Helping Students Develop the Mindset to Create, Lead & Solve Problems

Program Overview

The Young CEO Workshop is an 8-week, hands-on entrepreneurship program where students learn how to think like entrepreneurs, identify real-world problems, and turn their ideas into business concepts. Students develop their own brand, create a logo and product mockup, explore marketing and social media, build financial literacy skills, and learn how to communicate and pitch their ideas with confidence. Through interactive activities and project-based learning, students strengthen leadership, creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and digital skills while gaining real-world exposure to entrepreneurship and career readiness. The program culminates in a student pitch competition where participants present their business ideas to a panel of judges and compete for seed funding to help bring their ideas to life. The Young CEO Workshop is an 8 to 10-week, hands-on entrepreneurship program designed to teach students how to think like entrepreneurs. Students learn to identify problems, recognize opportunities, think creatively, make decisions, communicate their ideas, and turn challenges into solutions. These skills support students whether they choose to start a business, pursue college, enter the workforce, or lead in their communities. Through interactive activities and project-based learning, students explore entrepreneurship, branding, marketing, financial literacy, digital skills, leadership, and problem-solving. Program content and activities are tailored to the age and grade level of participating students and aligned with a school’s mission, annual priorities, or student development goals. Depending on the program format and school goals, students may develop business concepts, create brands and marketing materials, explore community-based solutions, or focus more deeply on entrepreneurial thinking and leadership. Students also practice pitching their business ideas to their classmates and participate in an interactive investor role-play where they must communicate the value of their idea and convince their peers to invest. When time and program format permit, the experience culminates in a formal pitch competition where students present their business ideas to a panel of judges and compete for seed funding toward their ideas.