Start a tutoring and test prep business
A subject and test niche chosen for rate rather than comfort, small-group sessions priced above the one-to-one hourly equivalent, a diagnostic-to-plan intake that justifies a package, background check and insurance handled, and 20 students enrolled across the school year.
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Who it's for
Teachers, graduate students, and strong subject specialists who tutor for about $30 an hour on platforms and want to bill $80–$150 by running small groups and selling packages instead of single hours. You need one subject or test you can teach cold, and a school district or community where families already pay for tutoring.
About this playbook
This guide takes a tutor earning about $30 an hour on platforms and turns the work into a small tutoring and test-prep business that bills $80–$150 an hour through small groups and packages sold in advance. You prove the demand with a pocket-money pilot before you register anything, price a group of four so a full table out-earns one-to-one, and set the enrollment count that pays the bills before you spend on materials, registration, or insurance. The path runs from market tests through LLC registration, background checks, and liability coverage, to the first cohort enrolled, a weekly rhythm that survives term time, and the day-90 decision agreed in advance. It plans the whole school-year cycle including the summer gap, and it stops while the loss is still the small launch capital if the pilot says nobody will pay. It does not cover curriculum design, hiring employees, franchise models, or operating a physical tutoring centre.
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Phase 1: Prove someone will pay before you spend real money
3 stepsPhase 2: Build the offer and set the price
3 stepsPhase 3: Run the numbers
4 stepsPhase 4: Register the business and pass the checks
3 stepsPhase 5: Fund the launch
3 stepsPhase 6: Enroll the first cohort
3 stepsPhase 7: Run it week to week
3 stepsPhase 8: Read the first 90 days
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What you need first
Command of the subject or test you will teach, so you can run a diagnostic and write a learning plan without preparation materials. Access to a district or neighbourhood where you can interview and pilot with real families. A place to run small-group sessions — a home, a library study room, or a community venue. $500–$4,000 available to fund the launch. The willingness to stop before spending real money if the pilot says no one will pay.
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