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Business Education & Facilitation:

Custom Curricula, Engaging Workshops, and Transformative Teaching

Curriculum Development for Business Incubators

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I work with both nonprofit and for-profit incubators to design impactful business coaching curricula. My focus is on developing 4-12 week learning containers that foster entrepreneurial growth through a values-aligned, anti-capitalist lens.

I bring years of experience designing and teaching curricula for diverse learners, ensuring that new business owners receive the tools they need without reinforcing harmful capitalist frameworks.

Facilitation & Teaching

Organizations can hire me for one-off workshops or multi-week courses on topics including:

  • Marketing & Sales: Ethical sales, branding, audience-building

  • Offer Development & Market Research

  • Budgeting & Finance

  • Business Planning & Sustainable Growth

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Current & Past Teaching Work

I have designed and taught business education programs for various institutions, including:

  • JumpStart at Generator (Burlington, VT)Ā ā€“ AĀ 12-week incubator programĀ helping small business owners launch with a strong foundation. Learn more.

  • Opportunities Credit UnionĀ ā€“ As the former Business Sense Manager, I provided strategic coaching and financial literacy education for emerging business owners. Including my sold-out program, Money Foundations, an anti-capitalist budgeting and finance series which can now be found here.Ā 

  • Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE)Ā ā€“ Monthly workshops covering critical business topics:

    • Intentional Growth: Crafting an Anti-Capitalist Business for the Year Ahead

    • How to Price Your Services: Fair, Sustainable Pricing for Service-Based Businesses

    • How to Start an Email List: Building Genuine Connections Beyond the Algorithm

    • Reclaiming Sales: Ethical Approaches to Growing Your Business

    • Blueprint for Crafting an Ethical, Anti-Oppressive Sales Page

Speaking Engagements

I am available for speaking engagements on a variety of topics. If your organization is looking for someone to discuss alternative economic models, ethical business practices, or critiques of capitalism, I offer keynotes and interactive presentations on:

Expanding on Alternative Economic Models

  • What Is the Solidarity Economy, and How Can Small Businesses Participate?

  • Mutual Aid vs. Charity: Why Business Owners Should Care

  • Cooperative Consulting: How Service-Based Businesses Can Embrace Shared Power

Ethical & Post-Capitalist Business Strategies

  • How to Build a Business Without Exploiting Yourself

  • Is Growth Always the Goal? Rethinking Success in a Post-Capitalist Society

  • Pay-What-You-Can Pricing: How to Do It Sustainably

Practical Guides for Small Business Owners

  • Marketing Without Social Media: A Guide for Ethical Entrepreneurs

  • What Are the Elements of Ethical Sales?

  • How to Build a Community-Based Economy with Your Business

Critiquing Capitalist Business Norms

  • The Hidden Cost of ā€˜Scaling Upā€™ā€”And Why Bigger Isnā€™t Always Better

  • The Hustle Lie: Why Capitalism Makes You Think Youā€™re Never Doing Enough

  • Is Marketing and Sales the Same? A Values-Based Perspective

Community & Collective Action

  • ā€˜Mutual Aid Near Meā€™ā€”How Small Business Owners Can Support Local Efforts

  • How to Use Your Business to Strengthen Your Community

  • Post-Capitalist Society: What Role Do Small Businesses Play?

Letā€™s Work Together!Ā 

Whether you need consulting, curriculum development, facilitation, or a speaker for your next event, Iā€™d love to collaborate with you. Get in touchĀ to discuss how we can bring anti-capitalist, values-driven business strategies to your organization.