Hi, I’m Larah. I’m a Micro-Business Adviser for stubbornly independent micro-entrepreneurs.

I started BrainyFeet to be a source of support, training, resources and co-mutiny for everyone who’s ready (even if a little freaked out) to rebel against the mainstream, create work they love, and live a life of their own design.  Is that you?

I can to teach you how to build a business you
love that will allow you to live a life you love.

People with BrainyFeet have the good sense to turn when they don’t like the direction their life is going.  The name comes from Dr. Seuss…who is a true master of life-long learning and human nature.

Get the Big Picture

To find out what really makes me tick, read my manifesto.  It’s called the Big Picture Book because that’s what it’s all about…the big picture (and because it’s a picture book). Click here to read it now.

It’s free and full of steps you can take right now toward your self-made, well-blended life.

While you’re at it, jump over here and read about my philosophy of living a well-blended, margarita life.

What the heck is a micro-business?

When you hear the term micro-business, you may think of self-employment. Sure, that’s true, but it’s not the whole picture.

A micro-business is any organization (profit or non-profit)  that has less than 5 employees and can start-up with less than a $10,000 investment.

I’ve advised bed & breakfast owners, bakers, horse trainers & handymen. I’ve helped launch a local feed-the-children organization, an inter-generational community development center, a national junior roller derby association and a number of local roller derby leagues.

The common thread is that every one of these businesses or organizations was launched by people who is passionate about the work they are doing and completely determined to create a better life for themselves and the people around them.

Micro-business has the power to change our world

By bringing people home, micro-business has the power to heal our families, our economy, our environment and our sense of individualism, which is vital to our ability to keep innovating and creating and evolving.

Micro-business is also the red-headed step-child of economic development. They don’t create the same kind of sexy, impressive statistics as larger, more risky endeavors. High growth, fast growth, venture capital, IPOs, dollars invested, jobs created, dollars loaned, fully funded, anticipated first year revenues in the millions….these are the numbers the economic development community salivates over.  All of this means micro-business owners often don’t get the help or assistance they need.

But I’m working to change that.

For over a decade, I’ve taught people the steps to get out of their current situation, create work they love and start living life on their own terms. I’ve helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and non-profits discover their passion, find creative ways to make money doing what they love, create a plan to launch it and carve out a market niche.

I’ve also consulted with state, city and local organizations to help them design micro-business support programs that fit their budget and meet the unique needs and challenges people are facing in their community.

I do this amazingly fulfilling work because micro-business has more impressive, admittedly less tangible stats of its own: More sustainability, lower failure rates, corporate incomes replaced,  more families fed, more parents at home, less latchkey kids, more creative ideas, therapist dollars saved, divorces avoided, gas saved, less miles driven, lower emissions, what’s dry cleaning (?) and of course, higher quality services and products offered with better, more personal customer service.

Read the Big Picture Book to learn more!

More about Larah

I’m a micro-businesses development professional and advocate with over 10 years experience teaching freedom-seekers how to be self-made & design a life they love.  I’m also an unschooling mom of 5-year old twin girls, an 18-year old daughter and a 21-year old son.

This little prezzie will tell you more about me, my background and my passions.

My story. (or the insanely condensed version)

I had my first kid too young. Married the wrong guy for me, also too young.  Had another kid and stayed married to him for too long. Then I left, just in time to keep from losing myself completely…and with no regrets because my kids are positively incredible!

So, then I went to college as a single, working mom looking for a means of supporting myself and my kids…knowing that I wanted to be my own boss in the end.

Six years later, armed with a shiny new MBA, I kept a promise I made to my kids.  I quit my day job and made my part-time marketing consultancy a full-time gig.

Oh how I love crooked roads!

Since taking the leap into self employment, I accidentally stumbled upon the absolute right man for me.  Which threw all of my schemes and plans for a big ol’ loop. We got married and a couple years later we were surprised to welcome twin girls!  Once again, tossing the life plan out the window.

It helps to be bendy and a little crazy.

I’ve had two job-jobs since.  For the first, I had the opportunity to revive Alaska’s only Women’s Business Center and work one-on-one helping hundreds of truly amazing and resilient women find their feet.  I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world.

A few years after that, I took on the role of professor again when our family needed a cushion of consistent income during a particularly chaotic transition. Yes, flexibility is a theme here.

Now, today and from this moment forward, I am living my dream.

Today, my husband and I both work at home, unschool the girls and love this life (on most days).  Through years of  conversation, conflict and collaboration, we’ve figured out what makes us happy and that is living, working, breathing, fighting, loving and learning under the same roof…together.

It’s not always easy. It’s not always pretty. It’s not even always lucrative. But, it is exactly, messily and without a doubt the life for us.

If you have envisioned a life that you want to live,
I can help you find the path that will take you there!

Please to introduce yourself!

Some great places to start: send me an email or read the Big Picture Book Manifesto & subscribe for updates .

Better yet, let’s set up a time to chat and get to know each other!  You know all kinds of stuff about me now, I can’t wait to get to know you too.

It’s easy to schedule a short no-cost 30-minute chat with me.  Just click the link and pick a date/time that works for you.