FOR NEW & EARLY-STAGE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
Start your business
on a strong foundation.
Masterclasses, templates, and 1:1 consulting for founders in year zero through year three — the exact finance, operations, and brand systems to launch professional from day one and avoid the mistakes that take years to undo.
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WHY THIS EXISTS
Starting a business shouldn't feel like guessing.
Most new founders I meet are trying to build a real business from a stack of bookmarked articles, half-finished templates, and three different course logins. The result: a year in, you're still missing contracts, your finances are a guess, and your brand still looks DIY.
DJC Studio is built for that moment — the first three years, when the decisions you make compound the hardest. The exact contracts I sign, the exact financial dashboards I track, the exact onboarding sequences I run — redacted, templatized, and taught the way I wish someone had taught me when I started DakJen Creative.
No fluff. No 30-email funnels. No generic frameworks copy-pasted from someone's newsletter. Just the professional foundation every small business needs — finance, operations, brand — in one place.
Built for founders in year zero through year three.
The decisions you make now compound the hardest. Make them with a real playbook.
Pre-launch
You haven't formed the LLC yet. You need the right order of operations — entity, bank, contracts, brand basics — so you launch professional instead of patching it together later.
Just started
You have an LLC and maybe a first client. You need contracts, a financial dashboard, an onboarding sequence — the systems a real business runs on, not a hobby.
Running, but reactive
Clients are coming in, but pricing is a guess and money flows without a plan. Time to put structure under the work before it breaks.
THREE WAYS IN
Pick the level of help you need.
The Studio
Comprehensive masterclasses on Finance, Operations, and Brand. One subscription unlocks everything.
View masterclasses →BUY ONCEStudio Basics
Templates, agreements, and toolkits. Download and use immediately — contracts, dashboards, brand kits.
Browse templates →1:1Studio Sessions
Direct access to Dakotah. Bring your real question — a proposal, a pricing decision, a hire — and work through it.
Book a session →Build it right the first time.
You can spend two years stitching together your own playbook — or you can start with one that's already running a real business. Same foundation, two years sooner.
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