Live workshop · Thursday at noon Central · Beginners welcome

Build an AI that answers your phone. Live, in under 2 minutes.

Every missed call is a customer who called the next guy. On Thursday, I'll show you — live on screen — how to stand up an AI that picks up the phone, talks like a real person, and books the job. No code. No technical background. You build it in the room, in under two minutes.

Guarantee: Build it live with me, or full refund — and you keep what you built. That's the deal.
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<2 min from nothing to a voice agent that answers a live phone call
$0 developers hired — I run my own businesses on AI I built myself
0 lines of code you'll write, and none you need to understand
"I'm not going to talk about voice AI. I'm going to open my screen and build one while you watch — then you'll build yours before we hang up."
— Ryan McLaughlin, Donkey Desk

The phone rings while you're under a sink.

You can't be on the job and on the phone at the same time. So calls go to voicemail — and most people don't leave one. They just call the next name on the list. This is the quietest, most expensive leak in an owner-run business.

Voicemail

The average caller won't leave one. A missed call isn't a "later" — it's usually a customer you never hear from.

$3,000+/mo

What a part-time receptionist runs — before payroll headaches. A voice agent works nights, weekends, and lunch breaks and never calls in sick.

24/7

People call when they think of it — 9pm, Sunday morning, the second something breaks. That's exactly when you're not picking up.

A working thing you build. Not a lecture about AI.

Most "AI webinars" are 90 minutes of slides and a pitch at the end. This is the opposite. It's short, it's live, and you leave with a voice agent that actually answers a phone — yours.

What it is →

An AI receptionist that talks like a person.

It answers the call, greets the caller by your business name, answers the common questions, captures the details, and books the appointment — in a natural voice, not a robot phone tree.

What it isn't →

Not a "press 1 for hours" menu.

No clunky IVR, no scripts you record yourself, no six-week setup. This is the new generation of voice AI — and the surprising part is how little it takes to stand one up.

What you'll do live →

Build one yourself, in the room.

I'll build mine on screen first so you see every step. Then you'll do it — under two minutes — with me watching and answering questions. You won't leave with notes. You'll leave with a thing that works.

What you need →

A laptop and zero experience.

If you can fill out a web form, you can do this. No coding, no developer, no prior AI use. This is built for the person who has never made anything with AI and assumed it was over their head.

If your phone is your front door, this is for you.

A voice agent isn't just for one kind of business. Anywhere a missed call means missed money, it earns its keep the first week.

TRADES + HOME SERVICES
  • Catch the call from the ladderPlumbers, electricians, HVAC, landscapers — the agent answers while your hands are full and books the estimate.
  • After-hours emergenciesThe pipe bursts at 11pm. Your AI answers, triages, and gets the job on the board instead of losing it to a competitor.
  • Quote the basics automaticallyHours, service area, "do you do X" — answered instantly, every time, in your voice.
APPOINTMENT + CLIENT BUSINESSES
  • Salons, clinics, studiosEvery call answered and booked while you're with the client in the chair — no front-desk staff required.
  • Agencies + solo professionalsScreen and schedule discovery calls without playing phone tag or paying an assistant to.
  • Real estate + local servicesSpeed-to-lead wins deals. The agent responds in the first ring, every time, day or night.

Here's exactly how the room runs.

No fluff and no filler. Every minute is either watching me build it or building yours. By the end you've called your own agent and heard it pick up.

MIN 0–5

The 90-second demo

I call a live number on screen and my AI answers, chats, and books an appointment. So you know it's real before you build anything.

MIN 5–15

I build one from scratch

Start to finish, on screen, narrating every click. You see there's no code and no catch — just a few plain-English steps.

MIN 15–25

Now you build yours

Your turn. Under two minutes to a working agent, with me watching and unsticking anyone who gets stuck. This is the part people don't believe until they do it.

MIN 25–35

Make it sound like you

Teach it your business — your name, your hours, your services, how you want it to talk. This is what turns a demo into something you'd actually put your number on.

MIN 35–42

Call your own agent

Everyone dials in and hears their own AI answer. That moment — your phone, your business, an AI handling it — is the whole point.

MIN 42–45

Where to take it + live Q&A

What it costs to actually run, how to point your real number at it when you're ready, and answers to whatever you've got.

What people ask before they grab a seat.

"There's no way I can build that. I'm not technical."
That's exactly who this is built for. I'm not a developer either — I can't write code from memory. The whole reason I can promise "under two minutes" is that the hard part is already solved. If you can fill out a form and read plain English, you're qualified. Being a beginner is an advantage here, not a problem.
"Two minutes? That sounds like hype."
Fair. That's why I demo it before you pay attention to anything else. Minute one of the workshop is me building one live, on screen, no edits, no cuts. You'll watch it happen in real time before you're asked to build your own. I'd rather show you than swear to you.
"Will it sound like a robot? My customers will hang up."
This is the part that surprises everyone. The voice is natural — it pauses, it listens, it answers follow-up questions. It's a different category from the phone trees you're picturing. On the call you'll hear it before you decide, and you'll tune yours to sound the way you want.
"What does it actually cost to run after Thursday?"
Less than you'd guess, and I'll show you the real numbers on the call. The $97 is the workshop. Running an agent after is a small monthly tool cost — I'll walk through the options so you can decide before you spend a cent more. For context: I build and run these for clients at $500/month, done-for-you. Thursday is the do-it-yourself version — and if you'd rather I just run it for you, that door's open too. No surprise "real price" at the end.
"I'm slammed Thursday. Is it worth it if I can't make it live?"
Come live if you can — the build-along is the magic. But everyone who registers gets the recording, so your seat isn't wasted if a job runs long. The refund guarantee still applies either way.
"Why won't you just tell me what tool you use?"
Because the tool without the setup is where most people quit. Handing you a name gets you a blank screen and a dead end. Walking you through the exact build, live, is what gets you an agent that answers by lunch. You'll know everything you use — you'll have used it yourself before we hang up.

You're in the right place if...

You run an owner-led business where a ringing phone is real money — trades, home services, salons, clinics, agencies, local pros.
You miss calls because you're on a job, with a client, or asleep — and you know some of them never call back.
You've never built anything with AI and quietly assumed this kind of thing was for tech people, not you.
You want to learn by doing — to walk out with a working thing, not a folder of notes you'll never open.
You'd rather spend $97 and 45 minutes than another month letting calls go to voicemail.

This is not for you if...

  • You already run an AI voice agent and want deep, advanced configuration.
  • You want a done-for-you setup handed to you — this is build-it-yourself, live.
  • You want a two-hour course covering every edge case and integration.
  • You're looking for a recording to half-watch someday and never implement.

Build one, or pay nothing.

Show up, follow along, and build your agent with me. If you walk away without a working voice agent and a clear path to running it in your business — email me and I'll refund the full $97. No form, no hoops, no questions.

I can promise that because I've done it more times than I can count, and because I run my own businesses on this exact stuff. There's no version of Thursday where you follow along and leave with nothing.

$97. Thursday at noon. An AI answering your phone by lunch.

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