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Books by Kevin Champlin

Practical AI, written for people who actually ship.

Two short, no-fluff books on using AI to run a business and build software without a team of engineers. Both are available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.

The Operator's Edge Ship It
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The Operator's Edge

Practical AI for Small Business Owners Who Don't Code

The gap between businesses using AI and those that aren't is widening every quarter. This book closes it.

You don't need a technical background, a big budget, or a dedicated IT team. You need the right workflows — and a step-by-step system to build them. The Operator's Edge is a no-BS, chapter-by-chapter playbook that shows small business owners exactly how to deploy AI across every function of their business — customer communication, marketing, operations, sales, and hiring — using tools available today, at price points that make sense for businesses with real constraints.

  • Ready-to-use prompt templates you can deploy the same week you read them
  • Real-world case studies from landscapers, HVAC companies, yoga studios, insurance agents, event planners, and more
  • A complete 30-day AI rollout plan for owners running full-time businesses, not full-time learners
  • The 3-layer AI stack framework — pick 3–5 tools, skip the other 500
  • Workflow-first approach: stop experimenting with one-off prompts and start building repeatable systems
  • Honest coverage of the real risks — privacy, accuracy, over-automation — and exactly how to manage them

By Day 30, you'll have five AI workflows running, a prompt library built for your specific business, and a system that keeps compounding long after you set the book down. The businesses pulling ahead aren't smarter or better-funded. They just started earlier.

Get it on Amazon Done-for-you: AI-Ready Team Audit →

Kindle $2.99 · Paperback $14.99 · 74 pages

Prefer the 1:1 version? The AI-Ready Team Audit applies this book's methodology directly to your business.

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Ship It

How I Built Two Apps in One Afternoon Using AI — And How You Can Too

What if you could build a real, working app for your business — this afternoon — with zero coding experience?

Most small business owners think custom software is out of reach. Too expensive. Too technical. Too time-consuming. Kevin Champlin was tired of watching that gap grow — so he sat down with an AI assistant, opened a laptop, and built two fully functional apps for iOS and Android in a single afternoon. No computer science degree. No six-figure dev team. No months of waiting. Ship It is the step-by-step playbook that shows you exactly how he did it.

  • A plain-English walkthrough of Kotlin Multiplatform — write once, run on every phone, tablet, and desktop
  • Prompt-by-prompt instructions for using Claude AI as your personal developer, designer, and debugging partner
  • Real project screenshots and code you can copy, paste, and customize
  • The exact afternoon schedule Kevin followed to go from blank screen to working prototype
  • How to publish your finished app to the App Store and Google Play without a developer-account headache
  • A no-jargon glossary and troubleshooting guide so you never get stuck

If you can write an email, you can ship an app. This book proves it.

Get it on Amazon Done-for-you: Agentic Workflow Implementation →

Kindle $3.99 · Paperback $14.99 · 107 pages

Want Kevin to ship it for you? Agentic Workflow Implementation is the engagement version of this playbook.

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