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Every resource founders actually use, in one library.

The essays, videos, podcasts, books and tools behind every answer across eChai's hubs, from starting up to go-to-market, D2C, founder money and AI, each with a note on why it is here.

What founders use most, ranked by how many answers lean on it.

  1. A self-paced course version if you prefer structure over docs. academy.dair.ai Course · How Founders Use AI Introduction to Prompt Engineering (DAIR Academy) DAIR.AI
  2. Google's persona-task-context-format formula with role-specific examples; effective prompts average 21 words. services.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Gemini for Google Workspace Prompting Guide (handbook) Google
  3. The interactive version of the handbook, organised by job and use case. workspace.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Google Workspace with Gemini Prompt Guide Google Workspace
  4. A two-minute read of prompting basics to share with non-technical teammates. support.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Tips to write prompts for Gemini Google
  5. Names the 8 components of a research prompt including guardrails and anti-hallucination clauses. findskill.ai Guide · How Founders Use AI Deep Research Prompt Framework FindSkill.ai
  6. A copy-paste template that turns a fuzzy founder question into an analyst brief. armenberenson.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Deep Research Prompt Template Armen Berenson
  7. The meta-prompting trick: have the model interview you before it researches. linkedin.com Article · How Founders Use AI ChatGPT Deep Research: Prompts inside prompts Seth Wylie
  8. Worked examples of weak vs strong research prompts with the outputs compared. medium.com Article · How Founders Use AI Unlock ChatGPT's Research Superpowers: Guide to Deep Research Prompts Ali Azimi Darmian
  9. OpenAI's own training material on briefing the research agent properly. academy.openai.com Course · How Founders Use AI Deep research (OpenAI Academy resource) OpenAI Academy
  10. An educator's battle-tested prompt patterns for rigorous, citable research output. teachingnaked.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Deep Research Prompts José Bowen (Teaching Naked)
  11. Shows how a standing system prompt about you and your company upgrades every future research answer. lennysnewsletter.com Article · How Founders Use AI Build your personal AI copilot Tal Raviv, Lenny's Newsletter
  12. A gentle training plan that builds daily prompting muscle instead of one-off hacks. lennysnewsletter.com Article · How Founders Use AI Your Couch-to-5K for AI Hilary Gridley, Lenny's Newsletter
  13. Prompting techniques specifically aimed at getting fewer made-up answers. mediacenter.ibm.com Video · How Founders Use AI Tuning Your AI Model to Reduce Hallucinations IBM
  14. The key instruction: build TAM/SAM/SOM bottom-up from buyer constraints, not analyst headlines. saas-hackers.com Guide · How Founders Use AI How do you use ChatGPT Deep Research for market sizing? SaaS Hackers
  15. A forensic case study of how AI overshot a market by $33B, and how to catch it. strategex.com Article · How Founders Use AI When AI Gets Market Sizing Wrong: A $33 Billion Reality Check Strategex
  16. Tests both agents on actual business-plan research so you see the output quality gap. liveplan.com Article · How Founders Use AI I Tried ChatGPT and Google Gemini's Deep Research (for business planning) LivePlan
  17. A professional B2B market researcher grades AI reports against industry standards. cascadeinsights.com Article · How Founders Use AI A Market Researcher's Review: Deep Research with ChatGPT vs. Gemini Cascade Insights
  18. Five sharp prompts that stress-test demand before you build anything. forbes.com Article · How Founders Use AI 5 ChatGPT Prompts To Check If Your Business Idea Is Worth Millions Jodie Cook, Forbes
  19. A builder's literal prompt stack for demand, competition and willingness-to-pay checks. medium.com Article · How Founders Use AI The Exact Prompts I Use to Validate New Business Ideas Talha Malik
  20. Video · How Founders Use AI How to Do a Market Research With AI YouTube tutorial
  21. Video · How Founders Use AI The State of AI in Market Research and Insights in 2025 Ray Poynter (NewMR) & Yasna.ai
  22. Video · How Founders Use AI How to Use AI for Market Research and Content Planning YouTube tutorial
  23. Video · How Founders Use AI The Easiest Way to Validate Your Startup Idea in 2025 YouTube startup channel
  24. A structured course if you want the full idea-to-validation system in one place. udemy.com Course · How Founders Use AI Discover, Validate & Launch New Business Ideas with ChatGPT Udemy

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