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Solo to Scale — Participant Application
Section 1 — Contact & Background
First name
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Last name
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Email address
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Phone number
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City and state of residence
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Are you currently based in Tulsa for in-person sessions?
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Are you currently based in Tulsa for in-person sessions?
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Yes — Tulsa-based
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No
Short bio
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LinkedIn profile or other professional link
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How did you hear about Solo to Scale?
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Section 2 — Your Background & Skills
What is your current employment situation?
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What is your current employment situation?
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Full-time
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Part-time
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Self-employed
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Between jobs
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Recently displaced
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Other
Describe your professional background in 3–4 sentences.
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What specific skills, credentials, or experience could become the foundation of an AI-augmented business?
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Do you have an existing network of potential customers or partners you could leverage? Describe.
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Have you previously started a business, freelanced, or run a side venture? Briefly describe and the outcome.
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Do you currently run a business or are you self-employed?
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Section 3 — Your AI Experience & Comfort
How would you describe your current experience with AI tools?
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How would you describe your current experience with AI tools?
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No experience
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Tried a few times
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Use occasionally
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Use regularly
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Use professionally and have built workflows
Which AI tools have you actually used? (select all that apply)
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Which AI tools have you actually used? (select all that apply)
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ChatGPT
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Claude
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Gemini
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Copilot
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Midjourney
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ElevenLabs
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Zapier/Make
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n8n
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Notion AI
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Vertical-specific tools
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None yet
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Other
Describe one specific task or workflow where you've used AI to produce a real outcome.
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On a scale of 1–10, how comfortable are you with learning new software tools and digital workflows? Briefly explain.
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What's the biggest thing AI has helped you do — or could help you do — that you couldn't have done before?
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Section 4 — Your Business Concept
What specific AI-native business or service do you want to build with this grant? Be specific.
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Which of the following AI opportunity areas best fits your concept?
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Which of the following AI opportunity areas best fits your concept?
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Local Business Marketing
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Bookkeeping & Financial Ops
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B2B Lead Gen & Sales Dev
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Document Prep
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Tutoring & Education
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Real Estate Ops
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Customer Service & Ops Setup
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Other
Who is your target customer? Be specific.
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Why is this customer likely to pay for what you're offering? What problem are you solving?
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How will you find your first customers? Be specific about channels and tactics.
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Describe your pricing model.
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How many new customers do you estimate you'd need to reach $500 - $3000 MRR?
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Section 5 — Current Traction
Have you already started building this business or anything similar?
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Have you already started building this business or anything similar?
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Already operating w/ paying customers
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Built but no paying customers
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In planning
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Pure concept
If yes, what revenue have you generated to date? How many customers?
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How much of your money have you spent on this concept? Please provide a brief spending breakdown.
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What is your biggest barrier to increasing your monthly recurring revenue?
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Section 6 — Capital Deployment Plan
How would you initially deploy the $20,000 across the three categories?
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Which specific tools do you anticipate needing to subscribe to?
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How much do you anticipate spending monthly on tools and infrastructure at steady state?
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Section 7 — Commitment & Fit
Program requires 10–20 hours/week across 7 months. Can you commit?
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Program requires 10–20 hours/week across 7 months. Can you commit?
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Yes — planned for it
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Yes — will make schedule changes
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Unsure
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No
What does your current weekly schedule look like? Where would you carve out 10–20 hours?
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Why Solo to Scale specifically? What about this program fits where you are?
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Why now? What makes this the right moment?
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What does success look like for you at the end of this program? Be honest and specific.
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Section 8 — Logistics
Willing to be tracked rigorously (financials, time, customers, outcomes) and have your case study published?
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Willing to be tracked rigorously (financials, time, customers, outcomes) and have your case study published?
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Yes
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Yes, with some privacy preferences to discuss
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No
Willing to use a program-issued spending card with category controls and receipt tracking?
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Willing to use a program-issued spending card with category controls and receipt tracking?
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Yes
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Need more information
Any accommodations, scheduling constraints, or personal circumstances we should know about?
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Anything else you'd like to share?
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