Your student runs a real company. That's the class.
Virtual Startup Academy is project-based entrepreneurship where students lead their own learning — planning fundraisers, launching small businesses, and solving real problems. No tests. No lectures. No staring at a screen for hours.
Learn by doing
No lectures, no busywork. Students run real projects — fundraisers, small businesses, consulting gigs — from idea to launch.
Student-led teams
Students lead their own classes and work in small teams, building leadership, communication, and accountability along the way.
Real-world skills
Marketing, finance, sales, product design, and pitching — the practical skills school usually skips, learned by using them.
The class your student actually looks forward to
We flip the classroom upside down. Students learn that solving problems and working together can be exciting, fulfilling, and genuinely useful.
Learn by doing
No lectures, no busywork. Students run real projects — fundraisers, small businesses, consulting gigs — from idea to launch.
Student-led teams
Students lead their own classes and work in small teams, building leadership, communication, and accountability along the way.
Real-world skills
Marketing, finance, sales, product design, and pitching — the practical skills school usually skips, learned by using them.
Four courses. Four real ventures.
Design a Fundraiser
The first course in the sequence. Students work as a team to plan a real fundraising event for a cause they believe in.
After-School Business
Students design a small, manageable business they can actually run after school to earn extra money.
School Fundraising Plan
Students choose a group on campus and build a comprehensive fundraising plan for advisers, coaches, and players to follow.
Be a Management Consultant
In the capstone, students choose a local business and build a business, marketing, operations, and improvement plan for the owners.
What students say
“Working with other students helps me collaborate and communicate. It's great to be part of a team and learn to work with each other.”
“This class helps me get an idea of what I want to do in the future. The projects give me a real experience of what I'd like to do.”
“Unlike my other classes, this class really focuses on the future and what the real world is about.”
Ready to see if it's a fit?
Browse the course sequence and download your first course today.