Studio D · Miss Ronda Jackson
Business coaching in Los Angeles
Turn your experience into a clear offer, your relationships into opportunity, and your next decision into a plan you can follow.
Business coaching and teaching for women, founders, and small-business owners ready to start, grow, or rebuild—with a special commitment to Black women and entrepreneurs of color.
Virtual coaching · In-person engagements · Los Angeles and beyond · Buy Stay the Course
Ronda has taught entrepreneurs through
Choose your starting point
You may be shaping a new business, rebuilding after a job loss, or preparing to pursue larger contracts. Start with the support that fits the decision in front of you.
01 / INDIVIDUAL
Work directly with Ronda to clarify your priorities and move from ideas into implementation.
02 / GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS
Bring interactive business education to your chamber, association, accelerator, or founder cohort.
03 / CONTRACTORS & SUPPLIERS
Assess what your business can deliver today and what it needs to pursue a larger role.
Format, scope, schedule, and investment are agreed after we discuss your goals. Coaching and workshops are available virtually and in person.
Information + Implementation = Transformation
A practical framework for turning a business goal into decisions, relationships, and repeatable action.
01 / POSITION
Identify your primary buyer, the problem you solve, and the outcome you want to work toward.
02 / PACKAGE
Define scope, pricing considerations, delivery capacity, and the next step a buyer can take.
03 / PURSUE
Choose qualified prospects and create a consistent rhythm for outreach and follow-up.
04 / OPERATE
Review inquiries, proposals, delivery, and the numbers that help you make your next decision.
Ronda’s personal passion
Help business owners graduate into the capacity to lead the work.
“I want more owners to understand how opportunities are bought, what buyers need, and what it takes to deliver. My passion is helping businesses build the capacity to pursue work as prime contractors—and create more ownership, jobs, and knowledge in their communities.”
— Miss Ronda Jackson
Map your next stage of capacity →
Teaching certifications and how buyers find certified firms.
| Position | Identify buyers and right-sized opportunities. |
|---|---|
| Prove | Make your delivery capacity and past performance clear. |
| Prepare | Identify gaps in staffing, systems, working capital, and teaming. |
| Pursue | Build a disciplined approach to relationships and bids. |
The book behind the work
Ronda brings the challenges of building a business onto the course: the setbacks, decisions, and next swings that shape what you build.
Read for perspective. Use the Stay the Course Diagnostic to see which holes your business is in. Bring your questions into coaching when you are ready for support applying the work to your business.
$24.99 · Paperback
The book is available separately. You do not need to purchase it before requesting a discovery call.
The Stay the Course Business Diagnostic
Stay the Course names nine hellish holes of entrepreneurship. The diagnostic brings them into the light, so you can see which gaps are costing you most and where coaching would move the business forward.
Score yourself honestly, then bring your results to a discovery conversation. Ronda will help you choose the one gap to close first.
Free · Fillable one-page PDF · Ten minutes
Why this work matters
The purpose reaches beyond the next sale: generational wealth, shared knowledge, and more choice for the people who come after us.
A job loss can interrupt income without erasing a woman’s expertise. A growing business can have talent without access to the information or relationships its next stage requires. This work helps people recognize what they bring, understand their options, and act with intention.
HEALING
Recognize your strengths and rebuild confidence after setbacks, transitions, or seasons of uncertainty.
OPPORTUNITY
Make business strategy, procurement pathways, and decision tools more accessible.
OWNERSHIP
Strengthen the capacity, systems, and relationships that support a business beyond its founder.
Employment context: IWPR’s February 2026 analysis of revised federal data found that Black women’s employment fell by 251,000 between January and August 2025. This historical decline is one reason access to practical support matters. Read the research.
Meet your coach
Miss Ronda Jackson is a Los Angeles business coach, author, and Economic Dignity Strategist. As a Black woman business owner, she brings lived experience and practical business knowledge to women and entrepreneurs navigating their next stage.
More than 30 years building businesses and navigating procurement, with roots in design and contract finishes.
Instructor of federal and corporate procurement and her signature Invisible to Unstoppable course, with experience teaching through associations, chambers, and accelerator programs.
Author of Stay the Course, helping owners turn experience into clearer decisions and consistent implementation.
A few questions before you begin
Yes. Ronda coaches and teaches virtually and in person. Share your location, goals, and preferred format so we can discuss the right engagement.
Yes. Ronda is a Black woman business coach with a special commitment to women and entrepreneurs of color. Coaching is also available to founders and business owners from other backgrounds.
Procurement coaching can focus on buyer fit, opportunity selection, capacity, past performance, and an outreach or pursuit plan. We begin with where your business stands and the work you can deliver.
Yes. Associations, chambers, accelerators, and supplier-development programs can request workshops, strategy labs, and cohorts. Tell us about your audience and the outcome you want participants to work toward.
The investment depends on the scope, format, and support you choose. We discuss your goals first, then agree on the engagement and investment before work begins.
Your next step
A discovery conversation helps us understand your goal, your current challenge, and whether coaching or a learning engagement is the right fit.
Share a few details to request a call. If you already know you are ready to talk, you can choose a time directly.
Coaching and consulting engagements are offered through Studio D.
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