This guide pointed out a lot of key ideas I didn't know about starting my own business. This would have been very helpful when I was in the world trying to start my own business. Level doesn't just tell you what you want to hear, they give you the keys to success. Now it's up to you to drive there.
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 first 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. 7,042 people in prison have spent 99,910 hours using the Level program inside 1,065 prisons across the country.
Testimonials for this guide:
- Cory, incarcerated in Illinois
I found your entrepreneurship guide to be very informative, especially to those of us with little knowledge of how to start and maintain a legal business. I learned about unfamiliar terms like product-market fit, unmet needs, buyer persona, ROI, continuous improvement, break-even point and working capital. Thank you.
- Branden, incarcerated in Nevada
Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to learn something that can change my life, especially something that I can put to use once I'm out in society. I have read a few articles on how to start your own business. But I have never written out a business plan until now.
- Raul, in prison in California
