
Before you spend $10,000, $25,000, or even $50,000 trying to open your childcare center, learn what actually needs to happen before you sign a lease, buy furniture, hire staff, or start the licensing process.
They lose money because they move before they understand the business.

They sign leases too early.
They underestimate startup costs.
They focus on licensing but forget enrollment.
They buy supplies before they understand capacity.
They think “open” means “profitable.”

A license gives you
permission to open.
but it does NOT

give you a full classroom.

pay payroll.

create systems.

market your center.

train your staff.
In So You Want to Open a Childcare Center? Here’s What You Need to Know First, you’ll learn the business side of opening a childcare center before your money is already on the line.

What most future owners miss before they start spending money

Why licensing is not the finish line

What needs to be in place before you sign a lease

Why empty seats can cost you thousands every month

How to think through staffing, payroll, enrollment, and operations before opening day

Why you need systems before the first family walks through the door

How to stop thinking like someone opening a daycare and start thinking like a childcare CEO
You want to open a childcare center but do not know where to start
You are researching licensing and getting overwhelmed
You are looking at buildings but are not sure what questions to ask
You want to know what to prepare before spending serious money
You want to build a childcare business, not buy yourself a stressful job
You are ready to stop guessing and get real direction
This is not for you if you want a fantasy conversation about cute classrooms and logos.
This is for future owners who want the truth, the strategy, and the structure.


Lyric Hawkins is a multi-site childcare owner, founder of Open Like a CEO and 7 Figure Childcare CEO, and a business strategist who has helped thousands of childcare owners and future owners build with structure, strategy, and systems.
She has generated seven figures in business using systems, earning the ClickFunnels Two Comma Club Award for generating over one million dollars using one system in one year, and the Traffic Sales & Profit Circle of Seven seven-figure award.
She teaches this because she has lived the real side of childcare ownership:
The licensing.
The lease decisions.
The staffing.
The payroll.
The parent communication.
The enrollment pressure.
The operations.
The systems.
The part that does not show up in the cute Instagram posts.
If you are serious about opening a childcare center, get in the room before you make expensive decisions.
Before the lease.
Before the buildout.
Before the furniture.
Before the payroll pressure.
Before the empty seats.
Before you realize passion is not enough.
Get the clarity first.
Then decide your next move.


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