LEAP Cohort 1 · Kickoff Thu Jun 4 · ReCity Durham · Window closes May 30
In 4 weeks you walk out with a shipped agent — not more theory. Built on your real data, with you, by an operator who scaled four companies across three continents. If it doesn't ship by week 4, you don't pay.
02 — The mirror before the map
You just read "95% use AI. 5% build the factory." Before the map, the mirror. It's likely one of these four is yours — not on paper, in the body. In how the week ends.
Inbox at 247. You haven't replied to a donor since Friday.
You wrote the grant. You ran the gala. You hired the program director. The one thing that didn't fit in your week is the part that compounds — every unanswered donor email is a relationship leaking heat.
AI didn't become staff. It became another tab you forget to open.
Sunday. Spreadsheet open. Agency invoice on the side.
Three vendors. Two contractors. One agency. Every one says they'll automate the boring part. Nine months later you still write the brief, paste the data, format the deck. The expensive part isn't software. It's the translation tax.
ChatGPT helped twice. You forgot which prompt worked.
Tuesday before standup. Weekly report still half-built.
Source the data. Reconcile two systems. Build the chart. Caption the chart. Write the summary nobody clicks. You've asked twice if anyone uses it — answer was 'sure, super helpful' both times. Nothing changed.
You don't need a tool. You need someone to do the report.
Friday afternoon. Three intake forms unanswered.
You know who showed up to which event. Who's a maybe. Who quietly stopped renewing. None of it is anywhere a teammate could pick up if you took a week off. The hub is the brain. The brain is the bottleneck.
You need a second brain that actually answers email.
Everything I described above has the same name underneath. Not lack of capacity. Not lack of will. It's the five floors nobody showed you existed. We call it the iceberg. I'm going to walk you down it now — one floor at a time.
Show me the map ↓03 — Iceberg · 5 floors · 1 descent
Above the waterline: ChatGPT, Cursor, Make, Lovable. 95% lives here. Not weak — just surface. Below, five floors nobody walked you through. Switching tabs isn't descending. Paying more isn't descending.
F0 · WATERLINE · ChatGPT · Cursor · Make · Lovable
Where 95% lives today. We call it "using AI."
F1 · SCOPE
WEEK 1 · 1-page briefPick the single weekly task that's worth a 4-week build. We say no to ideas that won't ship. 1-page brief by Friday of week 1.
F2 · METHOD
WEEK 1-2 · 3-step loopThe 3-step loop, scored on Impact × EV × Feasibility. Same loop every cohort, every agent — that's why we can guarantee shipping.
F3 · DATA
WEEK 2-3 · investor-defensibleReal operating data, never synthetic. Every metric cites its source. ZERO FABRICATION is a discipline, not a slogan — it's why these agents survive in front of investors.
F4 · SHIP
WEEK 4 · or refundWeek 4. The agent runs without you for 5 consecutive days. Recorded demo + published case study. If it didn't ship — full refund, no questions, no retention call.
F5 · COMPOUND
MONTH 2-6 · soloYou walk out with the method, the stack, and the rhythm. Agent #2 by month 2 — solo. Agent #5 by month 6. One seat. Methodology that compounds forever.
I don't sell the map. I sell the descent. It's what separates who uses AI from who commands it. Five floors shown. Now I show you who already walked down them — by name, with their agent in their hands.
04 — Real evidence · who descended
You saw the map. Here are three people who already walked it — a founder, a partner, a fellow operator. The method doesn't change. What changes is what each one brought back from the descent.
Pedro + Ronan · in person · ReCity Durham
Pedro Verissimo
Founder · Quadra Soccer · Knightdale NC
"I have experienced a significant shift in my approach to operations, allowing me to redirect the time typically consumed by recurring tasks into shaping what 'The Park' will look and feel like."
— Pedro Verissimo · full post on LinkedIn ↗
What shipped on his real operating data
raise target
fields planned
window
● CASE 02 · PARTNER · RECITY NETWORK
"Working with Ronan on how to use AI to improve our website, attract more potential members and people interested in events. It has been a fantastic process."
● CASE 03 · OPERATOR · CHURNDEFENSE · 50 SEC
“Ronan does not sell theory. He runs the framework on his own companies first, then ships it. If you are deciding whether to spend 90 minutes with him — that is the call I would make.”
05 — Watch one get built
Same 3 stages you'll run in the cohort — capture, synthesize, deploy. Pick the chip closest to you. Watch the agent come together.
FIG L · LEAP LIVE — TRY IT
READY
1 · Pick the operator you are
2 · Workflow seeded
Donor thank-you letters
Awaiting start.
Patterns appear after capture completes.
Agent appears after synthesis completes.
Static preview · the real session uses your real data and tools.
Reserve a seat to do this with your data →★ Static demo. In the cohort, this runs on your data — and the agent is yours to keep.
06 — The promise · in writing
We will not promise
Anyone who promises revenue you don't control is selling you something else.
We do promise · in writing
If we miss W4 — full refund and you keep everything we built together.
Got it? Type READY to keep going.
07 — What's in the seat
Each line is a real deliverable already in the product — not a promise. The bundle that lands in your hands and your repo.
4 × 90-min live group sessions
Cohort cadence · Tue evenings
2 × 90-min 1:1 paired-build (W2)
We build the agent WITH you
Working AI agent on your real data
Portable .txt + Claude/ChatGPT · no SaaS lock-in
Published case study + before/after metrics
Yours to share · marketing fuel
Sector field playbook (10-org co-produced)
Cohort-only · peer-validated patterns
Pedro's Cohort 0 playbook walkthrough
Full factory floor · live commentary
30 days email support
Direct line to the operator for 30 days after cohort ends
ZERO FABRICATION discipline
Every metric cites its source · investor-safe
Guarantees · stacked
08 — The stack compounds
You walk out with the method, the stack, the rhythm. Every week saves more hours than the last. Freed time goes into the next agent.
Hours saved per week · cohort weeks 1 → 4
Hours back per week
Wk 1 → Wk 4
One agent in week 1. Three more in weeks 2–4. 6–8 hours back by month-end.
Week 4 · cohort
Agent #1
Built with us · 8 hrs/wk
Month 2
Agent #2
Solo · still inside 30-day email window
Month 3
Agent #3
Solo · method clicked
Month 5
Agent #4
Solo · entire workflow
Month 6+
Agent #5+
Factory runs itself
09 — One window · one cohort · no extension
The cohort is a small peer group — kept that way so the founder remembers your name and your weekly task. Paired-build sessions are scheduled to your calendar; ship-or-refund is real because the room is small enough to mean it. When the window closes May 30, that's the door. No extension.
ReCity Durham pilot
live workshop · 90 min · public
Application window closes
23:59 ET · last reservation accepted
Cohort 1 kickoff
Session 1 · scope · 90 min live
Ship week · capstone agents
5-day autonomous run on real data
● FAST-ACTION · 48H · COGNITIVE HEAD START
You start sketching your W1 brief 4 days before kickoff. By the first session you walk in with the task named, not still picking it. No fake bonus — just a head start.
Application window closes May 30 · 23:59 ET · regardless of timer.
10 — Reserve a seat · Cohort 1 · June 4
No bundle. No coordinator. A small peer group — each org reserves its own seat with email + name. Reserve in full, or hold a seat with $250. ReCity members: email [email protected] for priority access.
Mission-driven · 501(c)(3) or equivalent
Per-org pricing for nonprofits, B-corps, mission-driven SMBs.
For-profit SMBs · agencies · ops teams
Per-org pricing for for-profit orgs. Same cadence, same deliverables.
Need exclusivity / faster pace / sensitive data?
11 — Six questions · by persona
No code from you, ever. The agents are .txt prompt files plus tool wiring that run in Claude Pro or ChatGPT Plus. You watch the build happen in paired-programming style. The skill you walk out with is methodology + reading what the agent does — not engineering.
Every group session is recorded; the playbook is async-friendly. The 2 × 90-min 1:1 paired-build sessions in week 2 are scheduled to your calendar — those are non-negotiable. Group sessions you can catch on replay if life happens.
Week 3 is exactly when we tune to your taste. We don't stop tuning until your agent produces a 'good output' 8 of 10 tries — and you judge what 'good' means. If you reach week 4 and still don't think the agent is shippable, you trigger the W4 ship-or-refund clause.
A peer cohort shares one operator's time over four weeks — that's the entire economic mechanism. The cohort also produces a peer-validated playbook I reuse, so the work compounds for me too. No equity, no upsell, no retainer hidden in fine print.
Yes. ReCity members get first right of refusal before the cohort opens to the broader Triangle. Email [email protected] mentioning your membership and we'll hold a spot for 7 days.
Every signal we map to your org comes from what you provided in the diagnostic — verbatim. Cross-org synthesis uses anonymized patterns only. The sector playbook is peer-validated before it ships. Every metric in every deliverable cites its source.
12 — Today you decide
Which side of the waterline you walk out on.
The 95% stay on the surface. The 5% descend.
There's no third option.
Type SHIP to unlock the reserve button. Not a sale — a self-commitment.
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