Starting a business shouldn’t require
already knowing how.

The First Step Studio works alongside women taking the first real step into business ownership — with no prior experience required, and no assumption that you should have it already.

WHY THIS EXISTS

"Most women I talk to don’t need a business plan template. They just need someone to say ‘yes, that’s a real business idea and here’s where you actually start.’"

From Idea to Something Real

This is for women ready to turn their craft or concept into a legitimate, thriving business. You'll have someone in your corner keeping you accountable, not adding to the overwhelm.

You have an idea or just a feeling.

You value side-by-side guidance.

You want a live website.

You're ready to launch.

But have no idea what the first real step looks like.

You want someone working through it with you.

Built together, reflecting your unique brand voice.

You're done researching. You want to start doing.

How We'll Work Together

Setting the Foundation

Finding The Brand

Staying The Course

First, the practical stuff: naming the business, choosing a structure, and getting it registered, so the paperwork stops feeling like a mystery.

We'll find a name, voice, and look that actually fits you, then build it out together on a simple Squarespace site.

The decisions don't stop at launch. Pricing, first clients, and the moments you second-guess yourself, I'm still with you.

The website is part of it — not the whole story. I’ll build your Squarespace site with you, but the deeper work happens before that: the name, the structure, the story you want it to tell. If you already have all of that figured out and just need a site built, we can start there instead.

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Let's Find Your First Step.

Currently setting up shop in Portland, OR. Reach out to be among the first to work together when doors open.

Starting a business shouldn’t requirealready knowing how.