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GUIDE 01 · BEGINNER · FREE PDF

AI for everyone: get started in 3 days

The four tools that actually make a difference in your daily life.

This guide is written for you if you know that AI is important but don't know where to start — whether you run a company, work in an organization, or just want to understand what's happening and learn to master it.

You get a clear framework: four tools to get started, a plan for how to introduce them into your daily routine without unnecessary complexity, and a list of what not to do during the first 30 days.

It takes three days to read and implement. One hour on day one, one hour on day two, one hour on day three. Then it works — or you can email me.

28 pages · PDF · Last updated May 2026

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Seven chapters. Three days. One implementation.

Each chapter is standalone and takes 15–25 minutes to read. The chapters are sorted in the order you should work through them— not alphabetically, not by topic, but by practical logic.

  1. 01
    The four tools that actually work
    The four tools that offer the most for a Swedish SME today — and why these specific ones.
  2. 02
    How to start without learning prompting
    You do not need to learn prompting first. This chapter shows the shortest way to useful results.
  3. 03
    Three tasks to automate first
    Three tasks found in almost every company that take unnecessary time, and are trivial to delegate to AI — with direct instructions.
  4. 04
    Template: how to introduce AI without scaring the team
    A copy-paste template for the first email to your team. Includes answers to the three most common objections.
  5. 05
    What you should NOT do during the first 30 days
    A list of the six mistakes that cost time, money, and trust — and that almost everyone makes if no one speaks up.
  6. 06
    Security and GDPR — what Swedish companies need to know
    Not legal advice, but the practical rules for what data you can feed in and what applies to EU companies.
  7. 07
    Next steps: when are you ready for a pipeline?
    Three signs that you have maximized the utility of individual tools and are ready for guide 02 — without jumping ahead too soon.

Pick the four tools in chapter 1 and start using them on Monday.

— Polaris guide 01
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Daniel Merthen

Twenty years of work in technology and business. Founder of Hrafninn Industries AB. Has implemented AI in businesses ranging from one-person companies to hundreds of employees — and seen exactly which mistakes are repeated regardless of industry.

Polaris is my open knowledge base: what I wish someone had told me when the AI field exploded. No paywalls, no hidden agendas.

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