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Young Innovators Bootcamp
Introducing Middle and High School Students to Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
About Young Innovators Bootcamp
The Young Innovators Bootcamp is an interactive summer program designed for 8-16 years old students. During this camp, students will undergo leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship training while learning how to develop their own solutions to unique social and environmental challenges.
Building the Foundation for the Next Generation of Changemakers: How The Young Innovators Bootcamp Works
The Young Innovators Bootcamp is specially designed for middle to high school students and is focused on providing a hands-on, interactive experience in social entrepreneurship and innovation.
Throughout the course of the camp, PIM facilitators walk students through the design thinking process to investigate a social or environmental challenge, ideate solutions, develop a prototype, and test their ideas. Students will also delve into startup topics including team building, customer identification, storytelling, and more.
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PREVIOUS EDITION
In July 2023, PIM delivered 3 back-to-back social entrepreneurship summer programs for the Harrow International School in Hong Kong. Over 250 students participated in the camp with the vast majority aged 8-16.
The program focused on building student’s leadership and social entrepreneurial skills while also guiding students to develop innovative solutions that can improve the overall well-being of Hong Kong’s elderly population in the context of poverty, social inequality, health, and the impacts of climate change.
Venture for Change (VFC) program with Qi Social Innovation Center
In 2025, Purpose in Motion (PIM), in partnership with the Qi Social Innovation Center and the Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs, proudly delivered VFC—a global social-entrepreneurship education initiative for students in Grades 7–12 (ages approx. 12–18). Drawing on the pedagogical frameworks of world-class institutions like Columbia Business School and Yale School of Management, the program guides young learners to adopt “business for good” mindsets, identify real-world challenges and pursue innovative solutions.
Through a dynamic mix of online learning modules, streamed live tutorials (including design thinking, social enterprise financial planning and pitch rehearsal), mentor-led coaching and a high-profile summit presentation, Fellows gained the ability to dissect social issues such as youth mental health, green supply chains, disability-integration, and care for left-behind children.
Participants accessed a dedicated learning portal, submitted interim and final proposals (by Dec 21 2025 and Jan 30 2026 respectively), produced a 3-minute pitch video (for remote teams) and prepared to present at the in-person Pitch Day and Asia Summit planned for early 2026.
By offering a progressive, experiential and purposeful curriculum—anchored in critical thinking, system-change awareness and social innovation—VFC empowers the next generation of changemakers to not only dream of a better future, but to design and launch the ventures that will make it real.