Founding Cohort · Starts Jan 6, 2027 Six Months · In Person + Online Port Coquitlam Max 7 Members Founding Rate $1,297

Growth Circle.
Revenue. Visibility. Growth.

For established professionals ready to build beyond referrals.

You have built a business. You have clients, a reputation, and proof that what you do works. What you do not have is a predictable system for generating new clients, a room of peers who understand the stage you are at, or steady accountability that actually moves the needle. Growth Circle is built for exactly that.

$1,297
Founding rate · standard $1,997
7
Maximum members. Ever.
6
Months of sessions, guest speakers and dinners
Growth Circle in session

Seven professionals. No direct competitors. Six months of doing the work in the room.

The problem Growth Circle solves

You have built something real.
Now you need a system to grow it.

Most established service professionals are generating revenue — but inconsistently. Income is tied directly to personal effort and referrals. There is no predictable lead generation system, no structured sales process, and no room of peers who understand what it is like to be at this exact stage. Coaches and masterminds on Zoom check in once a month and move on. None of it creates the traction that changes how a business actually runs. Growth Circle is different. It meets every two weeks, in person and online, and is built to move your business forward one session at a time.

Meghan Simington
The comparison

Growth Circle vs. Typical Virtual Masterminds

Growth Circle
Typical Virtual
Format
Bi-weekly, in person + online
Zoom only
Cohort size
Max 7, curated
Open to anyone
Facilitation
Fractional CMO
Peer-led
Guest experts
Monthly, in person
Rarely
Curriculum
4-pillar revenue system
Generic topics
Accountability
KPIs + hot seats every session
Monthly check-ins
Investment
$1,297 foundingstandard $1,997 · 6 months
$300–$1,000per month

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The framework

Four pillars. Twelve sessions. One system.

Every session maps to one of four pillars. Every pillar builds on the last. By session 12 you do not just understand what to do — you have already done it.

01

Positioning

Sessions 1–3

Stand out in a saturated market. Define your niche, differentiate your offer, and communicate your value so the right clients say yes before you even pitch.

02

Acquisition

Sessions 4–7

Build a daily lead generation system across LinkedIn, email, content, collaborations, and paid channels. Consistent client flow that does not require chasing referrals.

03

Conversion

Sessions 8–9

Turn warm conversations into paying clients with a structured sales process, a working referral system, and follow-up that closes without feeling pushy.

04

Leverage

Sessions 10–12

Remove yourself as the bottleneck. AI tools, automation, delegation, and strategic partnerships that let your business grow without requiring more of your time.

Three women smiling together at a Female Forward gathering Meghan Simington and Jennifer Kolbuc teaching a small group Women connecting at their table
What happens every session

The Session Structure

Every session is 60 minutes. Every minute is accounted for. Numbers first, strategy second, application third, commitment fourth.

10

KPI Check-In

Every member reports their numbers — leads contacted, conversations had, content published, revenue added to pipeline. Not effort. Not intentions. Numbers. If the action was not completed, it is named, owned, and recommitted to.

20

Core Teaching

Meghan delivers the session's framework — specific, practical, and directly applicable to your business. On the last Wednesday of each month, a guest speaker joins the cohort in person to go deeper on copywriting, branding, digital ads, AI, and operations.

20

Workshop and Hot Seat

Members apply the framework to their own business in real time, or one member brings a live challenge for structured group feedback. This is where the session moves from learning to doing.

10

Commitment

Each member states one non-negotiable action and the measurable outcome they will report at the next session. Stated aloud to the room. The accountability that actually holds.

Growth Circle runs for six months. The founding cohort starts Wednesday, January 6, 2027. Check-ins happen every two weeks and alternate between an online session and an in-person working lunch in Port Coquitlam. On the last Wednesday of each month the cohort meets in person with a guest speaker, moving online if most of the room cannot make it that week. Each quarter closes with a cohort dinner. Growth Circle never runs on Breakfast Thursdays (the first Thursday of each month), so you never miss the room where your next referral walks in. Seven members maximum means every voice is heard at every session.

More than a meeting

Six months — in the room and online.

Every session is backed by a shared Trello board of weekly action items, plus lessons and worksheets in the FFC member site that you work between check-ins. The tools to actually execute. This is a deep dive into driving your business, not a drop-in.

Member Site Lessons & Worksheets

Lessons and fillable worksheets for every pillar, housed in the FFC member site. Work them between sessions, at your own pace.

Lead & Conversion Tracking

Tools to track your leads and conversions online, so you make decisions from data — not guesses.

Content Calendars

Ready-to-use calendars to plan ahead and stay consistent without the overwhelm.

AI Conversion Prompts

AI prompts that lift your conversions — built from your analytics and keyword research.

Strategy Mapping Tools

Map your positioning, funnel, and 90-day plan with simple, repeatable templates.

Trello Action Board

Actionable tasks for every week on a shared Trello board, reviewed at each check-in. Momentum that compounds.

Keyword research, analytics-driven prompts, and new tools added throughout the program — and more.

Growth Circle in conversation
Who this is for

Service-based professionals who have outgrown building alone.

Growth Circle is built for established service professionals — realtors, mortgage brokers, financial advisors, insurance brokers, coaches, consultants, designers, and practitioners — who have been in business 2–7 years, are generating revenue, and are ready to stop relying on referrals as their only source of new clients.

This is not for people who are still deciding whether to build a business. It is for people who are already building and need a structured, accountable room to do it faster.

Room composition rule: No two members in direct competition for the same clients. One professional per firm or brokerage where industry overlap exists. The result is a complementary group — a realtor, mortgage broker, financial advisor, and consultant at the same table is not a conflict. It is a referral ecosystem built over six months.

After six months in Growth Circle

What your business looks like on the other side.

Not notes. Not intentions. Actual implementation — across positioning, lead generation, sales, and systems — built session by session with a room of seven who hold you to it.

A defined niche and offer

You can articulate who you serve and why they choose you in one sentence. Your offer is clear, priced for profit, and positioned to convert.

A daily acquisition system

LinkedIn, email, content, and collaborations working together as a system. Consistent lead flow that does not depend on who you already know.

A sales process that closes

Discovery calls that convert, a follow-up system that does not require chasing, and a referral engine that generates warm introductions without asking awkwardly.

A functioning email list

A lead magnet connected to a welcome sequence. An email list that grows every week and converts subscribers into clients.

Initial leverage in place

At least one AI tool, automation, or delegation implemented. Your highest-frequency low-value tasks removed from your plate.

Six referral relationships

Six complementary professionals — the other members of your room — who know your business, your ideal client, and exactly who to send your way, built over six months of showing up together.

Growth Circle women in conversation
Meghan Simington with member

Lift while you climb. There is always room to make a bigger table and there is always enough for all of us to grow and thrive.

Meghan Simington · Founder, Female Forward Collective
12-Session Curriculum

Structured. Strategic. Built to move your business.

Every session has a framework, a workshop, and a non-negotiable action you implement before the next session. Twelve sessions of applied strategy — one pillar at a time.

Pillar 1 · Sessions 1–3Positioning
01

Business Model Audit

Revenue audit, offer mapping, and gap analysis. Where is money leaking and where is the highest return? Establishing your 90-day baseline.

02

Niche and Ideal Client

The uncomfortable narrowing conversation. Who are your best clients, what do they have in common, and how specific does your positioning need to be to actually stand out?

03

Offer Design and Messaging

Packaging your expertise into a clear, compelling offer with a named outcome. The words that convert — and the ones that kill the sale before it starts.

Guest: Copywriter
Pillar 2 · Sessions 4–7Acquisition
04

Daily Acquisition Discipline

Building the outreach habit before the system. Pipeline tracker setup, revenue math, and the minimum effective daily routine.

05

LinkedIn, Brand and Linktree

Profile audit, content that attracts clients vs. content that gets likes, DM strategy, and converting profile visitors into leads.

Guest: Brand Expert
06

Email Marketing and Lead Magnets

Building and activating your list. Lead magnet creation, welcome sequences, and the email cadence that converts subscribers into revenue.

07

Collaborations and Paid Amplification

Partnership pitching, cross-promotions, and an introduction to Meta ads — the complete funnel from content to Linktree to lead magnet to offer.

Guest: Digital Ads Specialist
Pillar 3 · Sessions 8–9Conversion
08

Converting Conversations Into Clients

Discovery call structure, objection handling, follow-up cadence, and the pipeline math behind hitting your 90-day revenue target.

09

Sales System and Referral Engine

Documenting your sales process, building a referral system that runs without chasing, and turning testimonials into a conversion asset across every channel.

Pillar 4 · Sessions 10–12Leverage
10

AI Tools, Safety and Security

What AI can actually do for your business right now. Safe use, data privacy, compliance for regulated industries, and the practical tools worth adopting today.

Guest: AI Expert
11

Delegation and Automation

Bottleneck diagnosis, VA onboarding, automation tools, and SOPs for your highest-frequency tasks. Five hours freed per week changes everything.

Guest: Operations Expert
12

Strategic Partnerships and 90-Day Plan

The closing session. Each member presents their results. Revenue moved, systems built, partnerships initiated. Every member leaves with a written 90-day growth plan.

Every session has homework and a takeaway. After 12 sessions you will not just have a plan. You will have built it.

Buy now · $1,297

Monthly guest speakers. Selected for this room.

Guest sessions run in person on the last Wednesday of each month. Every guest brings direct, applicable expertise to the specific stage and industry mix of the cohort.

Copywriter

Offer language and messaging that converts

Brand Expert

LinkedIn, personal brand, visual identity

Digital Ads

Meta ads, list-building, paid amplification

AI Expert

Tools, safety, security, practical use

Operations

Delegation, automation, VA strategy

Guest speaker presenting to the room Two members greeting each other Members in conversation at a Female Forward event
Is this right for you?

This cohort is intentionally selective.

Maximum 7 members means every seat matters. Growth Circle is not a directory you pay to be listed in or a networking event you attend when it suits you. It is a qualified, committed cohort where the quality of the room is the product.

Female Forward Growth Circle · 6-Month Cohort

One investment. Six months of momentum.

Founding Cohort Rate · Cohort One Only
$1,297
CAD · founding rate, paid in full

Standard rate $1,997. Founding members lock in $1,297 for the full six months. Here is what that one investment includes.

Onboarding call and Ready to Launch digital audit with Meghan Simington

Included

Bi-weekly check-ins, alternating online and an in-person working lunch

Included

Monthly guest speaker session, the last Wednesday of each month, in person

Included

Fractional CMO facilitation and hot seat coaching every session

Included

Shared Trello board with actionable tasks for every week

Included

Four-pillar revenue curriculum with lessons and worksheets in the FFC member site

Included

Quarterly dinner with your Growth Circle cohort

Included

WhatsApp group chat for referrals and accountability

Included

Female Forward Directory Standard Listing, 1 year

$297 value

25% off Female Forward Breakfast tickets while you are in Growth Circle

Member rate

Pass the Mic: an FFC social media interview on what makes your business stand out, shared with your directory listing

Included

Length

6 months

Cohort size

Max 7

Starts

Jan 6, 2027
  • Onboarding call + digital audit
  • Bi-weekly check-ins, online + in-person lunch
  • Monthly in-person guest speaker
  • Hot seat coaching every session
  • Trello action board
  • Quarterly cohort dinner
  • WhatsApp cohort group
  • Female Forward Directory Standard Listing, 1 year
  • 25% off Female Forward Breakfasts
  • Pass the Mic social media feature
Buy now · $1,297

Seats are first come, first served. Each member starts with a complimentary Ready to Launch Digital Audit, followed by your onboarding call with Meghan.

This is for you if

  • You are an established service professional 2–7 years in business
  • You are generating revenue but relying too heavily on referrals and personal effort
  • You are ready to build a predictable lead generation system, not just network better
  • You will show up to every check-in, prepared, with your numbers
  • You believe that lifting others while you climb is strategy, not charity

This is not for you if

  • You are still deciding whether to build a business
  • You want a fully virtual or drop-in option
  • A six-month commitment with regular in-person sessions is not workable right now
  • You are not ready to be held accountable to bi-weekly execution targets
VIP Content Day

VIP Content Day Priority

Attending a VIP Content Day? You get priority enrollment and a founding-rate seat in Growth Circle, a direct on-ramp from your VIP Day into the founding cohort when it opens.

Meghan Simington
Your Growth Circle facilitator

Meghan Simington

Fractional CMO · Ready to Launch Consulting · Founder, Female Forward Collective

Meghan brings 25+ years as a Marketing Director and Fractional CMO to every Growth Circle session — working in-house alongside developers, consumer packaged goods brands, and B2B teams. Her campaigns span influencer marketing, national magazine exposure, multi-million-dollar real estate launches, software launches, and large-scale conferences and events that have built lasting communities.

She is most passionate about launch campaigns and growth exposure for founders and business owners — the exact work Growth Circle is built around. As a Fractional CMO she builds revenue-generating marketing systems that run without requiring the founder in every client touchpoint.

She founded Female Forward Collective because she believed women needed a room fundamentally different from every other networking event in the Tri-Cities. Growth Circle is that room at its most intentional — small, qualified, and built to move businesses forward every single week.

She is not just facilitating. She is in the room building alongside you.

25+ Years Marketing Fractional CMO Launch Campaigns CPG & B2B Real Estate & Software Launches Community Builder
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Kirsten Anderson

It was a delight to work with Meghan when she asked me to speak to her highly engaged community at Female Forward Collective. Meghan is an organized event planner and marketing professional, considerate as she supports her speakers and members. For those looking to build authentic connection with a diverse group of women who are looking to move forward in life and work, I would recommend any community that Meghan is leading.

Kirsten Anderson · Founder, Integrate Play Solutions · Keynote Speaker and Facilitator
DD

The room had a genuinely warm, collaborative energy with ambitious women who were eager to learn and connect. I made several meaningful connections, including meeting a mentor, even as a speaker. Meghan curates both the speakers and the attendees so intentionally, which makes the entire experience so impactful.

Diana Dinh · Financial Planner · Mama Mastermind · Rich Mom Reset
Drupti Glowinkowski

Being part of FFC has been such a meaningful experience for me both as a vendor and an attendee. FFC has allowed me to reach more women with my mission of clean beauty education and confidence in every season of life. I am incredibly grateful to be part of a group that leads with heart, connection, and collaboration.

Drupti Glowinkowski · Vendor, Sponsor and Attendee · FFC Member
The community you're joining

You're not just joining a cohort. You're joining the room.

Growth Circle plugs you into the wider Female Forward Collective — a curated directory of women professionals across the Tri-Cities and Lower Mainland. Your seat includes a one-year listing, so the connections you build keep working for you every day of the year, not just at events.

Brittany Hardy
Marketing

Brittany Hardy

Website Designer & Certified Podia Pro

Empty Desk Solutions

Anita Alberto
Photography

Anita Alberto

Brand & Portrait Photographer

Anita Alberto Photography

Lolita Godfrey
Mortgage

Lolita Godfrey

Mortgage Broker

The Mortgage Place

Nicola Harris
Business Coaching

Nicola Harris

CEO & Business Coach

Harris Media

Carolyn McTavish
Wellness

Carolyn McTavish

Wellness Entrepreneur

Arbonne

Adera Angelucci
Video + Speaking

Adera Angelucci

Speaker · Video Producer

SPIRO Creative Inc.

Christianne Zurowski
Coaching

Christianne Zurowski

Embodiment Coach & Speaker

Next Chapter Coach

Lisa Baergen
Marketing

Lisa Baergen

Fractional CMO & AI Strategy Advisor

The Evolved Marketer

Your Growth Circle seat includes a 1-year Female Forward Directory Standard Listing — your name, expertise, and offer in front of this community 365 days a year, not just at events.

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Before you join

Good questions.

Who is this for?

Established service-based professionals — realtors, mortgage brokers, financial advisors, insurance brokers, coaches, consultants, designers, and practitioners — who are 2–7 years in business, generating revenue, and ready to stop relying on referrals as their only source of new clients. It's not for people still deciding whether to build a business; it's for people already building who want a structured, accountable room to do it faster. One professional per firm, and no two members in direct competition.

What's included?

Six months of bi-weekly check-ins that alternate between an online session and an in-person working lunch in Port Coquitlam, a guest speaker session on the last Wednesday of each month (in person), and a quarterly dinner with your cohort. It starts with an onboarding call and Ready to Launch digital audit with Meghan, and includes hot seat coaching every session, a shared Trello board with weekly action items, the four-pillar curriculum with lessons and worksheets in the FFC member site, and the WhatsApp cohort group. Your seat also includes a 1-year Female Forward Directory Standard Listing, 25% off Female Forward Breakfast tickets while you are in Growth Circle, and a Pass the Mic social media feature, all for the $1,297 founding rate.

What is the Directory?

The Female Forward Directory is our public listing of women professionals across the Tri-Cities and Lower Mainland: your name, expertise, and offer in front of the community 365 days a year, not just at events. Your Growth Circle seat includes a 1-year Standard Listing ($297 value), and your Pass the Mic feature is shared alongside it.

What is the Female Forward Breakfast?

The monthly in-person Female Forward Breakfast is the front door of the FFC community, where connections begin, held the first Thursday of each month in the Tri-Cities. Growth Circle never runs on Breakfast Thursdays, so you never miss the room where your next referral walks in, and you save 25% on Breakfast tickets for as long as you are in Growth Circle.

What do I need to do to prepare?

Come to every check-in prepared, with your numbers. Your onboarding call and digital audit come first, so have your last-90-days numbers ready: revenue, leads, clients closed, and average client value. Between sessions you will work through your tasks on the shared Trello board and the lessons and worksheets in the member site. The real prerequisite is a commitment to doing the work and reporting back to the room.

What are the expected outcomes?

By the end of six months you will have a defined niche and offer you can state in one sentence, a daily acquisition system across LinkedIn, email, content, and collaborations, a sales process that closes, a functioning email list, initial leverage in place (an AI tool, automation, or delegation), six referral relationships with your cohort, and a written growth plan for what comes next. Not notes or intentions: actual implementation, built session by session with a room that holds you to it.

Three steps. Then we get to work.

Growth Circle is a small, complementary cohort: seven members maximum, one professional per firm, and no two members in direct competition. The quality of the room is the product.

  1. Secure your seat. Check out securely through Stripe. Your receipt arrives by email right away.
  2. Complete your digital audit. Your complimentary Ready to Launch Digital Audit gives Meghan a clear picture of your business before you meet.
  3. Onboarding call. Meghan walks you through your audit, sets your baseline numbers, and gets you set up on Trello, WhatsApp and the member site before your first session.
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Founding Cohort

Starts

Wednesday, January 6, 2027

Format

Six months · bi-weekly, Port Coquitlam + online

Cohort size

Maximum 7 members

Investment

$1,297 founding, paid in full · standard $1,997

Includes your Ready to Launch Digital Audit and onboarding call with Meghan

Buy now · $1,297

Questions first? Get in touch with Meghan

Female Forward · VIP Content Day

Not ready for six months? Start with a single day.

The VIP Content Day is one day to build your brand, film 90 days of content, and meet the room — and your ticket carries priority and a founding-rate seat into the next Growth Circle cohort.

Explore the VIP Content Day
The VIP Content Day cohort
The cohort collaborating around the table
The cohort between sessions
Celebratory wrap