By now, you've tried to use tools and resources to build a strong business and you know that you are capable of building a business that reflects...
✓ A strong community
✓ Time with your loved ones
✓ Personal wealth
✓ Work that matters to you
In short, you have seen thousands of small business owners reach success and build a fulfilling life.
It doesn't mean it feels possible to pay yourself generously.
And it doesn't mean you will do it, even if you know how
Let's be honest, theory without action often feels like an idea.
Right now, someone telling you to "start marketing" doesn't help. You have at least a thousand questions, including...
I'm a small business counselor and coach, writer of The Guided Small Business Planner™, mom of two, and small business owner.
I took everything that I know about starting and growing businesses and created a step-by-step guide for small business owners.
My experience working with thousands of small business owners as I ran our state's largest Small Business Center from 2017-2022 told me exactly what is needed.
I've been in your shoes. Rewind to my first entrepreneurial journey — house flipping (from 2007-2009 during a recession) and my foray into local agriculture when I worked to connect farmers and food makers.
I've made plenty of my own small business mistakes and helped business owners navigate starting and growing.
Flourish In Growth is proud to bring this tool - The Guided Small Business Planner to small business owners. I believe it will change your business and your life.
We take the guesswork out of small business ownership with The Guided Small Business Planner™.
In writing this workbook, I combined my years of expertise as a business owner and business coach to create a step by step guide to starting a small business. Along the way, I answer the most common questions business owners like you have in a way that's easy to understand and implement!
Your planner is not a calendar day planner. It's a business planner that is a course and workbook for building your business. It will eliminate the guesswork, backtracking, and overwhelm by helping you take action on the right things in the right order.
From customer interview sheets to customer persona dossiers to competitor profiles and customer journey marketing maps, the Guided Small Business Planner is full of effective, easy to use templates that will help you build a vibrant business. Don't start from scratch!
We've sprinkled examples and anecdotes from other small businesses throughout each section. Learn across industries and categories as you consider
what will set your business apart!
Like the Bible, my Initial response to the Guide was intimidating as it is beautifully bounded and structured. I just wanted to put it out for display. However, once I began to follow the plans & suggestions, Its usefulness became apparent. I love the categories & tabs…..definitely a great reference tool; highly recommend.
I received my package in the mail today! Packaging is stellar and I love the post-it notes (I'm definitely a post-it note kinda of gal). I am so excited to dive in to this and share this resource with my counterparts who are also looking to start and grow their business. I can't imagine how I have been getting along this far without such an amazing organizational tool. Highly recommend.
I had owned my own company for 25 years. In that time, I have been hit with almost every form of book, system, advisor, counselor, coach, or consultant there is… Flourish in Growth is brilliant!
I wish I had this when I first started my business, you could have saved me a few years.
1. I love the attention to detail in its package. We tell people to dress for the position you want; this feels very similar. There is a reverence to the materials that matches the book’s purpose.
2. Despite the way we teach it, business planning is not a linear process. This makes it easy to jot a note or drop a post-it on another section (love the tabs).
3. They exercises are on point.
4. Bravo on the ‘write or draw’ take on filling out the work (I am a white board junkie).
5. I think that if someone puts the time into diligently completing the assignments they can gain a very clear picture of their potential success… which is the whole point.
First, I feel I should acknowledge that when I came across this book while on LinkedIn, I wasn’t sure if it would be a good fit as it seemed to be marketed to women entrepreneurs, however I know Cherith by working with her while doing some research at the small business center at Wake Tech. Cherith was very helpful to me then and so I felt her book would help me as well. I started my business a year and a half ago with little to no planning, only a “window of opportunity” and although I am bootstrapping this as a “side gig” because I still have a full time job, I know that in order for me grow and push beyond the “owning a job” stage, I need a business plan. I am confident this book will provide the guidance and motivation to complete my business plan. Cherith did a wonderful job on this book, from the impressive packaging to the robust construction and quality of the materials and the thoughtful design. I just recently received the book and I am just starting this journey, however I am excited to get started.
I highly recommend getting this book if your serious about growing your business.
