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Ana RuizHR consultant for small businesses
Corporate Escapee Club · Founding Cohort · Fall 2026
The 1 thing you want to be known for
Your people are your business. I help you treat them that way.Your signature message. Say it in every room until people say it back to you.
Your thread
The problem underneathOwners hire fast and have no system for keeping good people.
What they all wantA team that stays and a business that runs without them.
What you're known forBuilding the people side before it breaks.
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Week 1 · Identity

Claim Your Value

Identity

The first person employees trusted with the hard stuff.

Expertise

15 years of HR at a 3,000 person company.

Approach

Fix the system, not the person.

Perspective

Small teams deserve big company care.

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Week 2 · Positioning

Own Your Position

Your positioning statement

I help small business owners who are losing good people faster than they can hire them build a team that stays through simple people systems sized for a team of 5 to 50, so they can grow without doing everyone's job.

Who you serve, and what they say
Owners with 5 to 50 employees"I keep training people and they keep leaving."
New managers promoted from within"Nobody ever taught me how to have the hard conversation."
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Week 3 · Stories

Shape the Story

Your 4 brand pillars
Their WorldThe Hiring Treadmill
Your PerspectiveSystems Over Heroes
Your WorkTeams That Stay
Your WorldFrom Corporate to Corner Office
Your 3 signature stories
The exit interview

The day an employee told me why they really left.

Leaving the 3,000

Why I walked away from a big HR title.

The bakery with 12 people

A client who stopped hiring every month.

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Week 4 · Communication

Build Your Rhythm

Your rhythm

2 posts a week, pulled from your pillars and stories. Clarity before consistency.

Your 3 post types

Authority (they know you), Connection (they like you), Proof (they trust you).

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Week 5 · Visibility

Make Your Name Known

Your intro, out loud
"You know how small business owners keep training people who leave? That's who I work with. I build the people systems so their team actually stays."
Rooms

Chamber lunch and 1 Million Cups, every month.

People

5 bookkeepers and CPAs who serve the same owners.

The ask

"Who do you know that just lost a great employee?"

A note from Lu

Ana, the moment you said "fix the system, not the person," the whole room got quiet. That's your thread. Keep saying it. I'm so proud of you.

What's next

The rest of your brand, built with you in 1:1

You found the 1 thing. In 1:1, I build everything around it with you.

3 more signature messages

1 for every pillar.

Value proposition

What people get, plus 3 proofs.

An intro for every audience

Plus a referral partner version.

Your full origin story

Long, short and bio versions.

Your voice guide

How you sound, and what you never say.

Proof Vault

The testimonial questions, and where each answer goes.

Start 1:1 within 30 days of graduation and your cohort investment counts toward it.

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