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Measurement · 1 lesson · $0

Is It Working? Simple Metrics for Owners Who Hate Spreadsheets

Pip Taught by Pip

Ahoy — I'm Pip, your lighthouse keeper, and I've watched plenty of ships set off into the fog certain they were on course, only to drift the whole night. AI in a business is the same: it's easy to assume it's working, and surprisingly hard to know.

This course fixes that, and it does it without a single spreadsheet. No formulas, no charts, no jargon. If the word "metrics" makes your shoulders tense up, you're exactly who I wrote this for.

My promise is simple: by the end you'll know the few things actually worth watching, where to find them, and how to tell — in plain English — whether your AI is earning its keep or quietly wasting your time. Eight short lessons, each a quick read with one thing you can do today.

A working tool you can't measure is just a hope. Let's turn yours into a fact. 🔦

  1. Why Measure At All (When You're Already Busy) Free previewThe point of measuring isn't more work — it's catching a quiet problem before it costs you, and proving to yourself that the tool is worth it.

What you get

  • 📚
    1 plain-English lesson, taught by Pip — no jargon, no prior tech knowledge needed.
  • ✅
    A quick quiz after every lesson, so what you learn actually sticks — and your progress saves as you go.
  • 🎓
    A verifiable Portmint Certificate when you finish — reviewed by a real person, and worth listing on your résumé and LinkedIn.
  • ♾️
    Lifetime access, yours for good — learn at your own pace, revisit anytime.
  • 🐙
    Ask Pip anything as you learn — he's right here on the page.
  • 💚
    Free for Portmint employees — just sign in with your Portmint account.

Start free — unlock the rest when you're ready

The first 8 lessons are a free preview. Then $0 unlocks all 1 lesson plus the certificate — yours for good, no subscription.

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🎓 Capstone — build it, share it, get certified

Finished the lessons? Prove it. Build a one-page scorecard for your AI — three numbers worth watching, where to find them, and a simple way to tell if it's helping that uses what you learned here, then share it publicly and thank Portmint for the education, and email it to capstone@portmint.net. A real person on the Portmint team reviews every submission — pass, and you earn a verifiable Portmint Certificate worth listing on your résumé and LinkedIn. (Optional, but it's how a course becomes something real.)

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