Micro-Entrepreneurship

A 10-week launch sprint for students ages 12–18 to ideate, validate, build and earn their first real revenue from a tiny business — t-shirts, tutoring, Etsy art, AI services, neighbourhood deliveries — with parent-supervised commerce rails.

Perfect. Weeks 1–2 are dedicated to idea discovery — interest mapping, customer interviews, problem hunts. About 80% of learners arrive with no idea and leave with a launched, revenue-earning one.

Yes. Students earn their first revenue (typically ₹500–₹10,000) over the cohort. All transactions run through parent-supervised UPI/payment links with safe age-appropriate spending limits and tax-aware reporting.

Yes. We operate within minor-business guardrails: parent-owned UPI/bank account, written family agreement, no GST registration needed below threshold, and clear records for any future ITR filing.

Ages 12–18. Younger students (12–14) usually launch a service business (tutoring, pet-care, art commissions). Older students (15–18) often launch products or AI-powered services with higher unit economics.

Business classes teach Porter's five forces. Micro-Entrepreneurship makes students ship a real product or service and answer real customer messages. Theory comes second to traction — every student finishes with a live offering.

We cap the program at 4 hours/week and explicitly schedule around exam blocks. Most parents report grades improve because students gain ownership and time-management skills that transfer to studies.

Most early ventures will — that's the point. Students journal lessons each week, run a 'pre-mortem' on every pivot and graduate with the most valuable skill: how to fail cheaply and learn fast.

Hard prerequisites: Basic arithmetic (Class 4+); Can speak to 5 potential customers (in person, on WhatsApp, or with a parent); Parent consent for the optional micro-budget (included in onboarding); Has sold something — even old books or homemade snacks — before. Beyond that, no prior topic knowledge is assumed. We also recommend the family has these tools ready on day 1: ₹500 starter budget (optional — many students use existing pocket money), Smartphone for customer chats and a simple WhatsApp business profile, Drishti Innovations business-canvas template (digital, included).

No prior business or finance knowledge is required. Week 1 begins with one question: 'What's one small problem people around you would pay ₹50 to solve?' Students validate, price, sell and reflect — using a ₹500 starter budget (often pocket money or school-provided seed). Accounting, branding and growth come later, only once they've made their first sale.