Free 1:1 business consulting for eligible La Crosse small business owners
Get up to 10 hours of personalized support to tackle a real business challenge — at no cost to you.
What is Launch & Grow?
Launch & Grow is a free small-business consulting program funded by the City of La Crosse and delivered by Revby for eligible microenterprise owners and entrepreneurs in the City of La Crosse.
The current phase of the program is centered on practical, individualized support. Rather than giving you generic advice, we start with the issue that matters most to your business and work with you to create a useful tool, plan, system, or decision framework you can put into practice.
What can we work on?
Your consulting can focus on the areas that would be most useful to your business, including:
Bookkeeping, QuickBooks, cash flow, and financial organization
Pricing, profitability, and break-even analysis
Marketing, customer outreach, website, and digital presence
Business planning, growth decisions, and prioritization
Operational systems, workflows, and day-to-day organization
Funding, lender readiness, and preparation of business financial information
Who qualifies?
The program is intended for very small businesses and entrepreneurs in the City of La Crosse. To qualify, you must:
Own or be starting a microenterprise located in the City of La Crosse
Have 5 or fewer employees, including the owner
Meet the program's low-to-moderate income (LMI) requirement
Be willing to participate in 1:1 consulting and provide the information needed to confirm eligibility
What does low-to-moderate income mean?
Launch & Grow is supported with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, so participants must meet household-income eligibility requirements. Eligibility is based on household size and income using HUD guidelines.
Income eligibility limits
| Size of household | Maximum income |
|---|---|
| 1 | $60,150 |
| 2 | $68,750 |
| 3 | $77,350 |
| 4 | $85,900 |
| 5 | $92,800 |
| 6 | $99,650 |
| 7 | $106,550 |
| 8 | $113,400 |
Not sure whether you qualify? Apply anyway. We will review the eligibility requirements with you before consulting begins.
What you get by participating
1:1 expert support
Up to 10 hours of personalized, one-on-one consulting tailored to your business, goals, and challenges.
Real, tangible deliverables
You won’t leave with “ideas” — you’ll leave with systems, tools, or processes that improve how your business runs.
Clear Next Steps & Local Connections
You’ll finish the program with a roadmap for what comes next, plus connections to local resources that can support you beyond the program.
How the program works
Apply
Complete the short application so we can learn about your business and confirm basic eligibility.
Confirm eligibility
The program team will review your business location, employee count, and household-income eligibility.
Identify the priority
You will meet with a Revby consultant to discuss the business issue you most want to solve.
Work 1:1
Receive up to 10 hours of individualized consulting, scheduled around your availability and focused on implementation.
Leave with something useful
The work should produce a tangible output — such as a financial model, marketing plan, improved system, business process, or clear action plan — rather than advice alone.
Applications are open now
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis while program capacity remains. After you are accepted, we will contact you to schedule your first conversation with a consultant. Most 1:1 meetings are held virtually, making it easier to fit the program around your business schedule.
A limited number of businesses can participate, so apply soon enough to leave time to complete the consulting work.
Have a business challenge you have been meaning to tackle?
Tell us what you are working on. If you qualify, Launch & Grow can give you dedicated consulting time to move it forward at no cost.
Program sponsored by the City of La Crosse and made possible through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding.
Consulting services provided by Revby LLC, a small-business consulting firm.