Badass women building businesses in eastern Washington

We are a business education platform and community delivering high-value products aimed at transforming your idea into a sustainable brand and revenue generator. Building a business is hard enough—don’t do it alone.

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What the 509 family offers

COMMUNITY

EXPERTISE

SUPPORT

  • Work with 509 Female Founders creator, Karly Siroky, to get your business on track. Book a strategy session, or 3-session package to walk away with an action plan you’ll actually use.

  • Our flagship offering, this intimate cohort learning experience teaches hard skills in a hybrid in-person and virtual learning environment. Members get private tours of local woman-owned businesses, expert guest speakers, and share wins and resources as they grow together. Group is capped at 12 members per cohort.

  • We take a nail file to the scary talons of AI through seminars, experts and content centered around teaching you how to utilize AI to drive traffic to your business, automate tasks, and buy back your time.

  • Our targeted sessions pull resources from our community (and beyond) to go deep into specialized topics without the premium price of working directly with an attorney, bookkeeper or sales expert.

  • Past speakers of 509 Female Founders include:
    - Jeff Barlow, BOEING
    - Amber Simonsen, Alaska Airlines
    - Charlotte Massey, Gnara
    - Cassi Manner, Gamechanger Marketing Solutions
    - Jill James, The Jill James
    - Michelle Mayther, Redwood Outdoor

  • Don’t have time to make content? We’ve got your back. We have a pop-up event you won’t want to miss that will feature you in ready-to-post 4K video. Stay tuned.

  • "One of my biggest takeaways was the reality of how much extra effort we create for ourselves when there are no systems in place... no SOPs. If we want out businesses to operate beyond us and not depend on us for every little thing, we have to build systems that support our vision."

    - Mayra Garcia, Viva Creative Studio

  • "What a fun and supporting community of like-minded women entrepreneurs this event was. Not only did I meet and make connections with new entrepreneurs but I also left the room fired up, motivated, and walked away with new knowledge and networks."

    -Natalia Kho, Sekawan Coffee

  • "Month Zero confirmed for me that some of my marketing strategies were on point. It helped me place my point in my business’s growth on a continuum, so I could plot where I am and think about where I want to go, with more of a point of reference. Month zero gave me some great graphics and key words to come back to, to organize my thinking about how and what I sell and do."

    -Sarah Wittman

  • "I am one of those people who tries to do everything myself. But when it came to starting up my own business, I was a mess. I was so overwhelmed and didn't even know where to begin.”

    – Leah Wentworth, Inner Wisdom Health & Wellness

  • "Karly provided so much more than I could have ever imagined that I needed. She kept me in line, focused when I got lost and cheered me on when major bumps came along."

    —Colleen Yerge, Mama's Cookies

  • "It's hard to put why her approach has felt so refreshing into words, but these truth and wisdom bombs that she keeps dropping on me is pure fuel that keeps me moving forward."

    —Michelle Mayther, Fractional CMO for purpose-driven brands

  • "Karly pushed me to think outside of the box, and ultimately listened to the vision of who we are. She is organized, insightful, creative, intuitive, and a great listener."

    –Thuy Fontelera, Founder & Principal, Element Structural Engineers

  • "In just agreeing to work with you, I'm seeing bigger shifts. Our meetings kept me in the energy of filling my class, and now I'm turning people away. I feel like something is shifting in me."

    —Leah Wentworth, Inner Wisdom Health & Wellness

  • "Karly has helped and guided me in so many ways. She has just the right combination of curiosity and enthusiasm. Everything she does is for a reason, and it shows."

    -Laura Lowery, Founder & Editor, Lucia Journal

  • "It's wild how insecure I was before.... but then working with [Karly]. I know what I bring to the table."

    -Stephanie Perez-Sharkey, UX Designer

Alumnae of our program

  • A woman smiling outdoors, seated near a swimming pool with white walls and greenery in the background.

    Jum Funk

    Funk Regenerative Med Clinic

  • A woman with blonde wavy hair wearing glasses and a dark blazer, smiling in front of a plain background.

    Talia Lauren

    Trailhead Law

  • Woman in a gray knit hat and teal jacket taking a selfie outdoors with trees and mountains in the background.

    Morgan Cassidy

    Inner Mountain Coaching

  • A smiling woman with long blonde hair, wearing a light-colored top and a necklace, sitting in a cozy indoor setting with a table, cup, and window in the background.

    Kara Meloy

    Meloy Realty

  • A woman with long hair flexing her bicep outdoors next to a large tree trunk.

    Roxy Whitehead

    Valkyrie Fitness

  • A young woman with long dark hair and red lipstick holding a chocolate chip cookie near her mouth outdoors.

    Aubrey Dickinson

    Little Red’s Espresso & Bakery

  • A woman with long, light brown hair and a slight smile, standing indoors near a window with blinds, with a plant visible in the background.

    Shawna Villalvazo

    The Bubblery

Your Guide

Karly Siroky is the founder and CEO of Karma Design, a creative agency that helps purpose-driven companies break through to the next level. Formerly at Starbucks HQ, Karly launched her company in 2018. Along with her 12-person team, she has served every kind of client from startups with $40M in funding to nonprofits to government agencies. In 2023, Karly graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, the same year that she led the pilot cohort of 509 Female Founders. The playbook for building a business changes every day. Karly is here to serve as your guide in the entrepreneurial wilderness.

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Your Questions, Answered

  • That’s exactly what we’re solving. The cohort is built to help you remove low‑value tasks, tighten operations, and create systems that stop everything from flowing through you.

  • Most members join because the cost of staying stuck is higher: inconsistent sales, burnout, missed opportunities, and doing everything the hard way. The goal is to create more profit and more time than the program costs.

  • The next cohort begins mid‑June. Spots are capped at 12.

  • The cohort is hybrid, but the in‑person component is a major benefit, especially for networking and community.

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