Leangap is an immersive startup incubator that empowers high school students to build their own scalable companies and non-profits. During one summer, Leangap helps students develop their ideas from concept to launch, with real customers and users.
COVID-19:
In light of worldwide events and in the interest of our students' safety, Leangap has made the decision to host our summer program online! Leangap Online will bring our renowned student experience and community directly to the safety and comfort of your home.
Thank you everyone for your interest in the Online Program 2020! We had over 1,500 applications from more than 20 countries.
Sign up here to get an advanced notice when we open applications for the Summer of 2021.
Hatikvah came to Leangap to create a non-profit that gives everyone a fighting chance at education, by providing low-income families access to tutoring. She's currently working on opening a lifestyle business to get Mexican culture out there and represent the community she's so passionate about.
While the vast majority of entrepreneurship programs for high school students only talk about ideas and validation, we take it one step further. We believe that only by building and selling can students truly learn the core fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
During the first week, student entrepreneurs will pitch ideas, form teams, validate business models, and create the first proof of concept of their products or services.
Yes, all of that in just the first week!
Teams will then create a minimum viable product with the guidance of our mentors and network.
They will then beta test with real customers and come back to the drawing board with their new learnings.
The ability to generate traction is what separates real startups from "projects". As soon as that first dollar hits your account, you have a company.
With the support of our mentors, students will get sales as soon as humanly possible.
On the last week, students will demo and pitch their company to a judging panel formed by investors, CEOs, technologists, and more.
Companies will be judged based on product-market fit, market size, traction, and pitching.
Every year, 1000+ highschoolers apply to Leangap with the wish of meeting and teaming up with like-minded geniuses and unleashing their inner Steve Jobs. But did you know that only 40 make it to our program? Apply today to get one spot for you!
Currently a Bioengineering student at Northeastern University, Taiki's interests lie in entrepreneurship and the startup community. He interned at the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, one of the top accelerators on the East Coast.
Having real entrepreneurs and technologists is the secret sauce to the world's leading teen entrepreneurship program. We invite only the brightest to Leangap, and that applies to mentors as well. Meet successful CEOs, TED speakers, startup founders, software engineers, marketers, and more. We have a 4:1 student to staff ratio.
Co-founder at Discovr Labs, Forbes 30 under 30, Thiel Fellow. She has an EdTech background having previously founded an educational nonprofit. Former research associate at CalTech.
While in college, Kaeya got a deal on ABC’s “Shark Tank” with a prototype for her first product, BZbox. She is now the founder of a venture-backed startup disrupting e-commerce.
Sadok is considered one of the "Most Innovative Creatives" by FastCompany magazine. Also a TEDx Speaker, he won a Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Innovation.
Oliy started top.gg at 15, which he has grown to over 6 million monthly users. He continues to develop the platform today and advises multiple companies for tech and investments needs.
Find out more about the rest of our team and mentors in this page.
Since Leangap started 5 years ago, hundreds of alumni have grown into successful startup founders, venture capitalists, prominent community leaders, outstanding business men and women, brilliant students at Ivy League colleges, remarkable interns at top tech companies, and more.
Amal has two years of experience in venture capital, from due diligence, market research, and fund management, to fundraising directly from limited partners. In 2017, she was the sole Rising Tide team member based in Seoul, South Korea where she raised a feed-fund from high-impact South Korean investors to co-invest with Rising Tide in Silicon Valley companies.
Benefit from these resources from our beloved partners when you join Leangap. Make use of our vast network to increase your chances of success.
For more answered questions, head over to the complete FAQ page.
COVID-19:
In light of worldwide events and in the interest of our students' safety, Leangap has made the decision to host our summer program online! Leangap Online will bring our renowned student experience and community directly to the safety and comfort of your home.
Thank you everyone for your interest in the Online Program 2020! We had over 1,500 applications from more than 20 countries.
Sign up here to get an advanced notice when we open applications for the Summer of 2021.