Solo Consulting Bootcamp
Next cohort kicks off April 5, 2024
5 cohort sessions + 6 workshops
5 cohort sessions + 6 workshops
Give your solopreneur journey the chance it deserves!
When you’re self-employed, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. When you're just starting out there’s so much to learn, where do you start? And once you've been at it a while, there's so much to do it's hard to find the time to work on your business, not just in it.
This eight-week solo consulting bootcamp is the solution.
Limited to just eight participants, your cohort will meet via Zoom conference every other Friday for 90 minutes. In between the cohort sessions you'll have homework and other workshops.
Together we will...
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Set up your business for success (including naming it, if you haven’t already)
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Hone your niche by refining your branding and service offerings
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Figure out your pricing
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Create an online presence that sets you up as an expert
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Develop a plan for your outreach and business development
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Tackle whatever else you may need help with!
Meet your mentor!
Liz Steblay has worked in consulting nearly 25 years, most of those as a successful independent consultant. (Liz's definition of success: working few hours, making more money, lowering her effective tax rate, having a 7-figure retirement account and a fully-funded 529 savings plan for her daughter's college tuition, taking at least one international vacation a year, and fostering relationships with friends and family.)
In 2009 she expanded her solo practice by creating ProKo Consulting (now ProKo Agency Inc.), a national talent agency that represents other self-employed consultants who specialize in organizational effectiveness. In building that business, Liz interviewed, coached, and mentored hundreds of self-employed consultants and developed a reputation as the person to ask if you had questions about independent consulting. That's what inspired her to create PICA, to help others create the consulting career of their dreams.
You can buy her book, "Succeeding as a Solopreneur: Six Keys to Taking the Leap, Winning Clients, and Building Wealth" on Amazon, Bookshop.org, and where ever books are sold.
You asked - we listened!
We now have TWO Bootcamp levels for you to choose from.
We now have TWO Bootcamp levels for you to choose from.
Solo Consulting Bootcamp
- Eight weeks
- Eleven sessions (6 cohort, 5 workshops)
- Personalized coaching and help
- Specific action steps every week (a.k.a. homework!)
- Tuition: $2500 (pay in full or in 4 equal installments)*
- Save $500 with code BootcampEarlyBird if you register before March 15.
Bootcamp Plus
- Everything in the Solo Consulting Bootcamp...
- PLUS up to 5 additional 1:1 private coaching sessions over 6 months
- Scheduled as you need them at a mutually convenient date/time.
- Tuition: $3500 (pay in full or in 4 equal installments)*
- Save $600 with code BootcampPlusEarlyBird if you register before March 15.
*The Bootcamp is a tax deductible business expense as part of your business start-up costs!
The detailed syllabus, session dates, and FAQs can be viewed here.
Interested in joining our Phoenix cohort? Here are your next steps:
- Make sure you're a PICA member. If you aren't, you can join here.
- Decide which Bootcamp level is right for you.
- Click the registration button below, then select your chosen level.
- Keep an eye out for your confirmation email, cohort session invitations, and pre-work!
Pay in full or in four equal installments. With just 8 spots available, apply today!
Still have questions? We can help with that, too!
The most common FAQs are below, but if you still have questions come to the free, informal Q&A session with the bootcamp leader, Liz Steblay (PICA's founder).
We know it requires a big commitment of your time and money and that you may have questions.
Common FAQs:
Q: Do I have to participate in every session?
A: No, but like most things you'll get out of it what you put into it. That said, the first session is mandatory. If you can't make it to the first session, you'll need to wait until the next bootcamp or use the course syllabus as your own "independent study" course.
Q: What if I miss a session?
A: You'll get the slides and notes from the discussion but you'll miss the coaching and peer input which is the most valuable part.
Q: What if I have questions between sessions?
A: Come to weekly office hours or send an email to the bootcamp leader. If you think you'll need or want lots of 1:1 support during the Bootcamp and for the following months, consider the Bootcamp Plus option.
Q: What is the time commitment?
A: 5 sessions of 90 minutes each, plus other workshops as needed, and of course doing your assignments. (If anyone told you that starting your own consulting business would be fast and easy, they were lying.)
Q: How many people will be in the cohort?
A: A maximum of eight, plus the leader.
A: No, but like most things you'll get out of it what you put into it. That said, the first session is mandatory. If you can't make it to the first session, you'll need to wait until the next bootcamp or use the course syllabus as your own "independent study" course.
Q: What if I miss a session?
A: You'll get the slides and notes from the discussion but you'll miss the coaching and peer input which is the most valuable part.
Q: What if I have questions between sessions?
A: Come to weekly office hours or send an email to the bootcamp leader. If you think you'll need or want lots of 1:1 support during the Bootcamp and for the following months, consider the Bootcamp Plus option.
Q: What is the time commitment?
A: 5 sessions of 90 minutes each, plus other workshops as needed, and of course doing your assignments. (If anyone told you that starting your own consulting business would be fast and easy, they were lying.)
Q: How many people will be in the cohort?
A: A maximum of eight, plus the leader.
Alternatively, if you have a simple question, simply send us an email: Events@PICAnetwork.org.
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