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It Started with a PROMPT

The Founder's Guide to Building with AI

By Girish Kotte

Book

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.

Scale your startup 10x faster with AI - from writing code and creating content to closing deals and managing operations, all without hiring massive teams.

What You'll Master

  • 🧑‍💻 Code
  • ✍️ Content
  • 🎯 Sales
  • 🚀 Operations

12 Founder-Focused Chapters

  1. Foundation - Why AI prompting is your startup's secret weapon
  2. Prompt Architecture - Build prompts that work like your best employees
  3. AI Mindset - Think like the models powering your growth
  4. Advanced Systems - RAG, reasoning & retrieval for data-driven decisions
  5. Workflow Automation - Replace manual tasks with intelligent systems
  6. Multimodal Operations - Code, design, voice & visual content at scale
  7. Startup Tech Stack - OpenAI, local models, prompt management tools
  8. Performance Metrics - Test & optimize your AI workflows like product features
  9. Startup Case Studies - Dev, marketing, sales, customer success wins
  10. AI-First Products - Ship intelligent features that customers love
  11. Future-Proof Strategy - AI agents, RAG systems & competitive moats
  12. 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

  1. Book Preview - PDF flip & screenshots
  2. Templates - 200+ ready-to-use prompts
  3. System Flowcharts - Visual workflow diagrams
  4. Real AI Examples - Live prompt demonstrations

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