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Founders by OT Bestie

How Founders works

Your OT practice, built with you.

Move from idea to opening in seven clear stages. Your assigned account manager keeps the plan moving, takes meaningful work off your plate, and stays with you through launch.

  • 7clear launch stages
  • 1assigned manager
  • Fullwebsite support
Founders / Your launch
Your complete launch plan32% launch ready
AMYour account managerRight here with you
01Choose your specialtyComplete→
02Set up your businessIn progress→
03Protect your practiceUp next→
04Plan your financesReady→
05Build your workflowReady→
06Work with your managerDedicated support→
07Prepare to openManager review→
AM

Your next move is clear.I reviewed your progress and lined up the next three steps.

Just now

Your path to opening

Your practice, built in seven clear stages.

Know exactly what to decide, set up, and finish—from choosing your specialty to getting ready for your first client.

01

Choose your focus

Choose your specialty and who you want to serve.

Define the clients you want to help, the services you will offer, where you will provide care, and what you want your practice to become.

Specialty, services, and goals defined
02

Set up your business

Build your legal and business foundation.

Work through your business entity, EIN, state requirements, banking, bookkeeping, and tax-planning questions in the right order.

Business setup organized
03

Protect your practice

Protect yourself and your clients.

Put insurance, privacy, consent, telehealth safeguards, and essential policies in place, with clear questions to take to a licensed professional.

Core protections prepared
04

Plan your finances

Set your rates and map out the money.

Compare your capacity, pricing, startup costs, expenses, tax reserves, cancellation policy, and possible owner pay before you commit.

A workable financial plan
05

Build your workflow

Choose the systems that will run your practice.

Set up scheduling, documentation, payments, telehealth, and client communication, then test the full experience from inquiry to follow-up.

Systems connected and tested
06

Work with your manager

Get personal guidance and launch work built with you.

Your dedicated account manager answers questions in context, reviews your progress, builds and refines your website, prepares it for search, and helps create your referral materials and outreach plan.

Manager support and launch materials ready
07

Prepare to open

Complete your final checks and open your doors.

Review your full setup with your manager, close any remaining gaps, organize ongoing deadlines, and know exactly what is ready for your first client.

Opening plan reviewed

A real person throughout

Your manager does more than point you to the next step.

They learn the practice you want to build, guide every stage, answer questions in context, review your progress, and take the lead on work that is hard to finish alone.

See everything your manager does →
01

Guide the whole launch

Keep the seven-stage plan in order, explain unfamiliar decisions, and help you keep moving when something feels stuck.

02

Build and refine your website

Shape the strategy, write the copy, design the core pages, build the complete site, and iterate with you until it reflects your practice.

03

Improve how people find you

SEO, or search engine optimization, means making your site easier for search engines to understand so the right local clients and referral partners have a better chance of finding it.

04

Turn your message into marketing

Create a clear referral story, practical outreach materials, and a focused plan for introducing your practice to the right people.

AMYour account managerOne partner across your whole launchOnline
✓Practice positioningApproved ✓Website copy + designVersion 2 Search setup + local SEOIn progress Referral handout + outreachUp next

I made the homepage changes from your review and tightened the service-page wording for the phrases families are most likely to search.

Reply to your manager →

Built for you, then refined with you

Your practice deserves a website this considered.

This is the level of clarity and polish your manager works toward: a credible clinic website that feels like your practice, explains who you help, and gives visitors a clear next step.

Little Grove pediatric occupational therapy website concept, with a calm editorial design and a welcoming therapy session
01

We build it

Your manager turns your saved practice decisions into strategy, copy, visual direction, and a finished website.

02

You shape it

Review a complete version, tell us what feels right or wrong, and see your feedback carried into the next version.

03

We publish and care for it

We connect your domain, host the site, manage SSL and backups, and keep the technology healthy while your plan is active.

Explore website & referral support

Start with a few details

Build the practice.
Keep the support.

Create your free practice profile, see your first steps, and meet the launch plan that carries you all the way to opening day.