About COIs LLC

"The Keys to Business Success Workshop was awesome. Maria McElhenny is an amazing instructor. She is knowledge and insightful . She is transparent and willing shares her experience, lessons learned for the benefit of participants. I highly recommend this course and Maria as an instructor to anyone who is serious about starting or growing a business"

"Maria is absolutely amazing and so helpful! She really takes the time to get to know you and your business and how she can help! "

I am Maria (The Lioness, as the nickname goes).

A true business woman at heart, I live every single day the very real choices that a business owner needs to make. My full time business is a professional skin care center and makeup artistry studio, which I have had for over 8 years now.

I had for 11 years before a corporate identity development and web design firm, and the only reason it matters to why you are here right now is that I have been blessed to be able to port over two very different businesses a ton of knowledge that I learned (both doing the right and the wrong choices).

You may ask yourself, then why is Maria doing this consulting and teaching?

As cheesy and unsophisticated of an answer as it is: I just feel like this is one of the things I am meant to do with my life. So I am going to keep doing it so long as I feel that way.

There are a lot of resources out there. I am one of them and I worked for the past several years at the Maryland Women's Business Center as a Business Counselor and Trainer but I have found that my clients need help in a way that is practical for them.

My methods, classes, and consulting services are "outside the box". I am not going to give you a bunch of forms and tell you that if you do the same 1, 2, 3 than the next client you are going to succeed. We are going to work hard and have fun doing it. We are going to create or redefine a business that can compete and can work for you own style.

So as my time and energy permits, I am going to teach, share, coach and support others who want to live their dream.