★ The 60-minute on-ramp ★

How to
use Claude

You opened Claude, stared at the blank box, and closed it. In 5 short lessons, Claude becomes a coworker you actually use — every single day.

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The blank box is the problem.

Nobody struggles with Claude because it's hard. They struggle because a blank box gives zero hints about what's possible. This course replaces the blank box with five guided wins — so you finish knowing exactly what to ask, and how.

Claude reads your files Claude drives your browser Claude has a memory Claude drafts your emails Claude works while you sleep Claude reads your files Claude drives your browser Claude has a memory Claude drafts your emails Claude works while you sleep

By the end, you can actually do this.

Not theory. Concrete things you'll have done yourself by Lesson 5.

Create
  • Make Word docs, PDFs, and spreadsheets from scratch
  • Turn rough notes into a finished document
  • Build a simple tool in minutes, no code
Ask
  • Get answers grounded in your own files
  • Summarize something long into plain English
  • Compare options and lay out the trade-offs
Automate
  • Hand off a repetitive task and walk away
  • Fill out forms in your browser
  • Schedule work to run on its own
Communicate
  • Draft emails that sound like you
  • Prep for a meeting in two minutes
  • Rewrite anything for a different audience
Organize
  • Clean up and rename a messy folder
  • Pull key numbers out of a report
  • Keep notes and lists in order
Remember
  • Teach Claude once; it remembers next time
  • Keep context across days and chats
  • Build your own personalized coworker

You don't memorize these. You learn the 5 fundamentals, then point Claude at anything. ↓

First — what is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is the desktop version of Claude AI — the version that can access your files, drive your browser, run multi-step workflows, and execute real tasks on your computer. Made by Anthropic.

Cowork is different from Claude Chat. Chat is a smart conversational tool — you ask questions, it answers. Cowork is a coworker — you give it tasks, it does them.

Inside Cowork, Claude can:

  • Read every file in a folder you give it access to
  • Create real Excel files, Word documents, and PDFs and save them to your computer
  • Drive your Chrome browser — open pages, fill forms, pull data
  • Connect to your Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, and other tools
  • Install skills — packaged instruction sets that specialize it
  • Run scheduled tasks in the background
Important: Cowork is desktop only. Mac and Windows. Phone Claude is Chat. iPad Claude is Chat. Only the Cowork desktop app actually does the work.

Learn Claude. Inside Claude.

Every lesson runs inside the Claude app itself — Claude is the teacher, the chat is the classroom, and the lesson adapts to your work, your files, your goals. No generic tutorial. No talking head. Just you and Claude, the same way you will use it after.

Lesson 1 running inside the Claude desktop app — Claude greets the learner and the WhereToBegin.ai course skill is loaded in the right sidebar.
★ Live in Cowork ★

If you've ever

Opened Claude, typed "write me an email," and closed it
Watched a YouTube walkthrough and thought "okay, but now what"
Felt like everyone else gets AI and you missed the memo
Paid for a Claude plan and used it twice
Wondered if you're just typing the wrong things

→ Keep reading. This is for you.

60 minutes gets you:

Lesson 1

Claude learns your name, role, and what you do. Every conversation gets personalized.

Lesson 2

Claude drives your browser and fills out a real form while you watch.

Lessons 3–4

Claude creates real Excels, Word docs, and PDFs and saves them to your computer.

Lesson 3

Claude has a memory. It remembers what you taught it across days, chats, and projects.

Lesson 5

Claude drafts your Gmail or Outlook replies. You review and send.

Julia thought Claude couldn't help her.

Julia runs a small cleaning company — four crews, a few dozen regular clients. Every Friday she sits down with a stack of job sheets and does the part of the work nobody pays you for: turning each sheet into an invoice, then writing the same email to every client — "here's this week's invoice, thanks again, let me know if we missed anything." Two, three hours. Every single week.

She told me Claude couldn't help with that. "It's too specific to my business," she said.

"It's too specific. It'll never get my invoices right."
— Julia, before

So I sat next to her. We opened Cowork and pointed it at the folder where her job sheets live. I said: "Read this week's sheets and draft an invoice for each client."

Ninety seconds later — every invoice built, every amount right, every client name correct. Then I said: "Now write the follow-up email to go with each one, in my voice." Claude drafted all of them. Julia changed two words and hit send.

Her Friday admin — the thing that used to swallow her whole afternoon — took about two minutes. She didn't lift a finger except to approve it.

She thought it'd save a few minutes. It gave her back every Friday afternoon2+ hours a week.

Now picture that across everything you repeat. ↓

Why most people use Claude wrong.

Five rules separate the people who get hours of their time back, versus the people who try it once and quit.

01

Assume Claude can do it.

If a task is repetitive, ask Claude first.

02

If it's in a file, give it.

Drop it in the Cowork folder; Claude reads it.

03

Talk like a coworker.

No special phrases. Ask like you'd ask a person.

04

Speed up by slowing down.

Train Claude today; tomorrow goes faster.

05

Keep the human in the loop.

Claude drafts; you review and send.

Learning Cowork is like learning to cook.

Most "AI courses" try to teach you 500 use cases. That's not how anyone actually uses tools.

Real cooks don't memorize 500 recipes. They learn five fundamentals — heat, salt, fat, acid, time — and then walk into any kitchen knowing they can figure out dinner.

Cowork works the same way. You don't need 500 prompts. You need five fundamentals — the rules above. After that, you can throw any task at Claude and figure out the rest.

Five lessons. Then you cook on your own.

Within just the first week of using Claude.

I don't know how I got through the work day before this.

— Sarah · insurance agency owner

I feel so silly because I've been using Claude for months and didn't realize how basic my use was. I feel like a super user now.

— Brianna · retail store co-founder

I can finally go on vacation. This is crazy.

— Ayla · operations manager, distribution facility

★ 30+ small business owners have turbocharged their Claude skills with this course ★

5 lessons. 1 coworker. $197.

L1 · Free~15 min

Day one with your new coworker.

You walk away with a Word doc Claude made for you, Claude knowing your name and what you do, and two of the five frameworks already learned.

The "oh wow" moment

L2~10 min

Let Claude drive your browser.

Claude fills out a real form and submits it while you watch — your first hands-off task.

Replaces $50/hr of help, every week

L3~12 min

Folders, files, and memory.

Claude builds a custom Excel for your actual work, then remembers you across chats via Projects.

Replaces $150/hr consultants

L4~12 min

Two Excels in. One PDF out. Form submitted.

You run a real multi-step automation end-to-end — two files merged, one PDF generated, the data submitted online.

Replaces hours of "I'll do it later"

L5~10 min

Skills & Connectors.

You install a free skill, connect Gmail or Outlook, and have a real email draft waiting in your drafts folder.

Replaces 30 min/day of email triage

If you hired someone to set this up
$500+ to start
Your price
$197 one-time
less than one dinner out ★

There's more — if you want it.

The five lessons teach you the fundamentals. From there, you can take any task and figure out the rest — that's the whole point.

But Claude keeps getting new capabilities. Every month Ben drops a new lesson covering one: scheduled tasks, calendar invites, proposal skills, the works.

When you finish Lesson 5, you'll get a short email with an optional monthly subscription. Skip it if you want. Just the door, open.

Money back if it's not for you.

♡ The Promise

$197 buys you all five lessons forever — no subscription, no expiration, no surprise charges. If you finish Lesson 5 and Claude isn't saving you at least an hour a week, email Ben. Full refund. No questions.

Lesson 1 is free. Start today.

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Quick answers.

Do I need to be technical?
No. If you can use Microsoft Word, you can do this. You talk to Claude like a coworker — no code, no syntax, no special phrases.
I'm a total beginner — is that okay?
That's exactly who this is for. The free onboarding takes you from zero to ready in about 10 minutes, then Lesson 1 gives you your first real win.
What is "Cowork"?
The desktop version of Claude — the one with file and browser access. You'll need a Claude paid plan ($20/month, paid to Anthropic — separate from this course) to use it. The course walks you through setup.
How long does it take?
8–15 minutes per lesson. About one hour total for the first five — do them on your own schedule.
Is this a subscription?
No. $197 one-time gets you all five lessons forever. After Lesson 5 you'll get an email about an optional monthly subscription for new lessons — separate, optional, opt-in.
Will this work with my Gmail/Outlook?
Both. Lesson 1 asks which you use, and Lesson 5 sets up the connector.

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