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The Bakery Business Guide: Plan for Success
An eye-opening focus course for hobby bakers to transition into a professional business and avoid costly mistakes.
Created byMelissa Fryer
Last updated 1/2026
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What you'll learn
- Generating more income for a post-retirement or hobby bakery business, by planning ahead and setting structure.
- Attracting more customers and retaining current customers for current business owners, adding to their current income.
- How to position your business for better visibility in your community.
- Focus on marketing tactics and networking, to attract more orders and business support.
- Discover your true business desires and passions, so you can create a business worth having.
- Learn how to avoid common business mistakes before they occur, which reduces stress and monetary loss.
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Course content
7 sections • 30 lectures • 1h 21m total length
Requirements
- There are no additional requirements to take this course.
Description
Save yourself a TON of time and energy as your business grows, by making sure the first few steps you take while building your bakery business, are wise and knowledgeable.
Clear your mind, find your true goals, learn how to network efficiently and plan ahead for the future of your successful bakery business.
Do an overhaul on your current business, to get moving in the right direction.
This course is for
hobby bakers wanting to start a profitable small bakery business (home or storefront)
current bakery owners searching for clarity and to restart/revamp their business
Within the course, you will:
fill out a bakery business plan, allowing you to build a business you love and that works for your lifestyle
get a ready-made, professional order form template, to customize and use right away
solidify your plans for a business name and branding ideas, starting you off on the right foot towards lasting success
learn how to create a network to support your business and relieve stress
discover how you can create routines to keep you on track, making you more income over time
We will go over BLISS, a proven 6 figure start-up model, in detail:
1. Brainstorming (idea generation, creative planning and clearing your mind)
2. List Making (organizing your thoughts and narrowing down the best options)
3. Investigate (understanding your local community and it's needs, networking, industry positioning)
4. Structure (overview of the most important structural aspects of a well running bakery business)
5. Showing Up (consistency, reliability, professionalism, returning customers)
You will be provided with many examples and experiences from my 10 years of professional bakery experience and business owner experience. I have spent many years working in cake and cookies, thus many examples include these products.
You will be provided with a number of eye-opening printable resources to help you continue to refine and perfect your business plan and ideas.
Additionally, you will gain direct access to me over the platform, to help you work through the planning and structuring of your very own bakery business!
Your success is my success. With the right knowledge, support, and effort, you can create a business that will prosper!
Who this course is for:
- Hobby bakers who want to turn a baking passion into a profitable business.
- Current bakery business owners looking for less stress and focus in their business.
- Cake decorators, cookie decorators or cupcake decorators interested in making more money off their skill.
- Stay-at-home parents looking to make money baking from home.
- People looking for a side hussle.