This secondary distributive education performance-based instructional unit on operating your own business contains nineteen lesson plans, each based on a fifty-five minute period. Among the topics covered are the following: (1) the various types of business establishments in the community, (2) small-scale establishments and various small-scale businesses, (3) the various types of large scale establishments and the ways they differ from the small-scale businesses, (4) the steps to use in deciding upon a location for a business, (5) the equipment and merchandise needed for a new business, and (6) the financial requirements needed in the new business. Each lesson plan includes most of the following elements: information sheets, assignment sheets, transparency masters, key and answer sheets, and teacher reference sheets. A list of terminal and enabling objectives and a pre-assessment instrument and key precede the lesson plans. Optional activities, a bibliography, a post-assessment instrument and key and unit evaluation are included at the end of the unit. (LRA)