01 / AI Owner's Playbook
$20one-time
AI for business owners / four steps
Start at $20. Stop guessing about AI.
Most owners are told to “use AI” and handed a list of apps. Lumon runs a ladder instead: a cheap read to get your bearings, a paid session that maps your own business, monthly backup while you roll it out, and engineers when something has to be built.
02 / Opportunity Mapping Session
$297one-time
03 / On-Call AI Advisor
$497per month
04 / Implementation projects
Customscoped per project
The ladder
Four steps, and you only climb the ones you need.
Each step is priced so the next one is an obvious decision rather than a leap of faith. Start anywhere. Stop anywhere. Nothing here requires a long contract before you have seen the work.
Step 01
AI Owner's Playbook
$20one-time
A practical, plain-English guide to using AI across the work that consumes the most owner and management time.
- 25 practical workflows across leadership, sales, operations, reporting, hiring, and client work
- A ChatGPT-versus-Claude decision guide built around the work, not brand loyalty
- The LUMEN workflow brief for giving AI the context a capable employee would need
- Data-safety, human-review, and vendor-evaluation checklists
- A seven-day implementation sprint and a 30-day rollout plan
One-time $20. Instant protected PDF access after checkout.
Step 02Most owners start here
Opportunity Mapping Session
$297one-time
A structured 60-minute consultation about your real business, followed by a written map of the strongest AI opportunities.
- A pre-call intake covering the business, team, software, and repetitive work
- One live 60-minute consultation with a Lumon advisor
- A ranked shortlist of the top three AI opportunities in your business
- One practical workflow demonstration using a real business scenario
- A written 30-day action plan with tools, ownership, review rules, and next steps
One-time $297. Book the 60-minute session after payment.
Step 03
On-Call AI Advisor
$497per month
Keep a practical AI expert within reach for the tool decisions, workflow questions, and implementation problems that appear all month.
- A 60-minute kickoff and personalized AI opportunity map
- Email or voice-note questions answered within one business day
- One 30-minute strategy call each month against whatever is live right now
- Prompt, output, workflow, tool, and vendor review before you rely on them
- One proactive recommendation each month plus member pricing on implementation
$497 per month. Fair-use advisory for one business, up to two named contacts, one active request at a time. Month-to-month; custom implementation is separate.
Step 04
Implementation projects
Customscoped per project
When the recommendation is to build, Lumon's engineers scope the workflow, quote it clearly, implement it, and hand it over.
- A scoping conversation before anything is quoted
- A fixed scope and quote agreed in writing before work starts
- Custom internal tools, integrations, agents, and AI-assisted workflows
- Measurement against the current workflow rather than vague AI promises
- Handover documentation so your team can run the system without us
Quoted per project after a scoping call. No standing retainer.
Why this order
Cheap clarity first. Engineering last.
The expensive mistake in AI is not picking the wrong tool. It is building or buying before anyone has written down how the work actually moves. So that comes first, and it costs twenty dollars.
- Step 01
Read the playbook
Twenty dollars gives you the vocabulary, practical workflows, and review rules to make a useful first move without committing to consulting.
- Step 02
Map your own business
A generic guide cannot see your calendar. The mapping session puts your actual workflow on paper and ranks the opportunities worth acting on first.
- Step 03
Keep an expert within reach
Questions appear after the plan: which tool, what data is safe, why the output failed, and whether the vendor proposal makes sense. Membership keeps someone available for that messy middle.
- Step 04
Build what does not exist yet
When the highest-value fix has no suitable product behind it, Lumon scopes and builds it. That step is earned by the workflow, not sold as a default.
Inside each step
Exactly what you are buying at every price.
Step 01 / Start here
AI Owner's Playbook
$20 one-time
Most owners do not need another feed of AI news. They need a useful filter, examples that look like real business work, and a safe way to test one workflow without turning the company upside down. This 28-page guide is written for the person signing the checks, not for an engineering team.
- Best for
- Owners who want a useful first step before paying for personal advice.
- Terms
- One-time $20. Instant protected PDF access after checkout.
- 25 practical workflows across leadership, sales, operations, reporting, hiring, and client work
- A ChatGPT-versus-Claude decision guide built around the work, not brand loyalty
- The LUMEN workflow brief for giving AI the context a capable employee would need
- Data-safety, human-review, and vendor-evaluation checklists
- A seven-day implementation sprint and a 30-day rollout plan
Step 02 / Find the opportunity
Opportunity Mapping Session
$297 one-time
A general guide cannot see your calendar, team, software, or bottlenecks. In this live working session, a Lumon advisor maps how work moves through your business, identifies repeated preparation and handoffs, demonstrates one practical workflow, and turns the findings into a focused 30-day plan.
- Best for
- Owners who know AI matters but want a specific plan before buying more tools or hiring anyone.
- Terms
- One-time $297. Book the 60-minute session after payment.
- A pre-call intake covering the business, team, software, and repetitive work
- One live 60-minute consultation with a Lumon advisor
- A ranked shortlist of the top three AI opportunities in your business
- One practical workflow demonstration using a real business scenario
- A written 30-day action plan with tools, ownership, review rules, and next steps
Step 03 / Keep an expert on call
On-Call AI Advisor
$497 per month
You do not need to spend nights comparing models, watching tutorials, or guessing whether a vendor is selling substance. The membership gives an established business owner a trusted person to ask what matters, what to ignore, how AI applies to the actual problem, and when something should be built rather than bought.
- Best for
- Established owners who want practical ongoing access without hiring a full-time technical employee.
- Terms
- $497 per month. Fair-use advisory for one business, up to two named contacts, one active request at a time. Month-to-month; custom implementation is separate.
- A 60-minute kickoff and personalized AI opportunity map
- Email or voice-note questions answered within one business day
- One 30-minute strategy call each month against whatever is live right now
- Prompt, output, workflow, tool, and vendor review before you rely on them
- One proactive recommendation each month plus member pricing on implementation
Step 04 / Build it
Implementation projects
Custom scoped per project
Some opportunities cannot be solved with an off-the-shelf subscription. That is where the rest of Lumon Studios comes in: the same engineering team that ships client software builds the internal tool, integration, knowledge system, or AI-assisted workflow the opportunity map pointed at.
- Best for
- Owners with a proven workflow opportunity that needs real engineering behind it.
- Terms
- Quoted per project after a scoping call. No standing retainer.
- A scoping conversation before anything is quoted
- A fixed scope and quote agreed in writing before work starts
- Custom internal tools, integrations, agents, and AI-assisted workflows
- Measurement against the current workflow rather than vague AI promises
- Handover documentation so your team can run the system without us
Questions
The things owners ask before they buy.
Do I have to start at the $20 playbook?
No. Every step stands on its own. The ladder exists so you can spend twenty dollars before spending three hundred, not because the steps are locked.
Who runs the mapping session?
A Lumon advisor runs the live 60-minute working session. The purpose is to understand the business, challenge assumptions, demonstrate one relevant workflow, and turn the conversation into a written plan—not to hand you raw AI output.
What happens right after I pay?
Playbook buyers receive protected instant PDF access. Mapping-session buyers choose a 60-minute consultation time. New advisory members book their 60-minute kickoff and receive instructions for contacting Lumon between calls.
I already use ChatGPT and a few other tools. Is this still useful?
Usually more useful, not less. Owners who have already experimented often have several half-adopted tools but no clear answer on which should become standard, what data belongs in them, or how to turn a useful chat into a repeatable workflow.
What does 'on call' include?
It means fair-use advisory for one business and up to two named contacts, one active request at a time, with a one-business-day response target. Questions, troubleshooting, and review are included. Custom development, large research projects, and emergency support are scoped separately.
Is the membership required after a mapping session?
No. The map is yours to use, and many owners can implement parts of it internally. Membership is for owners who would rather have a second opinion available as new decisions and problems appear.
Do I need an implementation project to get value?
No, and Lumon will tell you when you do not need one. If a software subscription and a changed process solve the problem, that should be the recommendation. Implementation is for opportunities that genuinely need custom engineering.
Do you guarantee revenue or a specific number of hours saved?
No. Results depend on the workflow, data, team, adoption, and review process. Lumon helps you identify, test, and measure useful opportunities without inventing income claims or treating model output as proof.
Get started
If the week feels too manual, twenty dollars is a cheap place to begin.
Tell us which step you want and a little about how the business runs today. We confirm fit, take payment for the step you picked, and move you straight into whatever that step needs next.
01 / Playbook → emailed after checkout
02 / Mapping session → checkout, then book your call
03 / Membership → checkout, then your first working call
04 / Implementation → scoping call, then a fixed quote
Payments run through Stripe. The mapping call is placed by Lumon's AI agent at the time you book, and the conversation is reviewed before your written map goes out.
Start a step
Pick where you want to start.
One short form for every step of the ladder. We only ask for what the step you chose actually needs.