The institute provides an intensive, collaborative, and experiential learning environment for young women to develop and pitch their own ventures with mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and Barnard faculty.
The Athena Summer Innovation Institute at Barnard College is an intensive, three-week program designed for high school women interested in innovation, entrepreneurship, and making a positive impact on the world. Students work in teams to develop a new venture, which can be a startup business, non-profit organization, or advocacy campaign, with the goal of disrupting traditional methods and creating lasting change. The curriculum includes engaging classes on product ideation and development, customer research, branding, marketing, and startup finances. Participants gain practical skills in public speaking and presentation through workshops and benefit from mentorship with a Mentor-in-Residence. The program also includes entrepreneurial site visits to successful women-owned businesses and culminates in a final pitch presentation of their venture to a panel of leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators. The program emphasizes experiential learning, allowing students to experiment with entrepreneurship from ideation to market research and communication planning.
Each day starts with a review of the learning objectives for that day's activities and culminates in a period of reflection. Students attend engaging classes and workshops on business development topics, work on their team venture projects, and may participate in entrepreneurial site visits.
This program is ideal for creative, motivated high school women with an entrepreneurial spirit who are interested in developing new ideas, pioneering new products, and crafting new solutions that have the potential to challenge the status quo and create social good.
3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
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