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Claude Cowork for solo founders — the highest-ROI setup.

If you run a business alone, Cowork acts as the operations team you don't have. Here's the minimal setup.

Haojun See
Haojun See

Founder & Director, On The Ground

Updated 6 June 2026

Overview

Solo founders have the highest ROI from Cowork because the time-saving compounds with no team to share the load. The setup we recommend is narrower and deeper than what we'd suggest for an employee.

Connect just three things

• Gmail (the founder inbox). • Calendar (your founder calendar, not a team calendar). • Drive scoped to /Business/.

Set up three workflows

• Morning inbox triage — your first 10 minutes of the day. • Weekly Friday summary of what you shipped — paste into LinkedIn or your monthly investor update. • Quarterly customer-touch audit — "Who haven't I emailed in 90 days who I should reach out to?"

Add Code (CW-2) when

When your existing website is the bottleneck for selling. If you don't have a site, or your site is from 2018 and you wince when you share the link — CW-2 is the next step.

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