AI Entrepreneurs

Design Thinking + AI prototyping. Launch real mini-ventures.

Ages 12-18 10 weeks Lisbon Starts September 2026

Summer Intensive

AI Entrepreneurs × Brave Generation Academy — 5-day programme in Cascais, 6–10 July, led by Arjun Nair

Ages 15+ · €590 · Registrations via BGA

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How it Works

10 weeks

1x per week

€

€390

10% sibling discount

Lisbon (central)

Details shared upon enrollment

Ages 12-18

Next Cohort

starting September 2026

Saturdays · 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Skills You'll Unlock

Apply Design Thinking methodology to real-world problems

Use AI tools to rapidly prototype and iterate on ideas

Create professional brand assets and marketing materials

Understand business fundamentals and revenue models

Pitch confidently to diverse audiences

Build a portfolio showcasing your entrepreneurial projects

Develop collaboration and leadership skills through teamwork

The Full Story

AI Entrepreneurs is our flagship program for young innovators who want to turn ideas into reality. This isn’t a typical classroom experience—it’s a hands-on journey from identifying a problem to launching a solution, all powered by modern AI tools.

Students will learn the complete entrepreneurial process: empathizing with users, defining problems worth solving, ideating creative solutions, prototyping rapidly, and presenting their work to real audiences. By the end of the program, each student will have built and pitched their own mini-venture.

This program emphasizes creativity, communication, and entrepreneurial thinking over technical coding skills. It’s perfect for students who are curious about business, design, or simply want to make something meaningful.

Your 10-Week Roadmap

Week 1

Build your first AI app

Game Design, Shark Tank business analysis, build lovable/bolt prototype.

Week 2

Design Thinking Sprint

Stanford University's structured process to uncover user needs.

Week 3

Team formation + research

Structured evaluation of ideas; AI-assisted research (NotebookLM).

Week 4

Learn from success & failure

Fun hands on design project; entrepreneurial mindset, analyze real startups.

Week 5

Define → Ideate → Prototype

Create interview script, collect responses, v0 prototype, feedback analysis.

Week 6

MVP & simple business model

Ship MVP link (GitHub Pages), pricing hypothesis, unit economics.

Week 7

Branding & go-to-market

Logo in Canva, intro video, positioning one-liner, marketing plan.

Week 8

Sales experiments (ethical)

Run small tests; track sign-ups/objections; iterate product & pricing.

Week 9

Pitchcraft + polish

Refine MVP and assets; multiple rounds of pitches with feedback.

Week 10

Showcase & celebration

Parent audience, live demos, certificates, awards, next-steps plan.

In Their Own Words

Learners share what it was really like.

"I didn't know I would be this excited about the course. I couldn't wait for Saturday to arrive."

"We learned that it's ok to fail sometimes when you're building things, and then we got to eat marshmallows at the end."

Your Guide

Arjun Nair

Lead Instructor

Arjun co-founded Great Learning, a global edtech platform that reached 12 million learners across 170+ countries and scaled to over $100M in revenue. He holds an MS from Duke and an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he received the Legatum Fellowship for entrepreneurship.

He has spoken at Stanford, MIT Sloan, and Columbia, and was named to BW Businessworld's 40 Under 40.

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