The Method
We help 13–18 year-olds find their direction, build a real initiative around it, and launch it publicly. Eight weeks, with a mentor who's done it at their age. Here's exactly how it works.
01 · The Principle
Most teenagers are told to figure out what they're passionate about before they start anything. We've found the opposite works better.
Direction doesn't come from theorising about the future. It comes from engaging with the present. Every person who found meaningful work discovered it the same way: by starting something, learning from their experience, and following what stood out.
Execution over perfection
02 · The Project
Through directed questions, exercises, and conversations, we build a portrait of our student. What do they notice that other people miss? What looks like play to them but looks like work to others?
From all of this, we look for the throughline: the pattern that connects what they're drawn to, what they're naturally good at, and where a real problem exists.
03 · The Science
The programme is built on decades of research in self-determination theory, self-efficacy, and project-based learning: the science of what actually produces motivation, confidence, and direction in young people.
In practice
Our personalised approach allows us to adapt to our students, how they learn and what they enjoy. Based on that, we set the structure, set deadlines and give them guidance. They are the ones doing the work, not because they have to, but because they truly want to.
The Programme
Self-analysis, direction, idea selection.
Our student identifies what actually drives them, and looks for a problem that is genuinely relevant to somebody.
Structure, identity, content.
The initiative gets detailed: what it is, who it's for, what problem it solves. Then the most important part: first real-world contact. First outreach, first email, first public post. The transition from thinking to doing.
Execute, and see what happens.
Real participants, real feedback, real results. The feeling of creating something on their own. We support independence while directing attention to the things that need to get done.
Iteration, reflection, packaging.
We decide on next steps: a second event, a growth plan, the goals beyond eight weeks. Then we reflect on the journey, and finish by creating a clear account of what they made and what it says about them.
Why it works
The eight-week framework is built on decades of research into motivation, self-efficacy, and project-based learning: the science of what actually moves a young person from idea to action.
Read the science →Investment
Everything you've just read, the discovery, the build, the launch, every one of the eight weeks, is led by one person: Matyas, working with each student directly. No rotating tutors, no handing off to whoever's free that week. One mentor, working closely with each student the whole way through.
8 spots · applications open
€0
Free, by application
Apply for a founding place →8 founding spots, applications close when they fill.
Opens this autumn
€800
Join the waiting list →Beyond week eight
We keep working with each student until their project is launched, however long that takes. The eight weeks are the start, not a stopwatch.
Once you're in, you're one of ours. You can message us with any question, any time, long after the programme ends, and we'll answer. For free.
Founding cohort, limited spots
The free application is the next step in finding out whether it can help you grow your own project.