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Node list
1. Stripe Trigger — fires on checkout.session.completed — reads nothing upstream.
2. Notion — Create database page in "Customers" — Email ← $json.customer_details.email; Plan ← $json.metadata.plan; Amount ← $json.amount_total / 100; Date ← $json.created.
3. Slack — Post to #revenue — "New paid signup: {email} on {plan} ({amount} USD)" built from the same fields.

Workflow JSON: attached below, importable; credentials referenced as "Stripe account", "Notion workspace", "Slack bot" — create those three in Credentials before activating.

Error path: Error Trigger workflow "Alerts" → Slack #ops with the failing workflow name, the item's customer email, and the error message.

Test plan: in the Stripe Trigger node, click "Listen for test event", then send a test checkout.session.completed from the Stripe dashboard → Notion shows one row with the four fields → Slack shows one message → execution list shows green.

Smallest v1: this is already the smallest version (3 nodes). Add the welcome email as node 4 next week, after you have watched this run for a few days.

Weekly briefing — AI search and research tools, 29 Apr – 6 May

1. ChatGPT Deep Research extended to 30-minute runs with export (OpenAI release notes, 2 May) — Why: your "research faster" lesson shows a 5-minute run; the screenshots are stale. Do: re-capture by Friday.
2. Perplexity Spaces adds shared instructions for teams (Perplexity blog, 30 Apr) — Why: your team-research module assumes personal Spaces. Do: a one-paragraph update.
3. Google AI Mode expands to 12 countries incl. DE and ES (Google blog, 1 May) — Why: 40% of your traffic is DE/ES; organic click-through will move. Do: watch Search Console for two weeks.
4. Anthropic raises Claude file limits (Anthropic docs, 3 May) — Why: your "upload 400 pages" lesson can cite a bigger number. Do: nothing yet.
5. Perplexity reported raising at $18B (The Information, 5 May) — unverified, single source — affects nothing you ship.

Safe to ignore: the "AI search is dead" essay — opinion, no data.
Quiet item: AI Mode ad formats mentioned in a Google developer note (4 May) — if ads enter AI answers, your CAC assumptions change in Q3.

Subject: the 14-week ramp

Sam — on the call you said ramp "is going to kill us by Q2" if the eight new AEs land without a playbook. That line has stayed with me, which is why I am writing rather than waiting.

I know a quiet week usually means priorities moved, not that the problem did.

Two options: A — we start a two-week pilot with the first cohort on Thursday the 19th; B — we park it until the cohort is hired and I check back the first week of July. Reply "A" or "B" and I will handle the rest.

If this is a no, a one-line "not now" is genuinely fine — it lets me stop guessing.

— Dana

LinkedIn version:
Sam — your "ramp will kill us by Q2" line is still on my notepad. Pilot Thursday, or park it till July? A or B is enough.

Edited draft

AI lessons that take 15 minutes a day. Used by 12,000 professionals in 40 countries. Start your free 5-day trial.

Change log
- "a revolutionary AI-powered learning experience" → "AI lessons that take 15 minutes a day" — "revolutionary" is a tell; 15 minutes is a number the reader can picture
- "empowering professionals worldwide to thrive" → "used by 12,000 professionals in 40 countries" — abstraction replaced with proof
- "Begin your transformative journey today" → "Start your free 5-day trial" — the actual offer is more persuasive than the metaphor
- cut "seamlessly", "cutting-edge", "unlock" — adjectives with no referent
- "trusted by teams" → [NEEDS NUMBER] — kept, but it needs a count or a name

Weakest remaining line: "40 countries" is impressive only if the reader is outside the US; consider replacing with a named company.