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Podcast: Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs
Episode: 170 - How One Teacher Built and Managed a 100-Student Program with Leah Drake
Description: Today I'm talking with Leah Drake of Vibrant Valley Music Studio—a solo teacher running a 100-student group program in San Jose. Leah walks us through the messy middle of a major model shift: how she transitioned from private to groups over a year, navigated COVID, survived multiple space moves, and ultimately signed a long-term lease that forced clearer systems and smarter decisions. We get into Leah's why behind group teaching, the structure of her classes, and the operations that make a 100-student studio work—onboarding/offboarding, a VA, and digital tools that help families actually practice betw...