Teaching my first 'AI for small business' night class. What would you include?

From two years of help-table questions: the number one need is 'how do I know if this is true?' Put checking answers in week one, not week seven. Number two is 'is it safe to paste my customer list in here?', so privacy belongs early too.

I'm your target student. What I needed: rotas, menus, a grant application and replying to reviews. I did not need to know how it works inside. Give every week a real task people can take home and use on Monday.

Teacher tip: have everyone bring one real task from their business to week one, and make the final project 'improve that task'. Motivation stays high because it's their own work, not a case study.

Our First Week With an AI Assistant plan might work as homework between sessions, since it's seven short exercises. And I'd cut 'choosing tools' down to one session. The tools change monthly; the habits don't.

Add pricing and quoting. Small businesses undercharge constantly, and an assistant is surprisingly good at helping you work out a quote and write it up professionally.