The realistic, cost-effective way to
The mindset, process, and tools to launch and grow a real local business. No prior experience needed. Taught by someone who ran his own for a decade, from the other side of the world.
The long-form interview on how the remote local model actually works, from the man who teaches this programme.
Back when I started my cleaning company there wasn’t much out there on building a local business from scratch. At best, old blog posts and threads. It took me many hours of trial and error, and tens of thousands of dollars in mistakes, to get to where I am today.
The Local Business MBA is the course I wish had existed: truly step-by-step, from launch through hiring great teams, managing daily operations, and growing with the same strategies I used in my own businesses. It’s current, and it’s in use by hundreds of companies in sixteen-plus countries right now, from first-time owners to Inc 5000 companies.
After taking this course, you’ll have launched and be running your very own local business.
“In a traditional MBA, businesses are studied. Here, your business becomes the course of study.”
“This isn’t academic theory, nor is it a surface-level ‘course’. It’s a decade of real-world operation, distilled into a clear path.”
Starting, scaling, systemising, delegating, and the quiet fifth stage the rest make possible: going remote. Open any stage to see its modules.
The programme builds a business from scratch. The live group takes one that already exists and scales it. The VA course hands off the office. Everything lives in one home on Skool.
All five stages of building a local service business, from first idea to a company that runs without you. With quarterly business health checks through your first year, direct access to Chris, the template vault, and full software walkthroughs.
Best from $0 to $500k/yr Join the programme →For owners who already run a business and need it unstuck. Six months of structured work: three rebuilding the foundation, then three putting it all into action. Intense, and deliberately structured.
Best from $500k to $2m/yr Request the details →Hire and train your own virtual assistant and hand off the office itself. Thirty-one lessons, from writing the job post to your first month of delegating. A separate, focused course, sold on its own.
For owners at any stage See the VA course →“I love Chris’ emphasis on rebuilding your foundation. The momentum you gain with small, consistent bites is REAL. My family has started to dream about moving to London once my business can be run remotely.”
“If you do nothing else Chris teaches, do the Google strategies. I just booked out my last spot available, all clients at higher rates, and they didn’t even blink at paying it.”
“Since we started our business we’d been stuck at the $10k/mo mark. Fast forward after joining and we already broke $15k in record speed.”
“Within one month I had enough regular clients to replace the income we had lost.”
“First legit job! It gives me the faith this is going to work in a massive way — it came in organically, simply from having a website.”
“I’m on track to hit $1,000,000 this year thanks to you.”
“Scaled from $6k to $35k in monthly revenue in six months. It has been intense over here.”
“This course is beyond anything I’ve ever purchased in the past, and I’ve spent thousands.”
“I love Chris’ emphasis on rebuilding your foundation. The momentum you gain with small, consistent bites is REAL. My family has started to dream about moving to London once my business can be run remotely.”
“If you do nothing else Chris teaches, do the Google strategies. I just booked out my last spot available, all clients at higher rates, and they didn’t even blink at paying it.”
“Since we started our business we’d been stuck at the $10k/mo mark. Fast forward after joining and we already broke $15k in record speed.”
“Within one month I had enough regular clients to replace the income we had lost.”
“First legit job! It gives me the faith this is going to work in a massive way — it came in organically, simply from having a website.”
“I’m on track to hit $1,000,000 this year thanks to you.”
“Scaled from $6k to $35k in monthly revenue in six months. It has been intense over here.”
“This course is beyond anything I’ve ever purchased in the past, and I’ve spent thousands.”
A few students who kept me posted. Ordinary people, ordinary towns, doing the boring things consistently.
“Scaled from $6k to $35k in monthly revenue in six months. It has been intense over here.”
“We’d been stuck at $10k/mo for ages. After joining we broke $15k in record speed.”
“I’m on track to hit $1,000,000 this year thanks to you.”
Individual results vary and depend on the work you put in. Real students, shared with permission.
The whole MBA lives on Skool: the classroom, the community, the coaching calls, and the template vault in one place. These are real screenshots from inside.
You’ll need stable internet, 5–10 hours a week, and $1,000–$1,500 in startup costs. 30-day withdrawal policy: 50% refund after completing the first three modules and a call with Chris.
The live group is for owners who already run a business and want it unstuck and scaling. Six months of structured work: three months rebuilding the foundations of our businesses, then three months putting it all into action, strengthening the part of your business that matters most now. It is intense, and the group stays small. That is why there is no buy button.
Application received. You’ll get the full details back, and if it looks like a fit, a call with Chris.
Prefer email? Write to chris@localbusinessmba.com.
For nearly ten years I ran an award-winning Washington, D.C. cleaning company from Japan, 7,000 miles from the nearest customer, and shared the whole journey publicly. That became the remote local business model, now studied and run by thousands of operators worldwide.
Four exits later, this programme is where all of it lives: everything I learned building, buying, and selling local businesses, taught in the order you’ll actually need it.
The full story at christopherschwab.co.uk →A question before joining? Email me directly at chris@localbusinessmba.com.
You’re in. See you next month.
Taught from Yokohama, in use across sixteen-plus countries.