How To Start Your Own Business: Prepare To Launch

(4.54 stars) · 910 learner reviews

Entrepreneurship can be a rewarding and meaningful path to independence. The first guide in Level’s How To Start Your Own Business series breaks down the important decisions to make before starting a business. Interactive worksheet questions help you sketch out a clarified vision.

Enrollment fee includes this guide and all of Level's educational and job training guides and certificates. The enrollment fee is a one-time payment - 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 pace

Guide length

44 pages

Time to complete

~10 hours

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Testimonials for this guide:

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.

- Miguel, incarcerated in California

I've used this entrepreneurship guide frequently and continue to do so, as I am making a list to track my ideas, cost, etc. It is easy to read and easy to follow. I like that it's almost a step-by-step guide. What Level does is such an inspiration, keep up the amazing work! Thank you for this opportunity.

- Kimberly, incarcerated in Wisconsin

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.

- Cory, incarcerated in Illinois