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One Program. A Lifetime Mindset.

The full program is free for every selected participant.

YEnG is a free entrepreneurship program for Romanian high school students built around practical learning.

[ WHO IT’S FOR ]

Who we’re looking for.

You don’t need a startup, a business plan or a polished pitch. We look at how you think and how you work with others.

You?

  • You ask questions and want to know how things really work.

  • You’re willing to test an idea and learn from feedback.

  • You listen, contribute and build with others.

  • You’re ready to show up and put in the work.

  • For high-school students in Romania
  • No business experience needed

[ THE PROGRAM ]

From “I have an idea” two “I know how two build it.”

Educational
Program

[ 05 PILLARS ]

  1. Trainers & Business Mentors

    Learn from trainers and mentors with real business experience, through hands-on activities.

  2. Entrepreneurial Curriculum

    Five practical modules, from finding a real problem to pitching your idea.

  3. Special Guests

    Entrepreneurs and specialists share real lessons, mistakes and strategies from their own journeys.

  4. Online & Offline Networking

    Build a network of ambitious students who share your interest in business, online and offline.

  5. Competitions

    Case challenges, pitching rounds and a final business pitch in front of a jury of entrepreneurs.

What you’ll do.

Five modules, each practised on a real idea with your team.

  1. Identify a real problem by talking to the people who experience it.

  2. Share responsibilities, make decisions and work well as a team.

  3. Map who your idea serves, how it works, and its basic costs and revenue.

  4. Test your assumptions with real people and use what you learn to improve the idea.

  5. Explain your idea clearly, present it and answer questions.

You leave having developed and tested an idea, pitched it and worked in a team, whether or not it becomes a company.

Design Thinking

noun phrase // problem-solving approach

A way of solving problems by understanding people’s needs, exploring ideas, and testing possible solutions.
01Duration of the program
6 months
A six-month practical entrepreneurship program.
02When we meet
Saturdays10:00–12:00
Weekly sessions throughout the program.
03Where
To be announced 👀

[ THE SELECTION PROCESS ]

From application
to YEnG.

Six steps between submitting your application and joining the programme.

  1. Tell us who you are, what interests you and why you want to join YEnG.

  2. We review each application individually, looking at motivation, curiosity and fit with the program.

  3. Selected applicants receive an email with a link to schedule their interview.

  4. A short conversation where we get to know you beyond the application.

  5. Successful applicants receive their Official YEnG acceptance and the next steps.

  6. You’re in. Meet the community, get ready for the first session and start building.

Application

Tell us who you are, what interests you and why you want to join YEnG.

[ IMPACT ]

Two editions.
Una generación en crecimiento.

YEnG #1 + YEnG #2

  • Applications received across the first two editions.

  • Participants were selected through interviews.

  • High schools represented.

  • Business ideas developed through the program.

  • Graduation rate across the first two editions.

[ COMMUNITY ]

More than a course.

YEnG is also what stays after the session ends.

  • People you meet.
  • Ideas you discover.
  • Teams you would never have formed otherwise.
  • The confidence to try something before you feel completely ready.
  • YEnG students presenting their business idea
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[ PEOPLE ]

The people
behind YEnG.

  • Oliver started his first venture at seven, building Lemon Coolers through KEN Academy. Years later, while in high school, experiences at Babson and Columbia exposed him to a much more practical way of learning entrepreneurship. Seeing how limited that kind of access was for Romanian students, he created YEnG, a free program built to help high school students learn entrepreneurship by actually doing it.

  • Carmen brings years of experience in entrepreneurship education through KEN Academy, where she has worked closely with kids, developing their first ideas and projects. She now supports YEnG as Project Manager, helping turn the program’s vision into a stronger, more structured experience for every new generation of participants.