Membership
Why join? The SMARTY annual Membership offers you the opportunity to mingle with some of the brightest stars in LA and Orange County’s premiere entrepreneurial circles, while creating a profitable and sustainable business.
Connections. Whether you’re just getting ready to launch, or are a seasoned entrepreneur already in orbit, a SMARTY Membership gives you the chance to build stronger personal and business relationships, in an educational setting with top notch resources.
Community. The SMARTY Membership is, first and foremost, a community of like-minded individuals. We support one another. We do business with one another. We celebrate each person’s success as if it were our own.
Intelligence. We’re also the nexus of critical information all entrepreneurs need to grow and succeed. From business basics and viral marketing programs to PR, social networking and venture capital seminars, we offer it all.
Big SMARTY Starter Package: $525.00
Big SMARTY Starter Package offers all of the benefits of Big SMARTY Membership (above), plus the four-week Foundation Course, an intensive business development workshop led by one of our expert Leaders. This four-week “idea accelerator” designed to arm you with success-driven strategies for building something you love. Facilitated by a small-business expert in an intimate communal setting, this course blends the nuts and bolts of business growth with the intuitive feminine building process.
This course is strongly recommended for those in year zero through three of business. Many people use the Foundation Course as a way to take a long history of expertise and turn that into a viable venture. Ideal for those in transition or who want to get an existing business out of a rut, Foundation puts strategies, focus and tactics around a roadmap designed specifically with your goals and life in mind. See current Foundation start dates here.
Big SMARTY Membership: $425.00
Over 60 micro-workshops a year led by our Peer to Peer experts on everything from Search Engine Optimization, social media tools, video blogging, media training, PR do’s and don’ts and so much more.
Monthly Master Events. From panel discussions to lectures to relevant film screenings, SMARTY events are dedicated to sharing critical information from successful entrepreneurs.
Free 6-month Membership to Step Up Women’s Network (one time only)
Weekly opportunities like grants for small businesses, PR leads, great local meet-ups outside of SMARTY and more.
Eligibility to lead our Peer to Peer program which gives visibility and speaking opportunities to experts in service-based businesses
Access to BrainCircles, SMARTY’s one-night mastermind events.
Steep discounts on the Foundation Course. Once a Member, Foundation Course is available to you for our “audit” price.
Access to Growth Spurt, our advanced course designed for 4 business owners at a time and specifically created for long-term planning with short term audits on current revenue streams, systems and tactics.
Monthly invitation to Business Book Club, small group meetings dedicated to one business book each month.
An all access pass to the Yahoo SMARTY group, dedicated to sharing information and resources in a private and efficient setting (some people move away but renew their Membership just to stay on this list!
Big SMARTY Partner Package: $725.00
Partner Package offers all of the benefits of Big SMARTY Membership (above), but for just $362.50 per person (that’s $62.50 in savings per Membership). Grab your business partner, a friend, a stranger you met at the flea market…doesn’t matter! If two of you join at the same time, the Partner Package is the way to go.
*Does not include Foundation Course.
About Foundation Course
Foundation Course, included with the Big SMARTY Starter Package or sold separately for $225.00 to Members only, is an epic, four-week “idea accelerator” designed to arm you with success-driven strategies for building something you love. Facilitated by a small-business expert in an intimate communal setting, this course blends the nuts and bolts of business growth with the intuitive feminine building process. The course will not only energize you, but also equip you with tangible tools designed to propel you forward in a focused and sustainable fashion. Leave with: a general business and revenue model, alternative revenue streams, language and specific vocabulary to talk about your business in strategic meetings and pitches, strengths-based tactics for growth, and connections with 10 other ambitious, supportive women who can give you feedback on your growing product or service.
Foundation Course was created for:
- New business owners (or those in the pre-launch phase)
- Experts who are making a transition out of a “job” and into a “business.”
- Seasoned business owners who need structure around a new product or service
- Service-providers who have not fully capitalized on their potential client base or market share.
- Product providers who need focus group-style feedback on distribution, sales and marketing.
Little SMARTY Membership: $125.00
Limited time or resources may make it hard to get to the over 60 events we produce a year, but getting and staying connected to a community who can help answer your questions, keep you accountable and provide select in-person programming is important for every woman in business. This budget friendly Membership level gives you:
Two Master Events a Year:
These action-packed evenings feature some of the world’s most dynamic entrepreneur’s and their incredible journeys. Meet other business owners, hear inspired stories, and get tactical knowledge from thought leaders and change-makers. Little SMARTYs will be given ample notice as to which events per year they can attend as a benefit to their Membership.
Discounts on Workshops:
Monthly, we host content-rich webinars as well as in-person workshops that bring critical business-building information to your desktop. No sales pitches, no fluff. These are the real deal, real experts with real experience doing exactly what they say they’ll do. Some of these are even FREE to Little SMARTYs..
Online Forum:
Our Yahoo! Group is one of the most valuable list serves in Los Angeles. Ask any question, big or small, and likely another business owner has faced the same thing and can wisely advise you. Got an event? A sale? A special promotion? You’re welcome to spread the word via the Yahoo! Group.
We invite every woman, in every phase of business, to check out this unique brand of magic.
*Non-Members are always welcome to attend events and extended workshops. Non-Member prices are always listed. Men are also welcome at any of our Master Events.
**Multi-level marketers, although we wish you the best, SMARTY is not designed to be a pool for selling products or services that were not created by the Member herself.
