Our Programs
Our plug-and-play programs can be up and running for you within 4 weeks. We bring a dynamic program complete with a proven curriculum, engaging learning supplies, and measurable outcomes. We train your team or provide experienced learning coaches to ensure success.
All programs are academically aligned to support CTE (Career and Technical Education) standards.
Spark It
Ages 8-12
Our business-in-a-box learning model guides learners through 1 of 5 age-appropriate business ideas to get them started on the road to entrepreneurship and have a viable product to sell at the Founders Market.
Build It
Ages 11-14
Learners identify a need and solution and rapidly develop their concept through fun activities that reinforce the skills of the future while applying them to a new business idea they showcase at the Founders Market.
Launch It
Ages 14-24
Learners go from identifying a need and a solution to Customer #1 in this fast-paced program so they can convert them to valuable assets. They will create a custom logo, webpage, and business plan and bring a product, service, or non-profit company to life to showcase at the Founders Market.
Create Impact
Ages 8 -24
Learners apply the entrepreneurial mindset skills to tackling a social impact challenge. This program develops a service leadership perspective while tackling issues affecting our communities. The solutions will be showcased at the Community Fest.
Team Ignite
Ages 8 - 24
Learners team up to build a new business concept while actively developing teaming skills and problem-solving techniques they will showcase at the Founders Market.
Grow It
Ages 8-24
Grow It helps learners go beyond Customer #1 and work through plans to support an ongoing business that will grow and be profitable they will showcase at the Founders Market.
Biz Explorers Workshop
Ages 5 -14
Learners will get a taste of business when they evaluate businesses and then create a plan for their mini-business and participate in their first Founders Market..
Build Your Biz Workshop
Ages 14-24
A rapid prototyping experience developing a business concept while interacting with new technologies to harness and refine their initial ideas.
Innovative Families Workshop
Inclusive program for ages 5 and up
Parents participate in an interactive session to identify the skills of the future, how their children are gaining them, and how they will connect to their dreams for their children. The children are workshopping their mini-business to showcase to parents at the Founders Market.
I learned better leadership skills, time management, and how to plan. I’ve utilized those tools to help plan meetings, town halls, community events, field trips, and now a peer mentoring group at school.
-India, Founders Mark Alum & Junior Learning Coach, attending James Madison University