I use this guide constantly to motivate and inspire me to achieve my dreams and goals of becoming a successful entrepreneur. I related to the hard work and the pride you feel when you see your business succeeding. It motivates me and encourages me to not give up on my dreams of starting my own business.
Prison Education Program
How To Start Your Own Business: Prepare To Launch
Entrepreneurship can be a rewarding and meaningful path to independence after release from prison. The second guide in Level’s How To Start Your Own Business series for people in prison breaks down the important decisions to make before starting a business. Interactive worksheet questions help sketch out a clarified vision.
Enrollment fee is a one-time payment that includes this guide and Level's entire prison education program including all educational and job training guides and all certificates. No hidden monthly payments or recurring fees. The enrollment fee includes shipping.
What they'll learn:
- Evaluate and increase your readiness to start a business
- Understand the trade-offs between having a job and starting a business
- Learn about product-market fit and how to test your concept with prospective customers
- Understand the benefits of listening to your customers and continuous improvement
- Discover the types of businesses that are most likely to succeed
- Estimate your costs, revenue and break-even point
Guide includes:
Career exploration
Worksheet
Quiz
Goal setting
Schedule
Self-guided - learners complete at their own paceGuide length
44 pagesTime to complete
~10 hoursWhat is Level?
Level is a popular, independent, nonprofit prison education program that offers education, career training and personal development for people in prison and connects with family members and supporters on the outside. Our unique approach can reach nearly any person at any prison, even those in high security or solitary confinement. 6,488 people in prison have spent 88,420 hours using the Level program inside 1,040 prisons across the country.
Testimonials for this guide:
- Miguel, incarcerated in California
I had no idea how to go about starting my own business and the information in this guide was very helpful. It provided information on how to conduct research before starting a business and how to plan everything. I want other people to learn how to be entrepreneurs, too, and help create a better society.
- Gabriel, in prison in Pennsylvania
This guide really gives a person the brutal truth about starting a business. It doesn't just tell you what you would like to hear. I believe the Level program can give incarcerated people another outlook on life that can cut the recidivism rate. Thank you all for what you do. Keep up the excellent work.
- Cordell, incarcerated in Illinois
