Gauging interest
Starting a Business
You don't need an idea already. If you've got one, we'll get it out of your head and onto paper.
In person ยท Mold Business Park
Small business courses, round one table.
For people starting a business, and people already running one. Small groups in Mold, an easy drive from Chester and Wrexham.
Nothing to pay yet. Free parking on site.
Courses
Three courses, one table
Small groups, in person, taught in plain English. You work on your own business, not a case study. Pick one to see what's in it.
Waiting list
AI for your business
For people already running something. I show you the basics, then you build your own thing with me sat next to you. No coding.
Waiting list
AI to build your website
You leave with a site that's live, hosted and set up properly, and that you can change yourself without ringing anybody.
Something else
Want a course that isn't here?
Tell me what you'd come to and I'll put it on when a few people ask for the same thing.
Starting a Business · the women's course
The four Fridays
What week one looks like
Four Fridays, 9.30 to 12, ten places. By twelve on the first Friday you'll have your idea written down in a way other people understand, and you'll know it makes sense to someone who isn't you.
9.30
Introductions
A small group, round one table. Some will have an idea already, some won't, and both are fine. You say what's brought you.
9.45
Ideas on the table
If you came without an idea, you won't leave without one. We start from what you're already good at and the things people keep asking you to do. If you came with one, you'll go away with two or three versions of it you hadn't thought of.
10.15
Your problem or opportunity
One page, one template, no jargon. A business either fixes something people will pay to get rid of, or picks up something nobody round here is doing yet. This is where you write down which one yours is, and I'm round the table with each of you while you do it.
10.45
Say it out loud
You read it to one other woman and she says it back in her own words. If it comes back wrong, you've found the bit that isn't clear. Better to find that on a Friday morning than six months in. Then a break.
11.15
Who's it for
You write down who these people are and where you'd find them. That's the other half of the page.
11.45
The room hears it
You read yours out and the others tell you what they honestly think. That's the bit you can't get at home, where they'll only ever say it sounds lovely.
12.00
You go home with something
The first page of your feasibility study. The problem or opportunity you've got, and who it's for, in your own words. Three more Fridays and you'll know whether the whole thing is worth doing.
Week
one
one
Your idea, and who it's for
The problem or opportunity behind it, written down. No idea yet? You work one out in the room.
Week
two
two
Would anyone pay
How you find out whether the people you've got in mind would actually part with money for it.
Week
three
three
What you'd charge
What to price it at, what it costs you, and what's left for you at the end.
Week
four
four
Is it worth doing
You put the four weeks together and make the call. You keep the method too, so you can test the next idea yourself.
Register your interest
£150 for the four Fridays. Nothing to pay now. I'll ask for it once the dates are set and you've told me you want a place.
AI for your business
Yours, not a demo
Four sessions of three hours, one a week, twelve hours in total. Ten people maximum, so when you get stuck I'm there. No coding, on this or any of my courses. If you can type a sentence you can do everything we do in the room.
Every
session
session
Taught, then built
A short bit of teaching on what the tool does and how to talk to it. Then you spend most of the time on your own business, with your own prices, services and photos, while I come round.
You
choose
choose
What you could build
A website you can change whenever you like. A month of social posts, plus the recipe to keep making them. Quote, invoice and email templates that sound like you. An assistant that answers questions using your own prices. A clear head on which tools are free and which are worth paying for.
Bring
A laptop and your real stuff
Your actual prices, services and photos. Most people go home with two or three things finished, not a handout.
Try it
first
first
Taster session
One session, two hours. Twenty minutes on the basics, then you pick one job and get it done with my help. Whatever you pay for it comes off the course.
Join the waiting list
Daytime, Wednesday to Friday. No evenings or weekends. Dates set once there are enough names.
AI to build your website
Live, by the end
Two sessions of three hours, a week apart, six hours in total. Ten people maximum. Your words, your prices, your photos. No coding.
Every
session
session
Taught, then built
A short bit of teaching, then you work on your own site with me sat next to you. Nobody listens for two hours and nobody works on a made up example.
You go
home with
home with
A site that's live
Hosted, on your own address, with words for every page written to sound like you, your photos sized and looking right, and an enquiry form that reaches your inbox.
Getting
found
found
Search, and a blog you'll keep up
Your business on Google and on the map, the words people round here actually type, and a simple way to add posts so the site doesn't just sit there.
And
The ability to change it
Any of it, whenever you like, without ringing anybody. Plus a clear head on what domains and hosting actually cost.
Join the waiting list
Daytime, Wednesday to Friday. A taster session is available first, and what you pay for it comes off the course.
Something else
Ask for a course I haven't put on yet
The courses above are just where I've started. If there's something you'd come to that isn't on the list, tell me what it is. That's how I decide what to run next.
1
Tell me what it is
The button below takes you to the form. One line is plenty — using AI properly, building something your business needs, or turning a vague idea into a plan you can act on.
2
I count the asks
When a few people want the same thing, I write it and set a date.
3
You hear either way
If it's going ahead I'll email you the date. If it isn't, I'll tell you that too rather than leave you waiting.
Tell me what you want
No commitment, and I won't add you to anything else.
One to one
How one to one works
Or work with me directly
If a group isn't right for you, or you want to get through something specific quickly, I work with people one to one. At Mynydd Awel, in your own office, or online.
Where
Mynydd Awel, Mold Business Park
An award winning eco building on the edge of Mold, with a garden and a lot of daylight.
Not a back room above a pub.
- Free parking right outside
- Fully accessible, with accessible toilets
- Twenty minutes from Chester and Wrexham
- Tea, coffee and biscuits every session
Register interest
Put your name down
Nothing to pay and you're not committing to anything. I just want to know who's out there, and what would suit you.
You're on the list.
Thanks. I'll be in touch as soon as the dates are fixed.