Grant Writing Intensive - LIVE with Lisa - is Opening SOON!
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Leverage Equity-Free Funding to Grow Your Business
By mastering the art of funding applications!
Unlock the full potential in your business by following a proven formula for planning, preparing, and submitting applications that win.
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Maybe you've heard others applying but ...
they never get anything, so you don't bother applying
Maybe you feel that grants and other equity-free funding is like trying to win the lottery.
Maybe you've been told to tell the story of your business with passion, to pull on the emotional heartstrings of would-be assessors, to 'just believe' and it will happen.
If you've applied for funding but have found the process unpleasant (or maybe even soul-destroying) then you already know - something has got to change!
Maybe you can relate?
Not every entrepreneur has a pot of gold in their back room ready to support next-level growth and business improvement activities.
And... the thought of submitting an application to external funders nearly brings you to tears. The prospect of subjecting yourself to possible rejection or perceived failure is too much.
β‘οΈ You may have a list of funding opportunities to pursue but each time you download application information you immediately feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task.
β‘οΈ Maybe sheer determination has helped you to apply to one, two, or many programs but are yet to secure the funding you desperately want (maybe even need) and you're feeling deflated.
β‘οΈ You feel lonely, frustrated, confused... with each I'm sorry but your application has been unsuccessful at this time email received, and you begin to question the long-term viability of your business.
Putting yourself in the flow for funded success can be easier than you probably believe it to be. Let me explain how...
GET READY TO APPLY
I give you the tools to build strong applications that inspire trust.
USE A PROVEN FORMULA
Not every business is the same, but the formula used for assessment is.
NEVER FEEL ALONE
Never feel alone as part of this business community of diverse women.
Amanda - Course Participant
Want to know why most applications for funding get overlooked?
Applications based on passion alone get overlooked because:
β Funders need to manage the 'risk' of granting funding to business owners
β All applications are competitively assessed in a pool with hundreds of others
β Growth goals are poorly articulated without making use of key performance data
β Core commercial foundations are ignored which leads to an application that lacks substance
β Responses don't clearly explain how business growth will be achieved as a result of receiving the funding asked for
Your application, using my process, is going to GET NOTICED:
β By understanding the key elements of strong, successful funding applications
β By highlighting your business success and clearly demonstrating achievements
β By having background research completed and ready to feed into responses
β By leveraging insights from the best applications and turning them into actionable tasks
β By taking an objective view of your application and looking for practical ways to improve
Here are the 3 common myths that
keep you from the equity-free funding you want
- PREPARATION and READINESS are KEY -
Myth: Grant Applications are all about the story
Sure... it is important to take Assessors on your journey but grant applications need to build trust by demonstrating capability and vision.
Myth: If they see my idea they will fund it
Funders giving entrepreneurs $money for their 'idea' simply doesn't happen. If you want to be funded, you need to present yourself as a fundable business with strong performance outcomes.
Myth: I need to be an NFP to be funded
More and more funders are looking to support entrepreneurs that grow 'businesses for good' but you don't need to be a Not-For-Profit to be funded. Instead, there is a strong focus on financial sustainability!
TRUTH: Women deserve the funding
Women as entrepreneurs already face more than your standard set of challenges, you are up against white male privilege (and at times even black male privilege) which is why we MUST do things differently. There is a changing tide and the flow of capital is moving... where too... we are yet to see, but what we know this - women MUST be prepared and ready!
Securing funding is more than just money. Imagine what it will feel like as:
- Your business starts to scale and grow supporting the customers that you dream of engaging and serving.
- Your profit levels increase because you have added bottom line cashflow to sustain long-term growth.
- You enjoy a deeper connection with your market because you work closely with them to build credibility during the funding cycle.
- You confidently prepare responses to funding opportunities or award submissions and you no longer procrastinate when preparing applications.
- Your self-belief and self-esteem rise to the surface, stemming from a solid foundation of knowing how to write strong applications for funding.
Have you stopped to consider how much equity-free capital you could bring into your business if you mastered the application process?
Here's what it's meant to others...
Mina
This program will help female entrepreneurs who want to learn how to source and apply for funding as a vehicle for growth. Lisa’s leadership, support, and motivation are key to helping women succeed in their grant pursuits.
Alecia
Lisa is passionate, and knowledgeable, and is super supportive of women in business and the not-for-profit space. I now feel more confident, inspired, and energised to continue with what I am doing for women in the birthing space.
What if there's a key to unlock more potential in your business?
A way to bring more growth capital into your business with ease and flow, is by focusing on what really matters.
- Open the door to more abundance and commercial vitality by implementing a proven process used by entrepreneurs who have collectively received millions in funding!
- By stepping into the shoes of a Real-world Assessor, you will learn the secret world of assessment criteria, checklists, and business fundamentals!
- Your submissions get noticed by well-connected assessors and they become advocates for you and your business actively supporting your bid for funding!
INTRODUCING
The 3-week Grant Writing Intensive
This live course will help you to unlock the trapped potential within your business by putting you in control of any application process.
Money. Connection. Clarity. With... a solid reminder that you are worthy!
- The TRUTH about application assessments and how you can play the game to win
- THE Single most important step to crafting applications that get noticed
- Discover the secret world of the Assessor and leverage it for success
Embrace the unique essence that is your business with confidence, ease, and grace.
How the Grant Writing Intensive is Delivered
The Funding4Growth grant writing intensive is both transformative and simple. It is designed to be embedded into your business and to become that trusted knowledge bank for you to come back to - time and time again.
Online Video-Based Program
The four modules of the program are presented in a logical step-by-step flow. A complete course of 40+ lessons with downloadable resources and links to prepared productivity tools.
Hands-On Action-Based Activities
This program is split into three components:-
1. prepare your draft application 2. assess your draft application 3. rework that application with new insight gained.
3-weeks of Live Coaching Calls
Weekly program calls are hosted via Zoom on Mondays, supported by a short office-hours session each Thursday as a check-in Q&A. Sessions are recorded, and saved.
Practical
Step-by-Step
Access to a draft generic funding application template to complete as you go, with a (never before offered) real-world assessor checklist to give you an objective view of your submission responses.
Productivity
Tools
Links to productivity tools that help you to build a repeatable, streamlined application process that shaves days (weeks even) off your standard prep time - and drastically improves success rates!
Value Packed Bonuses
Included is a real-world funding application that successfully secured $100,000 from one program, and secured more than $1.5million from various other opportunities including VC funds.
Lifetime Access
Access to the program is for the lifetime of the program. Come in and out as many times as you'd like, each time you feel ready to up-level to that next funding goal. Starting at $20,000 and up to $1million funding opportunities.
Private Community
Every member of the program receives immediate access to a growing community of like-minded, impact-driven entrepreneurs via our Private Slack Workspace. This is your safe space to collaborate and connect.
Ongoing Updates
As the funding landscape changes and the flow of capital moves from one target or priority sector to another, the content in this program will be consistently updated. As long as you're here, you'll have access to the latest funding insights.
And...
- This course is offered using the Kajabi platform giving you the convenience to learn in whatever way it suits you and your business
- You have lifetime access to the program giving you the flexibility to drop back into the content and learn as your business grows
- Designed to help you be self-sufficient and work through the program at your own pace, in your own time to fit the flow of your business needs
Every Monday
We come together for three 2hr workshops to run through key information, complete activities, and prepare for the week ahead.
Every Thursday
Open door (90-min) Check-In on Thursday each week for anyone with questions, feeling challenged, or just wanting to connect.
Private Slack Workspace
Upon joining, you'll discover there are business owners at all various levels and stages, but with the common goal - funding!
The Funding4Growth Grant Writing Intensive
Training Modules
This course is like no other. It is designed to support women and gender-diverse entrepreneurs currently in, or planning, a funding cycle.
It is for entrepreneurs, like you, who want a long-term, financially sustainable business that are strong enough to impact the world around you.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL LEARN WHEN YOU JOIN
MODULE 1
Funding Program Foundations
You'll get an in-depth understanding of how funding programs are structured so that you can confidently navigate your way through the process.
You'll have access to a sample business incentive program designed to advance women and other minority entrepreneurs with fundable businesses.
In this module you'll learn:
- The critical pieces of information that need your attention, hidden in Program Guidelines
- How to assess your eligibility for program funding by strategically aligning your business vision with program outcomes
- To leverage your existing strengths and demonstrate the capability of your business (and team) to successfully deliver on defined goals
- Harmful and helpful things that 97% of applicants do when preparing their applications
- To identify what is unique, powerful, and innovative about you and your business, in the eyes of your customer
- The TRUTH about funders and why they offer the financial resources they do to business owners like you
... and more!
MODULE 2
Application Fundamentals
This module focuses on crafting your draft funding application, using the provided application template.
Together, we work our way through the application, section by section, in a logical and structured way. By understanding the fundamentals of this one application, you're armed with the knowledge and know-how to break down any application, from any business incentive program, anywhere in the world.
In this module you'll learn:
- How to confidently interpret the hidden meaning behind any application question
- Construct your application responses using a proven process that has secured millions for other entrepreneurs
- To focus your efforts and attention on the question responses that matter the most, whilst at the same time being thorough and complete
- Avoiding the traps that immediately render applications ineligible for funded support - hint - it's always the budget
- By committing to growing your business with a collaborative and open mind-set, you'll open the door to endless possibilities
- The TRUTH about the application process, and how you can leverage the process for prospective partnerships, proposals, marketing content and awards
... and more!
MODULE 3
The Assessment Checklist
This module is pure gold. It is what sets this course apart from any others currently available.
I have prepared for you, one of THE most valuable resources you'll ever find. It is a real-world assessor application checklist.
The intention of this module is to help you, as an applicant, step into the shoes of an Assessor, to take an objective and unemotional look at the draft application you've just completed.
In this module you'll learn:
- The exact process that Assessors use when assessing funding applications seeking $100,000 or more in business incentive support
- To objectively look at your application responses, and by default, your business, to identify obvious strengths or weaknesses
- The intricacies of making a final decision to fund, whilst remembering the process is designed to remove emotion from the decision
- Fundamental to every assessment is how the application aligns with program objectives and defined outcomes - hint - it is all about using business as a mechanism for sustainable impact
- Insight is knowledge and knowledge is power in the world of funding, giving you a platform to be the catalyst for change you've dreamed of becoming
- The TRUTH about the assessment process, and how you can use it to turn perceived weaknesses into strengths that are waiting to be uncovered
... and more!
MODULE 4
Your ReWrite PowerUps
This module is designed to focus on the rewriting of your draft application. Now that you've occupied the chair of the assessor and you understand how arbitrary the process is, it's time to let the inspiration flow!
Now... it's time for a little pizazz
In this module you'll learn:
- How to write responses so they sit in the sweet-spot of flow for the reader - this is super powerful and always overlooked
- To feel the surprise and delight that comes with reframing your previous application outcomes by seeing how those experiences brought you to this program - you're going to be super grateful
- The sophisticated simplicity of using language (and terminology) that can be understood by anyone - even your non-entrepreneurial bestie
- That what you learn in this course can be used to super charge your marketing, lift your profile via recognition and awards, and help you to double-down on successes that come naturally
- Insights to help you tweak how you 'see' your business, lifting the fog that has surrounded you, clearing the way for a solid, sustainable growth trajectory
- The TRUTH about the brilliance of you and your business will be revealed, with a vision for you to embrace and pursue
... and more!
Let's talk Bonuses
Here are BONUSES to give you that extra 'kick' to get funding ready!
Bonus 1
Trello Board template with a full breakdown of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative, as a real-world example, to learn from and embed immediately into your funding process.
Bonus 2
A de-identified SAMPLE application that successfully received $100,000 in funding for an entrepreneur that also secured over $1.5m from multiple other funding programs and venture capital.
* PLUS *
Limited Offer Bonus
2-days In-Person with a Real-World Assessor
For those who really value an in-Person workshop, and my undivided attention, I'm offering a series of 2-day intensives.
- In Australia (Sydney) on Thursday/Friday 3rd & 4th November, 2022.
- In the United Kingdom and Europe in March 2023.
Numbers are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first-come basis.
The delivery plan will follow the structure of the online program, but in a more condensed format.
- PreWork - craft your draft application
- Day 1 - review your application using the assessor checklist
- Day 2 - rewrite your application with the insights gained
You're invited to connect with other like-minded entrepreneurs with big visions and equally big impacts.
Get Funded Now!Hi... I'm Lisa
Who am I and why should you care...?
Do you know approximately 3% of global venture capital is secured by women entrepreneurs, and an even smaller fraction of that money finds its way to consistently overlooked minority groups.
The astounding thing about that statistic is the fact that businesses started and led by women are known to carry less risk, generate higher profits, and employ a larger, more diverse workforce. By default, these businesses have a significantly higher impact than the majority.
Women and gender-diverse entrepreneurs are starting (and growing) businesses that are literally changing the world, AND we're only just getting started.
I've taken my 20+ years as a funding specialist, having secured over $2.4million in funding for my projects, and another $1.8 million in funding for others, I know what works (and what doesn't). For the last 5 years, I've also supported large-scale business incentive funding programs as a Grant Assessor, during which time I've assessed over 250 applications.
I'm tired of seeing women with viable, solid, and worthy businesses consistently overlooked. So I stand here before you, committing to give you my absolute best in a bid to get women (from all around the world) funded.
What is Your Dream Business Worth?
I'm here to help you bring your vision for a strong, funded, impact-driven business into reality.
In this course, you'll learn everything that you need to craft solid, on-point $100,000 plus applications for equity-free funding.
You have the choice of working your way through the content in your own time and in your own way, or you can immerse yourself into a community of like-minded founders growing impact businesses generating profit-for-good.
When I worked with clients I charged 10% of the funded amount and the cost to hire me as a consultant is 6-figures.
I receive requests every week from business owners, asking me to help write their applications, but I decline.
To realistically move the 3% statistic it is critical to empower as many women and gender-diverse entrepreneurs as possible so that we achieve a ground swell of excellent, strong, and 100% fundable applications submitted to as many funding programs as possible.
If you're ready to up-level your funding applications in a big way, then you're in the right place at the right time!
Imagine...
- You're crafting funding applications for $100,000+ and regularly getting short-listed, securing the cashflow you need to grow your impact
- Feeling so confident in your business and its capability you're attracting new opportunities for partnerships, funding you hadn't even considered, and customers from overlooked markets
- You're securing more funding, with less hustle and stress, because the processes you implemented save you time and bring you joy
- Those parts of your business that you procrastinated over fixing, have evolved to become new-found strengths lifting your business to new levels of visibility and success
- You finally feel that you can grow a business that is meaningful, has an impact, and is recognised for the contribution it makes to the world
Take a moment to stop and think. How good would that actually feel?
The Grant Writing Intensive will take you on a journey of discovery, to uncover the hidden potential in your business and set you up for long-term, sustainable success.
It is a win-win for you and for the customers you impact when you invest in yourself. Then when you're positioned to secure the capital needed to grow, your ability to help others grows exponentially. Are you ready for more...?
So... what's your investment in this course?
This could easily be a $2,000 program. As I said previously, I used to charge 10% of the amount funded, which averaged out at a little over $9,000 to prepare large-scale funding applications that took up to 100 hours of my time.
To get more women entrepreneurs funded, it is important to get this course into the hands of as many business owners as possible. We can't keep blaming the patriarchy if we aren't willing to step up and be contributors to the change we want to see!
So, this is me, stepping up.
I want as many business owners as possible to find their groove when it comes to applying for equity-free funding. That is why I'm offering this program at an introductory price, making this training to be as affordable as possible.
If you know, in your bones, that you've built a great business and that it's ready for the next level, then I invite you to join us. Step forward to make a difference in the world around us.
It's time for you to do business - with impact and conviction.
Get Started Now by Taking Advantage of this Introductory Price!
You'll be the first cohort going through this valuable high-end course. My cost for what I'm teaching would be $9k minimum. But, I know that getting women funded is imperative especially now that I'm seeing an increased flow of capital moving to impact business.
Choose the plan that's right for you!
The price for this program will be USD $997 from 1st January 2023. A delay in joining will immediately cost you more.
7-day No Risk, No Buyer's Remorse Guarantee
Money back, no questions asked.
It’s super important that you’re happy with this investment in your business, and that’s why I'm offering a 7-day Money Back Guarantee.
You can experience the first week of the Grant Writing Intensive knowing that if you hate it or don’t see the value, you can get 100% of your money back, no questions asked.
I think you’ll love it, but I want you to feel confident when buying the Grant Writing Intensive today, knowing I’ve taken away all the risk.
As a Real-World Assessor, I am on-hand to help, committed to supporting you to get the most out of this investment. You also have a community to lean on and learn from.
Amy - Course Participant
I'm still going through it but this is awesome, so much knowledge and a step-by-step guide to go through at your own pace and to be able to go back and refer to as needed.
The Assessor Checklist is amazing!
A perceived weakness is a strength waiting to be uncovered. Isn't it wonderful to have clarity about what to give your attention to!
Still Got Questions
If you're feeling a little unsure, that's okay, I've felt the same at times. You are right to ask more questions if you have them and I'm happy to do what I can to provide answers for you.
If you're feeling inspired and ready to grasp the next development level of your entrepreneurial journey, then I'm here to help!
Jump into the FAQs below. If you've still got a niggling question that just won't let go, but message me directly by clicking > here < .
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Paying it Forward
For each person that joins the Grant Writing Intensive, I will make a donation to the Criterion Institute. A think tank that works with social change makers to demystify finance and shift financial systems.
If you are interested in learning more about the work of the Criterion Institute, please click the hyperlinked logo above.
This is a Profound Program. You've taught me so much, about how to grow my business and get it funded. I will have everything in place, and ready to go for it.