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Week 1 of 8

Tech Foundations & Builder Setup

A workspace that ships.

You can now spin up a deployed web property in under an hour, and read the structure of any modern web app.

3-hour live session · 90 min theory · 90 min hands-on · plus one exercise

The 3-hour live session

Theory grounds you. Hands-on lands it. Both happen in the same Saturday session.

Theory

90 min

Stop being scared of the terminal. We set everyone on the same baseline - the tech mental models PMs usually skip (databases, APIs, the cloud), in plain language, no jargon. A quick tour through 70 years of software shows why right now is the most accessible moment to learn this. Then the workflow that working PMs actually use: Git as a decision log, Claude Code as a daily driver, deploys that happen on every push. By the end the engineering 'magic' looks like the boring infrastructure it actually is.

Hands-on

90 min

You'll drag your LinkedIn PDF into a Claude Code terminal and watch a personal site appear. Push it to GitHub, see it deploy automatically, and share a live URL with your name on it before the session ends. There will be friction - we work through it in breakouts. The rush of pointing your friend at yourname.curious.pm is the real take-home.

Try this

Your exercise for the week

Make yourname.curious.pm yours. Customize the portfolio Claude generated. Add one project you're proud of, write a short bio in your voice. Bring the link to next Saturday.

From past cohorts

The moment that lands

A Cohort 1 participant deployed her first live site on Day 1 - before any AI content had been taught. "I'm thrilled to share I've published my first web page online today!" I re-tell this every Week 1 opener.

What I'll keep saying

  • I do everything on the terminal itself. I don't even log into the main Claude interface anymore.
  • It will be slightly messy initially. Not because the programming is hard, but because the learning isn't linear.
  • Show up even if you don't feel like it. That alone does 50% of the work.

Want this week in your real life?

DM me on WhatsApp or book a 30-minute call. The cohort is 12 to 18 PMs and I personally vet every applicant.