When you don't know what to do next.

When you've done everything you can think of in your creative business and it still isn't quite what you want. When you've read the books, taken the classes, opened the shop, taken the pictures, written the descriptions.

But you're not there yet. Not where you want to be and not certain how to get there. That not-knowing is a cold + lonely space.
The solution is not simply another class, another book, another pro/con list.

The answer is in (finally) making your own map and finding the combination of education, community, and accountability that works for you. So let's  define where you really want to go. Let's make the map to your (dream) destination. A map built for you. You, with your own particular sparkle, skills and style.

Then let's hook you up with a friendly crew to help you get there. A crew that has done it before (crafted their ideal business, approached a shop, sold at a craft show, written a book – wherever your journey leads you, there's someone on our crew who has adventured into that space) and that will hold you (gently) accountable on the tiny things that fly you towards your dream destination.

I've been there. I've adventured through the space of a sustainable business.

For over 11 years, I've crafted a business (and life) that supports me – and it all started with yarn.

First, I built my handmade yarn business, so I could quit my day job. But 2 months after quitting my day job (yay!) my husband lost his job (boo!). And our car exploded. And our house got broken into and everything of value was stolen. So: I built a business that supports my entire family. I read the books, the blogs, the experts. I experimented and tested and kept track of everything that worked (and didn't). I found a community to support me. To hold me accountable. To answer those late-night-panic questions.

It took the combination of the learning + the community to make my business fly. I want you to have the same adventure, without those scary lost-in-the-darkness-of-space moments.

To support your adventure, I've combined everything you need: Defining success, regular map-making, monthly review, a crew of smart captains, accountability and a space to ask your questions, 24/7. And a library full of education – from profitability to marketing to time management.

 I was so discouraged. I was crushed. I thought more than once about closing Yarn Love just so I wouldn’t have to deal with disappointing myself and my husband.

But I didn’t. I found you.

I dug your book off my shelf and got started. I gave myself 6 months to turn things around. Along the way I purchased your Map Making guide to help me with a tidy, executable plan, because I can work a plan like nobody’s business.

I’m 6 weeks into my first quarterly map.

I HAVE EXCEEDED MY INCOME GOAL!

In 6 weeks, I have made more than $5000 of profit. I have streamlined my business processes. I have spent half of every other day at the pool with my kids. (In other words, I’m rocking family life and having fun, too.)

So thank you, Tara. You were just what I needed. There aren’t enough words in the English language to express my gratitude for your help and insights.”

-Katie, of YarnLove

What is The Starship?

• Quarterly Map-Making sessions. Four times a year we set new, reachable goals and boil it down to Next Steps (that actually get done). You make a map to guide your next three months.

• Monthly live Q+A calls – ask me your questions and I'll give you a personalized, direct answer.

• Over 15 classes + guides aimed at exploring different aspects of growth, each with apply-it-to-your-own business worksheets. They are ready for you to download and work through as soon as you like, along with Lift Off, which will walk you through the foundational classes, via weekly emails.

• A private, online space to ask me (and all the other Captains on board) your questions + get specific Do This Next steps or encouragement.

Not just for a month, but for an entire year.

To get the forums, classes and a community of supportive Captains for 12 months, you can join with 3 payments of $349 for 3 months or a one-time payment plan of $999.

 Save $48 and pay with a one time payment of $999.

This doesn't come with a magic powder that makes everything instantly “better”. But what it did do is make me sit down and look at my business from top to bottom, in all the little nooks and crannies that were neglected and full of dust bunnies, and clean it up. It made me examine why I'm charging the prices I am, what my goals are, what I am spending my work time doing and why. It made me see the systems that I *do* have in place and helped me put in new ones.
Each section of this course, as with all of Tara's classes, has been full of lightbulb moments whether I completed that section or not. I wouldn't want anyone but Tara holding my hand as I work through all of this stuff. It's been brilliant (and overwhelming, and tough, and totally worth it.)

– Joeli Kelley

What the Starship really does for you:

• Answers your 3 am questions, so you're not up all night trying to figure out what to do. Your answers may come in the form of a class, a forum post by someone else, or the opportunity to ask in the forums and someone will be by to help you with it.
• As one Captain put it, “You didn't just help me figure out my business, you helped me figure out my LIFE.”
• Gently holds you accountable. When you share your goals, your intentions and just your weekly plan, you give it power. When we know what you're doing, and ask you (sweetly, gently) how it's going, you rise to the occasion, and actually get stuff done.
• Envelops you in the friendly warmth of coworkers without ever actually getting out of your pjs. Yep, everyone in this space is working on the same goal (a creative biz!) but in our own ways. So whenever you're feeling lonely or confuzzled, walk out to the water cooler and get some feedback or a cup of tea.
• Connects you with resources. Whether it's the answer to a question or just the person who can help you spread the word, the Starship will be gently hooking you up into a support system that will biggify you in a million ways.

More than anything, the Starship takes you where you want to go.

With the Map-Making, you define your destination. With the check-ins, you stay on the course. And with the classes, you dig into what you need to know and apply it your business.

“Starship was (is) a supportive network of like minded people who understood me and what I do…it was great to be a part of that community. And it felt like a safety net in a way. Like it was OK to change things up. It gave me confidence. It is probably odd to make this comparison but, it felt like when someone loves you you feel more secure in being yourself and trying new things?  I am taking with me a whole bunch of knowledge, tools, and connections from my time with Starship. And I would fully recommend it to others.

The Starship really validated me and what I want to do, and what I enjoy doing.”

-Aubrey, A Daily Obsession

Got something specific to work on?
Check out the classes in the library (immediately + continuously accessible):

• Chart Your Stars – Plan, dream, get real + get ideal on your next year in business. And then it bring it to the Starship + get use-it-now advice.
• Map-Making Guide – Step by step plan to take you from where you ARE to where you WANT TO BE. Includes 6 worksheets and 3 colorful maps.
• NEWLY UPDATED – Pay Yourself – 6 video lessons + apply-it-now worksheets on finding the profit in your current business and paying yourself (finally).
• BRAND NEW – How to Take a Break (without Breaking your Biz) – A Guidebook to stepping back or scaling down your work, without closing your business.
• Pricing your Handmade Awesomeness – Stop stressing if the price is right. This class includes 3 mathematical equations to find your price AND talks about the harder, emotional stuff that goes into pricing.
• Craft Your Marketing – Figure out how to talk about your work, who your people are and what to say on the various marketing tools!
• Wrangle Your Time – Learn when you work best, and develop your own system for being as productive (and creative) as you can be.
• Explore You – This three week course helps you improve one area of your business through attention and exploration.
• From Hi to Buy: Craft your Customer Path – 4 audio lessons, 12 written lessons, and 7 worksheets to identify + improve the path your customers take to you – including what and how to write your blog, email newsletter, and social media.
• Automagical Email Series – Connect with your people in a regular, easy way. This e-course walks you through your options as you plan your first series, with 4 videos and a workbook.
• How to Talk About Your Work – In this three-part class you'll find the right words to describe your work and who it's for.
• Busting the Blog Myth: Creating a blog that gets you want you want – My collaboration with Diane of Craftypod.com, this workbook has 4 lessons and 6 worksheets to move your blog from eh to oh yeah!
• Finding + Wooing your Right People – Your guide to finding buyers, keeping them happy, all while staying true to the you-ness that keeps them smitten.
• Rock the Shop – Wanna sell to local boutiques? Two hours, 2 checklists and 3 worksheets until you can do it with ease.
• Rock the Show – Stop stressing over the craft show and get your goodness on the road (fun + profitably!).
• Holiday Sanity – 4 weeks of planning for your holidays in a no-stress, no-should way. Expect a Cookie Party. Yes.

“Just wanted to let you know that Starship had been a really good fit for the last pieces of what I was needing to make some business changes. I've always done lots of goals and planning, but it would fall apart and fade. The extra few layers the Chart Your Stars and Map Making really have made things click… metrics, progress/review has made a big difference.”

– Jeannie

And, you'll get everything new I do in 2017:

This includes:

• Lift Off – Build the foundations of your business (profitability, marketing and growth), with this 6 month program ($499 value).
• Live Q+As, every month, where I answer your questions in real time. 
• More classes, workbooks, and meet-ups!
• More than 1/2 off next year's Boarding Pass.

There are 20 5 spots left. 

Want even more accountability and a weekly check in with me?

Get a pass to our weekly Holodeck Parties.

This is where we all get together for a weekly check-in  (in our chatroom/Holodeck) and you answer the questions:  Whatcha workin' on? What's going well? How can we help? I'm there for help, encouragement, and my undivided attention…and so are lots of other small-biz smarties.

The chat takes place every Wednesday at 11am + 2pm EDT, every single week. If you can't make it, there's an active check-in thread where the community will support you!

I try to make it to the Starship chats every week. I find that Tara's questions help me look back at my whole week (instead of just the past day or two) and see what I've accomplished, where there were challenges, and marvel at how much really got done. Plus, Tara and my fellow Starshippers are great at brainstorming ideas and finding a way past the maze of “shoulds” and “buts” to some great solutions to seemingly difficult problems.Even if I don't put the advice to work right away, the Starship chats always help me check my course and make sure I'm not about to sail myself off a cliff.

-Amy Crook, artist

 I want the Starship + Holodeck Pass

Starship WITH the weekly Holodeck pass is 3 payments of $449.

Or save $48 and pay with one payment of $1299

There are only 5 3 Holodeck Passes. 

Don't want the Holodeck Pass?*

Get Starship Prime:

It includes the forums, library, Accountability Partner Program, and monthly Q+As where I answer your questions live!

 Save $48 and pay with a one time payment of $999.

There are 20 5 spots left. 

*Is the Holodeck Pass right for you? Or not? 

• If you can't ever make it to an 11am EST or 2pm EST time on Wednesdays, then you won't be able to take advantage of the Holodeck! (This is particularly true for Captains in Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan, or Captains who have a day job that restricts access during this time.)
• If you don't care to spend an hour or two learning from the struggles and success of other Captains, in a text chat format, then the Holodeck probably won't be fun for you.
• However, if you deeply need and appreciate regular, weekly accountability with a group of your peers, you'll love the Holodeck!

Do I have to come every week? 

Nope! You'll get the most out of your Holodeck pass if you can make it 2-3 weeks out of the month, in a normal month. But NO ONE can make it every week – you've got life, travel, craft shows, emergencies, etc. that will come up!

Also, you can take a break (for weeks or months!) and you'll be welcomed back with happy (virtual!) hugs whenever you like.

Can I change my mind later? 

You can always ADD ON a Holodeck Pass (just email us and let us know!), but you can't take off a Holodeck Pass. If you've got a pass and you don't want to use it… just take a break! You may feel like coming back in a month or 6!

 “Tara totally gets my business and me.  By the end of class, I had a map of what I needed to do.  No longer was I flailing about, trying to figure it all out on my own.  Now I had steps and direction.  It's been a couple of months since I've been working on my to-do list. My website and Etsy store are in sync with each other. My newsletters are more focused and my website traffic is busy every day!

Thank you, Tara,  for helping me feel in control of my business and less overwhelmed about it!

-Lisa Check, Flying Goat Farms

How does this work?

Click the button, complete payment and you are IN. You'll receive a Welcome email immediately, with instructions on signing into the online community, where you'll get immediate access to over $1400 in digital classes and the discussion board where you can ask questions 24/7.  Your orientation will start the following morning, and you'll get weekly lessons the very next Wednesday.

What if I change my mind? 

The Starship is a place of safety and commitment, where you can be sure your fellow members are as equally invested as you are. Before you buy, please read the above page carefully. If you have questions, email me. Don't buy until you're ready to commit.

I begin to invest in your business from the moment you beam up and you have immediate access to all of the classes (over $1400 worth). My team and I will welcome you in with a personal message and answer all of your questions. If you decide that it's not for you after you've purchased, let us know within 24 hours of logging in. We'll refund 50% of the price you paid (if you paid the total amount) or we'll cancel your payment plan (if that's how you joined). After 24 hours (of your first log-in), there will be no refunds. Even if you decide you don't want to participate in the forums or chat room, you will still have access for an entire year to download the classes and take them again and again, and you'll receive and learn from the exclusive weekly lessons.

By joining with the payment plan, you are agreeing to complete the entire payment plan. If you cancel the payment plan before you've paid in full, you will immediately lose access to the Starship. 

“This experience has solidified some things I already knew about myself- that I work better WITH other people, I need encouragement and support to move forward in my business, and the accountability really helps keep me on track. The people in this group are AWESOME, I have new friends AND new collaborators, and it's really a SMART group of women.”
-Lisa Barnes, knitwear designer

Got another question?

Sign up here and you'll meet some of the current Captains and get your questions answered.  

If you just want to chat about it first, email me: tara@taraswiger.com

 Save $48 and pay with a one time payment of $999.

Or save $48 and pay with one payment of $1299