Coworking and Childcare

Business Consulting for Coworking,
Entrepreneurs, and SMBs

Do you want to incorporate childcare into your business?

We can help!

Think about this…

Are you a forward-thinking business owner who understands the value of childcare as an amenity?

Are you interested in incorporating childcare into your business but don’t know where or how to start?

Do you want to live your values as a caregiver-friendly workplace?

Are you looking for resources to help you navigate childcare as an amenity?

We are the national leaders in coworking and childcare - or “childcare as an amenity.”

We started Hopscotch Labs (Boston’s first coworking playspace) in 2020. Since then we have overseen its multi-state expansion - supporting families and businesses along the way as we all strive to make the workplace more equitable for parents and caregivers. We have a combined 30+ years of experience in business operations, finance, marketing, and strategic partnerships.

After launching and scaling our coworking space with childcare, we are now working with coworking spaces, real estate developers, and other businesses across the country to incorporate childcare as an amenity.

And we’ll let you in on our secret:

  • Incorporating childcare into your business can be profitable right away.

  • Incorporating childcare into your business does not require significant financial investment or massive renovations to the space.

  • Incorporating childcare into your business will bring new customers and improve existing customer loyalty.

How Hopscotch Works With Businesses

Downloadable Resources

Our library of easy-to-use, downloadable templates is your go-to resource for all things “childcare as an amenity.” All templates are customizable for your specific business needs. Resource verticals include Legal + Reg, Childcare Ops, and Finance.

Business Consulting

Need support incorporating childcare as an amenity? Hopscotch will work one-on-one with your leadership team to ensure the successful incorporation of childcare into your business. Our consulting services cover one-off problem-solving sessions, discrete projects, and the full rollout of the Hopscotch Playbook.

The Hopscotch Playbook

The perfect starting place for childcare as an amenity, the Hopscotch Playbook of coworking and childcare will help any business overcome the hardest blockers to this business model and share the knowledge and practices we’ve developed after creating a portfolio of successful childcare as an amenity businesses.

Working with Hopscotch is right for you if…

You need clarity and strategic direction in your early childhood education business.
You are eager to incorporate childcare into your existing strategy.
You want to create a caregiver-friendly culture within your enterprise.
How does coaching work? 
(All of our coaching is personalized to your business.)

We’ll set goals,
provide ongoing support, and be your overall best advocates
and sounding boards.

What will I walk away with?

  • A set of strategic goals for 1-3 years of your business plan.

  • Marketing, operations, and/or HR support from Hopscotch Labs founders.

  • An accountability team that will make sure you hit milestones and achieve goals on schedule and budget.

Meet the team

We’re Deborah Lee, M. Ed., and Anna Stephenson Raborn, co-founders of Hopscotch Advisory (also known as Hopscotch Labs).

Hopscotch was founded in December 2019, with a public launch in March 2020—perfect timing, we know. Throughout the pandemic, we provided coworking and childcare through pop-up models across the city of Boston. In 2021, we established our permanent coworking and childcare space in West Roxbury, MA, while also partnering with WS Development to pilot a groundbreaking "Childcare as an Amenity" program for commercial real estate.

Since 2023, we’ve had the privilege of partnering with businesses nationwide—implementing and optimizing childcare programs in North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

We are recipients of the Johnnie Walker First Strides Grant for culture-changing businesses, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence for Inc.ubate, and frequent speakers and advocates for working families and childcare professionals.

“Anna and Debbie have a bit of a unicorn service, they were on the pioneering end of the cowork and childcare startup business model, have seen the opportunities and challenges, and now are offering that real world perspective in a thoughtful and rigorous coaching experience for other entrepreneurs. I was able to connect with Anna about 6 months into my journey of starting a coworking and childcare space in rural Northern Michigan. Despite the geographic distance, Anna has a firm understanding on this industry and business model, and has been able to offer invaluable coaching, tools, and resources over the past several months. Our conversations are productive yet comfortable, business oriented yet highly personal. I’m so grateful to have been connected with Hopscotch as I pursue opening The Aspen House and am thrilled to have the invaluable knowledge and know how of Anna and Debbie!”

— Kendall Rose, Owner & Founder, The Aspen House

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