🏝️ Nassau, Bahamas · Summer 2026

From Idea
to Funded
Venture.

A 4-week innovation intensive where students in grades 6–12 design real products, launch real businesses, and pitch for real funding — not just a grade.

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Summer 2026 Sessions
June 15, 2026
Session 1 · 4 weeks · Max 15 students
July 15, 2026
Session 2 · 4 weeks · Max 15 students
16
Studio hours per program
15
Max students per session
3
Core programs
6–12
Grade range
🗓️
Two Sessions
June 15 & July 15
⏱️
Format
2× per week · 2 hrs each
👦
Who
Grades 6–12
🏆
Outcome
Pitch for real funding
The Challenge
Why most students
never build anything real.
The Problem
  • ✕
    Theory-based learning with no real output — students study business without ever building one
  • ✕
    No exposure to manufacturing, real markets, or how money actually works
  • ✕
    No pathway to funding — great ideas die in notebooks with nowhere to go
Our Solution
  • →
    Students ideate, prototype, and build real solutions across 16 hands-on studio hours
  • →
    Develop real business and investment skills backed by structured curriculum
  • →
    Pitch for real grant funding — the best ideas can walk away with capital to build
The Curriculum
Three programs. One transformation.

Each 4-Week Innovation Intensive is 16 studio hours of hands-on, curriculum-backed learning — designed for ambitious students ready to build more than a school project.

⭐ Flagship
🔧
Industrial Product Design
$180
per student
01
Product Design
Industrial Product Design

This is the only program this summer where your student walks away holding something they actually designed and built themselves.

  • Sketching & concept development — from raw idea to structured blueprint in the first sessions
  • 3D printed prototypes — real, physical products students can hold, show, and pitch to judges
  • Manufacturing thinking — how products actually move from idea to production at scale
  • Retail readiness — pricing, positioning, and preparing a product for the real market
Student Outcome
By Week 4, every student has a physical prototype and a product concept they can pitch to investors. This is the program parents take photos of — because the output is real.
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IPD Student Textbook included — exercises, real-life walkthroughs, and step-by-step design challenges· +$45
$180
tuition · + $45 textbook · 16 studio hours
Enroll in IPD
Business Track
🚀
Teen Entrepreneurship
$150
per student
02
Entrepreneurship
Teen Entrepreneurship

From idea to revenue — students build a real business concept, not just a school presentation that gets filed away.

  • Validate market demand — learn to test whether an idea actually has customers willing to pay
  • Pricing, branding & operations — the nuts and bolts of running something real
  • Launch strategy — how to bring a product or service to market with intention
  • Business planning — structured thinking that investors and mentors take seriously
Student Outcome
Students leave with a validated business concept, a pricing model, and a pitch-ready plan — the foundation of a real venture, not a class assignment.
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TE Student Textbook included — exercises, real-life business walkthroughs, and step-by-step launch challenges· +$40
$150
tuition · + $40 textbook · 16 studio hours
Enroll in TE
Capital Track
📈
Game of Capital
$150
per student
03
Finance & Investing
Game of Capital

Understand money before adulthood does. Students who learn to think like investors don't just earn — they build.

  • Investing fundamentals — what assets, returns, and risk actually mean in the real world
  • Read the markets — how to look at the financial world and understand what's happening
  • Allocate capital smartly — decision-making frameworks for where money should go and why
  • Wealth-building mindset — the shifts that separate earners from owners, early
Student Outcome
Students leave thinking like owners, not just earners — with a framework for money decisions they'll use for the rest of their lives.
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GoC Student Textbook included — exercises, real market scenarios, and step-by-step capital challenges· +$40
$150
tuition · + $40 textbook · 16 studio hours
Enroll in GoC
The Real Opportunity
This isn't a class.
It's a launchpad.

Most summer programs hand out certificates. We give students a shot at real money to fund their actual idea. The best pitches don't just graduate — they get funded.

🎯
Real Stakes, Real Motivation
When students know their pitch could earn actual capital, everything changes — how seriously they research, how carefully they build, how confidently they present.
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Access to Grant Competitions
All enrolled students get access to grant competitions where they pitch their ideas to real judges for real funding — not a participation trophy, but actual capital to build with.
🌱
From Idea to Funded Venture
The right idea, developed well and pitched with confidence, could walk away with money to make it real. That possibility starts here — this summer.
The Pitch Journey
How your student goes from idea to funded.
1
Build something realComplete 16 studio hours developing a product, business, or investment concept backed by real curriculum.
2
Craft the pitchStructure a compelling case — the problem, the solution, the market, and the opportunity.
3
Enter grant competitionsAll students get access to pitch competitions with real judges and real funding on the line.
4
Win capitalThe strongest pitches walk away with funding to actually build their venture. This is the moment.
Learn More About Funding →
Bundle & Save
Stack programs.
Unlock the full experience.

Enroll in more than one program and unlock serious savings — and a complete mini-academy experience across design, business, and finance. Textbooks are additional per program enrolled.

Any 2 Programs
Mix any two programs across the same or different sessions. A powerful pairing of product thinking with business or capital strategy.
IPD
TE
GoC
any combo
$270
Save up to $60
Enroll — Bundle 2
Best Value · Mini Academy
All 3 Programs
Design it. Build it. Launch it. Fund it. The complete journey from raw idea to investor-ready pitch — the full Idea Pit Stop experience.
IPD
TE
GoC
$360
Save $120
Enroll — All 3 Programs
Optional Add-Ons
IPD · Required Reading
📘
IPD Student Workbook
A dedicated textbook built for the Industrial Product Design program — packed with exercises, real-life step-by-step frameworks, and design challenges that mirror every studio session.
IPD Students
$45
per student
Purchase Workbook
TE · Required Reading
📗
Teen Entrepreneurship Workbook
A program-specific textbook for Teen Entrepreneurship — with guided exercises, business-building templates, and real-world case studies that reinforce every studio session concept.
TE Students
$40
per student
Purchase Workbook
GoC · Required Reading
📙
Game of Capital Workbook
A dedicated textbook for Game of Capital — with step-by-step investing exercises, market-reading activities, and capital allocation scenarios that bring every session to life on the page.
GoC Students
$40
per student
Purchase Workbook
IPD · Optional
🎒
IPD Design Kit
Everything an Industrial Product Design student needs to hit the ground running on Day 1 — makes the program feel real and structured from the very first session.
IPD Students
Sketchbook·Pencil set·Concept sheets
$25
per student
Purchase Design Kit
Summer 2026 Schedule
Two sessions.
Limited seats.

Each session caps at 15 students — intentionally small so every student gets real attention, real feedback, and a real shot at funding. Spots go fast.

Session 1 · Run 1
June 15
📅 Starts June 15, 2026
⏱️ 4 weeks · 2 studio sessions per week · 2 hrs each
👥 Grades 6–12 · Max 15 students
📚 All 3 programs available
🏆 Grant competition access included
Seats filling fast15 max
Enroll in June Session
Session 2 · Run 2
July 15
📅 Starts July 15, 2026
⏱️ 4 weeks · 2 studio sessions per week · 2 hrs each
👥 Grades 6–12 · Max 15 students
📚 All 3 programs available
🏆 Grant competition access included
Now accepting enrollment15 max
Enroll in July Session
Ready to build something real?
Your student's
future starts here.

Questions? Want to bring this program to your school? Reach us directly and we'll get you set up.

theideapitstop@gmail.com
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Grades 6–12 · Nassau, Bahamas · Summer 2026 · Grant competition access included for all enrolled students.