Most microschools don't fail because the curriculum was wrong. They fail because they never started. The right plan, plus the first dollars coming in, is what actually gets a school open and keeps it open.
Plan with eyes open.
See what families nearby are paying for daycare and private K, who the competition is, and how many kids in your zip might actually enroll. Build a financial model around that real data, then let AI Challenge stress-test it: "What happens to your cash if enrollment lands at 8 instead of 14?" Hard answers before you sign a lease.
Start earning while you're still planning.
Fresh revenue ideas every time you log in: Saturday workshops, summer camps, after-care add-ons. Pick one and we turn it into a real event you can sell, public signup page, Stripe checkout, the whole thing. Families in your neighborhood can sign up and pay you before tuition starts rolling in, and as a supplement once it does.
Founders who've already done it.
You're not the first one trying these. The Community wall has the workshops, camps, and open houses other founders ran, with what they earned, what flopped, and why. Borrow what worked. Skip what didn't.