Venture Camp is a rigorous virtual summer entrepreneurship program where students launch a business or social impact project, in teams or independently. The program is highly interactive, with guest speakers, interactive labs, negotiations simulations, and 1:1/group mentorship. Our instructors and mentors are industry experts, successful entrepreneurs, and educators from organizations like Google, OpenAI, McKinsey, and more.
For summer 2025 we have 2 merit-based scholarships available, the Social Impact x Business Scholarship and the Young Women in Business Scholarship.
Program Outcomes: Participants do not need to have experience in business or entrepreneurship, or even an idea, to participate! The program is open to 9th through 12th grade students.
Students work in teams (or if desired, independently) and launch their own startup business or social initiative. In the past our student entrepreneurs have built a skincare scar cream for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a voice-controlled software app for machinists, a special needs financial education course, a volunteer matching platform, and more.
Program Experience:
Each student/team launches a revenue-generating or impact-driving business or social initiative and pitches to win grants/internships at Demo Day
1-on-1 and small-group mentorship from instructors and startup advisors coming from Y Combinator, Stanford, Wharton
10-15+ guest speakers on topics like "Personal Ikigai," sales/growth, growing a Youtube channel to 200k+ subscribers, and career journeys with industry experts from Open AI, McKinsey, Google, and more
2025 Summer Session Times:
Summer Batch I - Monday June 16th, 2025 - Monday July 14th 2025 (Weekdays 12:00 PM ET - 3:00 PM ET)
Summer Batch II - Monday July 21st, 2025 - Friday August 15th 2025 (Weekdays 12:00 PM ET - 3:00 PM ET)
Upcoming Deadlines:
Priority application deadline: February 23rd 2025, 11:59pm PT
Regular application deadline: May 11th 2025, 11:59pm PT
Key Links:
Application link: https://apply.venturecamp.org/
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