StartupYou

Creating Life Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

StartupYou is a unique future leaders program that prepares K–12 students to become lifelong learners and be future-ready in an uncertain world.

Here they thrive to learn, unlearn, and relearn, as well as to upskill, reskill, rediscover, and reinvent continuously.

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Why StartupYou

StartupYou prepares K 12 students to become lifelong learners and future-ready, a future we do not know, a future that is becoming increasing volatile, uncertain, complex and full of ambiguity.

StartupYou will equip learner with the desired mindset, entrepreneurial competencies and intrinsic motivation, to learn, unlearn and relearn, as well as to upskill, reskill, re-discover and reinvent themselves continuously. At any point in their lives, students will have the choice and opportunity to lead an entrepreneurial life – from creating a business or social enterprise, to creating an extraordinary life.

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Meet our Life Entrepreneurs

From unlocking their own potential, our SUY students have decided to unlock the potential of other kids their age.

Y2C projects aim at uplifting lives and providing them with the confidence to live in the VUCA world.

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SUY students, Sarthak Sangare and Vedika Agarwal (Grade 9 at IISP) have founded a community service initiative called ‘Opening Doors’ – For the Students, By the Students.

Covid 19 Immunization Drive was organized today, 29th March ’22 by Sarthak and Vedika for students of government school, Hutatma Balveer Shirishkumar Vidyalay, Shivajinagar, Pune.

Corbevax vaccine was given to 80 students of 12 to 14 years age group, while Covaxin vaccine was given to 113 students of the age group of 15 to 17 years. In total, 193 students were vaccinated today in the school premises.

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On 5th June ’22, World Environment Day, SUY students, Sarthak Sangare and Vedika Agarwal (Grade 9 at IISP)1 through their community service initiative ‘Opening Doors’ have raised INR 1,26,000/- through online crowdfunding to provide two Bio Toilets to Grade 1 to 4 students of government school in Lodhungwadi-Pait, Taluka Khed, 63 kms from Pune. The students of this school had no toilets and were using open ground for urination and defecation.
Tiger Toilet System is used in this project for the process of vermifiltration, which efficiently treats toilet waste, as compared to septic tanks and pit latrines.
A special kind of earthworms, called Tiger worms, are used as culture in the subterranean Bio Digester on-site to convert the solid waste into vermicompost.
This process does not generate any odour or flies and is highly sustainable.
This vermicompost is rich in NPK (Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium) and suitable to be used in agriculture and gardening.

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StartupYou’s student influencer, Maanya Singh, is the founder of Incuba-Naari, a non-profit organization providing a platform that incubates Indian women-owned businesses and amplifies their entrepreneurial journey. In phases 1 & 2, Incuba-Naari created an online community of over 500 Indian women entrepreneurs and has amplified over 50 women-owned small businesses. Maanya’s vision is to incubate 100 women-owned businesses to empower 100 communities across India by December 2023. She is the recipient of the MYP Student Innovators’ Grant for 21-22.

Anaya Jethanandani, student influencer of StartupYou is the founder of FINWIN, a not-for-profit initiative. The initiative began with her StartupYou journey, where she was asked a big question, “ What is that you can give to this Life and Community?” a path towards recognizing her Tikun Olam. This journey allowed her to indemnify her strengths, develop competencies aligned to her goals and discover the need for a solution in the community. Her vision is to bridge the gender finance gap in our society by holding financial literacy workshops and providing mobile financial services for women from lower socioeconomic strata, making them independent decision-makers on their finances. She is the recipient of the MYP Student Innovators’ Grant for 21-22.
300 +
Life Entrepreneurs
100 +
Hours of Live Interaction
10 +
Leadership Sessions

Who is a Life Entrepreneur?

To survive in the future, which is very Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA), students need to develop an entrepreneurial mindset such as being Goal-Minded, having a Purpose in Life, Problem-Solving Attitude, being Creative and Innovative minded, Risk-taking and Coping with failure.

When one applies principles of entrepreneurship to life, they become a Life Entrepreneur
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Transforming One Life at a Time

We prepare students to become lifelong learners and be future-ready. 

Learners will develop a growth mindset and entrepreneurial competencies through our online experiential learning modules.

Enhance your learning through direct interaction with industry mentors, entrepreneurs, and internship opportunities.

Who is a Life Entrepreneur?

To survive in the future, which is very Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA), students need to develop an entrepreneurial mindset such as being Goal-Minded, having a Purpose in Life, Problem-Solving Attitude, being Creative and Innovative minded, Risk-taking and Coping with failure.

When one applies principles of entrepreneurship to life, they become a Life Entrepreneur
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Transforming One Life at a Time

We prepare students to become lifelong learners and be future-ready. 

Learners will develop a growth mindset and entrepreneurial competencies through our online experiential learning modules.

Enhance your learning through direct interaction with industry mentors, entrepreneurs, and internship opportunities.

Our Courses

Most Purchased

₹ 5,000

7 Weeks
21 Hours

StartupYou Beginner
Course

MOST POPULAR

₹ 10,000

12 Weeks
36 Hours

StartupYou Intermediate Course

BEST VALUE

₹ 15,000

15 Weeks
45 Hours

StartupYou Advanced Course

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Testimonials

StartupYou is really a good platform to develop our Entrepreneurial skills, if we are aiming to become a successful person in all aspects of our life. I was part of the beginner level, where I had really good experience with trainer and seekers as well. At the end of every session, we have been assigned with the quests, which really helped to practice in our day-to-day life.

Poorvi Tanappa - Belgaum

StartupYou conducted sessions online for five weeks and they were for grades 7 to 11. The sessions provided a lot of information on design thinking, creative mindset, time management, goal setting and gave a basic introduction on how to start or run a business. There were also a lot of fun activities conducted such as the idea bank, SMART-C goals and creative thinking.

Rahi Samant - Belgaum

StartupYou has changed my life. Ever since I joined, I have learnt numerous concepts about life and how to live life. This curriculum has taught me that academics without a sense of direction in life is futile. This program will prepare you for life by developing competencies of the 21st century. You learn to develop a practical understanding of the business world.

Nishanth Reddy Aduma - Hyderabad

The StartupYou experience was beyond words. After many successful sessions I was able discover just how enjoyable learning about new ideas and processes can be. I will continue to keep this experience close to my heart because it enabled me to fulfill my Tikkun Olam & taught me about how to lead a triumphant life along the way keeping in mind the core values.

JAY PASI - Bangalore

    Mentors

    Natarajan Gopalan

    Global Head-PMI Business Solutions

    Uday Saxena

    Co-founder - Reagene Biosciences

    Rajarshi Moitra

    Chief Commercial Officer

    Sanjay Kulkarni

    Founder Genesis Solutions (India)

    Prabhash Nirbhay

    Founder & CEO Flipcarbon

    Dr. Ashwin Naik

    Founder Manah Wellness

    Sabari Ayyappan

    CRO at Dynamite XDT

    Samarth Kholkar

    CEO & Co-Founder BLive

    Vivek Bhutyani

    VP & YouTube head Vedantu

    Shilpa Reddy

    Co-Founder at SustainKart

    Ishan Sukul

    Full Stack Founder, Kreo

    Kapil Gaba

    Sr Advisor, Country Head, OneValley

    Lakshmi Malhotra

    Founder-Resham Dor

    Sonal Srivastava

    Award winning seasoned Design leader | AVP, Creative Head (BYJU's)

    Anurag Singh

    Founder & Chief Design Engineer at AMEM

    Manoj Anchan

    Founder of HQGPL

    Pooja Kapoor

    Expert Marketer

    Prasad Savarapu

    Business Strategist

    FAQs

    The StartupYou (SuY) program is structured not only to develop competencies to be business ready but to make each student life ready and market ready, to build a mindset that will make them ‘life entrepreneurs’ who are lifelong learners regardless of any environment they are in, and will succeed in any career they choose to pursue.

    Children aren’t required to spend excessive amounts of time on-screen, encouraging learning at their own pace. Classes consist of brief sessions curated by specialized faculty members, with an emphasis on fun, engaging, interactive learning.

    StartupYou focuses on building and developing an entrepreneurial mindset within students and its key outcomes/main deliverables include:

    a. Creative confidence – in other words, inculcating a specific set of skills and innovative competencies which can be used throughout personal journeys.

    b. Enhancing problem solving skills by developing a designer’s mindset.

    c. Individuals who are both pragmatic and morally sound. That is, versatile young leaders who are also able to add value to society through their entrepreneurial ventures.

    d. Guide students on how to design their future in order to remain relevant in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous [VUCA] world.

    e. Development of critical leadership and associated competencies like purpose, vision, anti-fragility, empathy, adaptability, risk-taking, growth mindset, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and persuasive communication.

    Experiences can be direct and indirect. In terms of the former, i.e., hands-on experience, the following are some of the opportunities:

    a. Design thinking projects

    b. Virtual Internships

    c. Business Challenges & Hackathons

    d. Pursuing goals to achieve one’s Vision.

    StartupYou programs are online and open to all students from Grade 7 onwards. The sessions are after school hours and feasible for students to attend after their regular day. Every student will have 1 hour of a live faculty session (batch slots are 5.30 to 6.30 pm and 7 to 8 pm from Monday – Friday) and 1 hour on a Saturday morning to interact with Industry experts/ entrepreneurs and collaborate on their ideas. The curriculum is designed to develop leadership, business and innovation competencies and is structured based on the levels – Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced