Make a Real Living With Your Business: A Day for Women Founders

Join us in Lexington, KY for a day of learning and connection for women who are ready to break past the 6-figure ceiling with their business, alongside women who’ve already done it.

Thursday, October 1  •  10 AM – 5 PM

Backed by Women Who've built a Business to Last

Renia Carsillo, business strategy and marketing coach for Realign Consulting

Most Women Business Owners Haven't Broken $100k Yet — And No One's Told Them Why That's Not Their Fault.

Nine out of ten women-owned businesses will never bring on an employee or clear $100,000 a year. Not because their business isn’t good enough. Because nobody’s shown them what actually works, and it’s lonely trying to figure it out by yourself, one Google search at a time.

This is a full day built to fix that: real connection with women who’ve been where you are, and real strategy and tools from women who’ve broken the ceiling.

Your investment

This isn’t $149 for a seat in a room. It’s a full day of mentorship, strategy, and connection you’d otherwise have to chase down yourself, one expensive piece at a time. Here’s exactly what’s included:

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General Admission

$149 *

Includes the full day

Space is intentionally kept small so every conversation stays real.

 *Plus sales tax = $157.94

Early Bird

$99 *

Same full day, same everything, with a lower rate for registering early. Available through August 31.

Space is intentionally kept small so every conversation stays real.

*Plus sales tax = $104.94

Why This Day Is Different

This Isn't a Pitch Disguised as a Workshop.

You’re not here to sit through a sales presentation with a coffee break attached. This is a full day of real strategy and real connection — the kind of mentorship and access people usually pay thousands for, taught by women who’ve actually built past where you are now. Whatever else we tell you about at the end of the day is just that: something else, entirely optional, and only after you’ve already gotten your money’s worth.

Are we a fit?

This isn’t for founders still dreaming about starting something. Let’s be clear on who this day is for.

This is for you if...
This is not for you if...

What the Day Includes

Real Connection

You won’t spend today a stranger in a room of strangers. We start with directed conversation, not awkward mingling, so you’re building relationships from the first half hour.

Real Strategy

A hands-on workshop on local marketing and brand-building, plus Renia Carsillo’s own Do Better Businessâ„¢ framework for sustainable growth — tools you can start using the next day.

Real Proof

Three women who’ve already built past where most businesses stall, telling you exactly what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d do differently.

The Speakers

The Agenda

09:30 AM

Doors Open

Grab a seat, meet the welcome table crew, settle in.

10:00 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

What today is (and isn’t), and why we built it this way.

10:30 AM

Warm Up & Connection Exercise: Out of Seats, Into Conversation

We know in-person networking can feel scary. This directed activity gets you talking to fellow participants in the room within the first hour, no awkward mingling required. Plus, you’ll learn networking skills you can take with you.

11:00 AM

Meet the 6%: Live Panel

Lisa Council (Mrs. Grout), Stephanie Melvin (Sol Fitness), Stephanie Veraghen (Show Up Awesome)

Three women who’ve already broken past where most businesses stall, sharing exactly what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d do differently. Questions welcome!

12:30 PM

Lunch

More time to connect with the women sitting next to you.

01:30 PM

Sesion 1: Local Community Marketing & Brand

Taught by Stephanie Melvin, Sol Fitness & Sol Academy

A real, local case study: how Sol Fitness built its brand and community from zero, right here in Lexington, KY.

03:00 PM

Break

03:15 PM

Session 2: The Do Better Businessâ„¢ Model for Sustainable Growth

Taught by Renia Carsillo, Realign Consulting

The actual framework Realign Consulting uses with its clients. Leave with an actionable plan, not just inspiration.

04:30 PM

Closing Remarks & Final Invitation

A wrap-up, and an invitation to keep going with us if today felt like a fit — entirely your call.

05:00 PM

Happy Hour & Open Networking

Celebrate what you learned, keep the connections going.

Why We Built This Day​

This event grew out of research Renia did into women-led businesses across the U.S., and the numbers surprised even her:

90% of women-owned businesses never bring on an employee or break $100k a year, and only 6% ever sustain $250k or more.

She’s also seen, over and over, that the $250k mark is closer than it looks once founders actually get the tools and support to reach it. So instead of everyone figuring it out alone, this day brings together women who’ve already been there, or are working toward it right alongside you.

It’s also why this event marks the Lexington launch of two related efforts: 

If you’re interested in joining the movement, you can learn more about both from Renia in the closing session. This event is about the day itself first, and providing you with actionable ways to move your business forward.

Common Questions

Everything you're
probably wondering

When? Thursday, October 1  •  9:30 AM – 6 PM
Where? The Melroy • Lexington, KY

Save the date!

Women-led businesses of all sizes and types in Central Kentucky and beyond, whether you’re still working toward your first $100k or you’re further along and ready for what’s next. This isn’t a launch or idea-stage audience; it’s for founders and owners with a real, established business who are ready to learn from people who’ve already done it.

Your ticket includes the full day: the connection exercise, the panel conversation, both workshops, lunch, and the closing happy hour. You’ll leave with tools you can use, not just a good feeling.

No. This is a full day of real strategy, mentorship, and connection. You get everything on the agenda whether or not you ever join anything else. At the end of the day, we’ll share what The $250k Club is and invite you to keep going with us if it’s a fit. No pressure, no sales pitch disguised as a workshop.

Yes! Contact the Realign Consulting team at team@realignyourstrategy.com if you’re interested in sponsoring this event, a $250K Club chapter, or The 6% Project.

Come Learn From Women Who've Actually Done It.

One day. Real strategy, real connection, real people who’ve built past where you are now.

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