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Small Business from Scratch by Mary Heffernan

10/16/2025

If you’re ready to actually grow on Instagram and turn your time on social into results… this workshop is for you!

I’m teaching what’s really working right now for small business owners, the kind of strategies that get you seen, followed, and converting that attention into sales.

🎯 Social Media Today — just $57
Learn exactly how to use Instagram the right way in 2025 from content that goes viral to posts that actually sell.

🔥 The Roundup: 6-Week Mentorship for Entrepreneurs Who Mean Business
Six weeks of brand, growth, and real systems that work. Weekly lessons, accountability and the push you need!

👉 link in bio or my stories to join today!

06/22/2025

🚨 LAST CHANCE! Enrollment for the 30-Day AI Bootcamp closes tomorrow and won’t open again.

This bootcamp is for small business owners, ranchers, makers, moms, and creators who are tired of doing it all and need a smarter way to work.

You’ll learn to use ChatGPT as your personal assistant—to write emails, product descriptions, newsletters, captions, blog posts, and more... in just 5–10 minutes a day.

No fluff. Just fast, powerful prompts that show you how to get more done without burning out.

💬 A recent participant said it best:

“This bootcamp is exactly what I needed. I’ve been in a rut, and our small business was falling behind. Using ChatGPT as a personal assistant is a total game changer—it’s like someone else is doing the heavy lifting, and I just tweak it. My creativity is coming back, and I finally feel momentum again. Thank you!”

👉 You can still jump in and catch up on the first 5 lessons now—each one is short, practical, and designed to give you instant wins.

Once the doors close tomorrow, they’re closed for good!

And like all M5 courses, you’ll get lifetime access.

🚀 Ready to join us?

Link in my stories or bio right now! 💫

06/11/2025

Most small business owners are doing way too much the hard way- writing every caption, every email, every product description from scratch… and wondering why they’re always behind.

💡 What if AI could do 80% of that work for you… in seconds?

What if you could grow your business and get your time back - or have a new full time employee that costs next to nothing?

This isn’t about robots or techy stuff or cheating. If you know how to use it - it’s the most valuable tool in your entrepreneurial toolbox! 🧰

It’s about learning tools that are already changing how real-life entrepreneurs — especially in ag, food, product and service-based businesses — run smarter and sell more.

🚨 That’s why I built the AI Bootcamp for M5 Entrepreneurs.
30 days.
5-15 minutes a day.

Just real tools, tutorials, templates and prompts to make AI part of your day-to-day business — from marketing to customer service to product ideas.

📲 Starts next week. Tap the link in bio to sign up.

Let’s work smarter — not harder — I’ll shoe you how!

05/14/2025

GRANTS AND FUNDING on sale for $59! ⭐️ (usually $299)

This workshops provides valuable information on grants with in-depth specifics regarding the VAPG grant. The workshop also includes an interactive workbook that walks you through developing a business plan in addition to providing plenty of space to take notes and set goals.

✨LINK IN BIO ✨

05/12/2025

Workshop of the Week: ON SALE for $59 (usually $299) 🎉

Starting a business costs money. There are no ways around it. This workshop teaches you how to find funding for your small business. The lessons provide valuable information on grants with in-depth specifics regarding the VAPG grant. This workshops also includes an interactive notebook that walks you through developing a business plan in addition to providing plenty of space to take notes and set goals 💪🏼

📓Workbook and Workbook Notes
💸Funding for Your Business
❓What is the VAPG Grant?
🎙️Interview: Morrison & Co Grant Writers
📈Do You Need a Business Plan?
🗣️Let’s Talk Funding: Podcast Episode with Mary of Yearly Co
💰Financial Advice: Start Small!
🪙Interview with Chad Brown: The Serial CFO
🛠️TOOLBOX: Grant Resources
📒Funding Summary

05/05/2025

BIG NEWS! Our friends at are generously sponsoring TWO seats in our upcoming Tallow Workshop—because they believe in supporting small businesses and the people who power them.

G5 Insurance Agency is who we trust for all things agricultural and small business insurance—they’ve helped so many of our M5 Entrepreneurs feel confident and covered as they build and grow their dreams.

Want in? Head to our stories and tap the box to enter!
We’ll randomly select two winners and announce them tonight—don’t miss your chance to join us in this hands-on, business-building course for FREE!

Thank you for investing in the makers, the doers, and the dreamers.

We’re proud to partner with people who truly believe in this community.

05/02/2025

We can’t to start our LIVE TALLOW COURSES! Mary will be teaching from the M5 Wellness Kitchen and all classes will be recorded so you can watch back as many times as you’d like.

MAY 5: Are We Ready?! Prep and Q&A Check-In

MAY 6: Lets’s Render + Refining & Formulating

MAY 7: Tallow Refinement & Product Building

MAY 8: Packaging, Labeling, Selling & Strategy

See you soon! 🖤

04/30/2025

Still a few days left to join our TALLOW COURSE!

✨Are you ready to transform your love for clean, all-natural skincare into a profitable and purposeful business? This course is your complete roadmap!

Join us now before classes start on MAY 5th! ❤️

04/29/2025

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04/28/2025

ON SALE for $59… usually $399! 🎊

Employees add a whole new level of complexity, time management and expense to businesses. This is workshops teaches the best practices for hiring and managing employees, so that when it is time, you can find the right match for your small business and start to develop a hiring process that is fast, effective, and legal!

📓Workbook and workbook notes
💼Hiring and managing employees overview
⏱️Before you hire your first employee
⏰When it’s time to hire
📈Recruiting, hiring, and onboarding
💸 Payroll, insurance, and compensation
👍🏼Being a good employer
🎧PODCAST : hire slow, fire fast
🛠️TOOLBOX : Resources from the US equal employment opportunity commission

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Fort Jones, CA
96032

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