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NLBA Core Entrepreneurship Curriculum
A practical path from readiness to responsible growth. Eight modules, 58 instructional hours, for schools, colleges, and workforce programs.
Overview
A Complete Entrepreneurship Curriculum
The NLBA Core Entrepreneurship Curriculum is a structured 58-hour program created for institutions that want participants to do more than complete isolated business exercises. 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.
Schools, colleges, workforce programs, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and community education providers can use the curriculum as one complete sequence or through approved module blocks. The program includes separate instructor and participant materials, applied learning, knowledge checks, performance tasks, feedback, and documented completion standards.
Next Level Business Academy was founded by Trina Silver, Founder, CEO and Business Strategist, with over 20 years of experience in business education.
Sequence
Eight Module Curriculum
| Module | Title | Hours | Primary portfolio evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entrepreneurial Readiness and Mindset | 6 | Readiness Profile and Vision Statement |
| 2 | Business Idea Validation and Planning | 8 | Validation Summary and Business Model Foundation |
| 3 | Business Structure and Compliance | 6 | Structure Decision and Compliance Action Plan |
| 4 | Branding and Customer Definition | 7 | Customer Profile and Brand Positioning Foundation |
| 5 | Marketing Strategy | 8 | Marketing Strategy and 30-Day Campaign Plan |
| 6 | Sales and Customer Experience | 7 | Sales Process Map and Customer Service Standards |
| 7 | Financial Management | 8 | Financial Management Package |
| 8 | Operations, Leadership and Growth | 8 | Core SOP and 90-Day Action Plan |
| — | Complete curriculum sequence | 58 | Integrated entrepreneurship portfolio |
Participants begin with personal readiness and customer evidence before making compliance, branding, marketing, sales, financial, operating, and growth decisions. This order helps later work develop from a clearer customer problem and business model instead of disconnected templates.
Instruction
Instruction and Assessment
- Module introduction. Establishes purpose, outcomes, ethics boundaries, and expected evidence.
- Instructor modeling. Demonstrates the reasoning behind each business decision.
- Guided practice. Participants apply the method with structured support.
- Applied case work. Realistic scenarios build judgment before independent work.
- Independent evidence. Participants produce usable portfolio evidence.
- Performance task. Integrates module learning into a defensible business decision.
- Rubric feedback and revision. Documents proficiency and improvement before completion.
Completion is based on usable evidence and responsible reasoning, not attendance alone. Material ethical, legal, financial, privacy, customer, or operating concerns must be revised, narrowed, paused, or referred before proficiency is approved.
Materials
Institutional Materials
Institutional Curriculum Master Guide
Explains the complete program, delivery, assessment, implementation, licensing, and completion system.
Institutional leaders and approved instructors
Instructor Guides
Module-by-module teaching guidance, modeling, feedback, and assessment support.
Approved instructors only
Participant Workbooks
Applied worksheets, evidence templates, and portfolio components for each module.
Enrolled participants within the license term
Assessments, rubrics and answer guidance
Knowledge checks, performance tasks, scoring support, and completion standards.
Approved instructors only
Implementation Toolkit and Alignment Guide
Planning, scheduling, orientation, and standards alignment resources.
Authorized institutional representatives
Public preview content may describe the program, modules, outcomes, instructional model, pricing, and adoption process. Complete Instructor Guides, full Participant Workbooks, answer guidance, protected assessments, scoring support, source files, and editable curriculum materials are released only under an approved license.
Audience
Who the Curriculum Serves
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.
Pricing
Institutional Pricing
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 scope. Taxes, printing, shipping, travel, extensive customization, and services outside the selected package are separate unless included in a written proposal.
Adoption
Adoption Process
- 1
Inquiry
The institution submits audience, goals, dates, participant estimate, and decision makers.
- 2
Discovery conversation
NLBA confirms scope, schedule, instructors, locations, and approval process.
- 3
Written proposal
NLBA prepares package scope, pricing, license limits, responsibilities, and timeline.
- 4
Signed license agreement
The parties approve license terms, participants, instructors, and locations.
- 5
Invoice or approved purchase order
NLBA issues invoice and vendor documents; the institution submits payment or an authorized purchase order.
- 6
Payment or release approval
NLBA verifies the agreement, payment or approved purchase order, and authorized users.
- 7
Protected access
Roles, folders, expiration dates, and access records are created for approved users only.
- 8
Implementation
Orientation and included support are delivered as the cohort launches.
- 9
Closeout or renewal
Use is reviewed, access is removed, and a renewal or expansion proposal is prepared.
Information to prepare
- • Institution and department name
- • Target participant group and estimated enrollment
- • Desired launch and completion dates
- • Preferred delivery model
- • Instructor and program-lead information
- • Funding, purchasing, or proposal deadline
- • Accessibility, technology, or location needs
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can an institution purchase only selected modules?
- Approved module blocks may be proposed when they fit a defined participant need. NLBA and the institution identify prerequisites, required earlier evidence, hours, assessments, participant quantity, and license terms before delivery.
- Does the curriculum guarantee academic credit or accreditation?
- No. The responsible school, college, agency, accreditor, funder, or governing authority decides credit, course placement, credential alignment, accreditation, and funding eligibility.
- Can instructors change the curriculum?
- Ordinary scheduling, accessibility, delivery, and contextual adjustments may be approved when essential learning, evidence, calculations, ethical responsibilities, assessments, authorship, and program identity remain intact. Material changes require written review.
- Can materials be placed in a learning management system?
- Yes, when the system restricts access to authorized instructors and enrolled participants within the license term. Protected files may not be placed in a public course shell or shared repository.
- Are printed workbooks included?
- The base license focuses on authorized curriculum access. Printed Participant Workbooks, handling, shipping, taxes, and special production requirements are priced separately unless the proposal states otherwise.
- Can NLBA teach the program for the institution?
- Instructor-led delivery, on-site training, additional virtual sessions, customization, and other services may be quoted separately based on scope, dates, travel, participant count, and support needs.
- What happens when the license ends?
- The institution follows the agreement for renewal, participant closeout, access removal, and return, deletion, destruction, or lawful archive of protected materials and records.
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.