StarterSky Junior: First Venture
Ages 11 to 13
How does a business actually start?
A three-day entrepreneurship programme in Mumbai for children aged 11 to 13. Every great business began with someone noticing a problem. Over three mornings, your child hears how real founders started out, then does the same with an idea of their own.
WHO
Children aged 11 to 13
WHERE
Lower Parel, Mumbai
FEE
₹12,500 + tax
A different kind of class
Most business classes end with a worksheet.
Ours ends with your child standing next to something they made, explaining it to you.
A usual class
- ×Definitions to copy down
- ×A made-up company from a textbook
- ×A group project where one child does the work
- ×A certificate at the end
StarterSky Junior
- ✓A true story to start every day
- ✓An idea that belongs to your child
- ✓A name, a price and a venture board, all their own
- ✓A morning where you see what they made
The three days
One idea, built step by step.
Every morning opens with a true story about how a real business began. Then it is your child’s turn.
Find a problem worth solving
- ✓ Look for everyday problems at school, at home and around them
- ✓ Choose one, and picture the person who has it
- ✓ Say the idea in one clear sentence
Name it, build it, price it
- ✓ Learn what people think of the idea, then improve it
- ✓ Give the venture a name and make something that shows how it works
- ✓ Work out a fair price and what it would cost to make
Finish it and show it
- ✓ Finish the venture board so anyone can follow it without help
- ✓ Rehearse how to explain it clearly and confidently
- ✓ Present at The Big Reveal, with parents visiting
What your child walks away with
Their own venture, ready to show.
A venture board
The problem, the person, the offer, the name and the price, in their own words.
A name and a price
Chosen and worked out by your child, with the reasons behind them.
An idea that is theirs
Something they started from scratch and can explain to anyone.
Who it is for
Built for children who are curious about how things work.
The one with ideas
Always has one. Never knows what to do with it. This is where it goes.
The one who asks why
Wonders why a shop sells what it sells. Always curious.
The one who spots problems
Notices what is annoying and wonders how it could be fixed.
The one who makes things
Always building, drawing or taking something apart.
The quiet thinker
Has good ideas and is shy about sharing them.
How to join
How to join is simple.
1
Apply
Fill in a short form.
2
We will contact you
We will get in touch about confirming your spot.
3
Pay and you are in
Complete the payment and your child’s place is confirmed.
Questions parents ask
Good to know.
It is a three-day entrepreneurship programme in Mumbai for children aged 11 to 13, run by StarterSky. Each child works on a venture of their own, from finding a problem to presenting it.
We are planning one: five weekends, online. Join the waitlist at the bottom of this page and we will write to you with the details.
They will come up with an idea of their own and work it through, from the problem to the name and the price, and then present it.
The fee is ₹12,500 plus tax. After you apply, we will contact you about confirming your spot.
Their venture board and everything they made over the three days.
Parents are warmly invited to see what the children made on Day 3. The other days are for the children to work freely with our facilitators.
Not in Mumbai? Join the waitlist for our online program.
Five weekends, online, from wherever you are. Add your name and we will write to you with the details.