One-term ECA
Empower Your Students To Become Entrepreneurs!
Bring the most trusted entrepreneurship program to your school, where students master business concepts and cultivate soft skills like critical thinking, resilience, and confidence.
Take a look
9,200+
Students Taught
45
School/Organizational Partners
$100,000+
Revenue Earned By Students
$50,000+
Student Funding Provided
Some of Our Clients Include
Core Framework And Pedagogy
We have created a tried-and-tested framework for introducing students to entrepreneurial problem-solving and helping them develop a growth mindset.
Inquiry Based Learning
Students make real world connections, constantly ask questions, conduct primary and secondary research.
Problem Based Learning
Students learn by actively trying to solve real world problems and work in teams to overcome constraints.
Project Based Learning
The entire program revolves around creating an innovative yet viable idea to pitch in the Bullpen!
Blended Learning
The program mixes aspects of offline and online education along with teaching students to leverage technology.
Program Co-Authors and Reviewers
Paul Kewene Hite
Ex-Professor of Entrepreneurship at an MBA level, INSEAD
Dr. Fuad Hasanov
Sr. Economist, IMF. Georgetown Professor of Economics
Nigel Gardner
4x International School Principal, IB DP Examiner.
Samantha Kwan
Global SMB Marketing Manager for Meta, Ex-Unilever.
Dr. Marijana Brown
Founder, MBD Consulting, Skill Specialist at Learnlight
Gulnar Vaswani
Social Entrepreneur, Board of Advisors - YPO, Pitzer, U of Miami
Peter Galante
Partner at Innovative Language Learning Co. Ltd
John Leong
Ex-Senior VP and Knowledge Manager, Goldman Sachs
Benefits Of The Ascend Now Incubator
Modular and Customizable
We actively work with you to find the best way to implement this program in your school. You can choose:
- Program length, session frequency and duration, when the sessions take place on a weekly basis.
- Focus of the program (Increased focus on social impact, STEM, sustainability etc).
Marketable
The Bullpen Competition is a great final event. We even host inter-school and inter-group Bullpens. They attract:
- Parents, press and journalists, local entrepreneurs and high profile judges.
- It is a great way to show your school encourages innovation and provides a safe space for students to try and fail.
Cross Curricular Links
The Entrepreneurship program has benefits for students in year 7 to year 9 when it comes to academics.
- Exposure to topics like economics, marketing, design and technology helps with subject selection.
- Research and presentation skills also tie back into academics (IB CAS, IB IO, EE, etc)
Expert Coaches
One of the biggest challenges with entrepreneurship is access to quality educators and content.
- All our educators are either former entrepreneurs or IB DP educators/examiners.
- Our educators have been trained to hold engaging, purpose-driven online classes.
Program Implementation Options
As mentioned before, our program is highly flexible and can fit to the needs, curriculum and structure of your school. Here are the 3 most popular methods of implementation.
Extracurricular Activity
Low Intensity
Multiple ways to run the program in this structure
Ideal for: Schools that do student-pay or don’t have space for other programs.
After School Special Program
Medium Intensity
Ran with a set number of students after their ECA activities.
Ideal for: Schools who want the best Bullpen results and want to compete.
In-curriculum Program
High Intensity
Added to the curriculum and timetable of students for 1 full academic year.
Ideal for: Schools who want to rebrand as an entrepreneurial and innovative school.
Hear From The Schools We Work With
Co-Founder and Chief Collaborative Officer, Dulwich Schools
Entrepreneurs have a mindset that sees possibilities rather than challenges created by change. We find partners in supporting our schools in building the intrinsic motivations students need to prepare them for the future. Ascend Now fits that bill!
Karen Yung
Co-Founder and Chief Collaborative Officer, Dulwich Schools
Director of Activities and Community Operations, UWCSEA
Ascend Now is an exceptional programme we have added to our diverse and extensive activities programme at UWCSEA East. Aligning with our Innovation and Entrepreneurship programme, it has given our students the foundation and skill set to ideate and explore the basis of entrepreneurship.
Nicholas Dunn
Director of Activities and Community Operations, UWCSEA
Head of Secondary, Help International School, Malaysia
Ascend Now brought entrepreneurship to Project Purpose and created a unique programme that empowers HELP International School Sixth Form students to solve real-world problems and create real solutions through social innovation.
Paul Lau
Head of Secondary, Help International School, Malaysia
Speak To Our Team Today!
After you fill out the form on the right, someone from our partnership team will reach out to you within 20 minutes. (Max wait time: 24 hours).
In this call we’ll discuss...
How the entrepreneurship program can best fit in your school.
How we can customize the entrepreneurship program to further the goals of your school.
The various levels of support and implementation we provide for the Entrepreneurship Program.
Costing, next steps as well as the entire timeline for execution.
