AI Solopreneur Guide
Run a whole company with AI, one function at a time
Every company has 12 functions. Learn to move each one up the Automation Ladder (AI-assisted, automated flows, custom apps and portals, AI agents with your approval) while the decisions that matter stay with you.
Your Company OS
Map yours →An example: Quillnote (fictional). Map your own company to colour your wheel.
- Strategy: not mapped yet
- Product: level 0
- Engineering: level 1
- Marketing: level 1
- Sales: not mapped yet
- Customer support: level 0
- Operations & delivery: not mapped yet
- Finance & accounting: level 0
- Legal & compliance: not mapped yet
- People & contractors: not mapped yet
- Data & reporting: level 0
- Security: level 0
- L0 Manual
- L1 AI-assisted
- L2 Automated flows
- L3 Custom app / portal
- L4 AI agent + human approval
- L5 Autonomous + monitoring
- not mapped
Your progress
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The 12 functions
- StrategyVision, priorities, pricing and the big bets — what the company does next and why.
- ProductDeciding what to build: research, roadmap, specs and feedback loops.
- EngineeringBuilding, shipping and running the product itself.
- MarketingGetting found: content, social, ads, SEO and the brand.
- SalesTurning interest into revenue: leads, demos, proposals and closing.
- Customer supportAnswering customers fast and keeping them happy after they buy.
- Operations & deliveryDelivering what was sold, on time: processes, fulfilment, suppliers.
- Finance & accountingInvoices, payments, bookkeeping, cash flow and taxes.
- Legal & complianceContracts, terms, privacy requests and the rules that apply to you.
- People & contractorsFinding, onboarding and managing freelancers and helpers.
- Data & reportingKnowing your numbers: dashboards, metrics and weekly reviews.
- SecurityProtecting accounts, keys, customer data and the AI tools you run.