The last step of launching a business is to secure funding. As you have likely learned from calculating your startup costs, starting a business is expensive. There are costs to launching your business and annual expenses you will need to pay.

The big question to ask yourself is: Where will I get the money? There are many ways to get funding, but we’ll cover three here: investors, self-funding, or loans.

Generation Z (or Y) is composed of everyone born between the years of 1996 and 2010. Current high schoolers fit within this generation and Pew Research identified key ways this generation differs from those in the past. You might be part of Generation Z, or perhaps you are an educator who works with Gen Z’s on a regular basis. In this article, we’ll discuss three of these trends.

Below you’ll find just a few videos with concrete steps and reflection questions to help you discover what kind of work you want to do. One video helps you discover the mindsets you’ll need to stick with your dream once you find it!

Effective interviews require preparation and attention to detail—don’t “wing it”. Below are concrete steps you can take to ensure you're feeling confident when the day comes.

Marketing includes all of the activities and processes for: creating, communicating, and delivering offerings that create value for customers, clients, partners and society at large.

A business sales and marketing strategy is your plan for reaching, engaging, and converting your target market into profitable and loyal customers. The goal behind a marketing strategy is to promote your product or service in order to achieve sales and revenue.

One benefit of implementing the Spirit Box program is the real-world business experience. When you graduate, you will walk away with concrete experiences and not just ideas from books. This can be a great advantage to you as you look for a job and pursue further education. But it will only serve as an advantage if you can communicate it in an effective way to others.