A summer programme that fills your rooms
— and that parents actually talk about.
Two weeks. One hour a day. Ages 10–15. We provide the entire curriculum, the platform and every material. You provide the room and the computers.
Summer is the hardest part of the year to programme well. Parents want their children occupied and learning something that matters — but they have seen enough revision courses and craft workshops. This gives you something genuinely different to put on your summer schedule, with no curriculum to write and no preparation to do.
10 sessions
per day
provided
per student
You provide the room. We provide everything else.
There is no curriculum to design, no materials to buy, no lesson plans to write and nothing to install. Your educator is trained by us before the first session and then simply runs it. Most centers make the decision in a single conversation because there is very little to decide.
The complete programme
- Full 10-session curriculum, built and tested for ages 10–15
- Platform access with an individual account for every student
- E-books, presentations, worksheets and printable PDF materials
- Complete lesson plans — your educator opens the file and teaches
- Free online training for your educator before the programme starts
- Administrator dashboard to track every student's progress
- Certificates for every participating student
- Technical support throughout the two weeks
The room and the equipment
- A classroom or computer room for one hour a day
- Computers or laptops with internet access
- One educator to run the sessions (we train them free)
- Your own enrolment and pricing to parents
That is the entire list. No specialist equipment, no software to install, no subject expertise required from your teaching staff.
We reply to every center inquiry within 24 hours.
Three reasons this ends up on the summer schedule
Beyond the programme itself, here is what it does for your center.
It fills a slot nothing else fills
Summer revision courses compete with every other center in your city. Nobody else in your area is running a structured entrepreneurship programme where children build a real business in two weeks. It gives parents a reason to choose you specifically.
It costs your staff almost nothing
One hour a day, with the lesson already prepared. Your educator facilitates rather than plans. Training takes one to two hours and is included at no cost. No summer overtime writing material that gets used once.
Parents talk about it afterwards
Children go home with a business plan, a pitch they stood up and delivered, and a certificate with their name on it. That conversation happens at dinner tables across your catchment area — and it brings you enrolments in September.
$90 per student. Everything included.
One number, published openly. No entry fee, no licence fee, no setup cost, no per-feature charges.
- 10 structured sessions across two weeks, one hour per day
- Individual platform account for every student, with their own profile and portfolio
- Team-based project work leading to a finished business plan
- Certificate of completion for every student
- E-books, online presentations, exercises and quizzes
- Printable PDF worksheets for every session
- Students keep platform access for the duration of the programme
- Complete lesson plan in PDF for each of the 10 sessions
- Free online training before the programme begins — 1–2 hours, scheduled around you
- Administrator dashboard for monitoring progress across the group
- Free technical support throughout the two weeks
- No entry fee, no licence fee, no setup cost
- Minimum 8 students per group — maximum 20 for quality
- Run as many parallel groups as your rooms allow
- You set your own price to parents and keep the difference
- Accounts activated within 24 hours of your student list
You set the price to parents. The margin is yours.
We charge you $90 per student. What you charge parents is entirely your decision — centers typically price a two-week summer programme between $180 and $250 depending on their market. Here is what that looks like in practice.
| Students | You charge $200 each | You pay us | Your margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 students | $2,000 | $900 | $1,100 |
| 15 students | $3,000 | $1,350 | $1,650 |
| 20 students | $4,000 | $1,800 | $2,200 |
| 2 groups of 20 | $8,000 | $3,600 | $4,400 |
Figures shown at an example parent price of $200 for illustration. You are free to price higher or lower for your market. All revenue from parents is collected by you directly — we invoice you only for enrolled students, after your group is confirmed.
Ten sessions from “I don't have any ideas” to a finished pitch
Every child says the first thing on day one. Not one of them says it by day ten.
What entrepreneurs actually do
Not suits and spreadsheets. Students meet the idea that an entrepreneur is simply someone who notices a problem and decides to fix it. Group introductions, platform accounts activated, first challenge issued.
Finding problems worth solving
Students hunt for things that are broken, annoying or missing in their own lives. Children are extraordinarily good at this once someone finally asks them. Each finishes with a list — and one item they care about most.
First Principles — thinking from scratch
Aristotle's method, the same framework behind Tesla and Netflix. Strip the problem back to what is actually true, discard the assumptions everyone else carries, and rebuild. Students take to this faster than adults do.
Building teams and choosing the idea
Teams form and commit to one idea each. Roles are assigned. This is the session where the group stops being a class and starts being a set of small companies.
Who is it for, and why would they choose it?
Customers, value, and the difference between what you want to sell and what someone wants to buy. Teams test their assumptions on each other and start revising.
Money, pricing and making it work
Costs, pricing and the basic arithmetic of a business, taught at a level a ten-year-old can genuinely follow. Teams calculate whether their idea would actually survive.
Brand, name and identity
Names get argued over. Logos get drawn and redrawn. This is the session students enjoy most and the one where the business finally starts to feel like theirs.
Building the prototype
Something physical or visual that shows the idea. Posters, mock-ups, demonstrations. Teams present to each other and receive feedback that isn't always kind — which is exactly the point.
Preparing the pitch
How to stand, what to say, how to answer a question you weren't expecting. Every team rehearses. Nervousness is normal and addressed directly rather than ignored.
Pitch day — standing up and presenting
Every team stands up and presents the business they built from nothing — to their teacher and to the rest of the group. They explain the problem they found, why their solution works, and what they'd do next. Questions come from the floor. Certificates are awarded. For most of these children it is the first time they have defended an idea of their own in front of a room, and it is the session they talk about at home that evening.
What the sessions look like
Photographs from Kid Startupper summer programmes.
From first email to first session
Four steps. Most centers are ready to run within a week.
Tell us your dates
Send us the two weeks you want to run, your expected group size, and the ages you're targeting. We confirm availability and the rate for your country within 24 hours.
Promote it to your parents
We supply promotional text, images and a programme outline you can put straight into your own newsletter, flyer or social media. You set your price and handle enrolment directly.
We train your educator
One to two hours online, covering the curriculum, the platform and the administrator panel. Scheduled around your timetable and included at no cost. No prior business background is needed.
Send us your student list
Accounts are created and activated within 24 hours. We invoice for confirmed students only. Your first session runs the following morning.
What directors ask before booking
Answered directly.
No. Every session comes with a complete lesson plan, the platform content, and all materials prepared. Your educator facilitates the session rather than teaching from expertise. The free training covers everything they need in one to two hours.
A room, computers or laptops with internet, and a projector or screen if you have one. The platform runs in a standard web browser — there is nothing to install, license or maintain. If your students can access a website, you can run the programme.
Eight. Below that the team dynamics that make the programme work don't form properly. We recommend a maximum of twenty per group so every team gets proper attention on pitch day — if you have more interest than that, run two parallel groups.
That is entirely your decision. Centers typically price a two-week summer programme between $180 and $250 depending on their market. You collect all parent revenue directly and pay us $90 per enrolled student.
We invoice after your group is confirmed and student accounts are created — you are only charged for students who actually enrol. There is no entry fee, no deposit and no minimum commitment beyond the eight-student group size.
Yes. Many centers run two or three cycles across July and August, and some run parallel groups in the same fortnight. There is no limit and no additional fee beyond the per-student rate.
Yes — COPPA and GDPR compliant, McAfee SECURE certified, no advertising, and no student data shared with third parties. Full detail is on our Safety & Compliance page and in our Privacy Policy.
Materials are available in English and Greek. Tell us which you need when you get in touch and we will confirm availability for your dates.
Many centers use the summer programme as an introduction and then offer the full three-year Kid Startupper curriculum during the academic year. Details are on our school pricing page. There is no obligation — the summer programme stands on its own.
Two weeks. Ten hours. A programme nobody else in your city is running.
Tell us the dates you're considering and how many students you expect. We'll confirm availability, send you the promotional materials, and book your educator's training — usually within 24 hours.
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