Cafés
From the business plan and projections to the counter your regulars will lean on, we help you open a café that feels like your community’s living room.
Start a caféOther businesses · Whatever your vision is
Start a café, studio or shop in Canada.
The engine that builds our beauty studios works for any industry: the plan, the funding prep, the paperwork, the space and the launch. Whatever your vision is, we’ll help you shape it.
Businesses we help open
One engine, any industry.
Beauty is our current specialty, not our limit. Here are some of the businesses we help founders open across Canada, and if yours isn’t here, tell us.
Yoga & Pilates studios
Many studios begin with a calm room and a clear plan. We help you shape a space for classes, private sessions or both, designed around the way you teach.
Start a studio
Pottery guilds
Large or small, a pottery guild is a place to create and gather. We help you plan it, fund it and find or design the space it needs.
Start a pottery guild
Retail shops & book stores
Shelves that tell a story. We help you plan your shop, set up the business and design a space that makes browsing a pleasure.
Open a shop
Floral boutiques
Your eye for flowers, with a real business behind it: the plan, the paperwork, the space and the launch.
Open a floral boutique
Your idea
Have a different idea? Tell us. We’ll help you shape your business, whatever it is.
Share your ideaThe Shaped engine
Different industry, same engine.
Whatever you’re opening, these are the foundations we build with you, guided by the same person from start to finish.
Plan & brand
Business planning and strategy, a nuanced name search and branding made for your industry.
Fund & structure
Realistic projections, loan application prep and CSBF loan guidance, plus your registration or incorporation handled.
Space & design
Help finding a commercial rental, then design and renovation, from a spare room turned classroom to a café.
Launch & mentorship
Marketing and customer service guidance, mentorship for sustained growth, and websites and social media through AI & Digital.
Space & design
Find the space. Then make it yours.
Need a storefront? We help you find a commercial rental that fits your plan. Starting smaller? A spare room can become a studio or a classroom.
Every design begins with pen and paper: your measurements and a few questions about your style become sketches, and the sketches become your space.
- Smaller renovations usually take under 12 hours; larger projects, a few days.
- Nearly every renovation includes a surprise element, just for you.
Something new?
Have a different idea? Tell us.
Whatever your vision is, we’d love to hear it. Share a few details and we’ll reply personally. If it’s a fit, we’ll schedule a planning call to listen to your goals and map out the path together.
- No pushy sales calls, ever
- The same person guides you from start to finish
- Anywhere in Canada, and select parts of the U.S.
Thank you.
Your idea is on its way to our team. We’ll read it carefully and reply personally.
Whatever it is, we’ll help you open it.
Shaped JT
Good questions
Other businesses, answered.
Can you help me start a café in Canada?
Yes. We help with the business plan, name and branding, registration, financial projections and loan application prep, finding and designing your space, and your launch, with mentorship after you open. The same engine that builds our beauty studios works for cafés.
Do you help open yoga and Pilates studios?
Yes. From a converted room to a commercial studio, we help you plan, fund, register, design and launch a yoga or Pilates studio that fits your community and your life.
My idea isn’t on your list. Can you still help?
Tell us about it. We help you shape your business, whatever it is. Share your idea using the form on this page and we’ll reply personally.
Do I need a commercial space?
Not always. We design and renovate spaces of all kinds, from a spare room turned studio or classroom to a café. When you need a storefront, we help you find a commercial rental and design it with you.
Is beauty still your main focus?
Beauty is our current specialty because it offers the fastest return on investment with low overhead, but it isn’t our whole identity. Our engine of planning, funding prep, space design and mentorship works for any industry.
Your next chapter
Where do I start?
Choose your door and tell us about your dream. There are no pushy sales calls here: when you’re ready, we’ll schedule a planning call to listen to your goals and map out a business that fits your life.
