Welcome to our Childcare Empire “Childcare Business Course” Course. The course gives you access to the strategies I have learned over the years of my running my own childcare business. The course is geared toward individuals who are starting for the first time or desire to re- launch their childcare business with the right foundation.
In this course you will learn how to:
- Start a childcare business from scratch
- Grow your vision from a dream to reality
- Set up the right childcare business systems for growth immediately and receive
- 6 steps to starting your business
- Action steps & printable worksheets and
- Learn from my mistakes
I am Manuela Pacutho Mulondo, my friends call me, Baby Mama………because that’s exactly who I am; every day of my life, I take care of children aged newborn to 6 years old. I haven’t been doing this all my life though, this is a journey I started 8 years ago when I founded Uganda’s first workplace childcare centre;
The Cradle
The Cradle is a lactation, childcare and education service company designed to partner with organizations to support mothers by providing safe and easily accessible spaces for education, childcare and lactation at the workplace. We offer a nurturing, caring and safe environment for the provision of quality child care and education for infants and toddlers between zero and 6 years
During these 8 years, I made various mistakes and some wins, my greatest win is that I finally figured out how to start a childcare business from scratch, grow my enrollment to the profitable business that I loved operating every single day.
However, in February 2021 , the walls came crumbling down on me, when the Min. of Education announced the indefinite closure of pre-schools. This was exactly one year after the 1 st lock down. While other sectors including the education sector were being opened, the pre-primary sector was being closed undefinably.
Our financial model had allowed us to have business savings that paid our rent and salaries for one year but without a definite end to the closure, I had to make the difficult decision to pack up the business, close it and start again when the economy opened for our sector.
While people called to feel sorry that my business had closed, I was elated! My hands itched to start my business again the right way. For the past 3 years, I had coached students on this same course about the strategies that I would use if I had to start again. I made so many mistakes that it took me so long to actually start. So when our economy opened again in Dec 2021 , I used the same exact strategies in this course starting in Jan 2022 and 5 months later, I have two branches, each making a savings and profit in the last 2 months!
How in heaven did this happen? The strategies in the childcare business course!
And now, I would like to help childcare providers like you because I cannot meet the needs of every child in this country and I need your help in reaching the foundations of our country. On a lighter note though, word has it that “It’s lonely at the top” and so I would like us to have a party together at the top.
But before we begin;
- Are you sure you want to do this?
- Can you trust me to walk with you on this journey?
- Are you willing to do the work in order to succeed?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, then you are the perfect person for this course
So how does it work?
This course takes you through 6 lessons, each lesson designed to take you to the next level in your childcare business. The course is studied every week for 6 weeks. This is a guided online course where you will have access to the lessons, notes and worksheets which you can go through at your own pace, however we will meet once a week online via Zoom for a 2 hours Q and A session with me answering any of your questions on the module of focus for the week
Our next intake is scheduled & What You Will Learn
Week 1 : 13 June- 1 9 June, Module 1 : Business Visioning
- discover how to set up your goals and dreams
- discover how to simply decide what you’re going to do, using wisdom and knowledge, which will result in making powerful, big moves.
- Learn strategies to give you the mental strength to start, grow, or manage the childcare business of your dreams.
- discover how to decide mentally to be a successful childcare business owner
- Learn how to speak positive over yourself and your business, especially your finances. - Get equipped with the right tools, and resources
- discover the right people to surround yourself with and also the materials you need to help you go big.
Week 2: 20 June - 26 June, Module 2: Business model & type.
-Learn how to create a business plan
- Discover the different business models available
- Select your business model
- Decide the right type of business entity that will best fit your childcare services.
- Learn when and how to apply for the appropriate childcare license in Uganda as there is no licensing available to childcare centres.
- Discover and learn the rules and regulations that are intended to keep you and the children safe in your business.
Week 3: 27 June- 03 July Module 3: Brand Building, Sales & Marketing
- Choose The Right Business Name and Identity to help parents find out about you easily.
- How to create a lasting impression with your brand, logo, and business name.
- Learn how to capture your clients names, emails and mailing address in order to pre- market your childcare services to ensure sales success
- Learn how to set up a newsletter so that you can communicate with parents and keep them up to date with what’s going on with your childcare business, as well as any special events or announcements that could affect their child.
- Learn how to create the right processes to foster the right communication systems and engagement channels with your clients.
- Discover how to take advantage of automated systems that can set your meeting reminders, checklists and other communicative processes that will keep your clients/parents/children happy and informed
- Figure out how to initially get in contact with your ideal clients.
- Learn how to communicate with the clients/parents and potential clients about the value of your childcare services and why you are the best.
- Discover how to set up a tour and invite potential clients to walk through your program, services, curriculum and classrooms to get a feel of what it would be like to enroll their child/children into your childcare business.
Discover the little things your potential clients are paying attention to.
Week 4: 04 July- 1 0 July Module 4: Vision Financing & Finance Planning
- Learn how to fearlessly count up the cost and do the numbers.
- Learn how to create other streams of income to help finance your dreams.
- Learn how to pay yourself first in this business
- Learn how to do serious financial planning and think through the critical areas of your business
- Assess how your financial decisions will affect your childcare business.
You will create a start- up budget. “The results you will get in your business has nothing to do with the actual amount of money you have - but rather what you do with it”
- Discover how to map out the potential profit your business can generate from your classroom layout
Week 5: 1 1 July- 1 7 July Module 5: Business Services
- Discover and write the policies, procedures and handbooks to make sure you have the right programs & procedures in place.
- Discover office equipment requirement to help you remain organized and keep it all together for the director, cook, teacher and even bus-driver.
- Discover the tools that each position requires that will improve your company productivity, eliminate frustration and stress to ensure a smooth operation
- Write out the plan to follow in case of ALL possible emergencies and unforeseen disasters. E,g Emergency & Evacuation plans
- How to hire the right staff who have the right skills that can accelerate the growth of your childcare business.
- Write the right staffing policies, systems and procedures.
- Decide the traits and skills your team must have to fit your company culture.
- Discover the right insurance to cover your business operations.
- Discover how to protect yourself as well as your business and personal assets.
- Insure your WEALTH and HEALTH by talking with a
Business Insurance Provider the day of this lesson.
Week 6: 1 8 July- 24 July Module 6: Business Location, Site aesthetics & readiness
- Learn how to choose your child care location or space for profit before investing any money into starting your child care business.
- Learn how to design your space from scratch (it may be cheaper than you think) and it will allow you to customize everything in the building to fit your heart's desire and vision.
- Learn how to trust your gut and take the time to properly assess the location and space that will help you achieve the retest child care success.
- Learn how to visualize your program site plan in order to clearly plan what your space will look like.
- Discover how to set your bulletin boards up as a sales key not just a "what's going on" board.
- Discover the best way to get proper lighting and ventilation within your child care facility
- Discover how to plan your space such so what your parents see, smell and hear plays a key point in their decision-making process.
- Babies need calm spaces to feel secure, discover how to do this in your space in line with your brand
And then the final question,
How much is your investment?
For a total of UGX 1,500,000, I will walk you through the journey I wish someone had walked me through when I started this business 7 years ago. If you would like to cut out on the time it took me to break even and then earn profit by over 80%, do not hesitate to be a part of this course.
Call my office on 0782883958 to book your spot.
You can also start to make deposits for the course in the account below;
Bank: Bank of Africa
Account Name: Manuela Pacutho Elizabeth.
Account Number: 01238710006
Or online using Mobile Money (MTN and Airtel) using the link;
https://flutterwave.com/pay/thechildcarebusinesscourse
For the mother and her baby
Manuela Pacutho Mulondo