Hey Heroes! I know there is a lot of "noise" out there when it comes to business advice. Today, I want to cut through the fluff and share vetted resources from some of the biggest names in the industry. These aren't just for a specific niche—they are for any solopreneur ready to scale with real support. 🔥 Reputable Grant Opportunities: 📍 FedEx Small Business Grant: One of the most prestigious contests out there. They look for creative, innovative businesses and offer significant cash prizes. 📍 Hello Alice Growth Fund: They partner with companies like Chase and eBay to offer grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. 📍 Amex Shop Small Grants: American Express offers $20,000 grants to help local businesses grow their community impact. 🎓 World-Class Free Training: ✅ HubSpot Academy: Get certified in Digital Marketing or Sales for FREE. These are the same frameworks used by Fortune 500 companies. ✅ Grow with Google: They just launched a "Make AI Work for You" series that is essential for anyone trying to automate their workflow this year. ✅ Meta Blueprint: The direct source for learning how to actually master Facebook and Instagram ads without the guesswork. Join us for our Weekly Coworking sessions every Tuesday! It's the perfect place to get your "deep work" done with the community:https://www.skool.com/live/FDWhR7lk9Gd Or, if you’re ready to turn these resources into a $2,000 month, join the next cohort of the Zero to $2K Challenge:https://2kin30days.carrd.co/ Which of these resources are you diving into first? Let's chat in the comments!

This week’s walkthrough is officially inside the HERO Academy Classroom under the AI & Tech course. This was a member requested training and a reminderYou can always ask for a tool breakdown and I will record it for you. In this video, I walk you through how to use Canva as more than a design tool. What you’ll learn inside this training 👇🏽 🧠 How to plan social content inside Canva 👥 How to collaborate with a VA or team using comments and permissions 🎨 How to quickly customize templates to match your brand 🗂️ How to name, organize, and prep posts for handoff 📅 How to use Canva’s Content Planner and scheduling tools 💰 How to turn Canva designs into sellable templates and digital products This is one of those trainings that quietly saves you hours every month once you set it up correctly. 👉 Go to the Classroom 👉 Open the AI & Tech course 👉 Watch the Tech Tuesday Canva Walkthrough If you use Canva at all, this one matters. Drop a comment after you watch and tell me which feature you’re going to use first.

Hey Heroes! 👋🏽 Let me tell you about the tool that literally rescued me from email hell... My inbox was OUT OF CONTROL. Like... embarrassingly out of control. 📧😅 I'm talking thousands of unread emails, newsletters I never signed up for, random notifications from 2019, and somewhere in there—actual important messages from clients and community members. Sound familiar? 🚨 The Problem: Most email tools want you to organize one. email. at. a. time. Delete. Archive. Label. Move to folder. Ain't nobody got time for that. ✨ Enter: Mailstrom This tool is different. It groups your emails by: 📌 Sender📌 Subject line📌 Date📌 Size So instead of dealing with 5,000 individual emails, you're dealing with like... 50 groups. Game. Changer. 🎬 Watch My Quick Walkthrough I recorded a video showing you exactly how I use Mailstrom to: ✅ Bulk delete newsletters I never read ✅ Unsubscribe from spam in seconds ✅ Find important emails buried under the noise ✅ Actually get to inbox zero (and STAY there) [LINK TO VIDEO HERE] 💸 Best Part? You can start with a FREE TRIAL using my referral code. No credit card required. Just pure inbox relief. 👉 Start your free trial here:https://mailstrom.co/referral/RBTVU 🤔 Who Is This For? If you: - Have more than 100 unread emails right now - Feel anxiety every time you open your inbox - Miss important messages because they're buried - Spend 30+ minutes a day just "managing" email You need this. Drop a 📬 in the comments if your inbox is also a hot mess and you're ready to fix it! And if you try Mailstrom, let me know how many emails you nuked in your first cleanup. I'm betting it's in the thousands. 😂 — Nicole

🔥 Let’s Talk About Being Stuck (And Why 2025 Is the LAST Year We Operate Like This) 🚫🐌 Alright Heroes, gather ‘round. Story time. I've been going through our posts getting content ready for the end of the year. I sat at my desk with my tea, scrolling through our community posts… and I started laughing. Not because you’re funny (you are). But because I kept seeing the SAME pattern over and over again. People with brilliant offers. Gifts that could bless somebody TODAY. Talent that should be fully booked. Dreams that literally keep you up at night. But when it’s time to move…Time to post…Time to sell…Time to show up…Time to commit… Y’all freeze like a toddler caught with a permanent marker on the wall. And I sat back like… “Oh. We’re still doing shoddy entrepreneurship in 2025? We’re really still playing small? We’re still whispering offers like the rent isn’t due?” Not on my watch. We are NOT bringing that energy into the future of Hero Academy. We are not dragging old habits into new opportunities. We are not shrinking in a room designed to help you expand. Because here’s the truth that might sting a little…Most of the time, you’re not stuck because you don’t know what to do. You’re stuck because there’s a block you don’t want to face. So let’s break it down. Here are the 8 Sticky Blocks that keep entrepreneurs stuck in neutral: 1. Clarity Block – “I don’t know where to start.” 2. Perfectionism Block – “It’s not ready yet.” 3. Fear of Failure – “What if I try and no one buys?” 4. Fear of Success – “What if TOO MANY people buy?” 5. Consistency Block – “I start strong, then vanish.” 6. Overwhelm/Avoidance – “It’s too much. I can’t deal.” 7. Offer Misalignment – “Something about my offer feels off.” 8. Commitment Block – “I want the result but… not enough to show up.” One of these is sitting on your chest like a weighted blanket on a 95-degree day. And if we’re serious — REALLY serious — about scaling in 2025, then this is the moment where we stop pretending everything’s fine and call the thing what it is.

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