Get your company to cover this.

Most attendees expense Grrls in the Loop through their company's learning and development budget. Here's everything you need to make the case.

1. Send this email to your manager

Frame it as a business investment, not personal development. Managers approve things that solve problems.

Subject: Professional development request - AI workshop (April 22-23)

Hi [Manager],

I'd like to attend Grrls in the Loop, a two-day, in-person AI workshop on April 22-23 in Brooklyn. It's a hands-on program where you build real tools and workflows with AI - not just learn about them in theory.

The workshop covers practical AI skills I can apply directly to our work: how to identify which problems AI solves well, how to build and deploy AI-powered tools, and how to set up agents that automate recurring tasks. I'd come back with working tools and a clear plan for where AI can save us time.

It's led by Hilary Gridley (former Head of Core Product at WHOOP, now teaching AI at Maven) and a team of AI practitioners. Small group, high instructor-to-attendee ratio. Their last event sold out and was rated 9.2/10 by attendees.

The cost is $2,300 (early bird, increases to $2,800 after April 6). This includes both days, all materials, and meals.

More details: grrlsintheloop.ai

Happy to discuss - I think this would be a great use of our L&D budget and would pay for itself quickly.

Thanks,
[Your name]

Tip: Managers approve painkillers, not vitamins. Customize the email above with a specific problem on your team that AI could help solve. The more concrete, the faster the approval.

2. Share credentials

If your manager wants to vet the program, here's who's behind it.

Hilary Gridley Former Head of Core Product, WHOOP. Teaches AI at Maven. 300+ students, 4.8/5 rating. Featured in Harvard Business Review, The Economist, Business Insider.

How to Be a Supermanager with AI Hilary's Maven course. Endorsed by Lenny Rachitsky.

3. What your company gets

An employee who can identify high-ROI AI opportunities
Working AI tools and workflows built during the workshop
A personal AI implementation plan for the next 1-3 months
Certificate of completion for L&D records
Receipt provided immediately after purchase

4. Other ways companies cover this

Even if your company doesn't have a formal L&D budget, there are other paths:

Conference or professional development stipend
Manager's discretionary budget
Team training allocation
Innovation or AI-specific budget (increasingly common)

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