Welcome To Project ECHO

A year-long program in entrepreneurship for high school teens culminating with the High School Entrepreneurs’ Business Plan Competition on campus at UCLA.

Now enrolling schools for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Teens learn to work in teams

as they ideate, create and pitch their business ideas.

UCLA lecture halls fill up

with family and friends as high school business teams pitch to judges who serve as venture capitalist funders.

Volunteer executives evaluate the team pitches

attended by more than 400 teens every year!

Renee and Meyer Luskin at the Business Plan Competition

with the team of students they sponsored from the

Alliance Luskin Academy High School.

Project ECHO is an activity based high school entrepreneurship program that aims to turn the classroom into a personally relevant, engaging and inclusive experience for every teenager. Through its robust entrepreneurship program inclusive of a formal curriculum, field trips to UCLA, mentorship provided by MBA candidates, school-site visits provided by local executives, assistance to schools to build community collaborations, and culminates with the annual High School Entrepreneurs’ Business Plan Competition, students complete Project ECHO college ready and career focused. More than 97% of respondents of a recent post program survey indicated that Project ECHO was their most memorable high school experience, and the same respondents indicated that they will refer to Project ECHO on their college applications and future employment applications.  Ok, one teen said he’d refer to it on his college application only after he wins the Competition.

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