All the steps to 

open your business

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Pre-Launch Business Academy is a six month business system that guides you through each step to get your business open and start selling.

We are simplifying business.

You just follow the steps.

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Opening your business should

NOT feel impossible.

Opening a business is scary, confusing, and can feel completely overwhelming. We created Pre-Launch specifically to make opening and starting your business easier.

Testimonials

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Highly Recommend

“I highly recommend Kara’s courses for anyone interested in starting their own business. She walks you through very important beginning steps and important things to think about as you start and grow. It will save you hours of research!”

ERICKA Kinnebrew

ABA Engine
CEO | Founder

 

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Incredible Knowledge

“I attended Kara’s Launched workshop, she is amazing! She has incredible knowledge and a passion for helping entrepreneurs set themselves up for success.

I highly recommend Kara!”

Roxanne Pashniak

Inspiring Pashion Consulting
CEO | Founder

 

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Fun yet Practical

“Kara is an amazing teacher! Not only is she extremely knowledgable, but she presents ideas in a fun, yet practical, way of learning. She also comes from a place of real-life experience… and truly has a heart for helping small business owners.”

Debbie Drake

Women’s Business Center of UT
Retired Program Director

How it Works

Start.

Get Legal

Walk through the easy to understand steps of what is legally required (in the US) to start and establish your business.

Learn.

Market

Learn basic marketing strategies, how to push through hard things, and what you need to do to get your first and then 5,000th dollar.

Grow.

Make Money

Choose one of our easy-to-follow done-for-you marketing plans to get you started on the road to making your first $5,000. 

What’s inside:

Learn a little bit more about our core courses. Each course includes 6-12 classes, a workbook, and bonus tools!

Three Courses

Pre-Launch has three exclusive courses to get your business up and on the way to making its first $10,000.

Get started with our Set Your Business up Right course. Then take Going All In to build your business reslience and basic finance skills.

Then go for your goal with our Your First $10K course.

Marketing Plans

Pre-Launch come with five original and proven marketing plans. Choose the right one for your business and work with our custom and exclusive coaching bot to customize our marketing plans for your business. 

Or take the done-for-you marketing plans and implement them on your own. Either way, we have all the steps to get you moving.

6 Months Support

Pre-Launch includes six months of additional business support. Get help, ask questions, and find motivation in our private Facebook group and weekly two hour co-working sessions.

Plus! Get help from our custom and exclusive Launched Coaching Bot, programmed specifically for business owners headed to $10k, and filled with all the Launched Academy knowledge.

Course Outlines

Your First $5K Syllabus

  1. BUILD MOMEMTUM 
    1. Is $5K Too Small?
    2. $5K Starts with $100
    3. 100 Ways to Win – Choose Yours
  2. GET MOVING 
    1. Pre-Made Marketing Plans
    2. Your Launched Coaching Bot
    3. How to Build Reviews
    4. The Power of Free
  3. DON’T STOP – DON’T GIVE UP 
    1. Do it Scared
    2. Tracking Your Success

Includes: Make Your First $5K workbook, done-for-you marketing plans, and a marketing tracker 

Going All In Syllabus

  1.  WHEN TO JUMP IN
    1. How to Know When It’s Time 
    2. How to Save for a New Business 
    3. Personal Finance vs Business Finance 
  2. BUILDING BUSINESS RESILENCE 
    1. When Business Gets Rough 
    2. You Are Already an Expert 
    3. What to Expect as a Business Owner
  3. MARKETING 101
    1. Your Minimum Viable Product 
    2. Intro to Market Like You Matter 
    3. You Have No Business Here

Includes: Going All In workbook

Set Your Business Up Right Syllabus

    1.  YOUR BUSINESS IDENTITY
      1. Choosing Your Business Name
      2. Protecting Your Business Name
      3. The Importance of a Business Model
    2. GETTING LEGAL
      1. Your Entity Type
      2. Registration, EIN, & Licenses
    3. SETTING UP FOR SUCCESS
      1. Finance 101
      2. Business Bank Accounts
      3. Business Funding
      4. Business Insurance
    4. SELF EMPLOYMENT 101
      1. Planning for Retirement
      2. Paid Time Off & Sick Leave

    Includes: Getting Started workbook

    What else is included?

     

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    But wait, There’s more!

    • Printable Workbooks
      Our courses include a printable workbook. These give you the hands-on space to create and implement your business planning.
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    • Training Certification
      This is certified business training! At the end of your program you will have the certificate and badge to prove it.
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    • Exclusive Co-Working and live Q&A
      Use our private Discord channel for weekly co-working and live Q&A. Get feedback on your work!
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    • Proven Step-by-Step Marketing Plans
      Our done-for-you marketing plans give you all the steps, in the right order, to get moving with your marketing. No more posting and praying it works.
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    • Custom Coaching Bot 
      We have taken our years of experience, advice, successes, and lessons and programmed them into an AI bot for you. It will help you with content creation, marketing plans, feedback on your work, etc.

    On demand courses

    Plus live Support

    Marketing Plans

    Take our pre-written, pre-proven marketing plans, use our coaching bot to help you make them your own, and in less than a day you have a custom, ready to implement marketing strategy for your business.

    Automated Task List

    As you go through the courses you will be assigned tasks for each class. You are NOT just learning here, you are taking real steps — real action. Afterall, it doesn’t matter what you know, it matters what you do. We help you do.

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    Live Co-Working

    Join us for our live co-working and Q&A session every week. In these two hours you can bring any questions and we will help walk you through what you are working on.  We got you!

    Limited seats available! 

    This Program is for

    entrepreneurs

    who:

    Have a dream

    If you have a business dream you have been dreaming of for years, we want to help you reach it.

    Don’t just dream. Let’s make it happen!

    Haven't Made $5K yet

    If you are working hard but still not seeing the return that you need in your business, Pre-Launch is for you.

    Go get your first $5K!

    Feel lost and frustrated

    Building a business often feels confusing. Many business owners are lost and have no idea what to do first.

    We made you a map.

    Are ready to take action

    If you are ready to finally see if you have the entrepreneur gene and give your dream a real push, we want to work with you.

    Welcome!

    You got this.

     You can build a successful business.

     

    We just make it a whole lot easier.

    PRe-Launch Promise

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    Pre-Launch, like our full academy, is not wishful thinking. It is not magic.

    You will have the tools, knowledge, and COMMUNITY to get through the tough times in your business. Pre-Launch prepares you for running a real business!

    We give you the tools to create your own future and get through all the blocks standing in your way. 

    Testimonials

    “If anyone is on the journey of starting their own business, taking Launched Academy along for the ride with you is a MUST! Everything is laid out step-by-step, with lots of help and support along the way.

    Going out on your own is scary, and the resources at Launched Academy are spot-on to what newbies need! Check it out!

    Lynette Wehner

    Owner, Reclaim Family Time

    “Kara will show you exactly what you need to do to start a business the right way! Her expertise, no fluff approach and high level of support is unmatched!

    Plus, she has the BEST sense of humor! “

    Lisa Melick

    Owner, Stone Groove Social

    seats are limited!

    Pre-Launch Investment

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    Pre-Launch Business Academy Includes:

    • Set Your Business Up Right course
    • Going All In course
    • Your First $5K course
    • Five original and proven marketing plans
    • Three workbooks
    • Access to our private Facebook group
    • Access to our Discord co-working and live Q&A sessions
    • LIFETIME access to our Launched Coaching Bot

    Total Retail :  $2,341 

    Current Price: $297

    Starting a business is hard and confusing.
    Making your first $5K can feel like an impossible task.

    We help make each step and each new challenge easier. 

    How do I know if it is the right time to start?

    There is no “right time” in life. We wait and wait and wait for the “right time”. And then we wake up and realize that we are still in the same place we were five years ago — still waiting for the “right time”.

    If you are dedicated to seeing your business succeed, THIS is the right time.

    What if I don't have a business yet?

    Pre-Launch is a great place to be if you are just starting your business. It will also give you all the steps to getting a business legal and start selling.

    If you just want to know what business ownership is like, this is a good starting point.

    We recommend this program most though for people who want to get their business started right now or already have a business but haven’t hit that $10K mark yet.

    What is the time commitment?

    A super dedicated person could make it through all the course work in about two months. But we created the Pre-Launch, like the Launch Your Business Academy, based on implementation.

    Most of our students spent 2-5 hours per week working on their business and their programs with Launched.

    How is this course different than the rest?

    We used to just have one program, the Launch Your Business Academy, but we found it didn’t fit the needs of growing businesses enough. So we created four distinct programs to help you where ever you are in your business.

     FOUR BUSINESS PHASES: 

    1. PRE-LAUNCH
      If your business is making under $10k/year this is where you need to be. Get ready to stretch outside your comfort zone while you learn to sell your product/service. We are taking off the training wheels and getting you comfortable with marketing basics and selling your amazing product/service.
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      Pre-Launch is the only Launched program that doesn’t require an application and approval.
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    2. LAUNCH YOUR BUSINESS ACADEMY
      The academy is for business owners who have made their first $10K and ready to hit $36K. You have some money coming in and now it is time to build a solid business foundation to not only push you to $36K, but also stablize your business for years to come. 
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    3. MARKET LIKE YOU MATTER
      Phase three: marketing master!! Market Like You Matter is the program for business owners who have hit $36K and are eager to get to $65K. We will dive into marketing funnel, systems, strategy, tracking, and automations.By the end of Market Like You Matter business owners will finally feel completely confident in their favorite successful marketing medium.
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    4. $100K PUSH
      In our $100K Push Program we are on a mission to help your business reach that golden goal of $100K in revenue. Business owners will be diving into creating systems, steamlining process, and increasing production.

    We created all our programs to help you move forward and take real action in your business — not learn and forget.

    What date/times do I need to be available?

    There are no specific dates/times for Pre-Launch. If you want to participate in our live co-working and Q&A calls those are every Tuesday from 10:30am-12:30pm and we use a platform called Discord.

    We have training and links in Pre-Launch to train you on the system (it isn’t hard).

    What happens if I need more time?

    No worries! We do not want you stay in the Pre-Launch phase. We want you through this phase as quickly as possible. We want you to make $10K and move onto your next phase of business, hopefully inside the Launch Your Business Academy.

    If you need more time to get there, no worries. We have a Pre-Launch extension plan that is only $32/mo. 

    If you need a few extra months, there is no worry at all.