Modern Builders Society
Run your business on AI. Then build it for your clients.
I took my traditional business and rebuilt it to run on AI. Inside, I show you exactly how mine works, and how I use the same tools to build systems and software for clients.
Modern Builders Society is for freelancers, consultants, and agency owners who do client work and want something new to offer. Biweekly live office hours, full recordings of real client builds, the skills I use in my own business, and somewhere to ask me things properly.
The courses cover what I've already figured out. The room is where you watch me figure out what's next, and take it to your own clients.
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Before you join
Let me tell you what this isn't.
You've seen the AI communities promising to make you rich. "Join my group and you'll get clients." "Members are hitting $10k/month." Leaderboards. Screenshots. Income claims.
That's not what this is. I'm not going to promise you a number. I don't know your clients, your market, or how hard you'll push, and anybody promising you a revenue figure without knowing those is guessing.
What I will give you is a path I've actually walked. Build it for your own business first, take it to a client who already trusts you, and price it so it's worth your time. My business runs on that loop now, and you get the whole thing in the open, including the parts that broke.
I'm also not trying to keep you here forever. My goal is for you to get good enough that you don't need this. If you join, get what you came for, and realize AI can handle most of what you were stuck on, that's a win, not a loss. I've outgrown plenty of groups myself, and I'd be a hypocrite to pretend you won't.
That's the trade. No hype, no promises about your bank account. Just the actual work, with me at the front of it.
Every other Wednesday
The calls are real. Here are the last four.
Live, on camera, no agenda. Bring what you are stuck on. Every session is recorded and the whole archive is inside, so missing one costs you nothing.
- Oct 7 Show Them Before You Sell
- Sep 23 Getting Paid for What We Build Now
- Sep 9 Astro From a URL Live, Going Up Market, and Making a Skill Your Own
- Aug 26 The Skills You Actually Want, Click Attribution, and Where Things Should Live
In the community
Ask a real question, get a real answer.
Here's one example. A member asked whether he should go deeper into GoHighLevel or rebuild his agency around AI. A few other members chimed in with what they've seen, and then I answered it properly, in two voice memos close to four minutes each.
You get the skills, the calls, and the recordings, but the bigger thing is having somewhere to bring a question like that, with people who are working through the exact same problem right now.
It's no secret this is a rough stretch for anyone who builds things for clients. Nobody has the whole answer yet, me included, so we're figuring it out together, and the people moving and implementing fast are the ones coming out ahead.
The path
From your own business to your first client system.
It's the order I went in. Every step already has real material inside, built for my own business or a client's first, then taken apart for members.
- 01
Build your own AIOS first
Run your own business on it before you sell it to anyone. It's where you learn what actually holds up, and it becomes the demo you show every client after.
Inside already
- AIOS Skeleton skill
- AIOS Audit skill
- Building an AIOS replay
- How I organize my AIOS
- 02
Pick the client, find the pain
Start with someone who already trusts you. Most of them can't name the problem, so you learn to hear it in how they describe their week.
Inside already
- AI Consulting and Client Workflows replay
- Seeing is Believing
- I lost a $55k project to the client's own developer
- 03
Build the prototype
A mockup in their business, with their info, before anyone pays you. It's the thing that turns a maybe into a yes.
Inside already
- Show Them Before You Sell replay
- Design Directions skill
- Astro From a URL skill
- Figma to Astro skill
- 04
Price it and pitch it
What I charge, how I scope it, and how I explain it to someone who has no idea what any of it means. The part most people building with AI never figure out.
Inside already
- Proposal Slide Decks skill
- Getting Paid for What We Build Now replay
- I think I've been pricing my software builds wrong
- 05
Ship it and keep it running
The build, the launch, and the monthly that keeps the client paying after it's live. Full recordings of real client projects, DNS cutover included.
Inside already
- Actual Work recordings
- WordPress to Astro Migration Kit
- The exact stacks I build on
Everything inside
One membership. No tiers. No upsells.
Direct access to me
- — Biweekly live virtual office hours (Wednesdays at 12pm ET). No agenda. Bring what you're working on.
- — Ask real questions and get real answers. I answer a lot of them with a voice memo, because a real answer usually needs more context than a comment box can hold.
- — All sessions recorded if you can't make it live.
The members
- — Freelancers, consultants, and agency owners, most of them selling to clients of their own
- — Show Your Work, Wins, and general discussion spaces. Real people, real projects, real questions.
- — I'd rather know everyone here than have a community I don't know.
Recordings and courses
- — Actual Work: full recordings of me building real client sites end to end. Two marketing sites at $5k each, an insurance agency build, and a live WordPress migration including the DNS cutover.
- — Full access to the AI-Powered WordPress Agency course (9 modules, 44 lessons, 9+ hours)
- — Every future course included at no extra cost
Resource vault
- — The Claude skills I build for my own business, delivered here first
- — AIOS Skeleton, AIOS Audit, Proposal Slide Decks, Design Directions, Astro From a URL, Figma to Astro, the WordPress to Astro Migration Kit, and more
- — New skills and templates added regularly
Perks
- — 50% off 1-on-1 calls ($149/hr, normally $299)
- — Affiliate program with 30% recurring commission on referrals
- — Whatever rate you join at is locked in for as long as you stay
This is for you if...
You do client work as a freelancer, consultant, or agency, your clients keep asking about AI, and you don't have anything to sell them yet.
You build websites or software and you can feel that work getting cheaper every month.
You already use Claude Code or Cursor and want to turn it into something a client pays you for, not just a faster way to do the same old work.
You want honest feedback from someone selling this work right now, not someone selling you a $5,000 course.
This is not for you if...
You want to collect courses and never open them. This is for people who actually do the work.
You're looking for get-rich-quick AI hype. This is a space for builders, not spectators.
You want it built for you. That's what I do for clients, and you can work with me directly instead.
In their own words
What it changed for the people in here.
All of them members. Most of it written unprompted, inside the community.
It finally clicked, and I built it myself
Finally heeded Mark's words from a private DM where I was debating whether to stay in this group, and it finally clicked…
Long story short, I've started implementing Mark's AIOS skeleton, but before I implemented it I wanted even more context… I asked Claude to install https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp and specifically focus on extracting transcripts. Once I ran some terminal commands it gave me, I asked it to scan Mark's YouTube channel (including his live streams), and after about 10 minutes it had downloaded and organized nearly 300K words from his videos specifically about his AIOS setup…
Let's just say I'm not leavin' anytime soon. Thanks for the push @Mark Szymanski 🤙
CJ
I left everything I was doing before in the dust
I really can't express the gratitude I have for you, honestly. I mean it that it's been life changing.
Thank you for everything you put out there for free, and thank you for the transparency. I appreciate your no-bullshit attitude and have an insane amount of respect for you.
It was hard, but I have left everything I was doing before for the last few years in the dust. And I couldn't imagine going back to it either.
Aaron Callaway
Developer & Marketer, Business Owner, Dad, Thunderhawk Solutions
It got me to make the first pitch of my life
You described my year-long hesitance that held me constantly at zero.
Yesterday I was shaky and stuttered and wasn’t that well prepared - BUT the second candidate has at least my contact info and will discuss it with his wife.
I needed to hear this!
Sebastian
Freshly baked entrepreneur seeking confidence
thanks so much for creating this community and being so generous, sharing your ideas, experiences, and knowledge!
Whitney Bateson
I started to build out my AIOS based on what Mark has shared and as a soloprenuer it’s got me excited about building a real foundation I can use to leverage AI to the fullest.
Gibran Garcia
Weeks and months of work now take days
What I've found really exciting and life-changing, as you mentioned, is that all of these processes that I've sort of internalized or built up over the last 30 years of doing web design since 1997 have now coalesced into being able to build out all of these automated SOPs with my agents in my AIOS.
I’m slowly replacing these patchwork pieces of my web design and development workflow with more efficient parts to create the ultimate, unique system for my business.
Things that would have taken me weeks and months to do before now take me days.
Mark Moran
Design Engineer
Thank you so much for taking the time to exchange emails about your community. It was essential to our decision-making process.
Clovis Ferreira da Silva Neto
I don't join online communities. This one, I did.
i don’t really join any online communities but it feels reassuring seeing Mark’s journey going into the AI age
i have seen Marks attitude shift over the last year through his videos from a somewhat pessimistic take for a short period of time to a renewed confidant stance
Matthew
Just wanted to say that this video completely encapsulates what we're all doing, at least trying to do, and the cynics are always going to denigrate us. This was such a brilliant video, and my heart goes out to you, Mark.
Magnus Petersson
a webdev since 1997
this is a great community of hard working, curious people that are making the web a better place
Brendan O'Connell
Building and designing websites for over a decade
I'm a huge fan of Mark Szymanski and I'm excited to be here to learn, help and interact.
Community is everything. Thank you Mark!
Markus Halvorson
Relentless Trail Blazer, The Information Workshop
I didn't even know I had a speed problem
I didn't even realize I had a workflow problem and a speed problem until I started watching Mark's content. That's what pushed me to take the course. Before, it took me forever to develop a website and put together proposals. Now it's so much easier. I used the course structure with a new client and it was beautiful and fast.
I'm getting a ton of ideas and all the content has been incredibly helpful. I just wish he could put everything into a course so I can follow along from A to Z.
Tricia Gatia
WordPress Developer & Course Student
The practical impact on my workflow has been massive.
Mark's course has been an absolute game-changer. I was hesitant about the rapid changes in our industry, but this course has completely shifted my perspective. It's taught me how to embrace AI as a vital, everyday assistant rather than something to fear.
The practical impact on my workflow has been massive. I’ve completely streamlined my operations, allowing me to take on more client projects in half the time, without sacrificing quality. Mark provides an incredibly solid, modern framework for planning and building client sites in 2026.
The course has also given me the strategies I needed to manage client expectations and eliminate scope creep. If you want to future-proof your agency or freelance business and scale efficiently, I cannot recommend this course enough.
John Jobling
Webmaster, Freelance
Who's behind this
I'm Mark Szymanski.
I run Motive11, where I build AI systems for businesses, and I've been making videos on YouTube since 2019. 8.3K+ people follow along there now.
I'm not teaching this from the sidelines. I build these systems for paying clients every week and run my own business on them, so what you get in here is what's working right now, while I'm still doing it, not a course I recorded once and walked away from.
YouTube gets everything I do, just scattered across a hundred videos. This is the same work in order, with the files attached, and me in the room when you try it on a real client.
Simple pricing
Everything included. No tiers. No upsells.
Save $118 (two months free)
Lock in your rate
Whatever rate you join at is locked in for as long as you stay a member. If you cancel and come back later, you pay whatever the rate is at that time.
30-day money-back guarantee
Try it for 30 days. If it's not for you, email me and I'll refund you. No questions asked.
Common questions
- Q What do I get for $59/month?
- Everything. Live office hours with me every other week, the community, the path from your own AIOS to your first client system, the Actual Work recordings, the AI-Powered WordPress Agency course (sold separately for $199), every future course, the full resource vault, and 50% off 1-on-1 calls. One price, no tiers, no upsells.
- Q Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
- Yes. Try it for 30 days. If you don't find value in it, email me and I'll refund you. No questions asked. The one exception: if you've booked a 1-on-1 call at the member rate, the membership isn't refundable, since you've already used it.
- Q What platform is this on?
- Circle. Courses, community spaces, resources, and live events all in one place.
- Q What if I'm a complete beginner with AI?
- You're welcome. That's what the community and the courses are for. You just have to be willing to build, not just watch.
- Q What if I don't have clients yet?
- You're still welcome, just know that finding clients isn't the main thing here. The main thing is using AI to run your own business, then building that kind of system and selling it to someone else. Finding clients comes up, but I don't teach it directly, because the way I've done it isn't a funnel. I put content out, people get to know and trust me, and most of my client work comes from referrals. If even a few people already trust you, you're in a good spot.
- Q Do I get access to Mark directly?
- Yes. In the community spaces and on live office hours, and you can DM me too, though the community is where I answer fastest and where everyone else learns from it. If you want me on your problem one-on-one, members get 50% off my consulting calls: $149/hour instead of $299/hour.
- Q Can I cancel anytime?
- Yes. No contracts, no commitments. Cancel whenever you want.
- Q What happens when the price goes up?
- It goes up as the community grows, and it has gone up before. Whatever rate you join at is locked in for as long as you stay, so a rise never reaches you. If you cancel and come back later, you pay whatever the rate is then.
See you inside.
$59 per month. Cancel anytime. 30 days to see if it's for you.
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