This Week at Breakfast Lab Social media can feel like a full-time job… on top of the actual full-time job of running your business. In this session, we’ll break down the fundamentals of social media so you can approach it with clarity, purpose, and a plan. You’ll learn the differences between major platforms, how to […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Raising money for your startup isn’t just about having a great idea; it’s about understanding how investors think. In this session, we’ll break down the fundamentals of startup investing, from how investors evaluate risk to what they expect in return. You’ll learn how funding stages work (from seed to exit), […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Most founders treat AI as a productivity hack. Smart founders treat it as a profit lever. In this session, we'll walk through where AI actually moves the needle when you're pre-revenue or early-revenue, the work it can replace, the spend it can defer, and the leverage it creates when you […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Running your own business gives you freedom, but it also means no employer matching your 401(k) or handing you a retirement plan. That part is on you. In this session, we'll break down smart investing and retirement strategies built specifically for solo entrepreneurs and LLC owners. You'll learn how to […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab People don't connect with logos or taglines; they connect with stories. But most businesses struggle to tell theirs in a way that actually sticks. In this session, we'll explore what makes brand storytelling so powerful and how you can use it to make your business feel genuinely human. The hardest […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Most founders are sitting on a goldmine of useful information: customer interviews, strategy notes, market research, sales conversations, and half-finished ideas. The problem is it's scattered everywhere: folders, docs, inboxes, and people's heads. In this hands-on session, you'll learn how to turn your scattered documents into an AI-powered, interlinked knowledge […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Most people aren't struggling with productivity because they lack ambition; they're struggling because they don't have a system for managing their time, energy, and priorities. In this session, we'll break down what actually separates high performers from everyone else: clear priorities, disciplined execution, and the ability to manage distractions instead […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Working hard on the wrong problem is one of the most expensive mistakes in entrepreneurship. Most founders are great at solving problems, but research suggests 85% of companies struggle to solve the right ones. This hands-on session gives you frameworks for diagnosing what you're really facing, then walks you through […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Growing a business can quietly become an exercise in self-neglect: long hours, repetitive work, and a habit of putting your own well-being last. This week's Breakfast Lab is a reminder that taking care of yourself isn't separate from building your business, it's part of building it well. Dr. Claire Sheridan […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Leaving your 9–5 doesn't have to mean choosing between financial stability and building your dream. This week, Erin Blohm shares how she transitioned from a full-time corporate career to building Blooma full-time, leaning on consulting work to pay the bills along the way rather than waiting for a "perfect" moment […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Thinking about becoming an entrepreneur but not sure if it's really the right path for you? This week, Amy Courter leads a session built around Entrepreneurial Leap (E-Leap), a framework designed specifically for early-stage and aspiring entrepreneurs to figure out whether entrepreneurship is the right fit, and if so, to […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Founders don't lack ideas, connections, or resources — they lack focus. As the CEO, CFO, CMO, and everything else in between, it's easy to lose sight of what actually matters when everything feels like the priority. In this session, Shea Petaja will share the guiding principles she's developed for solopreneurs […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab If you're building innovative technology, there's a source of R&D funding you may not be tapping yet, and it doesn't require giving up equity. The federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs make more than $5 billion in non-dilutive capital available to innovative small […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab Most founders know what it feels like to be busy all day and still fail to move the one thing that actually matters. Slack, email, customer requests, half-finished ideas, and a constantly available AI assistant can make it even harder to protect real thinking time. In this hands-on session, you’ll […]
This Week at Breakfast Lab AI is most useful when it does more than answer a question. The real leverage comes when you can hand it a bounded outcome, give it the context and guardrails it needs, and let it work while you stay responsible for the judgment that matters. In this hands-on session, you’ll […]
