Prioritizing people and the planet over profits through small business.Â
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At the heart of my work is a commitment to reshaping how small businesses operate—by prioritizing people and the planet over profits. In a world where capitalism often drives decisions that harm communities and the environment, I help folks build businesses grounded in anti-capitalist values.
Together, we'll create sustainable models that foster equity, embrace the principles of solidarity economy and mutual aid, challenge traditional profit-driven practices, and align your business with your values.
Whether you're navigating the complexities of business ownership or seeking to reshape your existing practices, I'm here to support you in cultivating a business that serves the greater good.
Welcome, comrade!Â
Imagine being able to build a profitable business with intention. You're confident navigating big goals both revenue wise and impact.Â
The challenges of small business ownership are still there, but you are so much more confident about how to navigate them.
You're grounded, calm, and in control. Â
Below you will find some of my most popular workshops and workbooks to download for free! Download the ones you need or watch them all.Â
And don't forget to give me a shout at [email protected] once you've watched them. I love to hear from you and answer any questions that have come up!Â
Free Anti-Capitalist Business Resources! 👇
Intentional Growth: Crafting an Anti-Capitalist Business for the Year Ahead
Learn how to align your business goals with your core values for a more meaningful and sustainable year. This workshop will help you set intentional, values-driven goals that prioritize people, the planet, and ethical growth.
How to Price Your Services: Fair, Sustainable Pricing for Service-Based Businesses
Learn how to set fair and sustainable prices that reflect the value you provide while ensuring your business thrives. This workshop will guide you through ethical pricing strategies for service-based businesses that align with your values and support long-term success.
How to Start an Email List: Building Genuine Connections Beyond the Algorithm
Discover how to build meaningful connections with your audience beyond the noise of social media. Learn practical strategies for growing an authentic email list that nurtures relationships and supports sustainable business growth.
Reclaiming Sales: Ethical Approaches to Growing Your Business
Explore ethical and authentic sales strategies that prioritize people over profit. Learn how to grow your business while maintaining integrity, building trust, and creating genuine connections with your humans.
Marketing Without Social Media
Explore alternative strategies to grow your business without relying on platforms that prioritize profit over people. Learn how to build genuine connections, market with integrity, and create sustainable growth that aligns with your values. No social media required!
Blueprint for Crafting an Ethical, Anti-Oppressive Sales Page
Create a sales page that aligns with your values while prioritizing integrity and inclusivity. This guide will walk you through designing a page that builds trust, respects your audience, and promotes your offerings ethically.
Building a post-capitalist world will take all of us. It's a practice in co-creation and collective liberation.
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Here's how Emily can help:
Anti-Capitalist Business CoachingÂ
Work one-on-one with Emily to create a business that prioritizes ethical marketing, sustainable sales, and values-driven offer development. Together, we'll build strategies that align with your anti-capitalist values and foster positive change.
Need help paying for this? Coaching is often grant-funded—reach out to see if you qualify!
Public or Private SpeakingÂ
Emily brings her expert knowledge, breadth of experience, and playful humor to challenge audiences to dig down to the root of why and how we do business, create communities, and build organizations. Emily speaks on a range of topics and has experience talking on a stage in front of 100's of humans, live on the radio, and recorded for your rad podcast.
Curriculum Development & Program FacilitationÂ
Emily has extensive experience in developing curricula and facilitating programs. She’s led 12-week bootcamps, monthly workshops, and 4-week series for both private audiences and the general public, working with adults as well as high school and college students. Reach out to see how Emily can help bring your program to life!
Free Business Coaching Office Hours
Looking to run your business in alignment with anti-capitalist values? Join me, Emily Eley, an anti-capitalist business coach, for my monthly office hours, held on the first Thursday of each month from 9:00–10:30 AM ET.
These sessions are a space for meaningful conversations about building businesses that prioritize people over profit. Each month, we focus on a different topic, with themes often revolving around sales, marketing, and crafting impactful offerings that align with your values. Whether you’re navigating how to grow without compromising your principles or exploring new ways to connect with your audience authentically, these office hours are designed to provide actionable insights and supportive dialogue.
Come ready to share, ask questions, and rethink what sustainable success can look like!
register for office hours!Monthly Workshops with Center for Women and Enterprise
Emily teaches monthly workshops in partnership with the Center for Women and Enterprise, offering valuable insights into building and growing values-driven businesses. Workshops are available on a sliding scale or for free, making them accessible to all. Past topics include:
- Intentional Growth: Crafting a Values-Based 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
Register today to join and explore new ways to grow your business sustainably.Â
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Hey! I'm Emily. Â
I'm an Anti-Capitalist Business Coach and fierce advocate for small business owners. I've spent the last 8 years studying capitalism, individualism, neoliberalism and labor. Understanding power is at the root of essentially everything I do.
I've devoted my career to teaching folks how to grow ethics-based and values-driven businesses without exploiting their energy, the planet's energy, or anyone else's. I do this mostly through my anti-capitalist business coaching program, Made 4 More. In addition to running Emily Eley Creative, I'm also a mama to two tiny humans, a partner, an athlete, an activist & organizer, and a small scale carpenter.
My mission is to empower womxn-owned business, BIPOC-owned business, queer-owned business and other folx from marginalized communities to generate social and ecological value with and without financial return.
If you speak strengths, my top 5 CliftonStrengths are:Â Activator, Maximizer, Strategic, Communication, and Futuristic.
