Shaw Talebi On What Top 5% of CEOs Are Doing With Claude
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In this episode, Olivia sits down with Shaw Talebi — physicist, AI educator, and founder of the AI Builder Academy — to talk about building Claude agent skills, running a business with AI, and why clear thinking is the one thing you can't outsource.
In this conversation, Shaw breaks down his four-step framework for building Claude skills that compound, makes the case that the human brain is still the most powerful problem-solving force we know about, and shows how to free yourself to do the thinking that actually matters.
At the end, he shares his screen and walks through the actual Claude skills he's built to run his business solo: a custom Notion CRM, prospecting emails written in his voice, executive briefings, sales letters, LinkedIn analytics, proposals, and a video editor saving him three to five hours a week.
Whether you're a CEO, a solo founder, an employee, or a builder, this is what the top operators are actually doing with AI agents in 2026.
What we cover:
Shaw's four-step framework for building Claude skills that compound every time you use them
Why clear thinking is the one skill you can't outsource to AI
How Shaw runs his entire solo business on Claude skills: CRM, email, proposals, video editing, executive briefings
What "ergonomic work" means, and why AI lets you get things done from the patio
What software engineering tells us about the future of every other knowledge job
Why a 50-person company running Claude can now compete with a 500-person firm
How to start using AI today without writing a line of code
Connect with Shaw Talebi
He runs the AI Builder Academy, built for founder-CEOs who already use AI but know it could be doing more. His YouTube channel is one of the clearest places to learn how to actually use Claude — from skill-building to agent design to real-world workflows.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa9gErQ9AE5jT2DZLjXBIdA AI Builder Academy: https://aibuilder.academy AI Builders Bootcamp on Maven: https://maven.com/shaw-talebi/ai-builders-bootcamp
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