Build a working app in Week 1, then go from problem to working MVP in 6 weeks using Lovable, Base44, and Canva AI. No prior coding experience needed - just curiosity and ambition.
Real entrepreneurship skills using cutting-edge AI tools
Identify real problems worth solving
Understand user needs through interviews
Build working apps with AI tools (Lovable, Base44)
Create professional branding with Canva AI
Present ideas to audiences with confidence
Each week builds a new presentation skill - by Week 6, you command the stage
From building something impossible to a live Demo Day in 6 weeks
Build a product, a brand, or a pitch - and present it live
A 12-year-old built a full app last week - no code. A student designed an entire brand in 20 minutes with AI. Today, you'll build a product, a brand, or a pitch, and present it live.
Track 1: Vibe Code - describe a product idea in plain English on Lovable or Base44 and watch it build itself
Track 2: Brand in a Box - use Canva AI to create a complete brand identity (logo, colour palette, social posts) for a business idea
Track 3: AI Pitch Writer - use AI to draft, refine, and rehearse a 60-second elevator pitch
60-second live demo presentation to the group
Your AI creation (working app, brand kit, or pitch script) + a 60-second live demo
Improve your creation. Show it to 3 people and ask: "Would you use this?" Submit on Padlet: "The feedback that changed my mind was ___."
Precision
Articulate complex ideas with clarity and impact
The best ideas come from listening, not guessing
Who has this problem? Interview techniques & empathy mapping
Conduct 3 structured interviews with target users
Build a detailed empathy map from your findings
Present your insights to your group
Structured interview summaries + empathy map
Listening
Hear what people actually need, not what you assume
Generate dozens of ideas, validate the best, and kill the rest
Crazy 8s brainstorming + feasibility matrix
Pick your top 3 ideas and validate with data
Build a lean canvas for your chosen idea
Peer pitch & idea selection
Lean canvas + validated idea with supporting data
Persuasion
Make people believe in your idea with evidence
Turn your validated idea into a working product - no coding experience needed
Build a functional MVP on Lovable or Base44
Design product branding with Canva AI
User testing with 3 real users
Iterate based on feedback
Working MVP + brand kit + user testing results
Storytelling
Turn your product into a story investors remember
Every great company started with a great pitch - and a plan to make money
Define your revenue model and target market
Create a 5-slide investor pitch deck
Practice your pitch with mentor feedback
Peer judging dry run
Revenue model + 5-slide pitch deck
Presence
Own the room when you present
The stage is yours - pitch your venture to judges
Record your 3-minute investor pitch video
Final MVP demo polish
Present to audience at Virtual Showcase
Celebration & entrepreneur portfolio assembly
3-minute pitch video + MVP demo at Showcase
Command
Deliver with confidence and authority
AI creation (working app, brand kit, or pitch script) with a live demo
Revenue model + 5-slide investor pitch deck
6 Saturday sessions (excluding Christmas and New Year weeks) - 9:00 AM EDT, 2 hrs per session, live on Zoom