The
Business Auntie
FOR BLACK ENTREPRENEURS
Business Auntie
FOR BLACK ENTREPRENEURS
You Work Too
Damn Hard, Entrepreneur.
Damn Hard, Entrepreneur.
Let's Fix the Raggedy.
No Time.
Missing Money.
Everyone Needs You.
That's the raggedy.
Missing Money.
Everyone Needs You.
That's the raggedy.
It shows up in three places:
your time, your money, and your team.
That’s where we start tightening things up.
your time, your money, and your team.
That’s where we start tightening things up.

As your Business Auntie,
I'm going to say the quiet part out loud.
I'm going to say the quiet part out loud.
Some nights you wonder if you'd be better off working for somebody else.
That thought doesn't mean you're not built for this.
It means you've been doing what you always do...
Hold it down with hustle, heart, and “I’ll figure it out.”
That thought doesn't mean you're not built for this.
It means you've been doing what you always do...
Hold it down with hustle, heart, and “I’ll figure it out.”
The Money
Ain't Adding Up
Ain't Adding Up
Your personal account
has been keeping
the business alive.
has been keeping
the business alive.
Money comes in.
You just can't find
the profit anywhere.
You just can't find
the profit anywhere.
You had a $20,000
month and still
couldn't cover payroll.
month and still
couldn't cover payroll.
You're not sure
what to charge, so you
charge what feels safe.
what to charge, so you
charge what feels safe.
You don't know your
break-even number.
You've never actually run it.
break-even number.
You've never actually run it.
The Team
Ain't Showing Up
Ain't Showing Up
You hired Pookie and RayRay
because they were available,
not because they were right.
because they were available,
not because they were right.
You're doing everything
yourself because
nobody does it like you.
yourself because
nobody does it like you.
Everything stops
the second
you step away.
the second
you step away.
You spend your day
putting out other
people's fires.
putting out other
people's fires.
You'd delegate if
you trusted anybody
enough to hand it to.
you trusted anybody
enough to hand it to.
The Time
Ain't Stretching
Ain't Stretching
There's no real structure
to your week.
You just start swinging.
to your week.
You just start swinging.
Everything feels urgent,
even when nothing is
actually on fire.
even when nothing is
actually on fire.
You missed another
dinner and still have
nothing to show for it.
dinner and still have
nothing to show for it.
You know exactly what
you should be doing.
You just never get to it.
you should be doing.
You just never get to it.
You're working in
the business all day and
never getting to run it.
the business all day and
never getting to run it.
Hear me when I say this.
Nothing's wrong with you.
Something's wrong with the setup.
YOU DON'T NEED TO GO GET A JOB.

You need your business to do its damn job...
pay you and give you your life back.
pay you and give you your life back.

I understand what's really going on.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP MAKING RAGGEDY APPEAR SUCCESSFUL.

MEET YOUR BUSINESS AUNTIE
Mitzi Ruddock
Detroit-born entrepreneur, strategist, real estate investor, community advocate, and the Business Auntie behind Solutions byUS.
And She Brings the Receipts

Mitzi Ruddock has spent more than 20 years building businesses, investing in communities, and helping entrepreneurs create stronger foundations for lasting wealth.
Through Solutions byUS, she helps busy business owners get out of survival mode by tightening up the Money, Team, and Time problems keeping them overworked and underpaid. Her approach blends practical strategy, honest conversations, and accountability rooted in care.
Mitzi brings more than advice. She brings real-world experience. She has supported 1,000+ Detroit entrepreneurs, helped 100+ Detroit Legacy applicants secure social-equity certifications, contributed to efforts that reduced more than $1 million in licensing fees, and helped direct more than $1 million in community-benefit reinvestment to Detroit nonprofits.
Her experience also includes serving as the Good Neighbor Plan Compliance Auditor for the City of Detroit, where she monitored commitments from more than 120 licensed operators. She has personally accessed $1M+ in real estate and business funding, and her portfolio includes 20 LLCs, a nonprofit organization, investment lots, and investments in stocks and silver.
Mitzi is a Kauffman FastTrac® Facilitator and has also studied under Dr. Joy DeGruy in African American multigenerational trauma and models of change.
At the heart of her work is one belief:
Nothing is wrong with the entrepreneur. Your hustle was never supposed to be the system.
She helps business owners replace hustle with structure so they can build more profitable businesses, generational wealth, and lives they actually have time to enjoy.
THE RAGGEDY BUSINESS RESET
First we find the wobble.
Then we fix it.
STEP 1:
The scorecard
tells you where to start.
tells you where to start.
Take the free scorecard
assessment to find out which
leg of your business is wobbling.
assessment to find out which
leg of your business is wobbling.

STEP 2:
The membership
helps you make the changes.
helps you make the changes.
Once you know where your business is wobbling,
I help you turn that clarity into action
so you can start fixing what’s keeping you
overworked, underpaid, and stuck in the day-to-day.
I help you turn that clarity into action
so you can start fixing what’s keeping you
overworked, underpaid, and stuck in the day-to-day.
Inside the membership:
✓ Live micro-webinars & online training
✓ Accountability to keep you moving
✓ Done-for-you templates
✓ Live Q&As with me
✓ Funding resources
✓ Funding resources
✓ Community rooms
$97/month
STILL THINKING IT OVER?
TheTuesday Trainings
shows you your next best step.
shows you your next best step.
Every Tuesday at [TIME]
Come as you are, bring your questions, and
leave knowing exactly where to put your energy first.
leave knowing exactly where to put your energy first.
What You'll Learn:
✓ Why busy ain’t the same as paid
✓ The 3 places businesses get raggedy
✓ What’s costing you the most right now
✓ How to build business credit
✓ The first fix to make
✓ The 3 places businesses get raggedy
✓ What’s costing you the most right now
✓ How to build business credit
✓ The first fix to make
No Cost
BUSINESS CREDIT SERVICES
We Help Businesses Pre-Qualify
For Financing & Build Business Credit
For Financing & Build Business Credit
See what your business qualifies for right now, what lenders are looking for,
and how to build credit in your business’s name without guessing your way through it.
and how to build credit in your business’s name without guessing your way through it.
You’ve already proven you can survive.
Now you get to build from a place of peace.
Now you get to build from a place of peace.
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