Venture For Good partners with local schools and after-school programs to deliver a six-week entrepreneurship and financial literacy curriculum — hands-on workshops, real mentorship, and a student-run business fair that gives back to the community.
Not just theory. Students practice ideation, branding, pricing, and pitching every session.
Business fair profits go to charity or back to the school — every cohort gives something back.
Pre- and post-assessments track knowledge and confidence gains. The data shapes every iteration.
Each session opens with a short lesson, then transitions to hands-on mentorship — working directly with students to develop their ideas and build real confidence. Here's how it unfolds week by week.
We start with the big question. Students explore what it means to be a builder, learn about entrepreneurs throughout history, and begin to see themselves as potential founders.
How do you find a good idea? Students practice spotting real problems and generating solutions — using design thinking tools to develop ideas they actually care about.
What's your name? Who's your customer? Students build a brand voice, design a logo concept, and learn how to speak to an audience — skills that go far beyond the classroom.
Revenue, costs, profit — made concrete. Students learn to price their product, understand what it means to break even, and build financial thinking that school rarely teaches.
Confidence on your feet matters. Students craft and deliver a short business pitch to their peers — learning to communicate clearly, persuade an audience, and handle questions.
Final polish before the big day. Students refine their product, practice their pitch one last time, and get ready to run their own booth at the student-run business fair.
The program ends with a student-run business fair where kids sell their products and the profits go somewhere meaningful. Two cohorts per year — two different ways to give back.
Students run their booths, make real sales, and at the end of the day the profits go directly to a charitable cause they helped choose. Past beneficiaries include two incredible organizations.
The spring fair gives back directly to the school community. Students see the immediate, tangible impact their work has on their own environment — which makes it real in a way nothing else can.
This isn't a feel-good program. Students, parents, and teachers complete pre- and post-assessments every cohort. We track knowledge gained, confidence in pitching, and overall effectiveness — and the data shapes every iteration of the curriculum.
The goal is to eventually publish research that builds a case for expanding this kind of education at scale — for every kind of learner, in partnership with the schools and organizations that serve them.
Elementary and middle schoolers ready to think differently about what they can build. No experience needed — just curiosity and a willingness to try.
We partner directly with schools and after-school programs to bring the curriculum to their students. VFG handles program design and facilitation — you provide the space and the students.
Sponsoring a session or hosting a mentorship workshop is one of the most tangible ways to invest in your community's next generation of entrepreneurs.
Whether you're a school, a nonprofit, a business, or a local organization — every partnership starts with a conversation. Reach out and let's talk about what we can build together.