Turn your school fundraiser into a hands-on entrepreneurship experience.
Not Your Typical Fundraiser
With Young CEO Squad, your fundraiser becomes a hands-on classroom experience where students actually run a business.
They:
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Start their own small business
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Price and sell real products
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Learn financial literacy, communication, and problem-solving
It’s engaging for students, easy for teachers, and meaningful for your school community.
Why We Love This:
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Hands-on learning
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Shows real-world examples of math skills (pricing products, cost of goods, return on investment)
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Introduces basic selling skills
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Teaches kids to be responsible in how they care for their products and manage money
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Focuses on goal setting
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Rewards students based on their effort selling their products
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Builds resilience and persistence asking for the sale
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Builds confidence by talking to adults
How Does it Work?
This experience starts as an auction item—and keeps going.
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A parent sponsors the program through the auction
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The organization selects and purchases the Workshop from Young CEO Squad.
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The teacher distributes the materials
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Students use the guidebook to go step-by-step through the hands-on business experience in class
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As directed by the teacher, students sell real products
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The class can generate additional funds through sales of the included products
It’s a fundraiser that doesn’t end when the auction does.
Trusted in Classrooms. Meaningful for Students.
Young CEO Squad has been used in over 300 classrooms nationwide, helping educators bring hands-on entrepreneurship education to life.
Today, many parents are asking the same question: How will my child succeed in a world shaped by AI?
Entrepreneurship helps students build the skills that matter most:
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Thinking critically and solving problems
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Communicating ideas clearly
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Adapting when things don’t go as planned
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Taking initiative and building confidence
These aren’t just business skills—they’re life skills.
What the Auction Winner Sponsors
A 30-student Entrepreneurship Workshop-in-a-Box, run by their child's teacher. The number of pouches can be customized for the number of students.
For the teacher:
✔ No prep required
✔ No entrepreneurship experience needed
✔ The guidebook is designed for grades 3–5, with a familiar workbook-style format
✔ Includes read-aloud sections and built-in space for student reflection and planning
✔ Easy to use anytime (reward, enrichment, or even with a substitute)
✔ Includes everything—30 pouches that contain 30 guides and products to sell
What are Educators Saying?
"This activity enabled us to really focus on entrepreneurship skills and mindset because the supplies were provided. The workbooks were easy to use for older students (3rd-5th)."
Pamela Steurer
Delaware City Schools
Delaware, Ohio
"Students were excited to create business plans so that they could maximize their profit. It took some time for them to come up with the most effective plan but once they did they eagerly shared with the class. This was a very enriching project that will set them up for success in the future."
Danielle Moreland
Randall G. Lynch Middle
Farmington, Arkansas
"Students loved this activity and they did an amazing job selling them to the other classmates throughout the school. This along with the stickers allowed my students to raise money to attend different field trips and be involved in community events. This is a great alternative to candy or food sales."
Tina Felger
Volney Rogers Elementary School
Youngstown, Ohio
What Products Do Students Sell?
Kid Business Start Up Kits: Keychains
Kids can sell the keychains with 3 shoe charms each and have 3 charms left to sell. Kids and adults alike love picking out their charms and creating a custom keychain while the students makes their recommendations.
Each Keychain Start Up Kit Contains:
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5 mixed silicone keychains & clips
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18 mixed charms
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Resealable carrying bag
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Getting Started booklet
Estimated revenue per student: $28
Kid Business Start Up Kit: Stickers
People love to decorate their computers, water bottles, folders and many other things with these durable, water-proof, high quality vinyl stickers.
Each Sticker Start Up Kit Contains:
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30 mixed vinyl stickers
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5 customer envelopes
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Resealable carrying bag
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Getting Started booklet
Estimated revenue per student: $30
Kid Business Start Up Kit: Reusable Straws
Switching to reusable straws can replace up to 580 plastic straws per person per year. Use this product in tandem with your conservation lessons.
Each Reusable Straw Start-Up Kit Contains:
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6 reusable straws in cases with pipe cleaners
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Resealable carrying bag
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Getting Started booklet
Estimated revenue per student: $24
Emme, New York
"Just wanted to say our family has quickly become big fans of @YoungCEOSquad . Our 9 year-old daughter Emerson, received a Reusable Straw Kit & Sticker Kit from "Santa" this year. This past weekend she got to work reading through the book and planning her reusable straw business. While she has sold to friends and neighbors, she also wanted to create a website to take & ship orders to people across the country. In a matter of a couple hours and with minimal help from Dad (me) she spun up her own website. It has been incredible to see her jump into learning and loving entrepreneurship. One night after she went to sleep she received multiple orders via her website. When she woke the next morning and logged into her account to find the new orders, a lightbulb went off...as an entrepreneur she can make money while sleeping! 🙏
Thank you very much for creating such a fun and educational guide for children! It's nice to finally find a tool that teaches children entrepreneurship in a way that is exciting and rewarding like you have."