This handbook is intended for teachers in Alaksa who are developing and/or operating home-based business programs. The curriculum included in the guide can be used to set up a school-based business to provide students with actual experience in the business. The curriculum also serves as a basic course of study for small business and entrepreneurship programs. The handbook includes instructional materials and information to be used to teach selected competencies and focuses primarily on those competencies for which materials are not readily available to teachers. It also includes resources for ordering additional materials. The handbook is divided into 13 program goals addressing the following topics: personal traits and self-assessment, potential kinds of home businesses, business structures, regulations governing home-based businesses, obtaining funds, business records, insurance, purchasing, marketing, financial management and planning including space planning, computer programs for recordkeeping for home-based businesses, and keeping current. Each of these areas contains a list of competencies to be attained by students, information sheets, learning activities, and reprints. (KC)