● Connecticut pilot in development • For ages 16–20
LaunchPad
TEEN CEOS
THE FUTURE DOESN'T WAIT FOR GRADUATION
Big ideas.
Real businesses.
Young CEOs.
What if your first real business started before your career did? LaunchPad helps emerging entrepreneurs turn ideas into companies through real-world mentorship, money management, and hands-on experience.
✓ Not another business-plan-only class. Build something real.
YOUR IDEA
has takeoff potential
CEO MODE
activated
THE NEXT GENERATION STARTS HERE ✳
10
weeks of building
10
pilot participants
$10K
managed startup budget / participant
$1K
allocated participant compensation
THE LAUNCHPAD DIFFERENCE
Don't just dream it.
Own the process.
Most programs teach students how to write a business plan. We want them to experience what it takes to build, launch, and operate a business.
From selecting vendors to tracking expenses, designing a brand to pitching to a room of supporters, LaunchPad is where entrepreneurial curiosity turns into real decisions.
SEE LAUNCHPAD IN ACTION
A program that feels
real from day one.
From collaboration and budgeting to packaging products and presenting ideas, LaunchPad is designed to look and feel like actual business building.
Startup teamwork
Collaboration, ideation, and founder energy.
Financial literacy
Real budgets, numbers, and decision-making.
Brand and product building
Hands-on creation, marketing, and launch prep.
THE EXPERIENCE
Learn it. Build it. Launch it.
Everything is designed around real-world action, not just classroom theory.
01 / DISCOVER
Think like a founder.
Explore business ideas, identify customers, set goals, and discover what it takes to turn a problem into an opportunity.
MINDSET + STRATEGY →
02 / CREATE
Build the actual business.
Make branding, budget, technology, supplier, and marketing decisions with guidance and access to managed startup resources.
REAL TOOLS + DECISIONS →
03 / LAUNCH
Show the world.
Develop a business pitch, present what you've created, and take your next steps toward operating and growing the venture.
OWNERSHIP + MOMENTUM →
YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR VISION
CREATE. BRAND. LAUNCH.
MAKE IT YOUR OWN
There is no
one-size-fits-all
CEO.
Fashion brand? Creative studio? Tech service? Online store? Neighborhood business? The business is driven by the participant's vision, while the training adapts to what that business actually needs.
Branding and websites
Products and services
Marketing and sales
Business money skills
REAL RESOURCES. REAL RESPONSIBILITY.
A $10,000 startup budget.
A lifetime of lessons.
Participants learn to make smart decisions with real business resources, while LaunchPad manages the actual distribution of the startup funds.
The $10,000 is a managed business budget, not a direct cash award.
Try changing the sample spending amounts below. These are illustrative, not required allocations.
Leave room for the unexpected. That’s a CEO skill.
THE JOURNEY
10 weeks to
your next chapter.
An action-focused path from business concept to a live pitch and a plan for continued growth.
WEEKS 01–03
Discover
Entrepreneurship, customers, business models, and planning.
WEEKS 04–07
Build
Budgeting, branding, business technology, and execution.
WEEKS 08–10
Launch
Marketing, financial review, pitch preparation, and next steps.
Illustrative sequence; final week-by-week schedule will be confirmed before the pilot.
LET'S BUILD SOMETHING BIG
Every great CEO
started somewhere.
Whether you're a future founder, a mentor, or an organization ready to invest in young entrepreneurs, there's a place for you in the LaunchPad story.
LaunchPad
TEEN CEOS
An initiative of VIBE Innovations Inc.
Building bosses and visionaries before graduation. A hands-on entrepreneurship program for teen founders.
In collaboration with
