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SYSTEMS FOR OPPORTUNITYSMALL BUSINESS HUB
SYSTEMS FOR OPPORTUNITYSMALL BUSINESS HUB
A free library of plain-English playbooks for people starting a business — the legal setup, the credit, the funding, the customers. No course to buy. No fluff. Enter your email once and the whole library opens.
One email. That's the whole price. Every guide opens, and you'll hear about new batches when they drop.
Every guide below is unlocked on this device. Start with the legal guide, then the two-page plan.
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Most businesses don't fail from lack of effort — they fail from doing step three first. The library is organized around the order that works.
Make it real and make it legal: name, structure, registration, EIN, bank account. Then a plan that fits on two pages.
Build business credit from zero, price so your costs are covered, and learn what grants and lenders actually ask for.
Get customers on a 30-day plan, sell where your people already scroll, and let AI do the busywork.
Every guide is short, written in plain English, and ends with a worksheet and a 7-day action plan. Pick your shelf or browse them all.
Free money exists, but it goes to people who show up prepared. This guide walks the real landscape — grants, CDFIs, micro-lenders, and banks — and the exact documents each one wants to see, in the order to prepare them.
The hub plugs straight into the Common Sense AI School library — the same free collection, no rebuild and no second signup wall here beyond your hub email.
Copy-paste prompts for marketing, operations, customer service, and more — written for business owners, not engineers.
Open the prompt library →The AI tool directory from the school: what each tool does, what it costs, and whether it's worth a small business's time.
Browse the tool directory →Batches 4 and 5 are live — the library now holds 50 resources. Twenty-four new guides: shipping, bookkeeping, hiring, Google Business Profile, funnels, CapCut, markets & pop-ups, food truck basics, handyman, online store setup, credit repair, the grant-ready one-pager, going full-time, your first 90 days, and more. The Vendor & Resource Directory is now a paid PDF download on Gumroad ($25) — the free vendor-vetting guide stays right here.
Batches 2 and 3 are live. Nine niche starts — vending, medical courier, travel agency, Airbnb, boutique, group home readiness, selfie museum, cleaning, and steadier-demand side hustles — plus the vendor & resource directory, a vendor-vetting guide, email templates, a hooks & captions bank, and customer service basics. The library is now 26 guides.
Batch 1 opened the library. Twelve starter guides: legal setup, the two-page plan, business credit, funding, pricing, taxes, a 30-day marketing plan, Instagram, TikTok, digital products, a one-hour website audit, and a calm starter guide to AI.
Most people don't need another course. They need the next step, written plainly, in the right order. That's what's in here — free, and in your language. Start with the legal guide. Then the plan. The rest will be here when you're ready for it.
The hub stays free either way. When you'd rather have the website built, the systems set up, and the content running, that's Common Sense — the agency side. First call is free, 15 minutes, plain English.
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