CurriculumEntrepreneurship & Small Business
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
What it actually takes to start and run a small business, from the first idea to the first hire.
- What Is Entrepreneurship, Really The actual economic role entrepreneurs play, and the risk-reward tradeoff at the center of starting a business. 📄 Read-aloud
- Business Plans 101 What a business plan actually needs to answer, and why the exercise matters even for a very small business. 📄 Read-aloud
- Funding a Small Business The main ways small businesses actually get funded, and the real tradeoff each option carries. 📄 Read-aloud
- Choosing a Business Structure The main legal structures a small business can take, and what actually changes between them. 📄 Read-aloud
- Entrepreneurship & Small Business: Checkpoint 1 Covers what entrepreneurship is, business plans, funding options, and business structures. 5 questions
- Pricing and Margins How to actually set a price, and the margin math that determines whether a business can survive on it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Cash Flow for Small Business Why a profitable business can still run out of money, and how to manage the timing gap that causes it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Marketing on a Budget How small businesses reach customers without a large budget, and how to tell if the spending is actually working. 📄 Read-aloud
- Why Small Businesses Fail - and How to Adapt The most common, well-documented reasons small businesses fail, and how resilient founders respond to them. 📄 Read-aloud
- Entrepreneurship & Small Business: Checkpoint 2 Covers pricing and margins, cash flow, marketing on a budget, and why small businesses fail. 5 questions