An AI and Entrepreneurship Program for High School Students

Learn to identify problems, create solutions, and pitch your ideas. Go from concept to Demo Day with a real business or social venture.

This AI and entrepreneurship program for high school students uses tools like Lovable and Base44 so teams ship a working product, not a slide deck. Technical builders often start with the online STEM enrichment program for gifted students, and finished ventures are shown on the student portfolio and Demo Day enrichment program page.

PHASE 1

Discovery

Weeks 1-6: Develop the entrepreneur's mindset, discover opportunities, and validate your business idea.

Select your grade level:

Collaborative learning with data focus

Entrepreneur's Mindset

Think like a founder

Opportunity Recognition

See what others miss

Ideation & Creativity

Generate breakthrough ideas

Business Models

How businesses make money

Market Research

Know your market

Vibe Coding Your MVP

Build with AI, launch faster

PHASE 2

Launch

Weeks 7-12: Build your brand, create financials, learn to pitch, and present at Demo Day.

Brand & Story

Stand out and connect

Financial Basics

Make the numbers work

Marketing & Growth

Get your first customers

Pitching Skills

Sell your vision

Demo Day Prep

Polish and perfect

Demo Day & Showcase

Launch and celebrate

Career Paths

Where entrepreneurship skills can take you

Startup Founding

Build and launch your own ventures

Product Management

Lead product development at tech companies

Venture Capital

Fund and advise the next generation of startups

Business Consulting

Help businesses solve complex challenges

Innovation & Intrapreneurship

Drive innovation within large organizations

Competitions

Test your venture against the best young entrepreneurs

Diamond Challenge

University of Delaware's global entrepreneurship competition for high school students

NFTE World Series of Innovation

Global challenge to solve real-world problems with innovative solutions

Conrad Challenge

Innovation competition focused on science, technology, and entrepreneurship

Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!)

Year-long program teaching students to launch real businesses

Startup Weekend Youth

54-hour event where students build startups from scratch

What You'll Walk Away With

Working MVP

A prototype, landing page, or product demo you built yourself

Pitch Deck

A 10-slide investor-ready presentation for competitions

Business Plan

A one-page business plan summary ready for review

Scholars take this work to the Entrepreneurship Olympiad and the other ventures listed in our Competitions Library.

Ready to Launch Your Venture?

Join hundreds of young entrepreneurs building the future.

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