Money · Business · AI, for 15–18 year olds
The careers they’re preparing for are changing fast. In two days, live in Dubai, students learn how money, business and AI really work, from people who have done it at Goldman Sachs, Citi, HSBC and in venture capital.
Why it matters
Most teenagers already use AI and see money talk all over social media. Few know how any of it works in practice. We close that gap in two days, then give them the tools to keep learning on their own.
Compounding, investing, debt, and how to spot a scam or a “finfluencer” before it costs you.
Finding a problem worth solving, who pays and why, and how investors decide what to back.
Using AI to research, challenge and build, and knowing when it’s wrong. No “what is ChatGPT” basics.
The two days
Students sit with their team of 3–4 for both days, on their own laptops. A live trading game runs from the first hour to the last, and every team builds and pitches a startup.
Breaks and lunch are built into both days. Students bring their own laptop and lunch.
Two things they won’t forget
Every team manages a play-money portfolio across both days. Breaking headlines move prices: a recall, a rate rise, a crypto token that rockets on hype and then collapses.
They learn diversification, hype, trading costs and panic selling by living through them, not by hearing about them.
Each team finds a real problem, tests the idea with AI, and builds a five-slide pitch, a logo and a one-page plan. Five teams pitch live; the room votes for a crowd favourite.
What they leave with
Their team’s one-page plan, five-slide pitch deck and logo.
Notes on their team’s pitch from the founders.
Useful for university applications and personal statements.
Alumni access to future sessions, events and each other.
Who teaches it
No outside facilitators. The three founders run both days from the stage and walk the rows while teams work.
Former trader at Citibank and executive director at Goldman Sachs. Founded a sports business in the UK. Now CEO of a trading firm.
One of the UAE’s leading venture capital investors. Backs founders for a living.
Former Citigroup trader and venture capital investor. Ran HSBC’s ‘next generation’ venture arm as a director.
Register your interest
Free one-hour online tasters start in early 2027. Bring your teenager: see how compounding works both ways, trade a live market with us, and pitch a problem to a venture capital investor. Register and we’ll send you the dates, and tell you first when booking opens.
For schools and partners
Our sessions support the new Skills for Life priorities with practitioners schools can’t easily bring in.
Questions
No. We start from scratch and move quickly. Students who already know a bit get plenty to stretch them, especially in Market Day and the Startup Challenge.
No. It’s two focused days with three founders who have worked in markets, banking and venture capital, built around doing: a live market, a startup to build and a pitch to deliver.
Use it the way professionals do: to research a market, stress-test an idea and design a pitch, and to spot when it’s wrong. They use whichever approved AI tool suits their age, and they never put personal details into it.
A laptop with a charger, and lunch. Everything else is provided.
Their safety comes first. Before booking opens we’ll publish our full safeguarding approach here, covering staff checks, supervision, venue arrangements and first aid.
Booking for summer 2027 opens in early 2027. Register your interest and you’ll hear before places are offered publicly.