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Chris Carolan
Chris Carolan
Founder & Methodology Lead | The Value-First Team

The next step

You read the thinking. Here is how you put it to work.

Build something realTake what you learned and build something concrete. valuefirstagent.com is where your build becomes a working agent.valuefirstagent.com(opens in a new tab)

And then, the rest of the path:

  1. Join the conversationainativehumans.org(opens in a new tab)
  2. Practice with peersvaluefirstcollective.com(opens in a new tab)
  3. Teach the next personthe Academy

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