Future Founders today announced the appointment of EY Partner Kari O’Connor to its Board of Directors.

The program brought together dedicated high school students from across Chicago for six weeks of intensive, in-person entrepreneurial learning.

Future Founders’ final cohort of the Be Your Own Boss internship of the 2022-2023 school year culminated in our first in-person pitch day event since 2019.

Meet the 17 game-changing founders moving on to the next phase of Future Founders’ Startup Bootcamp!

If you can’t or don’t want to seek venture capital to start your business, bootstrapping can allow you to raise the funds you need without giving up any equity.

Be Your Own Boss was one of the more recent additions to this Portsmouth, VA ninth grader’s jam-packed schedule, but Isaiah Sarrazola didn’t stop there.

With support from our friends at Fetch, Future Founders recently launched our first-ever national cohort of the Be Your Own Boss Internship.

Most founders need more capital than they have at first to get their business off the ground. For some, the answer is venture capital (VC).

2022 Future Founders Fellow Jack Hartigan started the work of his company when he was 13 years old. Now, many years and millions of dollars in revenue later, Hartigan Outdoors is still growing.

Startup Bootcamp 2022 alumna Courtney Howard created the all-natural scalp care formula she needed to feel confident in her own skin. Now, after transitioning from attorney to full-time founder, she’s taking the scalp care industry by storm.

Future Founders announced the appointment of Jason VandeBoom as Board Chair and Brad Keywell as Founding Chair.

Future Founders 2022 Fellow Kevin Celisca, co-founder and CEO of Integrate School, is drawing on his lived experience as a child of immigrants in the American school system to innovate the EdTech space and create a more equitable future.

A fun, interactive, paid learning experience, the Be Your Own Boss Internship gives high school students from across Chicago the skills they need to take control of their future and succeed in the 21st century.

Check out all the highlights from Startup Spring Break 2022

Learn how Future Founders Be Your Own Boss Spring Intern Sophia Severance went from a program star to a program coach.

Learn how Future Founders Be Your Own Boss Summer Intern Ganiyat Daranijo used her time in our program to take her family’s business to the next level.

Learn more about Future Founder Murtaza Bambot and his mission to bring the world together through online communities.

Learn more about Future Founder Mona Fang and her efforts to redefine how the world shops for clothes.

Learn more about Future Founder Brooke Burton and her efforts to scale an events-based startup in this post-COVID world.

Read out latest Annual Report to learn more about our achievements, program innovations, and record growth over the past year.

See the list of 20 startups that will be competing in this year’s U.Pitch National Collegiate Elevator Pitch Competition

Learn more about the prestigious award given to us by mHUB and MxD

Learn how Future Founders Bootcamper Hennesys Disla is helping everyone unlock a healthier future through her startup, ArmHug.

Diamond participated in the Future Founders Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) Summer 2021 internship and created an app with her teammates that won first place at our pitch competition!

Want to help a kid in your life develop the mindset of an entrepreneur? Help them launch their very own online store with this handy guide!

Check out the 20 founders joining our 2021 Fellowship Cohort.

Originally from the Maywood neighborhood in Chicago, Kennedi participated in the Future Founders Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) program during the summer of 2020.

Check out all the highlights from Startup Spring Break 2021

Reshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code, a nonprofit which aims to increase the number of women in computer science.

We’ve put together this guide to show you how to create an effective investor pitch deck that perfectly articulates your startup’s story.

Learn more about the launch of our latest program, the 2021 Startup Bootcamp.

Building communities with both their music and their businesses, these artists innovate more than just sound.

Future Founders Fellow Ayodele Aigbe shared her lessons from conducting customer discovery interviews.

Learn how Tope Awotona grew Calendly from a tool to deal with his impatience into a $3 billion company.

Meet the six young alumni of our Fellowship program that have been recognized by the Forbes “30 Under 30” List.

Meet the four young founders from our Fall 2020 Blackstone Fellowship Program that are taking education beyond the traditional classroom.

Meet the six young founders who were awarded Future Founders seed grants this fall.

2019 Fellow Indra Sofian and his virtual school startup, Sora, were featured in an article by TechCrunch about their recent growth.

Many businesses going remote for good. A virtual pitch will allow you to grow your business even in an online environment.

Future Founders welcomes Jason VandeBoom, Founder of ActiveCampaign, to its Board of Directors.

Meet the 22 ambitious young entrepreneurs joining our 2020 Startup Bootcamp.

Learn how Startup Bootcamper Ciara May is building a more sustainable future through her business, Rebundle.

The Summer Startup Fellowship will help students directly affected by COVID-19.

Check out our full slate of virtual programming for Chicago middle and high school students.

Learn how to launch great marketing campaigns for your startup, even when you’re on a budget.

A collection of our top articles, videos, podcasts, and other tools to help founders tackle their mental health challenges.

A collection of our top articles, videos, podcasts, worksheets, and other tools to help our network of Female Founders.

Watch as President & CEO Scott Issen explains our work empowering youth to create their own opportunity

A collection of our top articles, videos, podcasts, worksheets, and other tools to help get you started with Customer Discovery

Check out the 20 founders joining our 2020 Fellowship Cohort.