Build the Business You Want

The Guided Small Business Planner™ is a workbook planner for small business owners. Our style is simple and clear – with 11 comprehensive chapters over more than 240 pages. Each chapter is laid out with instructions, examples, and a place for you to immediately apply it to your business. All for less than one hour of consulting!

Meet Your Small Business Playbook

  • Never-ending to-do list but not sure how to tackle it?
  • Confused about pricing and sales goals?
  • Not reaching customers?

Our step-by-step guide takes the guesswork out of building a business.

The Guided Small Business Planner™

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Why a business planner?

No two businesses are alike, but they do need to know how they make money, reach customers, and set sales goals that make sense for them. We take the guesswork out of building the business and life that you want.

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Hi, I'm Cherith Roberson.

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 (during the 2009 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 to small business owners. I believe it will change your business and your life.

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Have you ever been told you need a business plan?

Like most things in life, it's hard to get somewhere if we don't know how.

Building a business takes focus, skill, and expertise but most of us are learning as we go. There are thousands of vague articles that tell you how to write a business plan and it's easy to get stuck guessing if you are on the right track. That's why we created The Guided Small Business Planner™ — your business planning tool that makes it doable and even fun!

The Tool You've Been Waiting For

We take the guesswork out of small business ownership with The Guided Small Business Planner™.

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  • Comprehensive

    Eleven sections cover every small business area including: ownership, branding, marketing, pricing, and operations.

  • One step at a time

    Designed to allow you to apply each lesson to your business in real time and as you go. You get to choose your pace!

  • Real Examples

    Provided examples allow you to see how peer small businesses make it work.

  • Resources Library

    Access the exclusive resources library: including additional tutorials, videos, and extra worksheets, to further support and enhance what's inside your planner.

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We've helped thousands of business owners — but don't take our word for it...

Cherith's [our founder] breadth and depth of business acumen was instrumental in helping me with opening my brick and mortar. Her ability to listen, assess, and advice efficiently is remarkable.

Preeti Waas, Owner and Chef, Cheeni

Raleigh, NC

It is comprehensive, challenging, and beautiful. I love the rich colors, the roadmap chart that is worthy of framing once completed, and that buyers can download additional resources from the website. It is worth every penny.

Katie Gailes

Raleigh, NC

Your "The Guided Small Business Planner™" is absolutely a fantastic tool the start-up entrepreneurs attending my online class or in private sessions could ever want. It so well done, concise, easy to read/understand, and will be a real helpful guide through the stress and challenges while starting a new business from "ground zero." 

Steve Carver

Dunn, NC

Your "The Guided Small Business Planner™" is absolutely a fantastic tool the start-up entrepreneurs attending my online class or in private sessions could ever want. It so well done, concise, easy to read/understand, and will be a real helpful guide through the stress and challenges while starting a new business from "ground zero." 

Steve Carver

Dunn, NC