Not a training program. Not a consultancy. A structured toolkit that gives small business owners a practical system for using AI — built around how their specific industry actually works.
OpenWays was built out of a specific frustration: watching small business owners — especially in service industries — spend real money and real time on AI courses, workshops and generic guides, then still not having anything actually running in their business.
The problem wasn't knowledge. It was the gap between "I understand that AI is useful" and "AI is doing something useful in my business right now." That gap is a systems problem, not an education problem. These packs are designed to close it.
Each pack is built for one industry — not adapted from a generic template
Built for people with limited time who need to start, not study
We build for what AI does well in small businesses today — not what it might do someday
Founder · Sydney, Australia
I'm Vince Young, founder of OpenWays. Based in Sydney.
20 years in enterprise IT across China, Singapore, and Australia — including Oracle.
I'm also the founder of OpenNum (a Bitcoin-native identity protocol on Ordinals), and a Bored Ape Yacht Club #180 holder.
Have suggestions about our packs? Email me directly.
Every pack follows the same four-step build process. This is why the resources feel like they were made for your business — because they were.
Before writing a single prompt, we map out what a business in that industry actually does every week — the messages they send, the content they need, the admin that takes time. The pack is built around those tasks, not around what AI can theoretically do. We analyze scheduling patterns, client communication frequencies, content creation cycles, and administrative overhead specific to each industry.
We identify the minimum set of AI tools that covers those tasks — prioritising tools with free tiers, avoiding unnecessary subscriptions. The goal is to get a business owner operational with as little friction as possible. We test 15–30 tools per industry before recommending 3–5. Every recommendation includes a free tier path.
Every prompt is written for a specific industry task — not adapted from a generic template. The SOP workflows are built around how the business actually operates, so the AI output slots into existing routines rather than creating new ones. Each prompt is tested across GPT-4o, Claude, and Gemini to ensure consistent quality regardless of which AI tool you prefer.
All resources are sequenced into a 7-day plan so the business owner always knows what to do next. By the end of the first week, AI is running in the business — not sitting in a downloads folder.
Every pack is backed by ongoing research. Our team continuously tracks AI tool market changes, model updates, pricing shifts, and new capabilities — then feeds that back into updated packs for Edge Pass holders.
We track pricing changes, feature updates, and new entrants across the tools we recommend — so your stack stays current.
When AI models update, prompt effectiveness can shift. We re-test and rewrite prompts to maintain output quality.
We monitor how AI is being adopted in each industry we cover — new use cases, competitor moves, and practical opportunities.
Edge Pass holders receive industry-specific AI briefs — not generic newsletters, but curated insights for their business type.
There is no shortage of AI content. Courses, YouTube channels, newsletters, workshops — all telling small business owners to "start using AI." Almost none of them explain how to use it in the context of a specific business, with specific tasks, running on a specific day of the week.
The result is that most business owners get stuck between "I know AI is useful" and "I actually use AI every day." They watch demos. They try things. They don't have a system. And eventually the tab closes and nothing changes.
OpenWays packs are designed to close that gap — not by teaching AI, but by giving business owners a structured, ready-to-use system they can implement in a single week.
Each pack is built from scratch for one business type. The prompts in the Beauty pack are written for beauty businesses. The workflows reflect how a salon actually operates — not how a hypothetical "small business" might. Generic AI advice fails because it doesn't account for the specifics of your work. Industry-specific tools work because they do.
A blank prompt box is intimidating. A structured system isn't. Each pack removes the blank page problem by giving you specific prompts for specific situations, workflows for specific tasks, and a day-by-day plan for your first week. You don't need to figure out how to use AI — the pack already figured that out for your industry.
Understanding AI and using AI are different things. You don't need to understand how a large language model works to use it effectively in your business. The packs skip the theory entirely. They start at "here's what to set up" and end at "here's what you do on Tuesday morning." The goal is AI running in your operations — not AI knowledge sitting in your memory.
Individual AI use fades. Systems persist. The SOP Workflows in each pack are designed to make your best AI output repeatable — so you're not starting from scratch every time you want to write a caption or reply to a client. You build once, use indefinitely.
AI tools change fast. A prompt that works perfectly today might need adjusting in six months. An Edge Pass keeps your pack current — with revised recommendations and new resources as the landscape evolves. Your toolkit stays useful without you having to track the AI industry yourself.
We don't teach AI. We give you a system for using it. There are no lessons, no modules to complete, no certificates.
Our products are designed to be used independently. You don't need us to implement them — the pack does the explaining.
Generic AI guides are everywhere. We build for one industry at a time, with specificity that general advice can't provide.
We built OpenWays as an ongoing relationship, not a download-and-forget product. The base pack gets you started. The Edge Pass keeps you ahead. Our goal is to be the only AI resource your business needs.