Start Your First Business

Students find a problem worth solving, invent a business around it, work out what to charge, give it a name and a look, and pitch it to a real audience at the end.

10 classes
60 minutes each
Grades 3 to 8
Small group or semi private

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Students working during a Start Your First Business class

Who it suits

Is this the right course?

Kids with ideas

Students who are always inventing something and need a way to take one idea all the way to finished.

Kids who want to earn

Students curious about making their own money, who learn far more from a real project than a lecture about saving.

Kids who need a push

Quieter students who benefit from a structured reason to explain their thinking to a group each week.

What it covers

Across ten classes

Every class is hands on. Students make, test and present something live rather than sitting through a lesson. Social and emotional skills are built into how classes run: listening, giving feedback kindly, handling nerves, and making decisions they can explain.

Finding a problem worth solving

Understanding who your customer is

What it costs and what to charge

Naming, branding and how it looks

Reaching people and telling them

Giving and taking honest feedback

Pitching with confidence

Two levels

The same course, pitched for the age

Both levels run a full hour. What changes is the depth, the support, and what students hand in at the end.

Juniors · Grades 3 to 5

Invent it and sell it

Focused on the idea and the customer. Pricing stays simple, branding is hand drawn, and the final pitch is short and celebratory rather than pressured.

Seniors · Grades 6 to 8

Make the numbers work

Adds costs, profit and competitors. Students build a short deck and have to answer questions about why their pricing makes sense.

What a class feels like

Classes are noisy in the best way. Students think out loud, test ideas on each other, and get honest reactions from people their own age long before they present anything formally.

Between classes

No worksheets. Students get one short activity challenge each week, usually around twenty minutes, and bring the result back to share with the group.

Anything needed is a simple household item, and we tell you in advance. There is nothing to buy.

Interested in Start Your First Business?

Tell us your child's grade and we'll reply with current pricing, the next start dates, and which level we'd recommend.