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Calling all Immigrants, Children of Immigrants, and BIPOC coaches, consultants, and contracting freelancers who want to make more money by doing less...
Break Generational Barriers And Build Generational Wealth. Make The leap in your sales from 5-Figures to 6-Figures and beyond.
Get out of survival mode and start thriving. Inside READY TO LEAP, we teach you the product, marketing, and sales tools, strategies, and shortcuts, you need to leap to the next level business and run your business like a true CEO.
Calling all BIPOC coaches, consultants, and contracting freelancers who want to make more money by doing less...
Break Generational Barriers And Build Generational Wealth. Make The leap in your sales from 5-Figures to
6-Figures and beyond.
Get out of survival mode and start thriving. Inside READY TO LEAP, we teach you the product, marketing, and sales tools, strategies, and shortcuts, you need to leap to the next level business and run your business like a true CEO.
Growing Your Business to Hit Your First $100k or multiple 6-figures is a big Milestone...
...Especially when you're the First or Only One In Your Family or friends Circle to do it.
Proving to yourself that you can make your own money is the confidence you need to leave your 9-5 or ensure you never have to go back.
Especially in an unstable economy, it’s even more important to take control of your income, time, and relationships.
This is not the season for closing your eyes and hoping for the best. Your business needs strategy, processes, streamlining, and efficiency. You need support to deal with your immigrant mindset or generational traumas so you can build a business and do something no one in your family has done before.
And as an entrepreneur who's been where you are, I know you want to know...
How to Make more MONEY,
Use your ENERGY Wisely, & Get More TIME Back.
As your Business Bestie, I'm here to help you know WHAT to do, WHEN to do it, How to do it, and WHAT ORDER to do it In.
Join an intimate and holistic group coaching program with an equity lens exclusively for BIPOC entrepreneurs
While grinding hard the way your family taught you to as you try and hit your first $100k or $250k+ in your business, which of these resonate?
It feels out of reach for you because you don't see anyone in your family or friends circle who has done it.
You have inconsistent clients and income or don't know where to find clients or make money to begin with.
You want to leave your day job but you don’t have the income (yet) to maintain your current lifestyle
You are working at a 9-5 during the day and grinding on your business at night and recognize that you can no longer sustain both if you want to grow or ever leave your job.
You feel burned out and exhausted all the time trying to do all the things.
You feel like you're always scrambling because you haven't taken the time to build a solid foundation.
You need to hire your first team member(s) but don’t know how or where to find reliable and values aligned contractors and freelancers.
You either show up sporadically on social media or spend too much time trying to be on all platforms that this alone feels like a full-time job.
You built your business off of referrals and are terrified of putting yourself out there on social media even though you know you need to.
You feel all over the place with too many prices and offers that it’s hard to communicate a single one.
You follow many different coaches and influencers, have taken too many self-paced courses, and are frustrated trying all the different strategies yet none of them seem to work for you.
If you're struggling trying to hit 6-figures or multiple 6-figures, you probably pushed forward by investing in more courses and programs (centering white folx experience)...
...only to fall into this trap
Your Expectation
You see an ad for a program or course, for example, on building your email list and think, “This is it! This is exactly what I need to move my business forward!”
It’s valuable and full of information so you go to implement a few strategies thinking that's all you need and it will all fit nicely and easily together.
You feel a sense of relief that everything will work out and soon you can sit back and wait for the clients and the $$$ to come flooding in.
Your Reality
Only to realize that this is just one piece of the pie.
You now have to figure out which system is best, how to use that platform, how to write engaging copy, what your messaging even is to begin with, and how it all fits together with the rest of your marketing plans and financial goals.
You spent all this money on a program, need to spend even more money on the things they didn't tell you about upfront that you're just finding out about while you're in the middle of a launch, and are still broke and bleeding money.
Yep, I've been there.
I bought all of the stand alone courses, signed up for multiple programs, and worked with many different coaches thinking they were the solution to my problems. Some programs flat out sucked, others I paid for but barely opened because I didn't have the time, others were actually really good but I was still stuck.
As a newer entrepreneur without any mentors to show me the ropes, I realized that while I was an expert at DELIVERING my services, I wasn't as knowledgeable about HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS.
As a CEO (not an individual contributor) wearing all the hats, I needed to learn not just the details of what to do with each of these strategies but understand how it all worked together.
And when I was able to see the big picture and focus... I doubled my 6-figure milestone in less time and with less energy.
And in SIMPLIFYING, that's when I realized something else...
There Are Actually Only THREE Things You Need to Have a Successful Business
A Product People Want
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Marketing for the Product
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The Ability to Sell the Product
These three pieces seem obvious, but as a fractional COO, emotional intelligence coach, and DEI consultant working with BIPOC entrepreneurs, I discovered that there is a lot of confusion around how all three work together.
So I came up with a simple framework based on those three elements:
THE CONSCIOUSXCHANGE
POWER PLAY SYSTEM™
All businesses need a solid foundation. You can leverage all three elements by really understanding them and how they work together.
So stop spinning your wheels, chasing shiny objects, wasting time, money, and energy buying course after course, hiring (the wrong) coach after coach without seeing results and instead start to run your business like the powerful and brilliant CEO you truly are.
We use the POWER PLAY SYSTEM™ to assess, diagnose, and make intentional decisions about where you need to spend your time, energy, and money.
I bring nearly 20 years of corporate strategic planning and analysis leadership, startup operations and fractional COO experience, DEI consulting work, emotional intelligence coaching practices, and all of the lessons I learned along the way.
I don't just teach you the skillsets, I teach you the mindsets around your Product, Marketing, and Sales, and help you bring it all together so you can start, grow and scale your business efficiently and easefully.
Introducing...
READY TO LEAP
READY TO LEAP is a 6-month high touch hybrid 1:1 and group coaching program for BIPOC entrepreneurs that is designed to teach you how to develop your product suite, market your business, and sell your services so that you can grow your business to 6-figures and multiple 6-figures.
Imagine You Could...
Feel confident in your ideal client/niche, framework, and product suite and know that you are operating in your zone of genius
Understand the financials of your business, so you know how to price your products and know exactly how many clients you need each month
Leverage the power of LinkedIn for business to show up consistently in a way that feels good for you while building relationships with potential collaborators and clients
Build a content plan that connects to what your offering and takes the guesswork and time wasted out of thinking about what to post
Launch a business and actually launch a program before the end of the container
Overcome impostor syndrome and get coached on your money mindset to push past the mental barriers that prevent you from making the $ you want to make
Believe in your product/ service so much that you reduce or eliminate the nervousness of taking sales calls because you KNOW that you can help
Know exactly how and where to attract potential clients so you're not scrambling month-to-month hoping you'll hit your goals
“I wish someone would just give me the roadmap.”
Well, here you go...
THE ROADMAP
This is WHAT to do and WHAT order to do it in.
If I could go back and start over, this is what I would do.
THE CURRICULUM
This is HOW to do it and WHEN to do it.
In READY TO LEAP, while we will refine steps 1-6, our major focus will be
on steps 7-12 of the roadmap during our next 6 months together.
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LEVEL SET
Some think that you need to start with a social media presence to have a business.
What you actually need is to first assess where you are so you know where you are going. We'll deep dive into what is working and what is not working in your business and redefine your ideal client avatar based on what you've learned about your clients and yourself so far.
Major Milestone You'll Accomplish:
A map of your ideal client and customer journey so you know what language to use to market to them effectively and help them along the decision making process.
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REFINE
Ok great, so you know you want to hit a $100k or $250k sales milestone for the year, but do you have a clear strategy of how you're actually going to get there?
We'll refine your product suite and raise your prices, create a sales plan as well as a project plan to know what your monthly targets are and what you need to execute each month to hit your financial goal.
Major Milestone You'll Accomplish:
A 1-pager or sales deck so you can easily and concisely communicate your offers.
A monthly sales plan and forecast so you're not guessing how many clients you need each month.
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LEVEL UP WITH LINKEDIN
You might think if you just start posting frequently and consistently that all of a sudden you'll develop a following and personal brand.
Well there's much more to it if you want to not just attract followers, but boyers. I'll show you how to be strategic with LinkedIn to grow your business and align it with you product offers and other marketing strategies.
Major Milestone You'll Accomplish:
An updated LinkedIn profile and defined LinkedIn marketing strategy so you can start generating leads for your business confidently.
A 30-day content plan so you're not constantly racking your brain and wasting time deciding on what to post.
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PREPARE TO LAUNCH
You hear the world launch and are terrified by the exhaustion you hear other coaches and consultants and contractors complain about and the fear that even when you put in all the work, no one actually signs up for your program.
No worries! We'll develop your launch plan and prepare all the pieces you need to execute it. Even better... I'm coming with checklists and templates!
Major Milestone You'll Accomplish:
A launch plan that we will execute together and that you can save for future launches.
An email system and lead magnet
so you can grow your email list.
A signature webinar/workshop to generate leads
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LAUNCH IT
The thought of launching and failing scares the crap out of you so you may self-sabotage and not even try to put a new offer out there.
Good thing you have me in your court helping you make it happen. You WILL launch an offer during our time together and I'll help you with the mindset resistance and technical blocks to make sure we get you some sales!
Major Milestone You'll Accomplish:
A stronger foundation of business operations and hiring strategy so you have a strong base to grow from and can know when it's time to hire your next next team member.
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STEP UP YOUR SALES
Sales can be scary but not when you begin to understand that sales is really just about helping people.
You'll learn different sales strategies such as how to use speaking engagements to market and sell your services. I think you're going to enjoy selling when you start to see and get feedback about how much you're helping other BIPOC and marginalized folx be seen and heard and cared for. Just like you've always wanted to feel.
Major Milestone You'll Accomplish:
A speaker kit to pitch yourself for keynotes and podcasts.
By the end of our 6-months together you will:
Make more $ by doubling down on your revenue drivers and focusing on creating offers for your most ideal clients.
Get time back by being focused on what actually sells and knowing exactly what to do and when to do it.
Get energy back by having a support team of folx who can support with both mindset and operations.
Be an even more badass CEO with a strong understanding of how Product, Marketing, and Sales work together and know exactly which levers you need to pull to grow your business to your next stage.
Feel confident about hitting that next $100k or $250k milestone and relieved because you know exactly how to make it happen.
No longer feel like you have to do it alone and because you are supported by a team of folx who look like you who are going through the same thing.
Feel peaceful because while there is always MORE to do, you have a project plan that tells you when to roll out each new product/service.
Here's What's
Included
Weekly Live group coaching calls per month focused on executing the roadmap.
3 wellness community building calls with fellow members of your cohort. Entrepreneurship is tough so we make sure to integrate self-care and community care. We are more than just our jobs. What you do is not who you are. It's only part of who you are. You may meet your next business bestie in here and we want to give you time to get to know each other.
Tools and worksheets to expedite your learning.
Monthly guest experts and mindset coaching to talk through any blocks - immigrant mentality, technical questions, operational issues, you’re experiencing.
Access to Carissa through Slack and WhatsApp in between calls.
A dedicated Google Drive and Individual review of your work. You’ll have the opportunity for 1:1 coaching and to win some fun prizes too when you complete specific milestones.
A community of BIPOC entrepreneurs who are doing what you’re doing.
UNLOCKED PERKS: AN ECOSYSTEM OF BIPOC ENTREPRENEURS
PERK #1: BIPOC Community
I have heard many times that there aren’t exclusive spaces just for us. As a DEI Professional and BIPOC Business Coach, my coaching containers are about equity, witnessing, and understanding the challenges faced by Black, Indigenous, Latine/x/a/o, Asian and other people of color.
There’s a certain baseline understanding and level of comfort that comes from being in spaces with other people who look like you, who’ve shared similar lived experiences, and who JUST GET IT.
PERK #2: BIPOC Consulting Services For Hire
Sourcing and hiring talent to support your business can be time-consuming. This is especially true if you don't know where to look, what skills to look for, or what current market rates are. I can help you with that. My own team of BIPOC contractors can support you with all your creative, tech, and operational needs and take care of anything you don’t know how or don’t have time to do (Note: cost of services are supplemental and are not included in the program. Rates vary based on what you need).
BUILD YOUR OWN TABLE and MAKE YOUR ANCESTORS PROUD
Learn from peers and mentors who look like you and have been where you are.
Jenn was stuck in life thinking their business was just a dream…
"Before I started coaching with Carissa, I felt stuck with where I was in life. My coaching business was just a dream at that point. I had a strong lack of self-trust. But it was also about working with the RIGHT coach, someone who is BIPOC and truly understands my experience and can coach me across a number of areas, through a holistic, equity based lens. Carissa’s coaching really changed so many parts of my life. What I loved most about our coaching relationship is that it's results oriented. I was able to set up 4 sales calls and secure 2 clients; this all happened a few weeks ahead of my planned launch date! Carissa is BRILLIANT, badass, a boss, deeply ambitious, full of compassion and a powerful activist. She lives her truth and that's really important to me.”
Theon struggled with their blocks and giving themself permission to follow their passion
“I was struggling with getting rid of my blocks and giving myself permission to do things I was passionate about before working with Carissa. Carissa allowed me to be confident about my dreams to become an event planner and encouraged me to take baby steps to move into a new career and see that it’s not just a hobby or interest. Our weekly sessions kept me feeling invigorated and I really liked her approach and the accountability she gave me. She showed me how to celebrate my wins and one of my biggest achievement was learning to be kinder to myself. She empowered me to do so. She not only helped me with a road map of how to start my own event planning company even while in a full-time job, she helped me move past my own mental blocks.”
“I was struggling with getting rid of my blocks and giving myself permission to do things I was passionate about before working with Carissa. Carissa allowed me to be confident about my dreams to become an event planner and encouraged me to take baby steps to move into a new career and see that it’s not just a hobby or interest. Our weekly sessions kept me feeling invigorated and I really liked her approach and the accountability she gave me. She showed me how to celebrate my wins and one of my biggest achievement was learning to be kinder to myself. She empowered me to do so. She not only helped me with a road map of how to start my own event planning company even while in a full-time job, she helped me move past my own mental blocks.”
Theon struggled with their blocks and giving themself permission to follow their passion
Our mission is to help BIPOC define success on their own terms and achieve TIME, LOCATION, FINANCIAL, & OCCUPATIONAL freedom
Just like product, marketing, and sales are just pieces of the larger pie, your business is a piece of your larger life design pie.
Entrepreneurship isn’t the end goal, rather it’s a vehicle to give you freedom to…
Travel the world
Get back into art
Buy your dream house
Retire your partner
Send your kids to summer camp
Take care of your parents
Donate six-figures to a non-profit organization or community that is important to you
What will you do when you
make more money, save your energy, and take your time back?
Rosa had no idea where to start and trying to do it alone wasn't working...
"After giving birth to my little one I knew it was now or never if I was going to start my business, but I had no idea where to start and trying to do it on my own want not working. I needed help! I am so grateful I found Carissa. I gravitate to her experience as a woman of color and her framework. Carissa pushed me and challenge me just as much as I needed. She provided guidance, advice and tools to figure out what I wanted to do with my business. Really developing my niche. She then worked with me on marketing my business. All the essentials as a new entrepreneur. I feel more confident in myself, in my offerings and the future of my business because of my work with her. She never sugar coated that it would be work, what she did do was believe in me and encourage me.”
“Before starting coaching, I felt like I was trying a lot of things but not sure if it was working or if I should pivot. I didn't have someone that I could trust to be a sounding board. My main pain point was trying to figure out my signature product. I knew I needed a coach but I wasn't sure if a coach would understand my business. It was important for me to find a person that I could trust. Working with Carissa, I was finally able to create a signature product - my group program, Radical Rest. We also worked on solidfying upon my money-worth and mindset as well as understanding the power of a consistent narrative. Upon launching, I signed up 15 people to my sampler workshop and signed up 3 people to my high-ticket group program. Working with Carissa felt fun and safe. She keeps you accountable and is good for people who are early on in their business. I felt like I could trust her and I could be vulnerable without being judged.”
Irene needed a business advisor they could trust...
Irene needed a business advisor they could trust...
“Before starting coaching, I felt like I was trying a lot of things but not sure if it was working or if I should pivot. I didn't have someone that I could trust to be a sounding board. My main pain point was trying to figure out my signature product. I knew I needed a coach but I wasn't sure if a coach would understand my business. It was important for me to find a person that I could trust. Working with Carissa, I was finally able to create a signature product - my group program, Radical Rest. We also worked on solidfying upon my money-worth and mindset as well as understanding the power of a consistent narrative. Upon launching, I signed up 15 people to my sampler workshop and signed up 3 people to my high-ticket group program. Working with Carissa felt fun and safe. She keeps you accountable and is good for people who are early on in their business. I felt like I could trust her and I could be vulnerable without being judged.”
Ready to Leap is the right program for you if you're in the Grow stage.
Which Stage Are You In?
Stage 1: START
Going from: Employee to entrepreneur.
Annual Sales = $0
You are just starting your business and are taking all the free courses, going down the Google rabbit hole trying to piece it all together so that you can realize your dream of having more autonomy in your life.
Your primary challenge: Fear of leaving the [perceived] safety and security of your job
Stage 2: GROW
Going from: Side hustler to full-time entrepreneur.
Annual Sales < $100k
You are looking to grow your business to hit the $100k mark and consistently make $100k+ so you can prove to yourself that you can make your own money, replace your 6-figure salary, leave your toxic racist job and make sure you don’t have to go back and work for someone else.
Your primary challenge: Making enough money consistently
Stage 3: SCALE
Going from: Solopreneur to CEO.
Annual Sales > $100k
You are looking to scale beyond $100k to $250k to $500k and beyond and know that you need to establish better systems, start building a team, be a boss rather than an individual contributor to your business so you can take back your time and make more money with less stress and more ease.
Your primary challenge: Letting go of control to get your time back.
Ready to Leap is the right program for you if you're in the Grow stage.
Which Stage Are You In?
Stage 1: START
Going from: Employee to entrepreneur.
Annual Sales = $0
You are just starting your business and are taking all the free courses, going down the Google rabbit hole trying to piece it all together so that you can realize your dream of having more autonomy in your life.
Your primary challenge: Fear of leaving the [perceived] safety and security of your job
Stage 2: GROW
Going from: Side hustler to full-time entrepreneur.
Annual Sales < $100k
You are looking to grow your business to hit the $100k mark and consistently make $100k+ so you can prove to yourself that you can make your own money, replace your 6-figure salary, leave your toxic racist job and make sure you don’t have to go back and work for someone else.
Your primary challenge: Making enough money consistently
Stage 3: SCALE
Going from: Solopreneur to CEO.
Annual Sales > $100k
You are looking to scale beyond $100k to $250k to $500k and beyond and know that you need to establish better systems, start building a team, be a boss rather than an individual contributor to your business so you can take back your time and make more money with less stress and more ease.
Your primary challenge: Letting go of control to get your time back.
How long is the program?
6 months
What if I can’t make it live?
No worries! All calls are recorded but we encourage you to attend live if possible.
Am I a good fit for the program?
My experience working with experienced (1-2 years in business) entrepreneurs struggling to hit the $100k or $250k milestone is there is a lot of confusion of how product, marketing, and sales work together and what levers to pull to get to the next level. We start with the POWER PLAY FRAMEWORK so you understand what is working and what needs attention. Our weekly calls are set up to also have space to address individual questions. Between milestone 1:1 calls and office hours, there will be plenty of opportunity to get 1:1 attention.
Do you offer scholarships?
Yes, we offer a limited amount of scholarships. Please inquire on the application form.
Who do I contact if I experience any issues?
Please email hello@consciousxchange.com with any questions.
MEET YOUR COACH
Hi, I'm Carissa
I’m on a mission to help BIPOC entrepreneurs achieve time, location, financial and occupational freedom.
I'm a 2nd-generation Filpina-American woman, daughter of immigrants, business coach and consultant for multi-passionate, ambitious BIPOC entrepreneurs. As a former strategic planner & analyst and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) director, I have over 15 years of cross-industry experience working on the operations and the human side of business, from the private sector, to startups, to non-profits.
My work has been featured in TIME, Girlboss, Mindbody Green, and I’ve had the opportunity to speak at Fortune 500s to startups and non-profits including Calendly, KPMG, Octagon Sports, Publicis Groupe, Kapor Capital, Pearson, and the YMCA.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS MY PATH TO LIBERATION
AND PAYING IT FORWARD IS MY ACTIVISM
I created CONSCIOUSXCHANGE because I couldn't find a BIPOC coach who shared similar lived experiences as a person of color navigating business and who prioritized DEI values.
I know what it's like to be the FIRST, the ONLY, the OTHER, and when you can’t find what you’re looking for, you create it yourself!
I want to help you launch your own coaching, consulting, or contracting online service-based business. I'll help you generate your business’ initial momentum, and make your first $2,000, $20,000, $200,000 and beyond so you can prove to yourself that it's possible to succeed on your own terms.
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