What you get
By the end, our students can take an idea, reach the right people, and turn it into something real and public, with the skills, the project, and the proof to show for it.
What it's really for
The tools and the project matter for one reason: who our students become by using them. By the end, they can take an idea and carry it into the real world:
Write so people actually respond. Pitch an idea. Walk into a room and hold it.
Send the cold email to a teacher, a professor, a partner. And present the project to other students in a way that makes them want to take part.
Bring the right people in, run a meeting, divide the work, and get the best from a small team.
Use AI and no-code to make what the project needs (a website, posters, the social posts) without outsourcing the thinking.
Turn a vague idea into a plan with real deadlines, manage your own time, and keep going when an email goes unanswered or a launch lands quietly, until it's done. The rarest skill of all.
A track record
Live, public, reaching real people, with your name on it. Not a school project; a real thing you made.
The Proof Pack: the real numbers, photos, and a written case study or a recorded pitch, whichever fits what you built. Ready for a university, an employer, or a scholarship committee.
A reference from a mentor who watched you build something real, specific in a way a report card never could be.
We help you turn the experience into what comes next: personal statements, motivation letters, interview answers, the university application itself. We've written plenty of our own.
The tools
Behind every one of those is a tool: a complete founder's kit, ready from day one. The mentor hands over the right one for exactly where the student is, so the work is always challenging but never overwhelming.
To find your direction
The Direction Map
A clear read on who you are, what you're good at, and where it points. Plus, pointers to the programmes and paths that you might find valuable. Advice coming from real experience, not just a questionnaire.
To build it
The Founder Workspace
A pre-built home base for the whole project: how to evaluate it, make decisions, manage time, and keep track of everything important.
Build Recipes
Step-by-step guides for building different kinds of projects and actually making them reach an audience.
The AI Operator Kit
How to use AI, no-code, or other tools to design and build faster, without outsourcing the thinking.
To reach people
The Outreach Library
Proven scripts for reaching anyone: a teacher, a professor, a partner, a journalist.
The Writing Pack
Templates for every piece of writing, from the first cold email to the launch announcement. But most importantly, a guide to the principles that make them so effective.
To launch & run it
The Launch Playbook
How to take something public, and get the first real people through the door.
Funding & Finance
How to find money (public grants, sponsors) and manage it once it's in.
An open door
It doesn't end at week eight. Once you're in, we're committed to your project for good: you can message us any question, any time, long after the programme ends, and we'll answer. For free. And when it helps, we connect you with other teens building real things.
What it costs
A set of skills most people pick up far later, if at all. A real, launched initiative, and the proof to show for it. It adds up to a real head start, to help you get closer to who you are meant to be.
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.