Our Approach
Commitment
We approach our work as more than marketing and business guidance. As women and especially women of color, we encounter adversity when navigating the path of entrepreneurship. Existing systems simply weren’t designed for us to succeed. With ALIST, you have a partner who helps you:
Anticipate these moments to keep you firmly rooted in your power
Identify when you’re experiencing a trauma response
Build new response habits that serve you and your business goals
Examine your own social conditioning and build self-awareness
Our Business Model is Unique
While many organizations are working in a nonprofit model, we are not. Today, there are only for profit or nonprofit company structures that assume historically marginalized communities aren’t the leader. Philanthropy is essential with these 2 tax models in place, but it doesn’t make room for leaders who don’t have generational wealth and limited access to capital investors. For example, women of color entrepreneurs. For profit also assumes that profit isn’t used for good, which isn’t always true. Just ask a small business owner from a historically marginalized community. We aren’t trying to get rich. We’re trying to take care of our families, each other and eradicate ourselves from harmful environments that haven’t evolved yet for us to thrive. Many organizations serving women are also focused on the essentials. We’re focused on what to do next and with whom.
ALIST is a small but mighty system and representation of historically marginalized communities (women) working together and being compensated. It is equity work and not philanthropy. Because if we only take care of each other in times of tragedy, that’s all we’ll ever have.
Our Clients
We are a collective of women supporting women business ownership. If you meet the criteria below, we may be the resource for you.
Identify as a woman
Own a business (small and mid-size)
Thinking about owning a business (pre-business license)
Looking for consultation
We center women of color in our pricing model and availability. Once you become a client, you are a part of our community of resources.
Our Services
Our goal is to remove any obstacle our clients encounter, but our services focus in four major areas:
Assessments
Business Coaching
Marketing Services
Activations
We are flexible and meet our clients where they are. If we don’t have the expertise, we’ll partner with another woman-owned business.
Our Engagement Process
Each engagement starts with a project. Your budget determines how many hours you’d like to buy. There is a minimum of 3 hours. The hourly rate is a sliding scale for women of color. If hours aren’t utilized in a given month, they move to the next month. Hours also don’t expire. We are flexible just like the ebb and flow of business. If you choose us as your partner, here’s what happens next.
You’ll receive our contract to review and sign via DocuSign
Upon contract signature, an invoice will be sent via Quick Books
When funds are received, a google sheet will be sent, which tracks all hours and tasks, and a calendar invite for our first session.
With ALIST you can pay-as-you-need vs. operate without.
Our Partners
With 1800+ women owned businesses starting every day, there are countless opportunities to match a team of women to fulfill a need. As the ALIST client rooster and mission grew, we sought out to create an ecosystem of support. Women offering professional services are teamed up with our founder Amanda Mailey to deliver on a project. Learn more about our partners.