The AI Operator Collective
AI Won't Replace You. Someone Using AI Will.
An operator-led community for professionals who want to build a real AI services business starting with business fundamentals, not code. Backed by founders inside the AIMS portfolio.
Application-only. Founding cohort forming now.
What Is the AI Operator Collective?
The AI Operator Collective is an operator-led training and accountability program for white-collar professionals who want to build an AI services business. It is operated by the team behind the AIMS portfolio and supported by a consortium of YPO operators who deploy the same AI systems inside their own companies.
Most AI communities jump straight to n8n workflows, prompt packs, and tool tutorials. That works if you already know how to run a business. If you don't, you end up with a folder full of automations and zero clients. The AI Operator Collective is structured to fix that. Phase 1 is LLC formation, pricing your services, and building a real sales pipeline. AI deployment doesn't start until Week 5, because tools without business skills are just expensive hobbies.
The program is designed to combine a structured operator curriculum, live coaching with the consortium, hot-seat sessions, and a private community of operators who share their work in the open. It is the operator-led path we wish existed when we were building the businesses in our portfolio.
The founding cohort is forming now. The Collective makes no income claims and does not promise client outcomes. Individual results depend entirely on the work each member puts in. See the disclosures section below for full terms.
What's Inside the Collective
Nine pillars built around the way the AIMS portfolio actually operates. Some sessions are pre-built, some are run live each cohort. We will not list anything here that does not exist or is not scheduled.
Structured Operator Curriculum
A phased program that walks you through forming your LLC, defining your offer, pricing your services, and building a sales process before any AI tooling is introduced.
Cold Email Infrastructure Walkthroughs
Step-by-step guidance on multi-domain warmup, ICP targeting, and AI-assisted sequence building. Built around the same approach used inside the AIMS portfolio.
Voice & Chat Agent Build Sessions
Live build sessions covering voice agents, chat agents, and CRM automation using the same tooling stack the AIMS portfolio deploys internally.
Live Coaching With Operators
Scheduled coaching with the consortium and hot-seat sessions where members get direct feedback on their offer, pricing, and pipeline. Session cadence is published before each cohort.
Sales Process Frameworks
The discovery, qualification, and proposal frameworks AIMS uses with its own clients, broken down so members can adapt them to their own offer.
Outreach Templates & Scopes
Starting-point templates for cold email, LinkedIn outreach, follow-ups, scopes of work, and proposals. These are starting points, not magic. Members customize for their own market.
Tooling Recommendations
The actual stack the AIMS portfolio uses across outbound, voice, CRM, and reporting, with notes on what works for which use case. Where founder discounts are available, they are passed through.
Graduation Pathway
An aspirational track for members who complete the program and build their own pipeline. Future graduation opportunities (referrals, partnerships) are reviewed case by case and not guaranteed.
Founding Member Community
A private network where founding cohort members share their work, ask questions, and review each other's offers. Active participation is expected.
Your Path From W-2 to AI Operator
Five steps. Built to be the fastest path from zero to your first paying client.
Foundation
Form your LLC, define your services, and set your pricing. Build the legal and financial structure of a real business before any tools enter the picture.
Pipeline
Learn how businesses actually buy. Build a sales process. Get the language you need to talk to operators about marketing, sales, and operations problems.
Sales Practice
Hot-seat sessions and live deal reviews with the consortium. Walk through real-world discovery, qualification, and proposal frameworks the AIMS portfolio uses.
Deploy
Build sessions for the four core AI service lines: cold email infrastructure, voice and chat agents, social funnels, and paid media. Same stack the AIMS portfolio runs internally.
Graduate
Members who complete the program and build their own pipeline are evaluated for graduation pathways. Future referrals and partnerships are reviewed case by case and not guaranteed.
Built to be the fastest, most accountable path from zero to your first paying client.
Not Built By Influencers.Built By Operators.
These aren't coaches who read about business. They built, scaled, and exited real companies. They deploy the same AI systems inside their own portfolio that you'll learn to build for clients.
Mike Hoffmann
Founder & Serial Entrepreneur
Vending, AI Services, Coaching & Community
George Shanine
Founder & CEO
$30M EBITDA. Multiple exits over $50M.
Charles Hare
Founder & Entrepreneur
$80M+ exit. Beverage & Transportation.
Dan Fischer
Founder & Investor
Gaming, Entertainment, Multi-state Lottery Ops.
Paul Weinhold
President & Chairman
Nonprofit Leadership. Banking & Finance.
Dick Abraham
Founder & Investor
Urgent Care. Hospital Systems. Healthcare.
Mentor credentials sourced from public profiles and internal records
Mentor availability and session formats are subject to scheduling. No specific mentor is guaranteed at any specific session.
Four Solutions. One Operator Stack.
The four service lines the AIMS portfolio runs internally. The Collective walks members through each one, in proper sequence, after the business fundamentals phase is complete.
AI-Assisted Cold Email
Learn the outbound stack the AIMS portfolio uses internally: ICP definition, multi-domain warmup, and AI-assisted sequence building. The skill set, not a guarantee of bookings.
CRM, Voice & Chat Agents
Build sessions covering voice agents, chat agents, and CRM automation using the same tooling stack used inside the AIMS portfolio. Deployment outcomes depend on the operator and the use case.
Social Content Workflows
Frameworks for generating, scheduling, and distributing content across LinkedIn and other platforms using the workflows the AIMS portfolio runs internally.
Paid Media Fundamentals
How operators inside the AIMS portfolio approach paid campaigns across Meta, Google, and LinkedIn. Creative, budget, and reporting fundamentals that apply across accounts.
Phase 1 is LLC formation, pricing, and pipeline building. AI deployment doesn't start until Week 5. Tools without business skills are just expensive hobbies.
From the AIMS Portfolio
Where the System Comes From
The Operator Collective exists because these systems already work inside the AIMS portfolio. Below are real, attributable results from AIMS client engagements. These are not cohort member results. The founding cohort has not launched yet, so we do not publish member case studies until they exist.
SG&A Reduction
AI deployment inside a national vending conglomerate operated within the AIMS portfolio. Result attributable to AIMS engagement, not cohort members.
Source: AIMS portfolio engagement
AI Adoption Lift
Internal change-management program at a $30M+ medical waste company in the AIMS portfolio. Result attributable to AIMS engagement, not cohort members.
Source: AIMS portfolio engagement
Revenue Increase
Sales operations rebuild at a $10M sales center inside the AIMS portfolio. Result attributable to AIMS engagement, not cohort members.
Source: AIMS portfolio engagement
Important
These are AIMS portfolio results, not member income claims. The AI Operator Collective does not promise, project, or guarantee any income, client, or engagement outcome for any member. Individual results vary and depend entirely on the work the operator puts in.
Application-Only. We Vet Every Operator.
The Collective is not a course you buy. It is an application-only program capped at the founding cohort. Every applicant gets a strategy call so we can determine fit before either side commits.
Submit an ApplicationNo payment required to apply. Pricing reviewed on the call if there is mutual fit.
This Isn't Another AI Course
How the AI Operator Collective compares to free communities and YouTube tutorials.
Apply for the Founding Cohort
Drop your name and email. If there is mutual fit, we'll send your application link and book a strategy call to walk you through the program in detail.
Founding Member Cohort
Application Only
Limited to 100 founding operators
- Structured operator curriculum
- Live coaching with portfolio operators
- Cold email infrastructure walkthroughs
- Voice and chat agent build sessions
- Hot-seat sales and pipeline reviews
- Outreach templates and scope frameworks
- Private founding member community
- Strategy call before any commitment
No payment to apply. Pricing only reviewed if there is mutual fit on the call.
The Collective makes no income claims. Individual results vary and depend on the work each operator puts in. See full disclosures below.
Frequently Asked Questions
The AI Economy Is Here. Your Seat Is Waiting.
Every week another professional in your industry figures this out before you. The founding cohort is filling now. Apply today and we'll book a strategy call to review your fit.
Limited to 100 founding operators. No payment today.
Important Disclosures
Please read these in full before applying or making any business decision based on the information on this page.
No Income Or Earnings Claims
The AI Operator Collective makes no income, earnings, revenue, client, engagement, or business outcome claims of any kind. Anything stated on this page about results, retainers, or operator outcomes is descriptive of the AIMS portfolio (not member outcomes) and is not a representation of what any individual member will achieve.
Results Not Typical
Any results referenced on this page or in the program materials, including the case studies attributed to AIMS portfolio engagements, are not representative of typical outcomes. Most people who attempt to build a services business do not earn the results referenced. Your results will depend entirely on your own skill, effort, market, capital, and execution.
Application-Only Program
The Collective is application-only. Submitting your name and email is not enrollment and is not a payment. We will only accept members who, in our sole discretion, are a fit for the program. Pricing, terms, and program structure are reviewed in detail on the strategy call before either party commits.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements on this page describe how the program is structured, how we plan to run sessions, or what we intend to deliver in the founding cohort. These are forward-looking statements and may change as the cohort is finalized. The official terms of service provided at enrollment are the controlling document.
Mentor & Consortium Disclosures
Operator mentor credentials shown on this page are sourced from public profiles and internal records. Mentor availability, session formats, and one-on-one access are subject to scheduling and may vary across cohorts. No specific mentor is guaranteed to be present at any specific session.
Not Legal, Tax, Or Financial Advice
Curriculum content related to LLC formation, pricing, contracts, taxes, or financial planning is educational only and is not legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice. Members should consult their own qualified professionals for personalized guidance.
Operated By Modern Amenities LLC
The AI Operator Collective is operated by Modern Amenities LLC. Powered by AIMS. All references to the AIMS portfolio refer to the businesses operated, advised, or held by the Modern Amenities LLC team and consortium members.
Last updated: April 2026