Founding 250 · Free For Life · After That $99/mo
AI for
every
professional.
Free to join. Built to deploy.
AI Launchpad is a live community where professionals, small business owners, and educators learn to put AI to work. Join free as a Cadet or claim free Commander access before the 250 founding spots fill.
Founding 250 · Free For Life
AI Launchpad
250
Founding Member Spots
First 250 founding members get Commander free for life. After 250, it goes to $99/month. Your rate never changes.
Cadet
Free
Forever
Commander
Free
/ $99/mo after 250
250 founding spots. Free for life. $99/mo after that.
Who It's For
Built for people
who actually
do things.
AI Launchpad is not a course you buy and forget. It is a live community where you learn alongside people at the same stage, with four coaches who each bring a different lens to the same problem.
Small Business Owners
You wear every hat. AI gives you leverage without adding headcount. We show you exactly where to start.
Educators and Trainers
AI is already changing how students learn and how educators teach. Get ahead of it on your terms.
Professionals and Consultants
Your clients are asking questions you should already have answers to. Launchpad gets you there fast.
Operators Ready to Go Deeper
Launchpad is the starting point. For operators in specific industries, it feeds directly into AI Crew Call.
This is for you if...
- You know AI is important but have no idea where to start in your actual work
- You have tried a few tools and want to understand how to connect them into something useful
- You want to learn alongside peers, not watch pre-recorded videos alone
- You are an educator, consultant, or business owner who needs practical skills, not certifications
- You want free access now and the option to go deeper when you are ready
This is not for you if...
- You want someone to build AI for you without learning anything yourself
- You are looking for enterprise-level implementation (that is LaunchReady Consulting)
- You are a moving industry operator looking for vertical-specific training (that is AI Crew Call)
Four Tracks
One community.
Four ways to
learn.
Every track runs inside the same community. You are not siloed. You learn from all four coaches and choose the path that fits where you are right now.
AI Track
Harrison Painter
The tools, frameworks, and workflows that make AI actually work inside a business. From prompt engineering to agent building.
- Prompt engineering and context design
- AI workflow building
- Tool selection and integration
- Moving from experimenting to deploying
Small Business Track
Jeffrey Najar
AI through the lens of a small business owner. Where it saves money, where it makes money, and where it is not worth your time.
- AI for sales and lead generation
- Customer communication and follow-up
- Operations and admin automation
- Cost vs. return decision making
Education Track
Ronda Schwartz
AI in learning environments. How educators and trainers use it to save time, personalize instruction, and prepare students for what is coming.
- AI for curriculum and lesson design
- Student engagement tools
- Assessment and feedback automation
- AI policy and academic integrity
Design Thinking Track
Jason Padgett
How to frame problems before reaching for tools. Design thinking paired with AI gives you a way to solve the right problems, not just faster versions of the wrong ones.
- Problem framing and root cause
- Human-centered AI design
- Prototyping with AI tools
- From idea to working solution
What You Get
More than a
community.
A system.
Weekly Live Sessions
Four coaches, four tracks, live every week. Ask questions, work through problems, and leave with something you can use the same day.
Prompt Libraries
Pre-built prompts for your track. Not generic. Built for small business owners, educators, and consultants who need to move fast.
Session Recordings
Every session recorded and searchable. Miss a week or want to revisit something — it is all there.
Peer Community
A community of people at the same stage. Share what is working, ask what is not, and learn faster from people facing the same problems.
Accountability and Homework
Each session ends with one specific action. The community holds you to it. This is how skills actually become habits.
Path to Commander
Ready to go deeper? Commander unlocks advanced curriculum, hot seat coaching, and direct access to all four coaches outside of live sessions.
Membership Tiers
Start free.
Go deeper
when ready.
No credit card to join. No pressure to upgrade. The free tier is genuinely useful. Commander is for the people who want more access, more coaching, and faster results.
Cadet
Free Forever
$0
/ forever
- Full community access
- Weekly live session access
- All four track content
- Session recordings
- Peer community and discussions
- Basic prompt library
Founding 250 · Free For Life
Commander
Go Deeper
Free
/ founding 250
$99/mo after founding 250
- Everything in Cadet
- Advanced curriculum and deep dives
- Hot seat coaching every cycle
- Direct access to all four coaches
- Advanced prompt library and templates
- Priority community support
- Early access to new tools and resources
- 40% referral commission on every Commander you refer
- Pathway to AI Crew Call industry communities
Free for founding members. $99/mo after 250 spots fill.
Commander Referral Program
Refer people.
Earn 40% back.
Every Commander member gets a referral link. When someone joins Commander through your link, you earn 40% of their monthly payment. Every month. For as long as they stay.
Join as Commander
$99/month founding rate. Locked forever.
Share your link
Every Commander member gets a unique referral link.
Earn 40% monthly
Paid every month for as long as your referral stays.
The Math
Referrals
Monthly Earn
Annual
3 referrals
$119/mo
$1,428
5 referrals
$198/mo
$2,376
10 referrals
$396/mo
$4,752
10 referrals covers
A car payment. Every month.
Commission paid monthly. Available to Commander members only.
Your Coaches
Four experts.
One room.
Every week.
Each coach brings a different background. Together they cover every angle of putting AI to work in the real world.
AI Track
Harrison Painter
Harrison Painter spent nearly 20 years in marketing before going all-in on AI. He founded a company that was acquired by a public company, worked in Hollywood, and now runs LaunchReady.ai. He facilitates the AI Certification Course at Ivy Tech and co-created the nation's first high school AI internship. Author of Indiana's first best-selling AI for Small Business book.
Small Business Track
Jeffrey Najar
Jeffrey Najar has spent nearly 30 years in sales, marketing, and business operations across companies of all sizes. As a partner at Horsepower Marketing, he helps entrepreneurs and small businesses put AI to work where it matters most: cutting costs, improving sales, and building systems that scale. BS in Marketing from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Education Track
Ronda Schwartz
Ronda Schwartz has spent 25+ years in education as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and executive director across Indianapolis schools. She holds a Master's in Education Leadership from Indiana University and is passionate about bringing AI into teaching and learning to prepare students for their future, not our past.
Design Thinking Track
Jason Padgett
Jason Padgett brings 15+ years inside healthcare, education, nonprofit, and workforce development organizations. He specializes in design thinking, no-code system architecture, and translating between technical teams and the business leaders who need to trust them. Host of the AGI Podcast and publisher of the No-Code CAIO newsletter for non-technical professionals.
250 founding spots. Free for life.
Your AI operating
system
starts here.
Join free as a Cadet. Or claim free Commander access before the 250 founding spots fill. Free for life. Plus earn 40% commission on every Commander you refer.
Free forever as a Cadet. Founding Commander access is free for life. $99/mo after 250 spots.