Young Founders Program

The Young Founders Program is a hands-on, project-based experience where students learn by doing. Each session blends guided digital activities with collaborative offline moments, working alongside peers, teachers, and parents at key milestones. Students build real-world skills across entrepreneurship, social innovation, design thinking, and communication, while developing a foundational understanding of AI literacy and how to work with AI tools thoughtfully. These are skills that matter well beyond any single class with students working towards something real. By the end of the program, each student has a project they conceived, built, and can speak to confidently.

The Young Founders Program was founded on a simple belief: every student has the potential to build something real, but most just haven't been given the path to do it. Startup clubs and pitch competitions exist, but they tend to reach the same students who already have access. We built something different.

Our program creates AI-guided entrepreneurship experiences for grades 5–12. Students move through a structured journey covering everything from identifying a real community problem and designing a solution, to building a prototype, delivering a pitch, and much more. Every student finishes with something tangible they made themselves.

Our mission is to make entrepreneurship education accessible to every student, regardless of background or resources. We believe the next generation of innovators will not just build businesses. They will practice social innovation, solve real problems, and drive meaningful change in their communities.