Practical business training for adults over 50
Learn practical business skills, discover new opportunities, and take the first steps toward building a business of your own—at your own pace.
Business Launch University helps adults over 50 explore modern business opportunities through practical training, straightforward guidance, and tools designed to make getting started easier.
Free to join. No credit card required.
You Can Do This
You bring a lifetime of experience. We'll show you how today's business opportunities work, one clear step at a time.
Clear, plain-English lessons. No business background needed.
Start, pause, and come back whenever it suits your schedule.
Explore real services that local businesses rely on every day.
Begin with our free Starter Course. No credit card required.
Free Training
The Starter Course introduces practical ways to build a business by serving local companies. It helps you understand each opportunity before you choose a direction, so you can decide with confidence.
You'll be introduced to four opportunities:
The free course is an introduction. Deeper training on each opportunity is available inside the member portal, subject to membership access.
Free to join. No credit card required.
How It Works
Step 1
Create your free Business Launch University member account. No credit card required.
Step 2
Explore the Starter Course, complete the Business Opportunity Assessment, and receive your Personalized Business Launch Plan.
Step 3
Choose a business opportunity that fits your interests, experience, and goals, then begin learning how to put it into action.
What You'll Learn About
Each of these opportunities is about helping local business owners with something that matters to their customers. Here's what each one involves, in plain English.
Help local businesses look professional online.
Many small businesses still have outdated websites, or none at all. Learn how simple, modern websites are planned and built with today's tools, and how this service is offered to local business owners.
Help businesses show up when people search nearby.
A business's Google profile is often the first thing a customer sees. Learn what a complete, well-maintained profile looks like and how to help business owners keep theirs accurate and up to date.
Help businesses earn and respond to reviews.
Online reviews influence where people choose to spend their money. Learn how businesses can ask happy customers for reviews and respond professionally, and how to offer that help as a service.
Help businesses answer every call and question.
Missed calls can mean missed customers. Learn how AI-powered receptionists and support assistants work, and how they can help a local business answer questions and book appointments.
These are learning opportunities, not promises. Business Launch University does not guarantee clients, search rankings, income, or results.
Who This Is For
Our training is designed with adults over 50 in mind, and everyone 18 or older who wants to learn practical business skills is welcome.
Our Founder
Lehman Hailey started his first business in 1998 and has spent his career building and running businesses, including a mortgage company he owned and operated with approximately 40 employees.
Over the years his work has spanned entrepreneurship, customer relationships, marketing, websites, and today's AI-powered business tools. He created Business Launch University to help adults over 50 discover practical business opportunities and learn the skills to pursue them, one clear step at a time.
Questions
Discover new opportunities and begin learning practical business skills with our free Starter Course.
Free to join. No credit card required.
