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Workflow teardowns, model comparisons, and money-side breakdowns from the team building the course.
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Character consistency without ControlNet
The new Nano Banana style ref + Veo i2v combo holds character across 12 shots without classic CN rigging.
How a Founding 100 student made $4,800 in 3 weeks
Realistic teardown of three client deliverables and the exact prompts that closed them.
Why Nano Banana is the most underrated image model in 2026
Free, predictable, edit-by-prompt. Five workflows that beat Midjourney for under one dollar.
One letter on Friday — the best new workflow + one model worth your time.
No daily fire-hose. No AI hype slop. Just what landed for our students this week — including the prompts that worked.
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