control will be due in part to a level of sophistication and elegant simplicity that others, quite frankly, just don’t have – imagine, mastery over both ROI and AI. The natural result of that, whether you’re a consultant or owner-operator, would mean carving out your own personal slice of the AI economy for years to come. 

This also means that while others struggle to ‘figure it out’, or cry ‘doom and gloom’ about the “AI bubble getting ready to pop”, you’d have the quiet confidence that only comes from seeing your results compound over time – not by guesswork, but through pragmatic science.

It’s possible – and to make it probable, you can leverage every playbook, template, personal feedback session, and molecule available to you inside the AI Consultancy Project.

But, if you’ll pardon me, I’m long overdue for introducing myself:

ROB HOWARD
Innovating with AI
Co-Founder

Hey, Rob here – you may know me as the ‘face of the brand’ cofounder of Innovating with AI.

Or, you may know me as the CEO of HDC, a web development firm I founded whose software has powered more than 100,000 websites, including Facebook and Intel.

Over the last 20 years, I’ve worn a number of hats: software developer, startup founder, investor, entrepreneur, and consultant.

I’ve had the honor of serving clients like The World Bank, MIT, Marriot, and ‘entrepreneurs next door’ who prefer a quiet life.

When it comes to helping you engineer ROI with AI, I’ll leverage my personal experience of going from $50,000/year freelancer to $2M/year consultancy founder without sacrificing family time or quality of outcomes for clients.

Basically, this means I get to have fun practicing my AI, client, and consultancy skills every day.

And when I’m not doing that, you might find me in my backyard with hanging with my son, our dogs 🐕‍🦺, and rooster 🐓.

Or, you might find me jumping into the Antarctic ocean on a family trip ❄️🌊.

Naturally, I’m not the only person on the team — I’ll share more about our growing team who’ll be supporting inside the program, but first, let me tell you about everything we’ve put together for you to win at this.

As an AI Consultancy Project member, you’ll receive 4 intentional, interlocked layers of support and guidance. Each, with mini-layers within for deeper support (without overwhelm):

That’s the short version of how the AI Consultancy was handcrafted for you. 

To maximize your results, it would be logical for you to see the specifics get inside each of them – let me show you.

5 Steps to Engineer ROI:
From 30-Day Projects to
1-Year Initiatives and Beyond.

If you’ve been reading carefully, you’ve already seen this, and so I won’t belabor the point. 

You already know this is a 5-part science-driven model for both consultants (aspiring/experienced) and owner-operators (small-to-medium sized teams) to engineer ROI with AI – from first 30-days to 1-year and beyond.

What you might not know yet is specifically how the Trusted Advisor Skills Engine™ takes it from theory to practical reality. It does that by showing you exactly what to do at each step of the PROOF Process across 3 key areas.

So, let’s go a layer deeper.

Three Areas of ‘Skills-Tools-Systems’
That are Required to Power Your
ROI with AI | PROOF Process™

Like I mentioned before…

ROI with AI | PROOF Process™ gives you the (scientific) thinking, while Trusted Advisor Skills Engine™ is the engineering — everything you’ll need to do and build for your ROI with AI systems to exist in reality.

In plain English, it is a comprehensive (and growing) library of training and tools that power every step of the PROOF Process™ across 3 focus areas: AI, Client, and Consultancy (skills & systems):

Download the full program outline PDF to dig into every lesson
(or share with colleagues or family members as you get ready to enroll).

Download: The AI Consultancy Project Program Outline

You’ll never fall behind: Unlike many courses, trainings, and curriculum that struggle to keep up with the ever evolving world of AI, The AI Consultancy Project System is different.

Instead of overloading you with content or busy work – we created a comprehensive, always-up-to-date, and time-efficient set of project playbooks.

Comprehensive: They give you the step-by-step of learning AI, specializing your AI skills, enrolling clients, delivering results, and building a business that serves you.

Always-up-to-date: I (and my team) are experienced software developers – we update the playbooks with the same consistency that we push software updates to any client project.

Time-Efficient: To strike the delicate balance between being comprehensive and time-efficient, you get a personalized learning plan. That starts with you taking our AI consultant persona quiz – a quick yet rigorous way to assess your existing business and tech skills. 

At the end of it, you’ll discover your AI consultant persona, along with your personalized plan to make the most of the program.

That said, preview the playbooks for yourself to see the ones that will help you the most right now:

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Launch in 7 Days

Start enrolling clients with our  ‘Minimum Viable Consultancy’ framework.

What You’ll Create

• Your Exclusive AI Niche: Craft an exclusivity statement to position yourself as the higher-end trusted advisor to sophisticated long-term clients. Then, understand the AI tech needed to do it.
• Client Interest: Generate leads—or even land your first paid engagement—through proven outreach strategies, your 1-page ‘AI Advisor’ website, and your first Intro to AI Seminar.

Your Minimum Viable Consultancy: Understand, use, and re-use your MVC as the foundation for future growth.

Why It Works

The Launch in 7 Days project is engineered to take you from zero to your first client fast.

Instead of endless videos, pointless PDFs, and ‘busy work’ exercises, we’ve meticulously crafted a step-by-step process focused on results.

Whether you’re new or experienced with either consulting or AI, you’ll design and deploy your ‘minimum viable AI consultancy’ – within days.

All of this can be done quietly and privately, which is perfect if you’re in a situation where being ‘too loud’ could mess with what you’ve got going on right now ;-).

How You’ll Get There

1 — Position Yourself as the Go-To AI Consultant

• Craft your exclusive AI niche and positioning
• Master key AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney
• Align technical capabilities with client needs

 2 — Build Your Online Presence

• Launch your 1-page website using our template
• Deploy the “one-two punch” outreach method
• Implement lightweight lead tracking system

 3 — Deliver Your First AI Seminar

• Use our proven “Intro to AI Seminar” framework.
• Demonstrate AI tools live.
• Naturally convert attendees into paying clients with our “no pitch” approach

“I reached out [with] my entry offer and they asked me to be an AI expert for their course!”

“I just got off a recording for an upcoming AI Course from a leading online education platform.

I had reached out to them to gauge their interest in working with me on my entry offer of internal training, and they turned around and asked me to speak as an AI “Expert” for the course instead!

I probably wouldn’t have met them or had a relevant exclusivity statement if I hadn’t taken this course.”

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Create Your AI Consulting Services

Define your ‘Menu’ of AI services to simplify client enrollment, increase retention, and grow client lifetime value.

What You’ll Create

• A Bespoke Menu of AI Services: Structure your offerings into accessible and scalable options, from quick-start trainings to premium, high-impact projects.
• Presentation-Ready Service Descriptions: Define the deliverables, benefits, and outcomes for each service, ensuring clarity and confidence in client conversations.
• A Systematic Approach to Growth: Design services that naturally evolve from entry-level engagements to retainers, ensuring long-term client relationships and steady revenue growth.

Why It Works

Instead of creating a ‘one-hit wonder’ service or ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ overwhelming set of offers, here, we create your AI Consulting Service Menu.

This is a collection of your ‘free to premium’ services across an intentional set of delivery formats (e.g. training, strategy, implementation) using our AI Service Matrix framework.

This simplifies the process of defining, refining and presenting your entire suite of AI consulting services. 

Done right, this increases client acquisition, retention, lifetime value and your measurable impact on clients. 

It also helps you avoid common consulting traps like ‘feast or famine’ cycles, bandwidth-intensive custom projects, and having to be on an endless hunt for new clients.

How You’ll Get There

1 — Define the Building Blocks

• Map your offerings across the Offer Ladder (from free to premium) and the Offer Suite (training, strategy, and implementation).
• Leverage the AI Service Menu Framework to organize your services into categories clients can easily understand.

 2 — Align Services with Client Needs

• Identify which no-code/low-code AI tools (e.g., Zapier, Airtable, or ChatGPT workflows) can be integrated into your services.
• Use case studies and discovery methods to refine your understanding of client pain points and tailor services accordingly.

 3 — Package and Present

• Craft descriptions for your entry, core, and premium offers, clearly outlining outcomes and benefits to appeal to various client budgets and needs.
• Build a portfolio-ready example or mock service to showcase your offerings with clarity and confidence during client meetings.
• Use our professional Proposal Templates to close higher-end client deals.

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Specialize your AI Skills & Tech Stack

Learn the Tools, Select Your Skill/Tech Stack, and Deliver High-Impact Solutions.

What You’ll Create

• Your Custom AI Tech Stack: Build a personalized stack by selecting one tool in each core category (Automation, Data Storage, LLMs, Chatbots, and Dashboards).
• Client-Ready Workflows: Design, test, and deploy AI-powered workflows that integrate your tools seamlessly into client projects.
• Specialized Solutions: Adapt your tech stack to unique client needs, enabling you to deliver automation, AI chatbots, data solutions, and more.

Why It Works

Instead of spreading yourself thin, you’ll focus on mastering just one tool per category, building a practical AI Tech Stack that delivers real value to clients.

This takes you from ‘talking about AI’ to ‘doing AI’ in a way that aligns with your expertise and your clients’ needs.

Whether you’re a beginner or a technical pro, you’ll deepen your AI skills with curated guides, tutorials, and hands-on workflows designed to deliver measurable client impact—fast.You’ll build practical expertise while staying agile, adaptable, and ahead of the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

How You’ll Get There

1 — Learn | The 5 Categories of AI Tools:

• Automation: Tools like Zapier, Make.com, or N8N to automate workflows.
• Data Storage: Platforms like Airtable, Google Sheets, Supabase, or Zapier Tables.
• Large Language Models (LLMs): GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini, and other models.
• Chatbot/Agent Builders: Solutions like BotPress, CustomGPT.ai, or Retool.
• Dashboards & Visualization: Tools such as StackerHQ to showcase data insights.

 2 — Build | Select and Integrate Your Tech Stack

• Explore tool differences based on personas: low-tech workflows for Zapier users, high-tech workflows for tools like N8N. 
• Choose one tool from each category to create a manageable, client-ready AI stack.
• Follow step-by-step tutorials, from beginner to advanced, to set up each tool.
• Test and refine your tools with guided exercises to ensure they’re ready for client deployment.

 3 — Deploy | Deliver Real-World Applications

• Implement AI workflows for your clients using your custom tech stack.
• Specialize your solutions by adapting your tools to specific client needs, such as automation setups, chatbot integrations, or data visualizations.
• Monetize Your Stack: Package your workflows and tools into scalable, premium consulting services.
• Stay ahead of the curve with emerging trends and ongoing updates to tools and tutorials through our continuously expanding library – AI agents, OpenAI o3, and more are already on our tutorial roadmap for 2025. 
• Optional: Submit a request for tutorials on specific tools not listed here.

“First ever live webinar was today…”

“…140 people registered.
Feeling overwhelmed, but happy 🙂”

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Meet 100 Solid Leads

Engineer a Predictable, Authentic, and High-Value Lead Generation System

What You’ll Create

• A Proven Prospecting Framework: Develop a scalable system for identifying and qualifying potential clients, ensuring a steady flow of high-quality leads tailored to your niche.
• A Curated List of 100 High-Potential Leads: Pinpoint and pre-qualify 100 solid prospects using a strategic approach that maximizes relevance and fit.
• Personalized Outreach Materials: Craft persuasive, customized outreach messages designed to initiate meaningful connections with your ideal clients.
• A Predictable Lead Generation Routine: Establish repeatable daily habits for prospecting that drive consistent results without overloading your schedule.

Why It Works

Clients choose to work with people they trust—and trust is built through connection, clarity, and proof. This project removes the stress from selling by showing you how to create meaningful conversations that naturally lead to sales (in a way that strengthens your reputation).

Instead of traditional high-pressure tactics, you’ll learn how to establish trust, showcase your skills, and deliver proposals that clients quickly sign and submit payments for – fast.

By the end of this project, you’ll have the system in place to enroll your first or next three clients, a repeatable sales process, and the confidence to predictably grow your consulting business.

How You’ll Get There

1 — Define Your Ideal Clients

• Use the Rockstar Client Framework to identify and refine your target audience based on revenue potential, industry, and business characteristics.
• Pinpoint decision-makers using AI-powered and non-AI tools for efficient contact discovery.

 2 — Build Your Prospect List

• Use our ‘plug and play’ prospect worksheet to track prospects – an elegantly simple system I’ve personally used to find long-term clients – the kind who work with me for years instead of just a few months.
• Apply niche-specific search strategies that I’ve tested and proven over 10+ years of running my own consultancy.

 3 — Craft and Execute Outreach

• Write compelling, personalized emails using the One-Two Punch Email Method to elicit quick and meaningful responses.
• Use our templates, scripts, and examples to send professional messages that inspire trust and sincere inquiries about your AI services.

 4 — Evaluate and Optimize

• Track responses and use the Client Feedback Loop to refine your messaging and targeting.
• Implement lightweight CRM tools to organize follow-ups and monitor lead engagement.

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Make Your First (or Next) 3 Sales

Enroll Clients With Simplified Sales That Grow Trust

What You’ll Create

• A Proven, Trust-Driven Sales Process: Learn zero-pressure sales techniques to build trust and address client objections.
• Almost-Instant Proposals and Risk-Free Offers: Write fast, persuasive proposals that simplify client decision-making and reduce hesitation.
• A Client Reputation Framework: Build your credibility through testimonials, case studies, and clear outcomes that showcase your skills.
• Client Enrollment System: Use it to close your first or next three deals – build momentum for sustainable AI consulting.

Why It Works

However you sell, is how you’ll have to deliver. Rely on high-pressure sales to ‘push’ them to buy, and then you’ll be stuck using high-pressure persuasion to get through client delivery as well.

That’s the dirty secret the outdated sales gurus don’t want you to know and it’s exactly what this project will help you avoid.

Instead of high-pressure tactics that drain the life out of you and your clients, this project removes the stress from selling with meaningful conversations that naturally lead to sales.

You’ll also learn to showcase your skills, even if you’re just starting out, through hybrid portfolios, case studies, and testimonials that demonstrate your value.

With tools like almost-instant proposals and risk-free guarantees, you’ll help clients confidently say “yes” while building your reputation as a results-driven consultant.

By the end of this project, you’ll have your first three clients, a repeatable sales process, and the confidence to grow your consulting business without ever burning out.

How You’ll Get There

1 — Master the Zero-Pressure Enrollment Call

• Use the Zero-Pressure Sales Framework to focus on client needs and build authentic connections.
• Address client objections naturally and confidently, removing doubts without pushing for the sale.

 2 — Create Fast, Impactful Proposals

• Use the Almost-Instant Proposal Writing framework to deliver clear, actionable proposals within hours.
• Integrate small, medium, and large pricing options to give clients flexibility while increasing conversions.
• Offer risk-reversal tools, such as 30-day guarantees and quick-start bonuses, to eliminate hesitation.

 3 — Build Your Reputation Early

• Develop a hybrid portfolio by creating sample projects or showcasing early wins.
• Gather testimonials and case studies from even small, initial projects to build trust and proof.
• Learn how to position yourself as a consultant focused on outcomes, not credentials.

 4 — Close and Deliver on Your First Projects

• Use trust-based follow-ups to ensure deals move forward without feeling pushy.
• Deliver results quickly, document your successes, and leverage those outcomes to attract your next clients.

“I have a new client!!!”

“…just to give a sense of magnitude, this client has a 20+ career in the motivational speaking arena with the likes of Jack Canfield and Tony Robbins”

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Repeat Your Revenue

Turn One-Time Projects Into Long-Term Partnerships

(and build sustainable revenue streams with 5 kinds of retainers)

What You’ll Create

• A Hybrid Retainer System: Offer a mix of proactive services, reserved support hours, and premium perks to create irresistible retainer packages for your clients.
• Custom Retainer Packages: Develop tiered options such as Maintenance and Upkeep, Strategy, and Premium Fractional Chief AI Officer retainers.
• Respectful Boundary Agreements: Establish clear expectations and boundaries to ensure smooth client relationships.
• Recurring Revenue Streams: Convert existing and new clients into long-term partners, providing stability and growth for your business.

Why It Works

Unpredictable cash flow aka the “feast and famine revenue cycle” is one of the biggest challenges consultants and consultancies face.

By offering tailored retainer packages to your clients, you’ll secure stable income, deepen client relationships, and reduce the constant need for new sales. 

This approach ensures you can focus on delivering exceptional results while building a scalable and profitable consultancy.

Even if you’re experienced with retainers, we cover 5 types so that you can optimize, or upgrade your revenue continuity strategy altogether.

It also helps you avoid common consulting traps like ‘feast or famine’ cycles, bandwidth-intensive custom projects, and having to be on an endless hunt for new clients.

How You’ll Get There

1 — Build Your Retainer Offering

• Learn the Hybrid Retainer framework, combining proactive services, reserved hours, and priority access to create value.
• Design Maintenance and Upkeep retainers for routine support, Strategy retainers for high-level planning, and Premium retainers for comprehensive leadership services.

 2 — Craft and Present Proposals

• Use templates to communicate your retainer packages clearly and persuasively.
• Highlight the risks of not having a plan, such as delays, higher costs, or lower service priority.

 3 — Set Boundaries and Terms

• Define clear terms, such as how hours are used, whether they roll over, and what constitutes billable time.
• Use “What If You Don’t Sign Up” messaging to reinforce the benefits of retaining your services.

 4 — Transition Existing Clients and Sell New Ones

• Leverage client success stories to onboard existing clients onto retainers.
• Use structured conversations and pre-negotiated options to close new retainer clients.

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Multiply Your Growth

1-to-Many Delivery: Scale Your Expertise, Increase Your Revenue, and Serve More Clients—Without Scaling Your Team.

What You’ll Create

• Turn Your Expertise into Scalable Offers: Convert your existing client services—training, strategy, and builds—into group programs and “one-to-many” solutions.
• Productize Your Deliverables: Create recurring trainings, bootcamps, and workflow “in a box” solutions that maximize your impact without multiplying your time ‘on the clock’.
• Master Group Delivery: Develop systems to confidently teach and engage multiple clients at once, ensuring a high-value experience that generates repeatable revenue.

Why It Works

Scaling your consultancy doesn’t mean scaling your team—it means scaling your time and expertise. 

In this project, you’ll learn how to transform your existing services—trainings, strategy sessions, and builds—into scalable “one-to-many” offers that allow you to serve more clients, maximize your profitability, and reclaim your time.

We’ll show you exactly how to design, price, and deliver group trainings, bootcamps, and workflow products so you can multiply your impact while maintaining the premium experience your clients expect.

At this point, you will have mastered delivering exceptional value in one-to-one client engagements. Now, it’s time to take that expertise and scale it without burning out or hiring a massive team.

How You’ll Get There

1 —  Identify Your One-to-Many Opportunities

• Map out your service matrix to pinpoint which trainings, builds, or strategy sessions can be transformed into group formats.
• Learn the difference between recurring memberships, bootcamps, and workflow products—then decide which approach fits your audience.

 2 — Design and Price Scalable Offers

• Use our Scalable Offer Planning Calculator to determine pricing, capacity, and delivery formats for group trainings, bootcamps, and productized solutions.
• Build small, exclusive group sessions (5-10 clients) as your first step to scale while maintaining a high-quality, personalized experience.

 3 —  Deliver High-Value Group Experiences

• Learn to effectively teach live group sessions, balancing content delivery and individual attention to build trust.
• Offer recordings and resources to add long-term value while making the process seamless for participants.

 4 — Productize and Sell Workflow Solutions

• Identify repeatable, no-code or low-code workflows (e.g., AI automations) to package as “workflow in a box” products for clients.
• Learn to scope and price productized builds, reducing delivery time while increasing profitability.

“I’m now officially a fractional CTO for [a major federal contractor]!”

Evan’s new client provides support to both local and U.S. federal government agencies in the areas of defense, legal, information technology (IT) and professional services.

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Run a Tight Ship

Eliminate Overhead, Reduce Stress, and Maximize Your Cash Flow

What You’ll Create

• Simplify Your Business Tech Stack: Set up the exact tools you need to run your consultancy efficiently and eliminate the ones you don’t.
• Create a Simple Financial System: Establish a financial process that makes bookkeeping, paying yourself, and managing taxes effortless.
• Streamline Your Hiring Process: Build a clear system to decide when and how to hire your first team member—without adding unnecessary overhead.

Why It Works

Complexity kills consultancies.

Early warning signs? Burning time, money, and energy on unnecessary tools, hires, and financial systems.

As someone that’s been both a solo consultant and responsible for 20 employees, I know first-hand how to stay lean, and how to scale up, all while protecting profit margins and quality of life for not just myself, but everyone I work with.

In this project, I’ll show you how to simplify operations while ensuring your consultancy is profitable and sustainable as a 1-person consultancy (and beyond).

You’ll establish lean systems for running your office, managing finances, and preparing for future growth. By cutting what you don’t need and setting up what you do, you’ll free up time, reduce complexity, and eliminate burnout—putting you on a path to long-term success.

How You’ll Get There

1 —  Build Your Simple Office Stack

• Identify the essential tools to manage emails, documents, and client projects without cluttering your workflow.
• Use our Tech Stack Guide to set up Google Workspace, QuickBooks, Stripe, and password managers like 1Password—no more, no less.

 2 — Design Your Lean Financial System

• Learn how to separate personal and business finances with a simple checking account, credit card, and bookkeeping system.
• Follow the Monthly Payout Workflow to pay yourself consistently while setting aside taxes and avoiding cash flow stress.

 3 —  Simplify Hiring Decisions

• Adopt the Before You Delegate, Eliminate mindset to clear unnecessary tasks first.
• Use our Simple Hiring Framework to determine the right time to hire and which role (e.g., bookkeeper, assistant) should come first.

 4 — Cut What You Don’t Need Before $100K

• Eliminate distractions like CRMs, project management tools, advanced bookkeeping, and payroll until they’re truly necessary.
• Focus on getting clients and growing revenue—not “busy work” systems.

PROJECT PLAYBOOK

Eat Dessert First

Design Your ‘Freedom Business’—Eliminate The Risk of Burnout and Maximize Quality of Life

What You’ll Create

• Define Your ‘Life Rocks’: Identify your most important life goals (family, travel, health) and set measurable milestones to achieve them.
• Set Clear Client Expectations: Establish a system for mutually respectful boundaries that protect your time while delivering exceptional results.
• Eliminate Burnout Risks: Learn strategies to prioritize your well-being and avoid the pitfalls that derail most consultancies.

Why It Works

Here, you architect your business for freedom without compromising your life rocks—the relationships, health, and all that brings you fulfillment in life.

No more being chained to a chair, disrupted sleep, burn out, or sacrificing time with loved ones.

The codeword for that is called failure and to that I say, not on my watch.

In the Eat Dessert First project, I’ll walk you through my framework and principles that allowed me to take a 2-week vacation and coming back to $500K+ worth of booked revenue within 4 weeks of being back in my virtual office.

By the end of this, you’ll redefine success on your terms, put healthy, unapologetic boundaries, and unlock the most priceless win of all—a guilt-free peace of mind.

How You’ll Get There

1 — Redefine Your Metrics for Success

• Identify what enough looks like for you—financially, personally, and professionally.
• Use the ‘Life Rocks’ Worksheet to define categories (e.g., family, health), measurements, and frequencies that reflect your goals.

 2 — Set Expectations—Not Boundaries—with Clients

• Learn to replace boundaries with mutual expectations for client relationships.
• Define commitments like turnaround times, response windows, and “no fire drills” policies to keep projects stress-free.

 3 —  Protect Against Burnout with Systems

• Develop practical habits to maintain energy, such as work shutoff times and optimized weekly schedules.
• Avoid common traps like hustle addiction and survivorship bias that push consultants toward burnout.

 4 — Build a Business That Turns Off

• Learn how to tier your services and implement premium “rush fees” for clients who require more access.
• Create a plan to scale sustainably without sacrificing your ability to stop working.

The 9 project playbooks can feel like an overwhelming amount of content – that’s why, when you join, we’ll give you a learning plan that’s like ‘Google Map directions’, but for growing your AI consultancy.

To make sure it’s accurate, first we invite you to take our AI Consulting persona quiz — a quick and effective needs assessment of your AI, client, and business skills.

Then, we use those data points to create your personalized learning plan that protects your time. Instead of going through each playbook sequentially, you’ll have a custom path that fits your needs. Also, like Google Maps, we can update the plan based on ‘new stuff’ that comes up on your journey.

All of this helps to answer two big questions that often cost folks a lot of time in these kinds of programs:

• “Where do I begin?”
• “What should I do next?’

In the AI Consultancy Project, you’ll focus on projects that matter the most for you right now — whether that’s learning the technical side of AI, client delivery, or growing your consulting business. 

That said, playbooks aren’t the only thing we’ve created to help you move faster.

“Update: No one died LOL”

“…I shared a video [in my AI presentation] that had no sound, OMG it was pretty awful LOL. I [fixed it] and of course it all went smoothly.

Had 18 registered and last I looked 13 were online. No one died LOL.

They loved the “3 things in 30 minutes”, so will keep to that”

Live Workshops
Every Tuesday at 1 PM Eastern

(Always recorded.)

Why: The reality of AI is that things change all the time…but not all changes are relevant, then boom, one day, there’s a massive change that completely flips the chessboard, and puts an entire industry out of business.

What: To make sure you’re always in the know, not just on AI, but relevant happenings in the Client and Consultancy factors that affect you engineering ROI with AI, we have live training.

Each session will cover a key component of building your consultancy, and we’ll be designing these so that they’re valuable for you no matter where you are in your AI Consultancy journey.

When: Every Tuesday at 1 PM Eastern.

Agenda: Our live training workshops will last about 40 minutes, after which we’ll dive into Q&A, which can last between 20 and 50 minutes. If you can join us for an hour, that’s great, but if you can join us for up to 90 minutes for extra Q&A, that’s even better!

Here’s our full lineup of trainings for the coming months…

… we’re always adding more training – often by student request 🎓!

Live Weekly Coaching

Coaching: Personalized business feedback + technical guidance

The Coaching Philosophy
Behind The AI Consultancy Project

At Innovating with AI, we’ve been in your shoes.

As fellow consultants, we know what it’s like to balance full-time 100% remote roles with a full family life – sometimes with crazy lovable pets barely hidden in the blurry background of our home office, living room, or kitchen.

While we’ve all achieved the kind of material success that allows us to enjoy guilt-free family vacations, it’s also led us to two very personal discoveries:

(1) Teaching, sharing and raising the people up around us is more fulfilling than any financial marker of success. Real growth and happiness comes from helping others.

(2) Business success is just a way to help as many people as possible.

That’s why, in a business world that’s often driven by profit and ‘cutting back’ – we ask ourselves a different question. How can we help even more?

That led us to come up with…

2 Deeper Layers of Coaching Support

Also, as folks who’ve invested in their own professional and personal development, we know the power of having the right people on your side.

The AI Consultancy Community

Nerd out and partner up with over 1,000 fellow AI consulting professionals – from emerging consultants to established fractional C-suite consultants.

Even if you’re a solo consultant,
you don’t have to go it alone.

As part of your AI Consultancy Project membership, you’ll get access to our private community of over 1,000 fellow AI consulting professionals.

Everyone’s here – from emerging consultants to fractional C-suite consultants. Non-technical professionals and advanced technical professionals alike.

If you want to nerd out on AI, you can do that here.

If you want to partner up with professionals who have complimentary AI and business skills, you can do that here.

New stuff happens in the world of AI daily, and the community is one of the best places to find out about what’s taking the AI world by storm.

It’s also a great place to find ‘study partners’ who will give honest feedback on whatever you’re working on, and who’ll help you stay accountable on your AI consulting journey.

Finally, with students representing just about every continent and an ever growing list of countries, it’s also becoming an opportunity to talk with folks about the specifics of how AI is affecting places that are closer to home. It’s also helpful for talking with folks about the country and culturally specific topics that only someone who’s lived it could provide.

It’s a powerful place to make personal and empowering connections…however, if you want professional connections, then look no further than our AI Consultant Partner Directory.

The Innovating with AI Certified Consultant Directory is a professional directory of consultants who have been trained, vetted, and certified by us.

That means they’ve completed our consultant education process, attended live sessions with our coaching team, and demonstrated mastery of key AI and client-service skills.

This is not an advertising platform.

The consultant directory is open only to Innovating with AI students who’ve achieved the key milestones in The AI Consultancy Project program. Students do not pay any fee for inclusion in the directory beyond their standard enrollment fee in the training program.

Each consultant’s application is reviewed by the Innovating With AI coaching team, industry professionals who ensure they meet our standards of technical expertise, professionalism, and client service.

What this means for you:

Should you enroll in The AI Consultancy Project, you’ll have the opportunity, upon completion of the core curriculum, to apply for listing in our professional directory. With students reporting that they’ve generated new business as well as partnered up with each other to tackle larger projects together, we’re excited to continue growing this in 2026 and beyond.

Our 60-Day Guarantee

More than 1,000 students have already started building successful consulting businesses with the AI Consultancy Project. I’m confident it will work for you too, which is why I’ve made it completely risk-free.

From the moment you enroll, you have a 3-day grace period to cancel for any reason and receive a full refund.

After that, you can still try the program and request a refund within your first 60 days. Here’s what I ask:

1. Watch at least 4 live or recorded trainings.
2. Complete and email me your worksheets from each training.

Once you’ve taken these steps, if you still feel the program isn’t right for you, I’ll refund 100% of your investment.

Why these steps? Because success comes from putting in the work. Whether it’s starting a new fitness routine or a new business, measurable progress requires consistent effort. This guarantee ensures you give yourself the best chance to succeed while keeping your investment safe.

Family & Medical Sabbatical Guarantee – so you can always put your loved ones first.

If you choose one of our 12-month payment plans, life’s unexpected challenges won’t stand in your way.

If an immediate family member experiences a major medical or financial problem, you can pause your payments for up to 3 months.

This applies to you, your spouse, children, parents, or anyone who shares your household. The most important thing to me is taking care of your loved ones – and I know that sometimes means diverting attention temporarily from work. Life happens! That’s why all my employees have plenty of paid family and medical leave, and why I extend the same courtesy to my students too.

If you need a break from payments for any reason described above, just email us and we’ll pause your payments for 3 months – and when you return from your sabbatical, my team and I will help you get back on track to accomplish all your goals.

Life happens, and supporting you through it is part of our commitment to your success.

Data & Privacy
(Your Work Stays Yours)

This technically could’ve been included in the frequently asked question section (below this), but we thought it so important that we’re including this here:

You own your IP, data, and client materials. We only share stories with explicit consent and sensible redaction.

Here’s a bit more about that:

• Ownership: You keep ownership of everything you create. We don’t claim your IP. 
• Consent: If we share your story, we include who / role / segment / date / scope and avoid hype. You can say no.
• Redaction: Sensitive client info is removed or generalized (initials, company size).
• Security note: We follow standard SaaS security practices; if an incident occurs, we notify and follow the playbook.

Given the nature of our industry, we take data and privacy very seriously. And, even beyond our industry, we believe it’s just the moral & ethical thing to do in a decent society.

If I join the Training level today, can I upgrade to the Coaching or Hybrid Consulting levels later?

Yes! As long as you make your purchase of the program prior to enrollment closing, just e-mail us at [email protected] any time for a custom payment link to upgrade. To maintain the quality of the experience though, spots are limited, and so there is a chance they won’t be available.

Is the program self-paced?

The program is a mix of both self-paced learning and live group sessions. We understand that schedules can be busy, so all live sessions are recorded and made available the same day. This ensures you can participate fully even if you miss the live events. Whether you prefer to follow along at your own pace or join live sessions, the program is designed to be flexible to your needs.

What if I get busy and fall behind?

You have lifetime access to the recordings of all course material, so you can revisit at any time – even if you pause your work on your consultancy and revisit it months or years down the road.

You’re building a consultancy that could turn into a 10- or 20-year career (or more), so while we will always encourage you to take action, there’s no pressure to hit unreasonable deadlines or constantly move at lightning speed.

Will the program work for me if I’m outside the United States?

Yes, we have star students from around the world – from Chicago to Madrid to Chiang Mai. Everything in the program will work for you regardless of where you’re physically located. However, please note that our live sessions generally take place at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, so it may be difficult to attend those if you’re in Asia or Australia. All sessions are recorded, and you have lifetime access to those recordings. And because our students are all around the world, there’s always someone active in our 24/7 Slack community.

Do I need to have coding experience to be successful as an AI consultant?

No coding experience is necessary to succeed in this program. While we welcome participants from technical backgrounds, the program is designed to help non-developers thrive as AI consultants. You’ll learn to offer services around AI strategy, training, and no-code solutions. Even if you have some background in coding, you won’t need to code extensively. For more technical projects, we also teach you how to hire subcontractors to handle the coding.

What AI tools and technologies does the program focus on?

The program covers a range of AI tools and platforms, emphasizing practical, no-code solutions that consultants can easily implement for their clients. We aim to ensure that our students can apply these tools across various industries and project types.

Is this program suitable for someone who has not worked with AI before?

Yes! The program includes a comprehensive AI skills training section designed to bring participants up to speed on foundational AI concepts. You do not need prior AI or machine learning experience to benefit. The course is built to support professionals from various industries in incorporating AI into their work, regardless of their background.

Does the program provide guidance on how to offer AI consultancy services to existing clients who have hired me for other tasks?

Yes – if you have a current business, we can help you with that. (If you don’t have your own business yet, we’ve got you covered, too.) For students with existing clients in other fields, the program offers detailed strategies on how to introduce AI consultancy services to your current clients, even if they are unfamiliar with AI. We provide case studies, sales strategies, and communication tips that can help you demonstrate the value AI brings, including its potential for cost savings and improved efficiency.

Will this help me get a traditional job as an employee?

The strategies and skills you’ll learn from the program will dramatically increase your level of business savvy and AI expertise, and you will receive a certificate of completion when you finish the curriculum. However, we don’t consider this to be a formal job-training program. If your most urgent priority is finding traditional employment, it is best not to consider the program a replacement for other job trainings or certifications.

What if I don’t have a lot of cash on hand right now?

We have a range of payment-plan options to make it convenient for you to spread out payments on your enrollment. Split your enrollment into 12 monthly payments with no credit check or application – so you can enroll for as little as $9.76 a day.

Do I keep ownership of all my ideas and intellectual property?

Yes – you own everything you create. Unlike other programs (or the TV show Shark Tank), we do not ask you to give up any ownership, control or interest in anything that you’re creating. Our job is to be your launchpad, not to stifle you or take a cut of your hard work.

What if something unexpected happens right after I join?

Your enrollment comes with a 3-day cancel-for-any-reason grace period. If you sign up today and have an emergency tomorrow, you just email us and get a full refund, no questions asked and no hard feelings. We know life happens and want to make sure that we set you up for success, not stress.

What if I’m not getting results?

Your enrollment is also protected by our 60-day guarantee and family/medical sabbatical:

• Cancel for any reason within your first 3 days – no questions asked.
• Refund in 60 days if the program doesn’t work. Watch any 4 recorded trainings,  complete the worksheets. If it doesn’t work, email your worksheets and choose between (A) a full refund or (B) personalized help from our team to rewrite your whole business model until you get it right.
• Family and Medical Sabbatical Guarantee – if an immediate family member has a medical or financial emergency and you’re on a payment plan, you can pause your payments for 3 months to focus on your family.

We guarantee results to everyone who takes the program seriously and puts it into action – because we know the system works.

We’ve designed three distinct levels of support to match different goals, starting points, and levels of support.

Training: Your Self-Paced Foundation

Perfect for self-motivated learners who thrive with flexibility. You’ll get lifetime access to 9 comprehensive playbooks, 35+ proven tools and templates, live training sessions through December 2026, and our vibrant 1,000+ member Slack community. Learn at your own pace without sacrificing quality—everything is designed to fit into your life, not the other way around. Plus, with updates included forever, you’ll never fall behind as AI evolves.

Coaching: Accelerate with Expert Guidance

Everything in Training, plus six months of hands-on support. Join weekly live coaching calls for expert feedback on your actual client projects, and attend tech office hours to get your “how do I build this?” questions answered. Between calls, get your questions answered in our private Slack coaching channel. This level is ideal if you want to move faster, need nuanced guidance, or simply prefer learning through active participation.

Hybrid Consulting: Your Partner in Success

Our most personalized option combines everything from Training and Coaching with white-glove support. Get up to 10 hours of done-for-you implementation from our senior developers, join intimate advisory sessions (limited to 5 people) for advanced or confidential topics, and enjoy unlimited 1-on-1 private messaging with our expert team. Pay in full and bring a team member free. This is for those ready to go all-in—or those who need extra support to get there.

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At this point, we’ve covered a lot.

• The $19 trillion AI economy
• The $3.2 trillion market for AI consultants
• 189 niches that AI consultants can specialize in
• Rates that AI consultants are charging right now
• The 3 reasons why AI consultants fail
• The Trusted Advisor Framework you can use to win
• The AI Consultancy Project system with all 4 layers of support
• Actual examples from students inside our program

But there’s something else I didn’t cover — which are realistic expectations for you to have about what it takes to be successful.

Based on existing student feedback, I’ve modeled this for you to be successful with an average time investment of 5 hours per week. Naturally, if you put in more, you’ll likely get more out of this.

That being said, I can’t guarantee the $250K profit per year outcome.

That would be (1) illegal and (2) misleading, because the only guaranteed outcome in life is mortality – everything else is a probability, which means there is risk. 

What I can guarantee is that I will provide to you the same level of service I have provided to both Fortune 500 clients and hundreds of AI Incubator students who have a 98.7% student success rate.

Originally, we invited just our existing IWAI members to join as founding members because we knew they’d bring their A-game and excitement just as they did in our other programs.

Now, with 1,000+ AI consultants in the program, we know we’re onto something special here, and are carefully opening our virtual enrollment doors to the kinds of professionals who find fun and fulfillment in creating businesses that are engineered for the future.

Just as we’ve done before with our other programs, we’re committed to having an exceptionally high success rate.

I want this program to be around for years to come – which means, ensuring that you get started on exceptionally strong footing. 

That means I’m also heavily motivated to see you become our next case study student that’s featured on this page and in our email newsletter to 100,000+ people.

Do I selfishly want to brag about you and see your story inspire the next wave of AI consultants?

Absolutely 🙂

Do I want you to surprise yourself with what you’re capable of?

Most definitely 😎.

Investing in yourself has, and always will be one of the most transformational gifts that you can give to yourself.

If everything you’ve read on this page makes sense to you, and you’re ready to step into a new chapter of AI service innovation, then I look forward to being there with you at every step of the way. 

To Your Consultancy,

– Rob Howard

Founder of Innovating with AI

(Questions? Text, WhatsApp or email me personally – +1 (888) 210-2282 / [email protected]).

PS – The AI Consultancy Project is designed to give you skills that go far beyond “AI”. I’ll be sharing with you both the fundamentals and advanced strategies I’ve used to grow my own $2M/year service business in a way that gives me more freedom, not less of it.

The goal of this is not to get you excited to sign up, invest money, and do nothing – the explicit goal is for you to learn forever applicable skills and to use the tools to create life-changing results, no matter which way the AI technology curve twists and turns.

Learn these skills once, and then use them for life.

Once you enroll, you’ll receive an email that walks you through our program, how to get access to our Slack community and more.

If you have any questions or concerns about the program, please send us a text message, WhatsApp message or email. We’re happy to help:

Text or WhatsApp: +1 (888) 210-2282 • [email protected]