IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
A 3-WEEKEND ONLINE FELLOWSHIP FOR YOUNG FOUNDERS
Six live Zoom build days. Harvard student mentors. Take an idea to a working MVP, a Business Model Canvas and a live investor pitch.
Cohort 1: Sep 26 | Cohort 2: Jan 30 | Cohort 3: Apr 17 | Cohort 4: Jun 19 | Cohort 5: Oct 2
MENTORED BY
Current Harvard Students
The Future Entrepreneurs Fellowship is a focused 3-weekend online intensive for Grades 8–12 to move from a raw idea to a validated MVP - mentored by current Harvard student mentors in a 1:20 small-group format.
Scholars learn the same tools founders use today: customer discovery, lean prototyping with AI, business model design, and investor storytelling. Everything is done, not just discussed.
By Demo Day, each scholar delivers a live 5-minute pitch to Harvard student mentors and walks away with an MVP, a Business Model Canvas, a pitch reel and a Certificate of Completion.
Take an idea from napkin sketch to a validated MVP using modern AI + no-code tools.
A one-page business model articulating customer, value, revenue and growth loops.
Portfolio-ready certificate for school, scholarship and university applications.
Deliver a 5-minute investor-style pitch to Harvard student mentors and guest founders.
CURRICULUM SCHEDULE
Six live build days. Every weekend has an essential question, hands-on build sprints, and mentor feedback you can act on.
WEEKEND 1
Sat, Sep 26 – Sun, Sep 27
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST · Zoom
Move from idea to a sharp problem statement. Interview real users, frame the opportunity, and vibe-code a v0 prototype using AI tools by Sunday night.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What real problem is worth solving - and who exactly are you solving it for?
SATURDAY - LIVE
Founder Mindset & Idea Framing How founders spot opportunities. Turning a vague idea into a testable problem statement and target user.
Founder Mindset & Idea Framing
How founders spot opportunities. Turning a vague idea into a testable problem statement and target user.
Customer Discovery 101 Structured user-interview scripts, the Mom Test, and how to hear what users actually mean.
Customer Discovery 101
Structured user-interview scripts, the Mom Test, and how to hear what users actually mean.
Live User Interviews Run three short interviews inside the session. Synthesise findings into insights with mentor coaching.
Live User Interviews
Run three short interviews inside the session. Synthesise findings into insights with mentor coaching.
Problem → Solution Fit Reframe your idea based on what you heard. Draft your first one-line value proposition.
Problem → Solution Fit
Reframe your idea based on what you heard. Draft your first one-line value proposition.
SUNDAY - LIVE
Intro to Vibe-Coding with AI Ship your first working screen using Lovable / Bolt / Replit. No prior coding experience needed.
Intro to Vibe-Coding with AI
Ship your first working screen using Lovable / Bolt / Replit. No prior coding experience needed.
v0 Prototype Build Turn your value prop into a clickable v0 in a live guided build session with your mentor group.
v0 Prototype Build
Turn your value prop into a clickable v0 in a live guided build session with your mentor group.
First User Test Test your v0 with a real user (peer or family). Log what broke, what clicked, what to change.
First User Test
Test your v0 with a real user (peer or family). Log what broke, what clicked, what to change.
Weekend 1 Debrief Set your Week-2 targets. Publish your problem statement and v0 link to your Builder Profile.
Weekend 1 Debrief
Set your Week-2 targets. Publish your problem statement and v0 link to your Builder Profile.
EXIT OUTCOME
Ship a v0 prototype tied to a real, user-validated problem - with three interviews logged.
WEEKEND 2
Sat, Oct 3 – Sun, Oct 4
Deepen the product, layer in AI features, run structured user tests, and lock your Business Model Canvas with live mentor feedback.
How do you turn a v0 into an MVP people actually want to use - and a business that makes sense?
MVP Scoping Cutting scope like a founder - what belongs in v1, what waits. Feature prioritisation using MoSCoW.
MVP Scoping
Cutting scope like a founder - what belongs in v1, what waits. Feature prioritisation using MoSCoW.
Layering in AI Features Add real AI capability: summarisation, generation, personalisation. Prompt design and cost awareness.
Layering in AI Features
Add real AI capability: summarisation, generation, personalisation. Prompt design and cost awareness.
Live Build Sprint Structured build time with mentor pair-coaching (1:5 inside the 1:20 cohort). Ship a working core flow.
Live Build Sprint
Structured build time with mentor pair-coaching (1:5 inside the 1:20 cohort). Ship a working core flow.
Feedback Round Demo to your mentor group. Stars & Wishes protocol - two strengths, one stretch - to refine the build.
Feedback Round
Demo to your mentor group. Stars & Wishes protocol - two strengths, one stretch - to refine the build.
Business Model Canvas Fill the 9 blocks live: customer segments, value prop, channels, revenue, cost structure, key resources.
Business Model Canvas
Fill the 9 blocks live: customer segments, value prop, channels, revenue, cost structure, key resources.
Pricing & Growth Loops Freemium vs paid vs marketplace. Basic growth-loop design and the first three acquisition channels to test.
Pricing & Growth Loops
Freemium vs paid vs marketplace. Basic growth-loop design and the first three acquisition channels to test.