What we’re about
You don't have to be big to be a big success in business. "Small is beautiful!"
This group focuses on the needs of new, growing, and wannabe entrepreneurs including gig workers, solopreneurs, independent contractors, freelancers and small business owners. We provide practical real world strategies, tips, tools and techniques to succeed in good times and not so good. The emphasis is on how to maximize your time and success when you have limited staff and other resources.
Solopreneurs Growth Support Meetup is a monthly program for connections, contacts, and knowledge from the Business Success Center (BSC) and its BSC Practical MBA™ free programs as well as mentors from around the country and sometimes abroad.
Each month, we host a program to encourage attendees to get to know each other and to meet with larger businesses, government agencies, and others to learn about opportunities of all kinds. Our goal is to make each business more successful and profitable.
We do not hosting in person meetings. Instead we host our monthly BSC Lean Success Forum™ led by Dave Nave, Dave Nave & Associates, online on the 1st Thursday of the first two months of the quarter (January, February, April, May, July, August, October, and November) where attendees suggest and choose topics and contribute to the recommendations. This is your opportunity to get answers and help other business owners based on your experience and expertise.
The 1st Thursday of the third month of the quarter (March, June, September, and December — our annual Blow Your Own Horn PR event where you are the speaker) is our quarterly BSC Mentoring Success Forum™ with a special mentor expert. The focus is on management, legal, compliance, marketing, funding, sales, or tax issues. BSC Mentor Forums™ are led by Jan Triplett, Business Success Center, with a guest mentor and contributions to the discussions by attendees.
All Forums meet at 11-Noon Central, in conjunction with our other meetups, Success Lab Meetup and Success Cohort Meetup. They are recorded and a link is provided to meetup members. Both BSC Forums attract mentors and attendees from around the country, sometimes around the world, and of course, in the Austin area as well as throughout Texas.
We are starting a podcast in January 2024, "Across the Country: Getting Through the Business Stages" with a team of experts and an opportunity for you to participate as part of the live audience. If you're interested in attending, please email me at triplett@ownersview.com for time, date, and link.
We believe in networking now and later. For those who register to attend, we also provide a list of attendees — even if you can't attend. We hope you will feel free to follow up with them.
You might also enjoy. BOSS-Talks & Tools, a quarterly live interview with an inspiring entrepreneur and a discussion of a BSC favorite business tool. BOSS-Talks & Tools and these Forum meetups are parts of the BSC Practical MBA program. (More info at www.ownersview.com).
Solopreneurs Growth Support group is highly interactive so bring your questions, requests, and your best advice to give to other business owners attending the Forums and other programs. Be prepared to share a recent success and your expertise at a BSC Forum™.
If you are interested in leading one of the online Forums as a guest mentor or being the interviewee for BOSS-Talks, please contact me directly @ triplett@bscusa.com and put Forum Mentor (or BOSS-Talks Guest) in the subject line. I will contact you to discuss this further with you. This is your opportunity to blow your own horn.
Here's to increasing your success!
Leader: Jan Triplett, Ph.D., CBTAC
CEO, Business Success Center
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A little about Dr. Triplett
Entrepreneur • Speaker • Advocate • Inventor
Founder/Leader Profit Mover Advisory Team™, author of The Networker's Guide to Success and co-author of Thinking Big, Staying Small and Easy to be Green; speaker and writer on the 100+ Ways to Fund a Business
Assists Texans with disabilities to find grant funding through the Texas Workforce Solutions Self-Employment program for startup and existing businesses.
What can I bring to the event?
• Your business ideas and questions.
• Everyone will introduce themselves starting at 11 am central.
• Everyone will share a recent personal or business success and a relevant business tip.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- BSC's Lean Business Success Online Forum™Link visible for attendees
Aug. 7, 2025, 11am-Noon Central BSC Lean Success Forum, led by Dave Nave, Dave Nave & Associates (https://davenave.com) and Jan Triplett, Ph.D., BSC (https://ownersview.com)
The 3 Top Business Benefits of the BSC Lean® Business Success Forum™ according to our past participants.
- Learn and practice good Lean® Management techniques with guidance from our Lean® Forum founder, leader and expert, Dave Nave, Dave Nave & Associates. (He will give a short tutorial at the beginning to get you started).
- Talk about your business and suggest a topic for the group to discuss that you have questions about or one that you would like a safe place to discuss and get feedback, ideas and much more.
- Share your expertise on other participants issues and make contacts.
We start at 11am and end right at noon Central because your time is valuable.
(Note: Seating is limited so that everyone has enough time to talk. So be sure to RSVP today.)
(Interesting fact: BSC Lean® Success Forum™ has a 3+ year history of discussions on almost every business startup and growth question you can think of selected each month by that Forum’s attendees. Our first BSC Lean® Forum event was held in July 2021. Thanks, Dave Nave, for getting things going and keeping them rolling!)
Go here to RSVP for the BSC Global Success Mentoring Forum and Lean Success Forum™ for the recording and contact list of attendees.
Can’t come? Please RSVP anyway and we will send you the recording of the discussion. Maybe, you can join us again at the next BSC Success Forum, always first Thursday of the month, 11AM Central online.You propose, help select the agenda, and introduce your topic at each BSC Lean Business Success Forum (1st Thursday of 1st two months of each quarter, 11am-noon Central).
At BSC's Lean Business Success Forum™ participants gather, build an agenda, and begin timed discussions. Conversations are directed and productive because the agenda is generated by those who show up.
The format is both easy to follow and effective. As the name suggests, it is all about being “Lean” (doing more with less) and uses the format of a “Forum” (issue-based open discussion). It is derived loosely from the Lean Coffee idea started in 2009 by Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith in Seattle (https://leancoffee.org/) and ProductCampAustin (https://productcampaustin.org/). Attendees vote on what subjects to discuss at the meeting and lead the discussion.
Lean forum leaders: Dave Nave, Dave Nave & Associates (https://davenave.com), a Lean knowledge expert and Jan Triplett, Ph.D. BSC (https://ownersview.com), sustainability expert.
Be kind. Be safe. Be hopeful. Be positive. Be ready — with some help from your meetup friends.
RSVP and upcoming Forum details: https://bit.ly/BSCRebuildBizForum
BASICS:
• Meets 1st Thursday of the 1st two months in each quarter, 11-Noon Central Time
• Please join from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/685053101
You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (312) 757-3121. Access Code: 685-053-101
• New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/685053101
The BSC Business Success Forum was selected by the Austin Business Journal for its Book of Lists as one of Austin's best business and networking groups.
Hope to see and learn from you at the Forum — please spread the word!
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Here's to working together for successful sustainable businesses that care about people and the planet as well as profit.
Jan Triplett, Ph.D. CBTAC
CEO, Business Success Center, the business sustainability experts working with socially conscious clients to balance profit, people and the planet.
Proud to be your Forum Host & Facilitator
- BSC's Mentoring ForumLink visible for attendees
Sept. 4, 2025, 11am-Noon Central BSC Mentoring Success Forum, with guest mentor Patricia Rogers, Research Director at Austin Business Journal (https://www.bizjournals.com/austin) and hosted by Jan Triplett, Ph.D., BSC (https://ownersview.com)
RSVP: https://bit.ly/BSCRebuildBizForum
According to Patricia Rogers, there have been major changes in the direction of the researcher job, tech, media, etc. that you'll want to hear about. Did you know that there are BizJournals in over 45 cities across the US? If you're interested in getting PR or doing research on local businesses, you don't want to miss this!
BSC Mentoring Forum Link:
Please join the BSC Forum from your computer, tablet or smartphone @ https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/685053101
You can also dial in using your phone. (For supported devices, tap a one-touch number below to join instantly.)
United States: +1 (312) 757-3121 One-touch: tel:+13127573121,,685053101#
Access Code: 685-053-101
New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/685053101Hope to see and learn from you at the Forum — please spread the word!
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Here's to working together for successful sustainable businesses that care about people and the planet as well as profit.Jan Triplett, Ph.D. CBTAC
CEO, Business Success Center, the business sustainability experts working with socially conscious clients to balance profit, people and the planet.
Proud to be your Forum Host & Facilitator
