Imagine It. Design It. Print It.

Best for: Kids who love inventing, engineering, toys, building, designing objects, technology, or figuring out how things work.
Suggested Ages: 9–14
Experience Level: Beginner-friendly
Prerequisite: None

What happens when a child's drawing becomes something they can actually hold?

Young 3D Creators Launch Lab takes students from imagination to physical prototype.
Students learn introductory product development and 3D design while exploring how inventors and entrepreneurs create physical products.
They identify a problem or opportunity, sketch ideas, create a simple digital model, produce a prototype, test it, improve it, and explore what it would take to turn their creation into a real product.
 

Students Will Learn How To:

• Identify problems that could be solved with a physical product
• Generate invention ideas
• Research existing products
• Identify their target customer
• Sketch product concepts
• Understand basic 3D-design principles
• Create a beginner-friendly digital model
• Understand basic 3D-printing concepts
• Produce a physical prototype
• Test the prototype
• Identify design problems
• Improve the product
• Understand basic material and production costs
• Develop pricing
• Create a product name and brand
• Develop packaging concepts
• Create a sales pitch
• Present their invention

 

Confidence Skills

Students practice patience, experimentation, spatial thinking, persistence, troubleshooting, innovation, receiving feedback, and confidently presenting something they invented.
 

Final Outcome

Students leave with:
A 3D-designed product + physical prototype + brand + pricing concept + packaging concept + product pitch.

The program can conclude with a Young Inventors Showcase.

 

 

Create Your First Digital Product.

Best for: Kids interested in design, art, printables, educational resources, templates, planners, activity books, or creating things on a computer.

Suggested Ages: 8–13
Experience Level: Beginner-friendly
Prerequisite: None

Digital products give young creators an exciting opportunity to turn knowledge, creativity, and ideas into something useful without needing physical inventory.
In Young Digital Creators Launch Lab, students learn how to identify something people need and turn that need into a useful digital product.
Projects might include activity packs, educational resources, printables, planners, games, digital artwork, templates, or other age-appropriate creations.

Students learn that good design isn't simply about making something look pretty.
It's about making something useful for a specific person.

Students Will Learn How To:

• Identify a customer need
• Choose an appropriate digital product
• Research similar products
• Plan their product
• Create and organize the content
• Learn basic digital design principles
• Build the product using age-appropriate tools
• Test usability
• Gather feedback
• Revise and improve their product
• Create a brand
• Develop product mockups
• Understand digital-product pricing
• Write a simple product description
• Create a marketing plan
• Prepare the product for launch

 

Confidence Skills

Students practice creativity, independent thinking, technology skills, attention to detail, accepting feedback, finishing what they start, and sharing their creations.
 

Final Outcome

Students leave with:
A completed digital product + brand + product mockups + pricing + product description + launch plan.

 

 

Turn What You Can Do Into a Business That Helps Others.

Best for: Kids who enjoy helping, teaching, organizing, caring for animals, performing tasks, or using a skill to serve others.
Suggested Ages: 8–14
Experience Level: Beginner-friendly
Prerequisite: None

Entrepreneurship doesn't always require inventing a product.
Sometimes the most valuable thing a young entrepreneur can offer is a skill.

Young Service Entrepreneurs Launch Lab helps kids identify something they can safely and confidently do for others and turn it into a simple service business.

Examples might include age-appropriate tutoring, pet care, plant watering, yard assistance, organizing, beginner sports instruction, art lessons, technology help, party assistance, or other parent-approved services.
Students learn how to identify a customer need, design their service, create packages, establish pricing, develop a brand, communicate professionally, market safely, and deliver a positive customer experience.

Students Will Learn How To:

• Identify their strengths and useful skills
• Find problems they can help solve
• Identify appropriate customers
• Research similar services
• Define exactly what their service includes
• Create simple service packages
• Determine age-appropriate pricing
• Understand time, expenses, and profit
• Develop a business name and brand
• Create flyers or other marketing materials
• Practice introducing their service
• Communicate professionally with customers
• Understand customer service
• Create a simple booking/customer process
• Ask for feedback
• Understand repeat customers and referrals
• Prepare to find their first customer

 

Safety & Parent Partnership

Because service businesses can involve direct customer interaction, parent involvement is an important part of this Launch Lab.
Parents help establish appropriate boundaries around communication, payments, transportation, locations, scheduling, supervision, and which customers the child may serve.

Confidence Skills

Students practice communication, responsibility, initiative, reliability, problem-solving, customer interaction, professionalism, and recognizing that their skills can create value for others.
 

Final Outcome

Students leave with:
A launch-ready service business + service packages + pricing + brand + marketing materials + customer process + sales pitch.

 

 

Turn What You Love Making Into a Real Product.

Best for: Kids who love crafting, drawing, building, designing, making jewelry, creating accessories, making toys, or working with their hands.

Suggested Ages: 8–13
Experience Level: Beginner-friendly
Prerequisite: None

Making something is exciting.
Learning that something you created can solve a problem, bring someone joy, and even become a business is even more powerful.

Young Makers Launch Lab helps kids transform creativity into entrepreneurship.

Students move from product idea to prototype while learning how real product businesses work.
They explore materials, product design, customer needs, testing, costs, pricing, packaging, branding, inventory, marketing, customer service, and selling.

Students Will Learn How To:

• Identify products they enjoy creating
• Find a customer or problem their product can serve
• Research similar products
• Develop a product concept
• Create and test prototypes
• Gather customer feedback
• Improve their product
• Calculate basic material costs
• Understand pricing and profit
• Create a product name and brand
• Design simple packaging
• Create product displays and marketing materials
• Practice customer service
• Learn how to confidently sell a product
• Prepare for their first selling opportunity

Confidence Skills

Students practice creativity, patience, problem-solving, handling mistakes, receiving feedback, talking to customers, decision-making, and taking pride in their work.

Final Outcome

Students leave with:
A finished product + tested prototype + pricing + packaging + brand + marketing materials + sales pitch.
Whenever possible, students can progress to opportunities to sell their products to real customers.

Turn a Problem Into Your First Working App.

Best for: Kids interested in technology, AI, problem-solving, apps, computers, innovation, or inventing.

Suggested Ages: 9–14
Experience Level: Beginner-friendly; basic computer skills recommended
Prerequisite: No previous coding experience required

Kids use apps every day.
What changes when they realize they can become the people who create technology instead of only consuming it?

Young App Creators Launch Lab introduces students to entrepreneurship, product thinking, technology, and age-appropriate AI-assisted development.

Students begin with a real problem—not technology.
They identify who experiences the problem, research existing solutions, determine what their app needs to do, sketch the user experience, and create a simple MVP or working prototype using accessible technology tools.

The goal isn't to turn children into professional software developers.

The goal is to help them understand:
“Technology is a tool I can use to solve problems and create.”

Students Will Learn How To:

• Identify a problem worth solving
• Define their target user
• Research existing solutions
• Validate an app idea
• Decide which features are essential
• Understand the concept of an MVP
• Sketch screens and user journeys
• Create simple wireframes
• Use age-appropriate AI and no-code/vibe-coding tools
• Build an initial web-app prototype
• Test their app with users
• Gather and evaluate feedback
• Improve their MVP
• Create an app name and brand
• Explore simple business models
• Create a marketing message
• Present and demonstrate their app

 

Confidence Skills

Students practice experimentation, logical thinking, asking for help, troubleshooting, handling things that don't work, creative problem-solving, presenting technology, and learning unfamiliar tools.
 

Final Outcome

Students leave with:
A working app prototype/MVP + app brand + customer understanding + basic business model + Demo Day presentation.
The program concludes with a Demo Day, where students demonstrate what they built and explain the problem it solves.

 

You've Built It. Now Let's Grow It.

Best for: Young entrepreneurs who already have a product, service, app, book, digital product, or existing small business.

Suggested Ages: 9–15
Experience Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: An existing product, service, or business idea that has progressed beyond the discovery stage.

Creating something is only the beginning.
The Young Entrepreneur Accelerator helps students experience what happens after launch.
Instead of starting another hypothetical business, students work on their actual business.

They learn from real customers, real feedback, real numbers, and real decisions.
Students examine what's working, what isn't, what customers are saying, how much they're earning and spending, and what they should improve next.
The focus moves from:
“Can I create this?”
to:
“How can I make this better and grow it?”

Students Will Learn How To:

• Set meaningful business goals
• Review their existing product or service
• Gather and analyze customer feedback
• Improve their offer
• Understand revenue, expenses, and profit
• Track basic business numbers
• Revisit pricing
• Understand the difference between sales and profit
• Create simple budgets
• Improve marketing
• Practice selling
• Develop customer-service skills
• Create repeat-customer strategies
• Understand referrals
• Improve displays, packaging, listings, or presentations
• Plan inventory or capacity
• Test new ideas
• Make decisions using real customer information
• Develop a simple growth plan

 

Real-World Selling

A major part of the Accelerator should be giving young entrepreneurs opportunities to practice entrepreneurship outside the classroom.
Whenever possible, students can participate in BFL-supported markets, youth business fairs, community events, showcases, pop-ups, or other appropriate selling opportunities.

Students learn how to:

• Set up their selling space
• Welcome customers
• Explain their product or service
• Answer questions
• Handle cash/card transactions with appropriate adult supervision
• Track sales
• Practice customer service
• Observe what customers respond to
• Reflect on what worked
• Make improvements for the next selling opportunity.

 

Confidence Skills

Students develop resilience, independence, responsibility, communication, adaptability, goal-setting, leadership, decision-making, and the confidence that comes from interacting with real customers.
 

Final Outcome

Students leave with:
Real-world selling experience + customer feedback + improved offer + sales/profit tracking + stronger marketing + measurable business goals + personalized growth plan.