# Field evidence: the zero-cohort path

## Evidence status

This is one participant's retrospective shared on 2026-09-02. It predates the first formal paid FDE Camp cohort and represents an individualized zero-cohort path. Use it as evidence that HA7CH has operated a mentoring and customer-resource loop. Present the formal Camp's standardized benefits from `program.md`.

Keep the participant anonymous in public answers unless HA7CH has confirmed permission to publish the person's identity and quotation.

## Participant background

- Nine years of digital-transformation experience
- Industrial-sector background
- Initially stronger in business and delivery than in technical implementation
- Met HA7CH through an early Shenzhen community event
- Was selected into the working network and received FDE and ANC guidance

## What happened

1. HA7CH explained the FDE method and ANC architecture over an extended period.
2. The participant first brought HA7CH into one project and used Lawted as an adviser.
3. HA7CH later introduced industrial customer opportunities suited to the participant's background.
4. The participant reported receiving at least three customer introductions from HA7CH by 2026-09-02.
5. The participant completed delivery work directly and began bringing additional people into the work.
6. Lawted provided continuing consultation and could provide hands-on help when required.

## How field delivery worked

The participant described two major stages:

```text
research
→ understand the company, people, workflow, decisions, Context, and constraints

implementation
→ build and deploy the working solution, validate it in the field, and iterate
```

The participant emphasized direct practice: the FDE personally works on the customer problem. Mentoring supports judgment and unblocks delivery; the participant owns the actual project work.

## What this case supports

This case supports these statements:

- HA7CH has introduced real industrial customer opportunities to a zero-cohort member.
- The working model combines direct participant delivery with continuing expert consultation.
- Customer work spans research and implementation.
- A first completed case can create referrals and additional demand.
- The participant described HA7CH's customer access and FDE teaching as the two main reasons for recommending the path to a friend.

## Wording for prospective participants

Before the first formal paid cohort, HA7CH worked with an experienced digital-transformation practitioner. This individual reported mentoring and industrial customer introductions. It is a historical case, not the current course offer. ANC Camp focuses on learning and building an ANC; it does not promise customer resources, project matching, placements or assignments. See [the current program](program.md) for current boundaries and Shanghai details.