A letter from Ihsan Beezer, founder of Black Laptops
Dear builder,
I am writing to you about the next ten years of your economic life.
Right now, while you read this, a new economy is being built. Artificial intelligence is rewriting how businesses start, how work gets done and how money is made. The last shift of this size took decades. This one is taking months.
Every shift like this sorts people into two groups. Not the smart and the ordinary. Not the connected and the unknown. The participants and the watchers.
The watchers do not lack talent. They do not lack ambition. They watch because nobody hands them a clear way in, and by the time the way is obvious, the easy ground is taken. The participants are not geniuses. They are simply in the game early: learning what matters, building real things, earning and owning while the rules are still being written.
This economy does not need a savior.
It needs more participants.
So let me be direct with you, because you deserve directness. Nobody is coming to level the playing field for you, and you do not need them to. You were never broken. What you need is what every participant needs: to know what matters, a path to build on, and momentum that does not quit on a hard Wednesday.
That is exactly why I built Black Laptops.
Black Laptops is a membership for Black builders, creators, professionals and side hustlers. It is not a course. A course ends. This is a running system with one job: your digital advantage, built week by week, for as long as you are building.
Everything runs on three words: Learn. Build. Advance.
Learn. Every week you get the Digital Advantage email: one idea that matters, one term explained plainly, and one action small enough to finish before the next email lands. Every month you get the Black Laptops Intelligence Brief, a 10-15 minute read that sifts the month for you: the tools, the rules, the stories and the terms worth knowing, with sources for everything. And every month I answer member questions in the Member Q&A, the real ones, from members, straight to the point, with every answer kept in the archive for you.
Build. Your first ninety days follow the 90-Day Starter Kit. The weekly email walks you from idea, to a real offer, to a minimum setup, toward your first customers. One step a week, inside the email you are already reading. No separate track, nothing extra to keep up with.
Advance. Every Monday starts with Keep Going, a 30-60 second audio from me: one thought, straight, for the days building gets heavy. And Black Laptops Conversations brings you members-only audio conversations with builders and experts, each one teaching one real lesson you can use the same week.
One email a week. One Brief a month. One action at a time. That is the whole rhythm, and it is designed for a busy life, not an empty calendar.
Builders with a business, or an idea that wants to be one. Creators who want systems, not just inspiration. Professionals keeping their job while building their advantage. Side hustlers with a few honest hours a week.
You do not need to be a technologist. You do not need an MBA, a PhD or a small-business diploma. Bring curiosity, ambition and a willingness to build. The membership supplies the rest.
The membership is $35 a month, or $350 a year, which gives you two months free.
That price is deliberate. It is low enough that trying it is a no-brainer, and real enough that what you get is taken seriously, by me and by you. There are no tiers, no locked features and no upsells waiting inside. Every member gets everything. My rule is simple: the membership is the only thing you need to build your digital advantage.
If you live somewhere, or you are in a season, where $35 is a real barrier, Global Access is the same membership at $20 a month or $200 a year. No application, no proof, no explanation. We trust your honesty. All we ask is that when you can, you switch.
I do not want your decision on faith. I want it on evidence.
The Digital Advantage Trial is $1 for seven days. Your dollar starts your first week: the current weekly email, Monday's Keep Going audio, and a short daily quick-start with one 10-minute action a day. The templates and worksheets you complete stay yours, even if you cancel.
Here are the plain facts, the same ones we email you on day 5. At checkout you choose your plan: $35/month or $350/year (Global Access: $20/month or $200/year). No silent defaults. On day 8, the plan you chose begins and renews at that price until you cancel. Cancel any time before day 8 and you will not be charged the membership price. Canceling takes minutes, in your account, at any time after that too.
One more plain fact: there are no refunds. The $1 trial is the try-before-you-pay. Seven days of the membership's first week, and canceling before day 8 means you are never charged the membership price.
Already know you are in? Skip the trial and join now at $35/month or $350/year.
Black Laptops launches on January 22, 2027: the membership, the podcast, the free book and the full site, all on one day.
Between now and then, the economy will not slow down to let anyone catch up. It never has. You can watch it move, or you can move with it and take part in it more fully than you otherwise would: build more, earn more, have more impact. That is the only pitch I will ever make to you, because it is the only one that respects you.
Seven days for $1. Then you decide.
Launch day: January 22, 2027.
Yours for building,
Ihsan Beezer
Founder, Black Laptops - builder, researcher and writer
P.S. The trial is $1 and the facts are plain: you pick your plan at checkout, we email you the exact charge and the cancel steps on day 5, and nothing renews until day 8. The worksheets you complete are yours to keep either way.
P.P.S. If $35 is a real barrier where you live, Global Access is the same membership at $20/month or $200/year, on the honor system. When you can, switch. Until then, build.