2022 Impact
In 2022, we exceeded a cumulative 777K students, educators, caregivers and community members impacted by our entrepreneur programs and curriculum.
These kids mean business!! In 2022 we helped 21 kids through our Spark Mentorship Program!
2022 Graduates of the VentureLab Spark Startup Materials & ESTEAM® Mentorship & Materials Program ("Cohort 7").
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2022 Youth Pitches
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17-Year-Old Madison's Pitch for Effortlessly You
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13-Year-Old Camille's Pitch for Blue Blossom Slimez
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12-Year-Old Isabella's Pitch for Inch by Inch
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13-Year-Old Joshua's Pitch for Jam by Josh
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13-Year-Old Kimora's Pitch for KD’s Kustom Treats
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16-year-old Kartik's pitch for his invention, SugarJet, a painless affordable insulin pump
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14-year-old Kellee's pitch for her customizable jewelry business, Kellee's Little Things
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13-year-old Myiah's Mocha Beans Boutique Pitch
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15-Year-Old Isabel's Pet.ly Pitch
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14-Year-Old Anjana's RecipEazy Pitch
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10-Year-Old Aurora's Slime Science Pitch
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10-Year-Old Amani's Rose Bows Pitch
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10-Year-Old Aspen's Freestyle Crochet Pitch
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13-Year-Old Zephyr's Perfect Dicez Pitch
Empowering students with mindsets for success
Over the past year, we grew our impact with diverse youth entrepreneurs:
of our direct delivery participants are girls or students of color
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In 2022, VentureLab made it even easier for students to start their own company or pitch their businesses with more free tools!
What Our Entrepreneurial Youth and Educators told us in 2022:
Highlights from 2022
Letter from Ethan about the power of mentorship though VentureLab
This note of appreciation was sent to us by Ethan, one of our Spark Mentorship students who was incredibly grateful for the mentorship provided by VentureLab’s team.
An elementary school class singing the Entrepreneurship Song
An elementary school class sang the Entrepreneurship Song.
Shared by Lisa S., an Entrepreneurship teacher in Nashville, TN. She was teaching our Topics in Entrepreneurship Grades 1-2
Find our original Entrepreneurship Song lyrics here.
"My kid's confidence has increased SO MUCH!"
– Tammy Black, CEO of community based afterschool org in Detroit on scholarship serving 15 youth, 7-15 in an 8-week summer program using VentureLab.
All of the girls in our program were from socioeconomically disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds. The girls gave us great feedback about their confidence in going out and starting their businesses. Empowering girls to shape their own futures by providing the skills and resources necessary to pursue entrepreneurship is invaluable and we really appreciate the support from VentureLab!
Julia Racadio
Never the Less, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Thank you SO MUCH for enabling us to create a brighter for the kids in the Fort Worth Stop 6 area. We are forever grateful that, through your gift, we are empowered to positively impact the children, families, and communities that are typically overlooked.
Juleon Lewis
Executive Director of Pura Vida, Fort Worth, TX
Using it (VentureLab Topics in Entrepreneurship) for 5 weeks now. I downloaded it, opened it up, starting using and it works! The VentureLab resources and they're easy to follow! If I can do it, then so can other teachers! Your activities have meat! Other entrepreneurship programs are more like appetizers. VentureLab offers a full course meal. The students are engaged and they're liking the activities, especially when they get to make things.
Bill Lindsey
Entrepreneurship Teacher, Kansas City, MO
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Thank you to our top 2022 individual donors
Ana Villegas
Patty & Matt Schatz
Matthew Ochsner
Jeffery Davis & Kathy Holland
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Pat Koen
Elizabeth Gibson
Dana & Charles Ramos
Ashley & Dave Endler
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