A business designed around the person — owned by the person.
How can I create success that is sustainable when the traditional pathways for employment are not a fit?
Direct work with the individual at the centre and the family or circle of support around them. Equally suited to adults with disabilities and to young people under thirty who have found conventional job markets inaccessible or unsustainable. The outcome is a launched microbusiness — not a placement.
Three doors in.
1:1 consultation & care-team support
Private sessions with the individual at the centre — and the family, caregivers or support team around them — to shape a venture path that actually fits the person. Not job coaching, placement, employer matching or supported employment. It is the design of a business the person will own and operate.
- —Person-centred discovery
- —Family & care-team planning
- —Ongoing mentorship as the venture takes shape
Venture design for an individual
A full engagement that takes one person from listening through launch — concept, brand, model, partnerships, grant strategy, operations, and mentorship well after the doors open. The outcome is a real business owned by the person and their family.
- —Personal venture blueprint
- —Grant & funding strategy
- —Launch, mentorship & sustainability
Turn-key venture licensing
Acquire a fully-designed venture — brand, model, supplier relationships, playbook — that we tailor to the operator. Starting with Sweetfreeze, with more concepts in development. The operator owns the business.
- —Sweetfreeze turn-key package
- —Onboarding & mentorship
- —Adaptation to the operator's context
From listening to launch — and beyond.
- 01Listen
Deep, generous time with the person, family and circle of support. Identity, interest, medical and access needs, pace, energy, place. The business has to fit the life — not the other way around.
- 02Locate the demand
A scan of community gaps, partners and audiences. We find where the operator's strengths meet a real, paying market — so the venture is a business, not a placement.
- 03Design
Concept, name, brand, model, pricing, partnerships, operations, risk and support plan. A documented venture blueprint everyone can see and shape.
- 04Activate
Legal set-up, infrastructure, supply, training, soft launch, media moment. We get the venture into the world with the partners around it that make it sustainable.
- 05Hand off, stay close
Ownership transfers to the person and their family. We define the support scaffolding so the venture thrives on its own.
Income, identity and independence.
Each venture is engineered to generate returns for the operator and the people closest to them — not just at launch, but over a lifetime.
Earned income, daily purpose, and a recognised role outside of services.
Reduced strain on parents and circles of support — and a succession plan that doesn't depend on a single person.
Visible contribution to the community: customers served, partners engaged, taxes paid.
The person and family own the business. We design for the day the engagement ends — and the business keeps trading.