Pre-launch founders
From idea to opening day.
Real market data for your zip. A financial model where you change a number and see what breaks. A launch checklist with your state's specific licensing gates. The pre-open work, organized.
You've already decided to start a microschool. Let's open the doors.
We are founders. Lifting each other up.
You chose to build a school because you saw a better way to teach the kids in your community. Keeping the lights on takes revenue. Revenue comes faster when founders share what's actually working. So that's what we do here: ideas tried, dollars earned, lessons logged, so the next founder gets there faster.
Revenue firstOutcomes, not opinionsShow your workLift each other up
Built for everyone in your school
Every role. One platform.
You're not just running a business. You're serving teachers, parents, and kids. And you're planning, opening, and figuring out next school year, all at the same time. Every role gets the view it actually needs.
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Prospective families
A real website, the day you sign up.
Your school gets a public site with your branding, photos, your programs and teachers, tuition, and upcoming events, plus an inquiry form that drops every interested family straight into your enrollment pipeline. Embed the form on your own site too. No web designer, no monthly fee.
See a live example →Founder
Open it in the morning, know what to do.
Where enrollment stands. What's coming in. Who's behind on tuition. What families are messaging about. What to try this week to bring in extra revenue.
Parent
What's happening with my kid, without the email chase.
Was my kid there today? What did they do? When's the next field trip? Tuition due? Pay, message the teacher, RSVP. All in one place.
Real ideas. Real outcomes.
What other founders are running, with results.
Every idea has a result attached once someone runs it. What it earned. What it cost. Whether it even worked. Wins and flops, both useful. Pick what fits your school and your budget.
Saturday science lab, $40/kid · K-5
Two-hour Saturday science workshop using kitchen-chemistry kits. Kept materials cost under $4/kid.
Result: $360 net the first weekend. Two follow-up enrollment inquiries.
Extended-care add-on (3 to 5 PM), $350/mo
Started after-care for the 4 families who were always asking. Same staff, just stretched the day. No marketing needed.
Result: $1,400 net per month, recurring. Highest-leverage add I made all year.
Birthday party hosting, $350 flat for 2 hours
Use the school space on Saturdays for kid birthday parties. Marketed to existing families.
Lesson: Zero bookings in 6 weeks. Families viewed it as a chore for me, not a perk. Pulled the offer.
Ready to dive in? Your first 5 days with The MicroSchool Lab are free.
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We've sat in your chair.
Every tool and resource The MicroSchool Lab provides was developed from a deep understanding of what it takes to open the doors of a microschool.
Before you open
Plan it. Earn money before you open the door.
Most microschools don't fail because the curriculum was wrong. They fail because they never started. The right plan, plus the first dollars coming in, is what actually gets a school open and keeps it open.
Plan with eyes open.
See what families nearby are paying for alternative schooling options, who the competition is, and how many kids in your zip might actually enroll. Build a financial model around that real data, then let AI Challenge stress-test it: "What happens to your cash if enrollment lands at 8 instead of 14?" Hard answers before you sign a lease.
Your school's website goes live day one.
A real public site with your school's name, your photos, your programs and teachers, tuition, and events, plus an inquiry form that drops interested families straight into your pipeline. Share it, run open-house signups through it, start collecting names before you've signed a lease. No web designer, no monthly fee.
Start earning while you're still planning.
Fresh revenue ideas every time you log in: Saturday workshops, summer camps, after-care add-ons. Pick one and we turn it into a real event you can sell, public signup page, Stripe checkout, the whole thing. Families in your neighborhood can sign up and pay you before tuition starts rolling in, and as a supplement once it does.
Founders who've already done it.
You're not the first one trying these. The Community wall has the workshops, camps, and open houses other founders ran, with what they earned, what flopped, and why. Borrow what worked. Skip what didn't.
Early adopter pricing: The MicroSchool Lab is $39/mo for life if you start by August 31.
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AI that knows your school.
Most AI gives the same answer to everyone. Ours reads YOUR enrollment, YOUR zip, YOUR model. The answers come back in your specifics, not someone else's.
Revenue ideas, every time you log in.
Specific events and add-ons you could run this month, with a starting price for each. Tailored to your space, your age range, your area.
Market research for where you'll actually open.
What families nearby are paying right now for alternative schooling options. How many kids are in your zip. Income, demand, demographics. Real, not generic.
A launch checklist that knows your state.
Every legal and operational step you need to clear, in order. The list updates as you check things off and tells you what's next, instead of dumping the whole thing on you at once.
Ask anything, from any page.
Every screen has an Ask button. The assistant knows what you're looking at and answers from your school's data, not a generic FAQ.
What you don't get
No parent company. Not now, not ever.
Franchises want six figures up front. Accelerators want 10% of your revenue forever. You don't need permission to build a real school. You need tools that pull their weight, not someone telling you what to do.
- No franchise fee
- No 10% revenue share
- No curriculum lock-in
- No parent company
- No gatekeeper
- No permission needed
Early adopter pricing
One plan. $39/mo for life.
EARLY ADOPTER · THROUGH AUGUST 31
$39/month
Start by August 31 and The MicroSchool Lab stays $39/month for life, locked while your subscription stays active. After that the price moves to $79/month. Same plan, everything included.
- ✓ Plan, Manage, and Teach workspaces, plus the founder community
- ✓ Parent and student portals included
- ✓ AI that stress-tests your numbers, real market research for your zip, a launch checklist tied to your state
- ✓ A public school website included: your branding, photos, programs and teachers, and an inquiry form that feeds your enrollment pipeline
- ✓ 1 free seat is included with every plan, usable for any role. Extra seats are $10/month each. Flat. No volume tricks.
- ✓ 5-day free trial. Cancel anytime, no charge.
You don't need permission to start a microschool.
The all-in-one platform to plan, open, and run your microschool. Your plan, public website, enrollment, tuition, and AI that knows your school. One place.
