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BusinessUP

BusinessUP puts students through a real venture cycle: find a problem, build a solution, sell it, account for it, and reflect.

Focus
Entrepreneurship

From lemonade stand to startup — building young founders.

Bring BusinessUP to your school
Objectives

What BusinessUP sets out to achieve

  • Develop opportunity-spotting and customer empathy
  • Teach costing, pricing and unit economics
  • Run a real revenue-generating micro-venture
  • Build resilience through failure reviews
Outcomes
01Every senior ships one real venture
02Commercial numeracy and negotiation skills
03A portfolio-grade pitch
Age-wise ladder

One programme, three levels of depth

Grades 1–5
Foundation

Trade, value, mini stalls

Grades 6–8
Middle

Problem discovery, costing, teams

Grades 9–12
Senior

Business model, pitch, scale, ethics

Signature activities

What it looks like inside the school year

Every activity ships with a facilitator script, materials list and assessment rubric — so any teacher can run it on day one.

01
School enterprise week
02
Customer-interview sprints
03
Pitch day with real investors
04
Profit-and-loss reviews
Resources

Everything your team needs, included.

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PDF
Venture Playbook
Slides
Pitch Deck Template
Questions

Before you ask

Do students handle real money?

Yes, under a school-governed micro-venture account with full transparency.