Entrepreneurship Launchpad

WHAT

Speaker and hands-on building events

Someone who's built a company comes in and talks about how it went, including what they'd do differently. Then you can ask them anything. Afterwards you can actually begin planning and building something real.

Mentorship through to launch

After the event we keep meeting with any team that wants to keep going, all the way to a launch and beyond.

WHY

The safe path isn't the safe path anymore

Twelve years of school, good grades, four years of college, a stable job. That used to be the most reliable way to a good career, and betting on it was the cautious choice. AI has reversed that. Relying on it entirely now means sixteen years spent preparing for jobs that might not exist by the time you get there.

The cost of failure is basically zero right now

Your parents still feed you. You don't have a mortgage or dependents, and there's no career you're worried about derailing. You can try something, watch it fail completely, learn what went wrong, and try something entirely different. This is the only time in your life with this much freedom to experiment.

You don't need expertise. You need initiative

Two years ago, building an app meant spending years learning to code first. Now you can describe what you want and have something working in a day, learning as you build instead of before you build. The advantage no longer goes to whoever has the most expertise — it goes to whoever is willing to start.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Students

Come to our events

Talks from people who have built things, then a session where you take an idea apart. Free, and you don't need an idea to come.

See upcoming events →

Start a chapter

Start a chapter where you are. We've done it once, and we'll help you do it again.

Why start one →

Mentors & sponsors

Speak or mentor

Share your entrepreneurial journey with a room of high schoolers, or stay with a team and help them actually launch.

What mentoring involves →

Sponsor us

Keep it free for every student who walks in. Sponsors cover the space, the materials, and the awards.

Why sponsor →

SPEAKERS & MENTORS

Learn from and be mentored by experts - from starting businesses in high school to growing companies to massive scale and valuation, their experiences will inspire and help you on your entrepreneurship journey! They’ll teach you entrepreneurship principles and be there to guide you through launching your own business. Here are some of the speakers and mentors: