

Nicole Patten (Claude Training): How to Actually Use Claude—Start With Skills, Not Agents 🛠️
Episode notes
Nicole Patten is the founder of Elevate Online and Claude Training, businesses helping founders, teams, and enterprises actually adopt Claude rather than simply pay for it. A former Senior UX Engineer at Google, she left in 2025 to focus full time on Claude adoption, and now runs her consultancy solo, with zero employees, generating over $30,000 a month. Her client roster includes multi-billion dollar teams alongside fast-scaling AI studios, and her recent Claude Code hackathon at NY Tech Week drew over 100 attendees.
AGENDA:
- 00:00:30 - Meet Nicole Patten, Ex-Google UX Engineer
- 00:03:22 - Where Are We on the Claude Adoption Curve?
- 00:05:22 - The #1 Misunderstanding About Claude
- 00:06:05 - Claude AI vs Cowork vs Code, Explained
- 00:07:00 - Where Non-Technical Founders Should Draw the Line
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