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Jason C. Owen · Micro-Course Factory

One problem.
One usable result.

You should not have to buy a giant course to solve one specific problem. Micro-courses give you focused teaching, practical tools, and a clear finish line—without the content overload.

The focused-course standard

Learn only what helps you make the next useful move.

Every Micro-Course Factory release begins with a concrete problem and ends with something you can use, show, test, or complete.

  • Specific participantBuilt for a clearly defined person—not “everyone.”
  • Concrete problemFocused tightly enough to solve without becoming a giant program.
  • Practical destinationA visible outcome with completion criteria you can understand.
  • Real-world proofAn action, asset, decision, or demonstrated capability—not passive consumption.

The catalog

The factory is ready. The first releases are not yet available.

The examples below show the kinds of narrowly scoped courses planned for the factory. They are not yet open for purchase or enrollment.

Planned: These concepts are examples, not purchasable products or promised releases. A course will be marked “Available now” only after its content, checkout, access, and support path have been verified.

Publishing · Planned

Create Your First Children’s Book

Move from one clear story idea to a practical first-draft and production plan for your first children’s book.

Finish with: a story concept, outline, draft plan, and next-step checklist.

Kids & families · Planned

30-Day Confidence Builder for Kids

Help a child practice one age-appropriate confidence-building action each day without demanding a personality change.

Finish with: a completed confidence log and a repeatable family practice.

Business & web · Planned

WordPress for Local Businesses

Build the essential pages and inquiry path a local customer needs to understand, trust, and contact your business.

Finish with: a clear, usable local-business website structure.

AI & content · Planned

AI Content Systems for Coaches

Turn your real expertise into a repeatable content workflow with human review, clear boundaries, and a useful call to action.

Finish with: a documented weekly content system and review checklist.

Inside every release

Short does not mean shallow.

A focused course still needs enough teaching, practice, feedback, and support to help you use what you learn.

  1. 01
    Clear outcome and starting point

    Know who the course is for, what problem it solves, and what completion looks like.

  2. 02
    Concise lessons and examples

    Learn only the ideas and decisions required for this result.

  3. 03
    Exercises, worksheet, and proof action

    Turn understanding into an asset, action, or demonstrated capability.

  4. 04
    Progress check and continuation plan

    Confirm what you can do now and choose the most useful next step.

Planned pricing model

Pay for the result—not a pile of hours.

Individual pricing is expected to range from $29 to $197, based on depth, tools, implementation support, and the value of the finished outcome. Final prices will appear only on verified course and checkout pages.

$29–$59

Quick Win

A narrow lesson sequence, practical exercise, and one useful output.

$79–$129

Implementation Course

A guided build with templates, worksheets, checks, and a completed asset or system.

$147–$197

Advanced Build

A deeper implementation path with multiple tools, review points, and support documentation.

Bundles

Combine connected results.

Related micro-courses may be packaged into practical bundles while each course remains independently useful.

How the factory works

AI-assisted production. Human-owned standards.

Hermes can accelerate research, outlining, lesson development, exercises, quizzes, worksheets, sales copy, email sequences, and support documentation. Jason controls the problem selection, claims, quality standard, price, and final release decision.

01Validate the problem and participant

02Define one measurable destination

03Build teaching, practice, and assessment

04Independently review facts, claims, and usability

05Package, test access, and release deliberately

Help shape the catalog

What is the one problem you want a short course to help you solve?

Send the problem, who it affects, and what a useful result would look like. A suggestion is not an enrollment or a guarantee that the course will be produced.

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