“Over 56% of businesses fail in the first 4 years.” – U.S. Small Business Administration

Why I created #StartMyBusinessToday? 

As a Former Director of Women’s Business Center funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, I worked with thousands of clients who desired to start a business, but lacked the entrepreneurial skills, expert advice, expansive network, and funding to start a business or non-profit organization. Only 10% had launched their organization?!

Business owners with great ideas often fail due to inefficient processes, flaky teams, ineffective marketing, and lack of capital. It was disappointing witnessing the majority of these entrepreneurs not given a chance to test out their successful business idea. Around Philadelphia, the most successful entrepreneurs that launched their business or non-profit organization had an education, many connections, and opportunities for funding.

But what about people who don’t have 2 years and over $100,000 to get their MBA or $28,000 (the average startup expenses) to start an organization? 

What happened to equal opportunity? 

I was upset that it seemed impossible for anyone with an idea to open a business…. It was completely unfair. I wanted to level the playing field. After starting numerous departments, organizations, and businesses earning $100,000 in 3 months, I became an expert in the process.

With over 15 years research, testing curriculum, and experience working in or with startups (Yes, I started as a little kid!), I created the #StartMyBusinessToday Program to give aspiring women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and minority entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders at least a chance to launch their business or non-profit organization with online classes, Live Group Conference Call Coaching, and funding opportunities.

It can be simple to start a business, but there’s too much contradictory information out there. 

We’ve tested #StartMyBusinessToday Step by Step process and streamlined it to include vital information in the shortest amount time.

Thanks to our methodology and 12 Step process, our success rate is 87.5% of launching organizations in 6 months!

With thousands of members, we created an online community for you to brainstorm, connect, and help other women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and minority entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders.

We have refined the #BankabledBusinessPlan process.

Then we connect you to our 1.6 million member funding network to open up more doors for YOU!

So that now anyone that has an idea can start my business today!!

100% of our students that successfully completed #StartMyBusinessToday have received up to $25,000 in seed funding. 

Now it’s your turn. Get started with us today!

@JudiRheeAlloway , CPC: Award-winning Business Consultant and Leadership Coach, Founder of “Best Business Center” @WomensBizCoop,  Imagine Leadership, LLC @ImagineLeaders; and Founding National Director Emeritus of Women in NAAAP! @WomeninNAAAP, an international Asian women’s leadership program covered in Forbes Women.

With 15+ years of experience as a “Top Woman Innovator”, Judi has started and managed successful businesses, departments, and nonprofits managing over 10,000 people and $6 million dollars. Her public media appearances include Philadelphia Department of Commerce, DC Mayor’s Office of Greater Economic Opportunity, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly Daily News, Philadelphia Business Journal, El Día, Epoch Times, Korean Quarterly, ABC, CBS, Fox, WHYY (PBS), Forbes.com, NPR and Nickelodeon. Her transformative life story is featured in two books: The Coaches Journey and The Height of Power by Huffington Post columnist, Suzette Martinez Stranding. Judi began her work in empowering communities when she started Huesoul Foundation in Mongolia to build communities through sustainable agriculture. Coming back to America, she had a successful career in asset management at Morgan Stanley until struck with debilitating chronic pain which completely changed her life ”from a wheelchair to health is wealth.” With a new lease on life, Judi trained as Certified Professional Coach at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching, where she discovered her passion to encourage “everyday leaders” and created the “Shift Now!” movement across the country.

In 2010, Ms. Alloway organized the Philadelphia Asian American community through a new website, events, and speaker as the consultant for the Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs (MCAAA). She was the founding Professional Development Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) and the founding National Director of Women in NAAAP!, an international Asian women’s leadership program in 10 metropolitan cities across North America covered by Forbes Women.  Chosen by the Women’s Bureau of the US Department of Labor in 2011, Ms. Alloway was honored to be placed in the pool of top women innovators to represent the United States by the US State Department. She has volunteered on the Steering Committee of Count Me In, coaching 1000 women small business owners to become millionaires, and the Founding Boards of Asian Americans in Energy, Environment, and Commerce (AE2C), and Korean Americans for Obama – Philadelphia. Judi speaks at international events at the Korean Embassy and for Korean Women International Network (KOWIN) supported by the Korean Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) and International Korean Adoptees Services (INKAS). Ms. Alloway organized national events through the Korean Inauguration Committee and Korean Coalition in Civic Participation at the U.S. White House. Ms. Alloway served as the Director of U.S. Small Business Administration-funded Women’s Business Center at the Empowerment Group where she played an integral role in re-branding the organization.

In 2014, she was nominated by the U.S. Small Business Administration to advise the Secretary of Commerce on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In 2015, she was “Community Ambassador” for Impact Hub, an international co-working network in 79 countries. In 2016, she was featured as an “Industry Innovator” on American Airlines, on the cover of America’s Enterprise, and a writer at Forbes.com. She was also appointed to the Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission of Asian American Affairs by Mayor Kenney. In 2017, the Women’s Business Coop won “2017 Best of Philadelphia Award” in the “Best Business Center” category. Ms. Alloway was awarded the “2017 Minority Business Leader Award” by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

In 2018 she was again appointed by Mayor James Kenney to the Rebuild Oversight Committee, a $500 million project encouraging diverse women business owners to participate on local contracts to rebuild Philadelphia schools, libraries, and parks. In honor of her contributions both locally and nationally, the Mayor of Philadelphia proclaimed  March 5, 2019 to be @WomensBizCoop Day. At Tokyo and Sydney Film Festivals in 2020, Judi portrays the typical range of human emotions for her first cameo in the documentary Impact: Every Body has Super Powers, which was produced, marketed, and distributed by the team behind “The Secret”, “What the Bleep Do We Know!?”, and “Thrive: What on Earth Will It Take?”.

Having studied at George Washington University, Moscow State University, and Seoul National University, Judi speaks around the world as a social entrepreneur, a community leader, and a multicultural women’s leadership expert as one of the top 25 “Asian American Influencers” on Twitter and “Outstanding Woman Visionary Leader.”