Institutional Curriculum
Bring Practical Entrepreneurship Education to Your Institution
A structured 58-hour entrepreneurship program that takes participants from readiness and idea validation through compliance, branding, marketing, sales, financial management, operations, leadership, and growth.
- 58
- Instructional hours
- 8
- Connected modules
- 1
- Final portfolio
- 5
- Delivery options
This is our licensed institutional program
The Institutional Curriculum is licensed to organizations for instructor-led cohorts with protected Instructor Guides, Participant Workbooks, and assessments. It is separate from our self-paced online course for individual entrepreneurs, which is purchased directly by one learner.
Program Overview
A Complete Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Across eight connected modules, participants build evidence, make responsible decisions, revise their work, and complete an entrepreneurship portfolio supported by a focused 90-day execution plan.
58 instructional hours
Eight sequenced modules delivered as one program or through approved module blocks.
Separate instructor and participant materials
Instructor Guides, Participant Workbooks, applied cases, and knowledge checks.
Documented completion standards
Completion is based on usable evidence and responsible reasoning, not attendance alone.
Implementation support
Master Guide, standards alignment, implementation tools, licensing, and orientation.
Instructor modeling and feedback
Guided practice, applied cases, independent work, rubric feedback, and revision.
Protected access
Complete guides, workbooks, assessments, and answer guidance remain restricted to licensed users.
Eight Modules
The Curriculum Sequence
Participants begin with personal readiness and customer evidence before making compliance, branding, marketing, sales, financial, operating, and growth decisions.
- 016 hours
Entrepreneurial Readiness and Mindset
Evaluate readiness, resources, responsibilities, risks, ethics, and personal measures of success.
Evidence: Readiness Profile and Vision Statement
- 028 hours
Business Idea Validation and Planning
Research a customer problem, test assumptions, compare alternatives, and make a validation decision.
Evidence: Validation Summary and Business Model Foundation
- 036 hours
Business Structure and Compliance
Identify setup, registration, licensing, recordkeeping, and professional-advice needs.
Evidence: Structure Decision and Compliance Action Plan
- 047 hours
Branding and Customer Definition
Define a priority customer, journey, brand promise, identity, and market position.
Evidence: Customer Profile and Brand Positioning Foundation
- 058 hours
Marketing Strategy
Create measurable objectives, channels, content, campaign, and improvement rules.
Evidence: Marketing Strategy and 30-Day Campaign Plan
- 067 hours
Sales and Customer Experience
Build an ethical sales process and measurable customer service standards.
Evidence: Sales Process Map and Customer Service Standards
- 078 hours
Financial Management
Use costs, pricing, margins, targets, break-even, budgets, variance, and cash timing.
Evidence: Financial Management Package
- 088 hours
Operations, Leadership and Growth
Develop workflows, procedures, systems, delegation, leadership, and a 90-day plan.
Evidence: Core SOP and 90-Day Action Plan
Total: 58 hours — one integrated entrepreneurship portfolio.
Institutional Outcomes
What Participants Can Do
The final portfolio brings together business reasoning, customer evidence, responsible operating decisions, financial calculations, and clear next steps.
Entrepreneurial readiness
Evaluate responsibilities, resources, support needs, constraints, risks, ethics, and personal measures of success.
Idea validation
Define a customer problem, conduct responsible research, compare alternatives, and make a validation decision.
Business setup
Identify structure, registration, licensing, permits, contracts, insurance, tax records, and advice needs.
Brand and customer
Select a priority customer, map the journey, define a brand promise, and develop a credible market position.
Marketing
Set objectives, choose channels, build a content system, plan a campaign, and use measures to improve decisions.
Sales and customer experience
Build an ethical pipeline, clarify offers, follow up responsibly, and set measurable service standards.
Financial management
Classify costs, set prices, calculate margins, estimate break-even, build budgets, and anticipate cash timing.
Operations, leadership and growth
Map workflows, test procedures, select systems, assess capacity, delegate responsibly, and execute a 90-day priority.
Who It Serves
Built for Schools, Colleges and Community-Based Programs
NLBA supports secondary and postsecondary education, workforce development, nonprofit initiatives, faith-based community programs, small-business centers, incubators, and approved transition or reentry programs.
High school or secondary CTE
Entrepreneurship, business, marketing, career-readiness, or applied-learning instruction, subject to local approval.
Community college
Continuing education, workforce, small-business, or entrepreneurship cohorts.
Four-year college or university
Noncredit entrepreneurship programming, community engagement, or approved supplemental curriculum.
Workforce agency
Entrepreneurship pathways, self-employment preparation, and small-business training.
Nonprofit organization
Economic mobility, neighborhood entrepreneurship, youth or adult community development programming.
Faith-based organization
Structured entrepreneurship education connected to an approved community or economic-empowerment initiative.
Small-business center or incubator
Pre-launch business foundation cohorts and structured support for early-stage owners.
Correctional reentry or transition program
Approved entrepreneurship and employment-readiness preparation with appropriate institutional safeguards.
Delivery Options
Fit the Program to Your Schedule
Delivery may be organized as a semester course, intensive cohort, approved module block, hybrid experience, or protected virtual classroom.
Semester course
The full 58-hour sequence delivered across a standard academic term with scheduled instruction, evidence, and portfolio review.
Intensive cohort
A condensed cohort schedule for workforce, community, and accelerated programs that need a faster path to completion.
Approved module block
Selected modules proposed for a defined participant need, with prerequisites, hours, and assessments confirmed in advance.
Hybrid delivery
In-person instruction paired with guided independent work, feedback, and revision between sessions.
Protected virtual classroom
Live virtual instruction with access limited to authorized instructors and enrolled participants within the license term.
Package Comparison
Institutional Licensing
Pricing reflects curriculum access, participant capacity, instructor authorization, location, term, protected materials, orientation, and implementation support.
Pilot Cohort License
$3,500
Up to 15 participants
- One cohort
- One instructor
- One approved location
- Six months of access
Single Site Annual License
$6,500
Up to 30 participants
- Up to two cohorts
- Two instructors
- One approved location
- 12 months of access
Expanded Institutional Partnership
$10,500
Up to 60 participants
- Multiple approved cohorts within the limit
- Three instructors
- Up to two locations
- 12 months of access
Custom District or College License
Starting at $15,000
Defined by proposal
- Districtwide or multicampus delivery
- Grant-funded configurations
- Specially configured scope
- Term defined in the written proposal
Final pricing is confirmed in a written proposal based on your actual scope. A website submission is not an accepted order and does not create a license. Institutional licenses are not sold through the online shopping cart.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Additional participant seat | $150 per participant |
| Additional instructor authorization and orientation | $750 per instructor |
| Additional institutional location | $2,500 per location |
| Additional virtual training session | $750 per session |
| On-site instructor training | $2,500 per day plus travel |
| Curriculum customization | $150 per hour or project quote |
| Printed Participant Workbook | Printing cost plus $25 handling per copy |
| Additional digital workbook license | $75 per participant |
Prices are in United States dollars and may change after the stated proposal period. Taxes, printing, shipping, travel, extensive customization, and services outside the selected package are separate unless included in a written proposal.
Public Preview
Review the Curriculum Before You Decide
The Public Preview Guide describes the program, module sequence, hours, outcomes, instructional model, institutional materials, pricing, and adoption process. It contains no protected Instructor Guides, workbooks, assessments, or answer guidance.
View the Public Preview- Program overview and institutional use
- Eight-module sequence with hours and evidence
- Instruction, assessment, and completion standards
- Institutional materials and access levels
- Pricing and additional services
- Adoption process and frequently asked questions
Purchasing Process
How Institutions Adopt the Curriculum
Protected materials are released only after the required agreement and payment or approved purchase order is confirmed.
- 01
Inquiry
The institution submits audience, goals, dates, participant estimate, and decision makers.
- 02
Discovery conversation
NLBA confirms scope, schedule, instructors, locations, and approval process.
- 03
Written proposal
NLBA prepares package scope, pricing, license limits, responsibilities, and timeline.
- 04
Signed license agreement
The parties approve license terms, participants, instructors, and locations.
- 05
Invoice or approved purchase order
NLBA issues invoice and vendor documents; the institution submits payment or an authorized purchase order.
- 06
Payment or release approval
NLBA verifies the agreement, payment or approved purchase order, and authorized users.
- 07
Protected access
Roles, folders, expiration dates, and access records are created for approved users only.
- 08
Implementation
Orientation and included support are delivered as the cohort launches.
- 09
Closeout or renewal
Use is reviewed, access is removed, and a renewal or expansion proposal is prepared.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Next Step
Let Us Build the Right Institutional Scope
Tell us who you want to serve, when you want to begin, and how your institution purchases educational programs. NLBA will review your needs and prepare an appropriate curriculum proposal.
Institutional materials require a signed license agreement and a paid invoice or approved purchase order before access is released. Licensed materials may not be reproduced, shared, modified, uploaded, or resold outside the authorized license.
Public information does not grant permission to reproduce, teach, distribute, modify, upload, or commercially use the NLBA Core Entrepreneurship Curriculum. Complete materials require an approved license and purchase.