Intentional Growth:
An Anti-Capitalist Planning Workshop for 2026
What if growth didn’t mean scaling endlessly, but instead meant deepening your capacity, care, and values?
That’s what we’ll explore together on October 22.
Hosted by the Hannah Grimes Center.
Registration is $20 through Hannah Grimes—when you click the button you’ll be redirected to their checkout page.
because capitalism won’t plan our year for us (at least not kindly)
Traditional business planning is obsessed with scaling, dominating “markets,” and squeezing every ounce of labor into profit. But if you’re building a business rooted in care, justice, or community, that model doesn’t just burn you out — it keeps us trapped inside a system we don’t believe in.
This workshop isn’t about surviving capitalism with a little more efficiency.
It’s about lifting our heads up and asking: what kind of future do we want to co-create? What would it look like to plan for a year not with capitalism’s values at the center, but with our own visions for a post-capitalist world?
Through intentional reflection and concrete mapping, we’ll practice designing 2026 not as another year of hustling inside someone else’s system, but as another step toward a business — and a world — organized around enoughness, solidarity, and collective flourishing.
what we’ll do together over the two hours
I approach growth (and degrowth!) planning from two intertwined philosophies:
the four questions we ask
Kate Tyson developed a series of four questions that cut through the noise and ground us in what really matters:
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Where can your business best be in service to the collective?
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What do you have? What resources, both physical, intellectual, and ancestral, do you personally have or have access to?
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What do you need? What are your personal, business, and intimate family or community needs?
- What is your business set up to do this year?
the four buckets of business
Once we’ve surfaced honest answers, we’ll map them onto the four buckets of business I teach and write about:
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Internal systems — how your business actually runs
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Delivery — how your work reaches people
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Marketing — how you share your story and values
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Sales — how income flows back in
The goal: by the end of the workshop, you’ll have a values-aligned, anti-capitalist growth map for 2026 that feels both visionary and doable.
who we are in this space:
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Small business owners tired of hustle culture
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Creatives and makers who want to protect their energy while sharing their work
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Organizers and community builders who want business strategies that don’t betray their politics
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Anyone curious about anti-capitalist business planning
the details
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Date: October 22, 12:00-2:00pm ET
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Location: Online via Zoom (through Hannah Grimes)
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Cost: $20 (Scholarships are available. Contact [email protected] to see if you qualify.)
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Length: 2 hours
(Note: Clicking the button will redirect you to the Hannah Grimes registration page. They’re the official host of this event.)
👋 a little about me
Hey, I’m Emily Eley—an anti-capitalist business coach, activist & organizer, abolitionist, parent, and firm believer that business can be a tool for liberation, not exploitation. I help small business owners build values-aligned businesses that center care, community, and sustainability—not hustle, urgency, or endless growth.
If you ever find yourself wanting deeper support—whether you're overwhelmed, in transition, or just craving thoughtful partnership—my 1:1 coaching might be a good fit. I offer financial aid because I believe this work should be accessible, and I’m proud to be a VSAC-approved non-degree course provider here in Vermont.
No pressure, no funnels, just honest support when you’re ready.
