Fellowship for women entrepreneurs offering coaching, advisors and a peer community. Applicants must hold the largest or equally largest stake in a women-owned business generating at least $75,000 a year. No application fee is listed.
Free iPhone app for approved Leland coaches to manage their coaching business on the go: respond to client messages, accept intro calls and orders, and view basic client info.
Why I recommend it: Useful if you are already a Leland coach and want a simple mobile inbox for leads and clients. If you are looking for coaching as a job seeker, use joinleland.com instead.
An AI platform for professionals to articulate their value, build targeted CVs, and match to roles aligned with their strengths rather than keyword-matching job descriptions.
Why I recommend it: Free to explore, with paid coaching behind it — use the strengths framing to sharpen how you describe yourself, then apply it wherever you want.
Free career resources for people rebuilding after a layoff, career gap, or difficult exit — including a five-question career audit and comeback guides.
Why I recommend it: A good set of reflective exercises for anyone whose career has been interrupted and wants to regain clarity before jumping back into applications.
A short playbook on landing clients from LinkedIn in 30 minutes a day: post five times a week, link every post to a free "Trust Bridge" resource so warm leads identify themselves, then spend the half hour only on profile views, likes and comments from the day before.
Why I recommend it: This is the clearest short explanation I have seen of why chasing cold outreach wastes your time. The "Trust Bridge" idea works for job seekers too: give people a reason to raise their hand instead of hunting them down.
All-in-one link-in-bio storefront for selling digital products, coaching sessions, and courses without building a website.
Why I recommend it: If you are selling your first digital product or coaching slot, this gets you a checkout page in an afternoon instead of a build project. Start free, upgrade only when sales justify it.
Global nonprofit that has served over 1.5 million women with workplace attire, coaching, and a continuing network of support to advance economic mobility.
Why I recommend it: The clothes are the entry point; the ongoing coaching and peer network are where the real value lives. Use this if you or someone you coach is re-entering the workforce.
Daniel Botero walks through finding the single constraint limiting growth in a coaching or service business — offer, audience, lead flow, or delivery — instead of working harder across all of them at once.
Why I recommend it: Useful even if you are not a coach. The exercise is the point: name the one bottleneck, fix it, then re-measure. Most solo businesses stall because effort is spread evenly across problems of very unequal size.
A marketplace for coaching, classes, and community built to help ambitious people reach career and educational goals. Useful for structured mentorship and interview prep.
Free 12-week virtual "Boost Camp" coaching on marketing, finance, and operations for 250 entrepreneurs each cycle, with 100 also receiving a $20,000 grant. Delivered via Hello Alice.
Grant packages combining $5,000 cash, a year of free internet/voice/cybersecurity service, equipment, a professionally produced TV commercial, coaching, and online entrepreneurship courses. Open to all qualifying small businesses in specific participating metro areas during limited annual application windows.
Why I recommend it: Only open in select cities during short annual windows — check comcastrise.com for current cities and dates.
Coalition connecting workers without four-year degrees to free training, coaching, and job opportunities in higher-wage careers.
In plain terms: This nonprofit platform helps job seekers without a college degree find good-paying career paths. You can search for fast, affordable training programs, get free career coaching, and apply for open jobs.
Why I recommend it: Start here if you want free training plus a coach, not just a course list.