Small Business Blueprint Course: Build Your Success Plan in 5 Weeks!
Classes form on a rolling basis and are typically five consecutive sessions, excluding major holidays.
Our next class is forming now:
Tuesday Cohort: April 22, 2025, 3 to 4:30 pm ET, for five weeks, ending May 20, 2025.
If we have already spoken and decided together you are a good fit for our class, please scroll down to the payment link below and choose the package you desire.
To inquire about this course, to see if you are a good fit, or to get on our waiting list, email us at [email protected]. See the “How Do I Register?” section below. Classes meet live over Zoom.
Who Is This Course For?
This Small Business Blueprint Course, Build Your Success Plan in 5 Weeks, is for:
✨small business owners who already own a business, maybe for years, and want to go to the next level in an organized fashion, discovering just “what” that next level actually is, and
✨newly minted small business owners who have a passion for what they do and don’t have a plan yet.
We get it! Dream big. Execute small. Be consistent. Wrap it all up in a plan.
This is the “plan” part of it! Let’s get this one done and have some fun along the way.
What is the Small Business Blueprint Course?
Small Business Blueprint, Build Your Success Plan in 5 Weeks Course is a live, instructor-led, online, interactive course where you learn how to create your business plan. When working with solo- and micro-preneurs, we always consider both your personal life and your business life…and we encourage you to, also. In this course, we emphasize your business action plan – the action steps you will take to build and grow your business. We also have you consider your personal life goals and dreams at every step. We believe considering both parts, together, can lead to a more fulfilling life.
And we put the fun back into business planning – seriously! When you have successfully finished our Small Business Blueprint Course: Build Your Plan for Success in 5 Weeks, you will have a business plan. It might be on sticky notes, in a PowerPoint deck, within a map on the wall, or in a text document. We don’t care what format you choose. We do care that you build your small business blueprint and create your steps for success, your way.
Let’s be honest…most business owners do NOT want to complete their business plan! Oh, they agree in theory that it is necessary, but that’s as far as they go. This course helps change that conversation.
How? First, we want you to succeed. Know that. And we also know everyone learns differently. So we have built this course to cover all areas of business planning through both active and passive learning, combining presentation, discussion, Q & A, cowork sessions, and additional asynchronous online resources. We will schedule a live office hour, the exact day/time TBD, during your cohort.
What Do We Cover?
In this five-session Small Business Blueprint Course, we cover:
✨ Feasibility – we explore “will it work” for new businesses and growth directions/possibilities for existing businesses throughout the course as we work on planning and projections.
✨ Strategy – we give you the tools to figure out your “why” and craft your mission, vision and values statements, and establish your goals and objectives.
✨Key Success Factors – what sets you apart? How are you different? What factors can you leverage for your success?
✨Products, Services and Pricing – we help you become clear about what you are really selling and your price points.
✨ Marketing and Sales – from digital to physical, from target market to tactics, from outreach to inbound, we help you explore what marketing mix will work best for you to establish or increase sales.
✨ Finances – from sales projections to budgeting to financial statements, we cover it all at a high level and talk about outsourcing.
✨Legal aspects – we give you a high-level overview of legal entity selection, intellectual property and other legal aspects. Important: We are NOT attorneys, and we don’t pretend to be. This is a high-level discussion only!
✨ Management and Operations – from human resources to logistics to product lines to outsourcing, we will help you understand how your decisions, knowledge and management skills impact your company.
✨ Mindset, Focus and Work-Life Balance are woven throughout all our work together. They pop up everywhere, and at different places for different people.
What Else Is Included?
During the course and for two months after its completion, you will have access to online resources through MEG (My Entrepreneurial Growth) Community Blueprint Course Resources, including course content, workbook and spreadsheet templates, videos about content creation, sales, digital tools, public speaking and video marketing, plus various business articles. There is also a section for you to communicate with your fellow classmates between classes.
During your course you will have access to MEG Community’s weekly MEG Early Bird Cowork and Spot Coaching sessions, Tuesdays, 9 AM to 10:15 AM ET. The first hour is cowork, where you can work to write the sections of your plan. The last 15 minutes is spot coaching, where you can ask any questions you have. We want to make sure you have the support you need to complete your blueprint.
What Is the Cost?
The cost is $250. There are no refunds.
Email [email protected] to be considered for this course or to be put on our waiting list.
Early Registration Bonus
If you complete your registration and payment by Friday, April 18th, at 11:59 PM ET, you will receive a free 1-1 Customized Coaching Session, approximately 55 minutes, to use during the course. Registration is completed when we have spoken and both decided you are a good fit for this class and you have completed payment. The payment link is below.
Can I Purchase Additional MEG Community Time?
Yes, you can. When you pay $250 for this course, for an additional $67 (regular price $117), you can add 3 months MEG Community Premier Tree Membership. This membership will begin at the conclusion of your course. It will extend your access to Early Bird Cowork and Spot Coaching meetings, described above, and add POWER HOUR, a mini-mastermind, held Thursdays, Noon to 1 PM ET, so you can continue to work on your Blueprint coursework with support.
What If I Want Some Additional 1-1 Coaching?
We know you may want a more robust customized experience as you create your small business blueprint and begin to implement your action plan. When you purchase this course plus the 3 additional months of MEG Community Premier Tree Membership, you may add four half-hour 1-1, customized business coaching sessions for an additional $240. All unused sessions expire six months after your course end date.
How Do I Register? What Is My Next Step?
NOTE: Registration is completed when we have spoken and both decided you are a good fit for this class. You must complete registration and payment 48 hours prior to the course start date. If we have already spoken and you have been accepted into the class, you can complete payment through the PayPal link below.
When submitting your payment you must include your name, email, and the Blueprint Course start date. After payment, we’ll set up your Membership in MEG Community before the course begins.
Otherwise, send an email to [email protected] and put “Blueprint Course” in the subject line. No spam. We’ll schedule a 1-1 Zoom chat and see if you’re a good fit. Not everyone is, and that is okay. Being a good fit has a lot to do with mindset and dedicating time in your schedule to complete the course.
You see, we want something much more important than your fee.
We want your success.
Payment – Must Be Completed 48 Hours Prior to the Course Start Date, unless you have received an exception.
Include your name, email and Blueprint Course start date.
You have the option to purchase the following, and there are no refunds:
- $250, Blueprint Course alone
- $317, Blueprint Course plus 3 Months MEG Community Premier Tree Membership
- $557, Blueprint Course, plus 3 months MEG Community Premier Tree Membership, plus four 30-minute customized coaching sessions
Let’s Stay In Touch
No matter your decision, we wish you all the best on your journey as a small business owner. Let us know how we can help. If you have questions about this course, your business, or if you would simply like to know us better, let’s schedule a 1-1 Zoom chat. Email us at [email protected], and put Zoom Chat in the subject line. We also invite you to sign up for our newsletter, which includes small business tips and resources. Let’s stay in touch.
NOTE: This course or similar preparation is a prerequisite to joining any of our Mastermind Groups.
You may also receive business plan training through private 1-1 Small Business Blueprint Coaching sessions. Email [email protected] to discuss.
Your Business. Our programs. Your success. Together, we’ve got this!
About Your Instructor
Robin Suomi, Founder of Startup to Growth and MEG Community
Startup to Growth takes solo- and micropreneurs from confusion, doubt and fear to confidence and success through education, training, dedicated mastermind groups, MEG Community memberships and 1-1 customized small business planning coaching. Robin’s passion is helping small business owners move from concept through growth, whatever “growth” means to them, unleashing their vitality, innovation and creativity as they launch or grow their successful and sustainable companies according to their vision.
Robin has worked with thousands of small business owners in industries from A to Z (literally!), from launch to $5M+ in sales. Her passion is working with solo- and micropreneurs, from launch to mid six figures in sales. Robin is a former adjunct professor at a community college, teaching Business 101 and Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management. She ran an organization for over 9 years that focused on business planning, education and counseling. She has been a member of the Loudoun Chamber Board of Directors and the Loudoun Economic Development Commission.
Other services include MEG Startup Masterminds, MEG Growth Masterminds, 1-1 Small Business Blueprint Coaching, and 1-1 General Coaching.
Learn more about how Startup to Growth can help you by taking a tour of our website.
Robin is also the founder of MEG (My Entrepreneurial Group) Community. MEG is all about education, inspiration, support, collaboration and ACTION! Members work together to master starting their first business OR growing their existing business, in their own way, on their own terms. Shhhh….they also have a ton of fun along the way! Check it out and join as a free Leaf Member.
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