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PROJECT ECHO PROGRAMS
Entrepreneurship ignites creativity, innovation, business acumen, public speaking and team work.
Launching ECHO
Launching ECHO
U.C. Approved Semester-Long Course
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Bring entrepreneurship to life in your classroom or club. Offered as a UC-approved semester-long course or a one-hour-a-week enrichment activity, Launching ECHO guides students through the entrepreneurial journey. Working in teams, students ideate and develop a business, build a comprehensive pitch, and compete in the Teen Entrepreneurs’ Business Plan Competition. Project-based and highly engaging, the program builds real-world skills in leadership, collaboration, and innovation.
Middle School C.E.O.
Middle School C.E.O.
Incredibly hands-on, this semester-long introduction to business and entrepreneurship was developed with tweens in mind. Students work in teams to ideate and develop a business, build a pitch, and showcase their start-up in a classroom-based event. Project-based and highly engaging, the program builds real-world skills in leadership, collaboration, and innovation—bringing entrepreneurship to life in your classroom or club with just one hour a week.
SUMMER
Campus-Based Summer Program
supports socio-emotional learning
Bridge the summer with a customizable, project-based entrepreneurship program for middle or high school students. Adapted from Launching ECHO, this hands-on experience builds teamwork, communication, creative thinking, public speaking, and career tech skills. Students collaborate to develop business ideas, craft pitches, and present their ventures—making entrepreneurship real, relevant, and engaging throughout the summer.
Entrepreneurship Club
Launch your High School Entrepreneurship Club
Project ECHO's Entrepreneurship Club Playbook provides meeting ideas and activities that will meet the entrepreneurial interests of your students.
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Interested in competing in the Business Plan Competition? Add Launching ECHO into your club to help prepare teens to form businesses and prepare their pitches!
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*Launching ECHO is a fee-based program.
Morgan Stanley
Entrepreneurship Academy
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Launching 2026
Morgan Stanley
Entrepreneurship Academy
In partnership with Morgan Stanley, the MSEA is an entrepreneurship program focused on preparing students for future cersonal and business finance, and preparing students for future careers in finance. This project-based program contracts with high schools and after-school programs to engage with juniors and seniors.
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​Organizations may qualify for subsidized registration if more than 75% of their student enrollment represents people of color.
Business Plan Competition
Add a Capstone Event ​
To Your Entrepreneurship Class
Add Project ECHO's Annual Business Plan Competition to conclude your entrepreneurship class. This annual spring event attracts hundreds of teen start-up teams that compete in person in Los Angeles or virtually on Zoom.
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Registration is open until February.
Campus-Based Summer Program
Offer a multi-week entrepreneurship summer program to your middle or high school students. Progams include teacher professional development, full curricluum, all licensing fees and a supported classroom-based capstone event. Exceptional program encourages teamwork, communications, public speaking and more!
Campus-Based Summer Program
Offer a multi-week entrepreneurship summer program to your middle or high school students. Progams include teacher professional development, full curricluum, all licensing fees and a supported classroom-based capstone event. Exceptional program encourages teamwork, communications, public speaking and more!
