Practical guides for founders who'd rather ship than research.
Each guide is the same shape: a focused PDF + online edition with lifetime updates. Written by Adam Y. — built from real automations, not opinions.
7 guides shipped.
The Smart Starter's Guide to Business Automation
A practical, opinionated guide to choosing between native integrations, Zapier, Make, and self-hosted N8N — written for founders who'd rather ship than research.
PDF + online edition · 20 chapters · 17,489 words · ~75 min reading time
The Smart Starter's Guide to Building a Tech Stack
Choose the right tools before you automate them. A free-first framework, stack templates by business type, and a roadmap for upgrading as you grow.
PDF + online edition · 11 chapters · 3,854 words · ~15 min reading time
The Solopreneur's Operating System
Run everything with one person and smart systems. Recover 8–12 hours per week from low-value admin and take a week off without your business falling apart.
PDF + online edition · 11 chapters · 4,410 words · ~20 min reading time
The Entrepreneur's Data Playbook
What to actually track, and how to make it useful. The five numbers that matter, your first dashboard, and how to make decisions with imperfect data.
PDF + online edition · 11 chapters · 4,445 words · ~20 min reading time
The Smart Starter's Guide to AI Tools for Business
Practical AI use, no hype. Four use cases that save real time, the core toolkit, prompt engineering basics, and a 30-minute daily AI routine.
PDF + online edition · 11 chapters · 5,154 words · ~20 min reading time
The Smart Starter's Guide to No-Code Apps
Build tools and products without a developer. The build vs buy framework, the layered no-code stack, and where the ceiling is — so you know when to switch.
PDF + online edition · 10 chapters · 5,165 words · ~25 min reading time
Hiring Your First AI Employee
Building AI agents that actually do the work. Three jobs to hire AI for first, the agent loop, and how to monitor + train an agent without losing control.
PDF + online edition · 10 chapters · 4,780 words · ~20 min reading time
Buy them together.
The guides are designed to be read together. Two bundle options below — one access code unlocks every included guide.
The Smart Starter's Bundle — Operations Core
The four operations guides every founder needs first: pick the right tools, run them efficiently, automate the repetitive parts, and track what matters. Save vs. buying separately.
The Smart Starter's Full Series — All 7 Guides
The complete library: operations, automation, data, AI, and no-code — every Smart Starter's Guide in one bundle. The full operator's playbook for building a small business in 2026.
More guides coming.
Each guide takes the same shape as the first — a tight, opinionated handbook on one founder problem. If there's a topic you'd buy, tell me about it.