What is the Small Business MBA?

The Small Business MBA is a free all-in-one membership for business owners. It combines every Notebook of a COO course, live financial tools, an operator community, and new programs each month into one place to learn systems, run your numbers, and grow your business.

How much does the Small Business MBA cost?

The Small Business MBA is free, and you can cancel anytime.

Who is the Small Business MBA for?

It is for any business owner, whether you are just starting out or already running an operation, who wants one place for the education, tools, and community to run and grow the business. When you are ready for done-for-you implementation, fractional COO services are available.

What is included in the Small Business MBA?

Every course (operations, marketing, finance, leadership, AI), live financial tools like automated P&Ls, an operator community for advice and accountability, and new programs, services, and tools added every month, all free.

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Free live workshop Every business welcome Mon Sep 21 · 10am to 12pm PST

The marketing that actually moves the needle.

The One Day Marketing Department: build your brand manual, your AI marketing director, and one aligned message in a single sitting. No pitch, no catch.

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Monday, September 21, 2026 · 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST · Two hours · Replay included

Let's be clear about one thing

This is a workshop, not a webinar.

No 55 minutes of fluff and a pitch at the end. No secret system you have to buy. Just two focused hours of the actual marketing moves that work, taught plainly, that you can use immediately. If you leave without something you can do this week, we did it wrong.

Completely freeNothing for saleLive, with Q&AReplay included

The workshop

Five installs. One sitting.

A working marketing department has a brand standard, a strategy for how buyers find you, and one aligned message. We build all of it in two hours, whatever you sell. Industry-specific days are coming later, and registering puts you first in line to hear about them.

MON 21Every business welcome

The One Day Marketing Department

Walk in with scattered marketing. Walk out with a department.

Build your brand manual: the one document that ends inconsistent marketing, so every post, ad, and page sounds like the same business
Marketing for the AEO, SEO, GEO era: search has changed. How to become the answer AI gives, not just a link on a page nobody scrolls to
The $150k marketing director you build in one day with AI: watch it built live, then leave with the exact prompt so it runs on your desk by dinner
The top of pyramid mindset: the 60 / 30 / 10 market tiers and the Congruence Rule, so your message aims at the buyer you actually want, on purpose
The #1 thing that kills your marketing: conflicting marketing and messaging. How to find the mixed signals in your own business and fix them the same week

Free for attendees. Everyone who joins live gets a digital copy of JT’s book, Principles of Practice, Volume I: Mind.

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What you leave with

Tactics, not theory.

The session is built to hand you something you can use the same afternoon.

Your brand manual, started

Begun live in the session: the standard that makes everything you publish sound like one business.

Your AI marketing director

The exact prompt we use, yours to keep. A $150k role, working on your business the same afternoon.

One aligned message

The conflicting-messaging audit: find the mixed signals confusing your buyers and fix them this week.

Your host

JT Taylor

Operator and COO, founder of the National Board of Operations Professionals, and author of the Principles of Practice, the six-volume operating standard for small business. JT has spent years inside real businesses fixing the parts that decide whether they grow: pricing, follow-up, cash, and the systems underneath. Through Notebook of a COO he now teaches that same playbook to owners, plainly and for free. No guru theater, just the plays that work, taught operator to operator.

Founder, National Board of Operations Professionals · Author, the Principles of Practice

How it works

Four steps, two hours.

Register free

Grab your seat. It takes thirty seconds.

Show up live

10am to 12pm PST, with live Q&A. Bring your questions.

Take the tactics

Leave with a specific move you can run that week.

Keep the replay

The session is recorded and sent to you, no matter what.

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Free, live, and genuinely no pitch. Reserve your seat for Monday, September 21, 10am to 12pm PST, and we will send the link and reminders.

No card. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Questions

The honest FAQ.

Is it really free?

Yes. No card, no trial, nothing to buy. It is free because it is the best introduction to how we think about running a business.

Is there a pitch at the end?

No. That is the whole point of calling it a workshop. We will point you to a free resource if you want to go deeper, but there is nothing for sale here.

Do I have to attend live?

Live is best, that is where the Q&A happens. But the session is recorded and the replay is sent to everyone who registers.

My industry is not listed. Should I still come?

Come anyway. This session is built for every owner, whatever you sell. Industry-specific days are coming later, and registering for Monday puts you first in line to hear about them.

How long is the workshop?

Two hours, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST, including live Q&A.

Free Live Replay included

A whole marketing department. Zero cost.

Monday, September 21, 10am to 12pm PST. Save your seat.

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Free forever · No card required · No pitch · Every session recorded