LevelUp Local LevelUp Local
Two-Hour Workshop
Hosted by Tal Swicegood
Now booking · Spring 2026

HIRE YOUR FIRST A.I. employee.

Stop using AI as a search engine. Hire it. Delegate the work that's keeping you small. Find the superpowers you didn't know you had.

For owners, operators, and anyone who's been copying and pasting from a chatbot.

Real leverage. Real delegation. Real superpowers.

The Hire

Anything you can do on a computer.

The work you'd give a smart assistant — if you could afford one. Sends emails. Drafts replies. Schedules calls. Pulls reports. Posts to social. Updates your site. Researches. Follows up. Replies to reviews. Books the call.

$20/month · Never sleeps · Gets better the more you use it.

01 — Delegate

Stop being the bottleneck.

You're the only person who can do half the work in your business. That's the ceiling. Hand the work that doesn't actually need you to an AI employee, and the ceiling moves.

02 — Scale without hiring

$20/month, not $4,000.

A part-time assistant runs $2,000/month before benefits. An AI employee runs $20/month and works around the clock. That's not a productivity tweak. That's leverage.

03 — Find the work you love

The superpowers you've been waiting for.

Once the AI is doing the rest, you're left with the work that actually requires you. The strategy. The relationships. The decisions. The work you got into business for.

The Method

Three steps to build anything.

The same method we use in every workshop. By step three the work you just built becomes a permanent capability — an AI employee that runs the job on demand, forever.

Step 01
01
Brainstorm.

What do you wish you didn't have to do? Talk it through with the AI. The job, the tone, the rules. The clearer you are, the cleaner it works.

Step 02
02
Implement.

Build it live. Wire it to your accounts. Watch it run the job for the first time. Tweak as you go — by the end of step two you've already shipped something useful.

Step 03
03
Save it as a skill.

The work you just built becomes a permanent capability. Call it up by name any time you need it. Want a new one tomorrow? Repeat steps one and two. Your AI gets stronger every time.

Not This

A chatbot.

A box on a website that answers questions when prompted. Useful, but it does not do anything. It waits.

This

A digital employee.

Receives the work, executes the work, reports back. Owns its tasks. Reports to you.

Reviews

Proof.

Real receipts from real attendees. Screenshots are unedited.

Featured — $26K saved in two days
"You just saved me over $26,000 a year — in two days."
— Workshop attendee · text message after session two
Text message screenshot from a workshop attendee saying 'You just save me over $26,000 a year in 2 days!'
More from the room
Five-star Google review from Brock Girard: practical, clear, and actually useful — not just hype
— Brock Girard · Google · 5★
Five-star Google review from Cody Ackley: 'Tal would be my go-to every single time'
— Cody Ackley · Google · 5★
Five-star Google review from James Johnson about saving time on invoicing and estimates
— James Johnson · Google · 5★
Comment from Jordan Hardgrave: 'Worth every penny but honestly extremely under priced. $750 Tal? This should be $30,000.'
— Jordan Hardgrave · Facebook
Featured — On camera with Jordan
"Worth every penny but honestly extremely under priced. $750 Tal? This should be $30,000."
— Jordan Hardgrave · Facebook
— Jordan Hardgrave · video testimonial
Get the Pass

One pass. Use it when you can.

Buy the pass. We email you the next available dates. You pick whichever one works. If none of them do, the next batch is never more than a few weeks away.

Workshop Pass
Your First
AI Hire.
$750
Two hours · in person
Where — Russellville, AR
Bring — Laptop + $20/mo cloud sub
Reserve a seat

Drop your name. Pick any session below.

You'll get a confirmation and the venue address. The pass is good for any session — pick whichever fits.

Upcoming Sessions
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    Every week you wait is another week of doing it yourself. Your AI hire starts the day you do.

    Three Ways In

    Pick the pace that fits.

    Whether you have $750 and two hours, $29 and a weekend, or just an internet connection — there's a path.

    Recommended
    01 — Workshop
    Your First AI Hire
    $750 · 2 hours · in-person

    In person. Hands-on. Real leverage in one afternoon. The pass is good for any upcoming session.

    02 — Book
    Your First AI Employee
    $29 · self-paced · paperback + ebook

    The same playbook, on your own time. Build the role, write the prompt, stand one up at your desk.

    Your
    First AI
    Employee
    Tal Swicegood
    03 — Free
    Showcase + Blog
    Free · self-serve · no signup

    Watch real builds. Read how each piece works. Try it yourself with what you've already got.

    Tal Swicegood
    Instructor
    Hosted by

    Tal Swicegood.

    Five years in as an entrepreneur. College dropout. Has spent that time working alongside entrepreneurs and business owners across the country — and around the world — putting AI to actual work.

    Companies hire Tal to install AI inside their teams now. But the small workshops in Russellville are still his favorite thing he does — watching a small-business owner walk out with a working AI hire is the part of the job that never gets old.

    He keeps the technical stuff plain and gets out of the way. Local businesses deserve the same AI advantages big tech already has — that's why this workshop exists.

    5
    years as an entrepreneur
    100s
    small-business owners trained
    From the room
    Tal presenting during a workshop session
    Workshop attendees focused on building during a session
    Tal coaching an attendee through a live build
    A candid attendee moment from the workshop room
    Tal presenting during a prior workshop session
    Attendees focused on building during a prior session
    Wide view of a prior LevelUp Local workshop in session
    Tal walking through an AI demo with the room
    Final Call

    Stop trading hours for work AI could do for you.

    Buy the workshop pass. We send you the next available dates. You walk in with a laptop and walk out with an AI employee that does real work.

    $750 · Pass
    Use it
    when you can.
    Get the pass — $750 Hire your AI Russellville · AR · In person
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