Inventory to Cash Flow: A 4-Week Working Intensive for Apparel Founders
Bellamy Grindl
Fractional VP, Startup Advisor, Founder
The only inventory strategy class built around your actual data not spreadsheets
A founder in my last cohort added $60K to her bottom line — without cutting costs or running a sale. She restructured her pricing architecture using her actual data. We worked through it together in week one. By year's end: $60K in additional margin from that single change.
The answer was in her business the whole time. She just didn't have a framework to see it.
If you're doing $1M–$5M in revenue, cash is your biggest constraint. Not product. Not marketing. Not team. Cash — sitting in boxes right now.
Here's the cycle: you overbuy because instinct said yes. It moves slowly. You panic and discount. Margin disappears. The cash comes back late — after you've placed the next PO. Now you can't reorder your bestsellers because the budget is trapped in product that won't move. You're profitable on paper. But you're out of cash.
Too much inventory isn't the problem. It's the symptom. The problem is you've never had a system that tells you how much to buy, when to buy it, and what to cut.
That's not your fault — nobody teaches this. Until now.
What you’ll learn
Turn Your Inventory Into a Profit Engine in 4 Weeks
Diagnose where cash is sitting using sell-through and inventory turn analysis
Build a markdown strategy that moves product without destroying margin
Identify your top 3 cash-freeing opportunities in week one
Analyze your sales history using the retail calendar to spot real trends
Build a demand plan that accounts for seasonality, promotions, and growth
Replace gut-feel purchasing with a repeatable data-driven process
Identify specific dollar opportunities in your business by end of week 4
Prioritize your highest-impact moves across inventory, pricing, and buying
Walk away with a plan to execute immediately
Learn directly from Bellamy
Bellamy Grindl
Helping brands unlock $100K+ through smarter inventory & cash flow strategy
Who this course is for
Founders and DTC brands – Entrepreneurs building or scaling direct-to-consumer businesses.
Operators – Managing day-to-day retail ops without formal planning systems
Demand planners and forecasters – Looking to level up forecasting and financial planning skills
Prerequisites
You're running a product-based brand on Shopify
A working knowledge of your brand’s inventory process and metrics. This program uses Shopify data directly.
You're making buying decisions or building a process for someone who is
You don't need a planning background. You need to be close enough to the business that the data we work through is yours.
You're ready to bring your real numbers and do the work
This is a live group cohort. Each week builds on your actual data so you leave with decisions made, not just notes taken.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Bellamy Grindl in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Hot Seat Coaching
Get unstuck faster with real-time problem-solving
Maven Guarantee
Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.
Course syllabus
5 lessons • 2 projects
Week 1
Week 1: Foundation & Financial Health
Week 2
Week 2: Merchandise Strategy, Pricing & Markdowns
Schedule
Live sessions
1 hr / week
1 Hour Live Weekly Workshops
Projects
2 hrs / week
Async content
1 hr / week
Optional additional support and work
Testimonials
- Bellamy helped us uncover over $80K stuck in inventory. Her approach is both strategic and practical.”
DTC Apparel Brand
— Founder - I think you're a genius. The data is changing my life.
Health & Wellness Startup
— COO
Is this cohort right for you?
This is for you if:
You're running a product-based brand doing $500K–$5M in annual revenue
You're making inventory and buying decisions yourself — or trying to train someone who is
Cash feels tight even when sales are good
You're ready to implement, not just learn
This is not for you if:
You're pre-revenue or in early launch phase (start with the self-paced course)
You're looking for passive video content to watch at 2x speed
You're not willing to bring your real data and do the work
Frequently asked questions
$697
USD