Free · for after-school leaders
Run a free entrepreneurship club this month.
Eight sessions that take teenagers from a problem worth solving to a pitch, with a leader guide, printable pages and nothing to buy. For after-school programs, libraries, youth clubs and anyone who works with teens.
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What you get
Everything to run all eight weeks
A session plan for each week
A goal, what to say, what the students do, a question to end on and what to try before next week. About an hour each.Printable student pages
A worksheet for every session, so it works with no computers. The full course text is free to read online too.A running example
A made-up fifteen-year-old, Maya, and her bike tune-up business, followed through all eight sessions.Real-world homework
Each session ends with something to go and do: talk to customers, test a price, ask for the sale.A finish worth having
Students leave with eight finished pieces and a short pitch. Invite parents or local business owners to hear them.Pass it forward
Students who finish can teach it to a younger group using the same pages.
How it runs
One hour a week, four parts
A simple shape you can repeat every session.
Open (10 minutes)
Review what they went and did since last week. Ask what happened before you say anything.Teach (15 minutes)
Cover the session's idea using the points in the guide. Keep it short and concrete.Do (25 minutes)
Students fill in the session's worksheet on their own idea, then compare notes in pairs.Close (10 minutes)
Name the one thing each student will do before next week. Write it down.
Questions
Straight answers
- Is it really free?
- Yes. The course, the leader guide and the printable pages are free to use, copy and run in your program. There is nothing to buy and no account to make.
- Who can run it?
- Anyone who works with teenagers: an after-school program, a library, a youth club, a faith group, a 4-H or scouting leader, a teacher running a club, or a parent. You do not need a business background. The leader guide tells you what to say and ask.
- What age is it for?
- It is written for teens 13 and up. For younger students, see the paper-only grades 7 and 8 pack on the teachers page.
- How long does it take?
- Eight weekly sessions of about an hour, one for each of the 8 modules. Each ends with something real to go and do before the next session, like talking to a customer, so it works best weekly.
- Do students need a computer or an account?
- No. Students can work on paper from the printed pages. The course is also free to read online with no account if you have devices.
- Does Launch League collect any student information?
- No. You never send us a student's name or work. The only thing we collect is an optional note from you, the adult, if you want to tell us you are running it.
- Is it aligned to Ohio standards?
- I have not mapped it to Ohio standards and I will not claim it is. It is practical, real-world entrepreneurship you can run beside whatever your program already does.
- Can my students pass it on to younger kids?
- Yes, and that is a good way to finish. A student who has completed the course can teach a session to a younger group using the same pages, with an adult in the room.
Launch League has no partnership with any school or district and does not claim one. Using this does not make your program a Launch League partner.
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