It Started with a PROMPT
The Founder's Guide to Building with AI
By Girish Kotte
This isn't a book about AI.
It's a book about building - with AI.
No fluff. No theory.
Just founder-tested prompts, workflows, and systems
that turn AI into your first real teammate.
Solo founder building your first MVP? Startup leader ready to scale? This book gives you battle-tested strategies from real projects. Every prompt, framework, and workflow has been proven across dozens of startups and enterprises. Available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback (ISBN: 979-8227277589).
What You'll Master
- 🧑💻 Code
- ✍️ Content
- 🎯 Sales
- 🚀 Operations
12 Founder-Focused Chapters
- Foundation - Why AI prompting is your startup's secret weapon
- Prompt Architecture - Build prompts that work like your best employees
- AI Mindset - Think like the models powering your growth
- Advanced Systems - RAG, reasoning & retrieval for data-driven decisions
- Workflow Automation - Replace manual tasks with intelligent systems
- Multimodal Operations - Code, design, voice & visual content at scale
- Startup Tech Stack - OpenAI, local models, prompt management tools
- Performance Metrics - Test & optimize your AI workflows like product features
- Startup Case Studies - Dev, marketing, sales, customer success wins
- AI-First Products - Ship intelligent features that customers love
- Future-Proof Strategy - AI agents, RAG systems & competitive moats
- Scaling with AI - From solo founder to AI-powered team leader
Startup-Proven Frameworks
CLEAR, CoT, ReACT, Role Prompting, RAG, Multi-Agent, Function-Calling, Self-Ask, DELTA + 15 more growth-hacking methods
Founder's Toolkit
- Development - Code generation, debugging, architecture
- Marketing - Content creation, campaigns, social media
- Sales - Outreach, presentations, deal closing
- Operations - Process automation, team management
- Fundraising - Pitch decks, investor outreach, due diligence
What's Inside
- Book Preview - PDF flip & screenshots
- Templates - 200+ ready-to-use prompts
- System Flowcharts - Visual workflow diagrams
- Real AI Examples - Live prompt demonstrations
Find out more about the Author
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about 'It Started with a PROMPT'
'It Started with a PROMPT: The Founder's Guide to Building with AI' is a hands-on guide by Girish Kotte. It teaches founders how to use AI to scale 10x faster. Topics include prompt engineering, AI automation, workflow tuning, and real-world strategies for code, content, sales, and operations - all without hiring massive teams.
This book is for startup founders, entrepreneurs, solo developers, and business owners who want to grow faster with AI. Building an AI product or adding AI to your existing business? You get battle-tested frameworks and 200+ ready-to-use prompts to start right away.
You'll learn prompt architecture and engineering basics, plus how to build AI workflows that replace manual tasks. The book also covers RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems, multimodal AI for code/design/content, AI-first products, scaling with AI agents, and frameworks like CLEAR, CoT, ReACT, and 15+ more growth-hacking methods.
Yes! The book includes 200+ ready-to-use prompt templates, system flowcharts, visual workflow diagrams, real AI examples with live demos, and case studies from dev, marketing, sales, and customer success. You'll have everything you need to start using AI in your business right away.
This isn't theory - it's a practical playbook for founders. Every strategy, prompt, and framework has been battle-tested in real startups. Girish Kotte wrote it from his experience founding LeoRix and TradersHub Ninja and helping hundreds of founders adopt AI. It's focused on results, not concepts.
The book is on Amazon (ISBN: 979-8227277589) in Kindle and paperback. Visit book.gkotte.com for more details, chapter previews, and bonus resources.
Girish Kotte is the author - an AI entrepreneur, AWS Solutions Architect, and founder of LeoRix (FoundersHub AI) and TradersHub Ninja. He serves as AI/DevOps Architect at QliqSOFT and AI Advisor at Startups.com. After helping hundreds of founders adopt AI, he packed those lessons into this book.