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Where Young Founders
Build the Next Big Thing

A global entrepreneurship program for students (10–18) to launch real ventures, earn revenue, and learn from Venture Capitalists & Successful Entrepreneurs.

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LEARN

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BUILD

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PITCH

Built with Founders. Backed by Investors

This Isn’t a Program. It’s Where You Build Your First Startup

Learn directly from Venture Capitalists and founders through curated sessions designed to show how real startups are built and scaled.

Apply what you learn to build your own start-up, get feedback, and pitch your ideas to investors.

Exclusive · Limited cohort · 2026

Learn from the People Who Actually Built It

BriSharks Master Classes bring world-class founders, product leaders, and CEOs directly into your learning journey — no filters, no textbooks.

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Master Classes

$10B+

Value Created

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Countries represented

Navyn Salem

Navyn Salem

Founder & CEO

Edesia

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

Navyn Salem built Edesia into one of the world's leading producers of therapeutic food for severely malnourished children — now operating in 60+ countries and saving over 1 million lives annually. Her journey from compassion to company is one of the most powerful origin stories in modern social enterprise.

Master Class:

Building with purpose — when your mission is your product

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Jane Sun

Jane Sun

Chief Executive Officer

Trip.com Group

GLOBAL TECH LEADERSHIP

Jane Sun leads Trip.com Group — one of the world's largest online travel platforms, operating in 200+ countries with over 40,000 employees. As one of very few women CEOs of a major global tech company, Jane brings a uniquely powerful perspective on leadership, global scale, and resilience.

Master Class:

Leading across cultures — what global scale really demands

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Bre Pettis

Bre Pettis

Co-Founder

MakerBot

HARDWARE & MAKING

Bre Pettis co-founded MakerBot and sparked the desktop 3D printing revolution — democratising manufacturing for makers, designers, and students worldwide. He made building physical things accessible to anyone with an idea, and helped define an entirely new category of consumer technology.

Master Class:

Making the unmakeable — how to build hardware from zero

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Haroon Mokhtarzada

Haroon Mokhtarzada

Co-Founder & CEO

Rocket Money

FINTECH • CONSUMER

Haroon co-founded Rocket Money (formerly Truebill), the personal finance app that was acquired by Rocket Companies for $1.275 billion in 2021. He built a product that genuinely changed how millions of Americans manage their finances — starting with a frustration he experienced personally.

Master Class:

The $1.275 billion frustration — building from a personal problem

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Dylan Taylor

Dylan Taylor

Chairman & CEO

Voyager Space holdings

DEEP TECH • SPACE

Dylan Taylor is one of the most influential figures in the commercial space industry — building Voyager Space into a leading space exploration company and pioneering investment into humanity's next frontier. As a private astronaut who has trained for spaceflight, he lives what he builds.

Master Class:

Thinking in decades — how to build a company for the long arc

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Dan Hoffman

Dan Hoffman

Founder

Circle Space

DEEP TECH • SPACE

Dan Hoffman is a deep-tech entrepreneur building at the frontier of commercial space technology. His work with Circle Space represents the next generation of founders who are not just imagining the future of space — they are actively engineering it.

Master Class:

Building at the frontier — what it means to have no roadmap

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Every Session Is A Masterclass In Thinking Like A Founder

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Real Origin Stories

How these companies actually started — the messy, real version that never appears in textbooks or press releases.

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The Decisions That Mattered

The one decision that changed everything — and the ones that almost didn't work. Unfiltered, honest, instructive.

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Building Across Cultures

From India to Silicon Valley to Singapore — what changes when you build for the world, not just one market.

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Failure — The Real Curriculum

What went wrong, what they'd do differently, and why failure is the most valuable thing a founder can experience.

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Direct Q&A

BriSharks students get to ask the questions they actually want answered — not curated, not scripted.

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Applicable Right Now

Every Master Class is designed to connect directly to what you're building in the Learn, Build, and Pitch modules.

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How BriSharks Works?

A guided journey from your first idea to a real, launch-ready startup.

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LEARN

Learn how real startups are built — from founders and investors who are doing it right now.

build

BUILD

Turn your idea into a real startup. Create your product and get it ready to launch.

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PITCH

Present your startup to investors and compete for real opportunities.

Learn Like a Founder

World-class startup learning modules that teach students how real businesses are built — from idea and validation to growth and funding.

Build Real Startups

Students don’t just participate — they create real business ideas, develop pitches and decks, and turn concepts into startup projects.

Pitch on a Global Stage

Top founders present their startups to expert judges and a global audience, competing for funding, mentorship, incubation, and recognition.

Get Featured on
Leading Media Platforms

The most promising startups don’t just get built — they get seen.

Top student founders are featured across leading media and broadcast platforms, showcasing their ideas to a national and global audience.

Build something remarkable — and the world will see it.

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