The Beginner’s Guide: How to Start a Business
Unlock the proven step-by-step roadmap for first-time entrepreneurs. All the guidance you need, zero overwhelm.
Ready to Turn Your Idea into a Growing Business?
What if starting your own business gave you freedom of many kinds, including financially? What if it also gave you time in the mornings without rushing, security from the AI (artificial intelligence) takeover, or just the liberation of micromanagement from your boss?
For entrepreneurial-minded people, working for a big company or someone other than yourself can feel as if the system is holding you back or worse, meant to make you fail. You can build your own path. You can do it while you work. You can do it in place of an employed job. You can learn what you need to start your own business at your own pace as life comes at you. At least you know you’ll have the real information for how to start it when you do want to.
This Business Basics course is for you IF:
✅ You know you’re meant for more.
✅ You’re burned out, feeling undervalued in your job.
✅ You aren’t making the kind of money you want to be making yet.
✅ You’re worried AI might be after your job.
✅ You’ve always wanted to start that idea, but just didn’t know how.
Learn the fundamentals of starting and growing a small business, and the world you want, really is yours.
Don’t put your business idea on hold for even a minute longer.
They’re going after their dream businesses. Why can’t you?
Get the knowledge. Do the thing. They can. So can you.
Just Like You.
Join people just like you who are fast-tracking their businesses with this beginner’s guide to starting a small business
It’s Time for a Change. Your business idea is worth it.
Hi. I’m Maigen.
I’m a small business owner, just like you (or soon). I began my business with no access to capital and no understanding of how to run a business. I just knew I wanted to make more money than I could get from my 9-5. It never sat right with me that my livelihood was subject to my boss, financially speaking. It took me years to learn what looked so effortless for others, and I spent hundreds of thousands more than I would have had to, had I just known how.
We started the Business Courtyard to help you become more strategic, faster.
What You’ll Learn
✅ Validate Your Business Idea. Find out if your concept will sell (before you spend a penny).
✅ Legal Setup Simplified. What to know before you register, insure, and launch.
✅ The Main Artery of Business: Profit & Loss Statement. As former Managing Director of one of the largest startup hubs in the country (The Cannon), I reviewed dozens of P&Ls every week, for years and will share lesser known details of a healthy P&L.
✅ Mindset for Success. Avoid common pitfalls and adopt the habits of thriving founders.
✅ Real Experience in Bite-Sized Bits - Zero Overwhelm. I’ve worked and learned from some incredible people over the years including the NBA Houston Rockets, MLS Houston Dynamo, MLB Houston Astros, Linda Thaler (the woman who created the Aflac Duck and the Herbal Essence “Yes” campaign), Levi’s, Former Kodak CMO, Jeffrey Hayzlett, and many other well-known figures and organizations. This compilation is my gift to the next generation of business owners.
What's in the Beginner's Guide to Starting a Small Business?
What's in the Beginner's Guide to Starting a Small Business?
What’s In the Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Business?
✅ Starting with the End in Mind: The P&L
✅ Understanding Key Performance Indicators
✅ Knowing the Main Functions of a Small Business
✅ Creating a Business Plan
✅ Ways to Fund Your Business
✅ Setting Up Your Business Entity & Name
✅ Tax Considerations
✅ The Part Most People Get Wrong: Reporting & Analytics
✅ The Part Most People Never Get To: Calibrating & Continuing