High School Program
TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE)
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Mission
Foster the next generation of leaders by creating a new learning environment where high school ages participants can experiment, build resilience, and collaborate to create productive and successful pathways for personal and professional goals.
Vision
Empower youth worldwide to be entrepreneurial and lead in a dynamic global environment through a unique integrated curriculum that can be modeled to meet local economic and social challenges.
Objectives
To build resilient and collaborative entrepreneurs to meet local economic and social change
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Program Details
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TiE Carolinas conducts an annual entrepreneurship program (TYE) that is designed specifically for high-school students. The winners of the regional Carolina tournaments proceed to the global tournament. We are proud to announce that our 2023 regional winner (The Drug Detectives) went on to win TYE Globals (competing against ~25 teams from the US, Asia, and Europe). Our 2024 regional winner (SoberRide) placed 3rd globally and was invited to attend CES in January 2025. Our 2025 program is on-going!
TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) is designed to help high-school students develop business acumen and realize the rewards of entrepreneurship through a combination of instructor led and mentor facilitated sessions. Teams employee design thinking approach to ideate on product or service they would like to bring to the marketplace. Working under the mentorship of industry leaders they validate their ideas with customers by building prototypes, develop go to market strategies and financial plans. Towards the end of the program, the teams compete at the regional level for cash awards. The regional winner goes on to compete at the global competition for additional cash awards.
This is a very competitive program and requires commitment that ramps up to 3-4 hours per week over the 6-7 month duration of the program.
Enrollment Fee: $650 ($500 for prior students and $500 for early bird registrants)
TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) is designed to help high-school students develop business acumen and realize the rewards of entrepreneurship through a combination of instructor led and mentor facilitated sessions. Teams employee design thinking approach to ideate on product or service they would like to bring to the marketplace. Working under the mentorship of industry leaders they validate their ideas with customers by building prototypes, develop go to market strategies and financial plans. Towards the end of the program, the teams compete at the regional level for cash awards. The regional winner goes on to compete at the global competition for additional cash awards.
This is a very competitive program and requires commitment that ramps up to 3-4 hours per week over the 6-7 month duration of the program.
Enrollment Fee: $650 ($500 for prior students and $500 for early bird registrants)
Program Flow
Fees
Prior Student Application
$500.00
Sales end on Nov 03, 2025
More Details
Please note that we will review responses (based on an understanding of the commitment level and desire to participate in this program) and then respond back if we have any concerns about the commitment level of the student.
The program will start in late September/ early October and will require a commitment (essentially) every Wednesday.
Early Student Application
$500.00
Sales end on Nov 03, 2025
More Details
Please note that we will review responses (based on an understanding of the commitment level and desire to participate in this program) and then respond back if we have any concerns about the commitment level of the student.
The program will start in late September/ early October and will require a commitment (essentially) every Wednesday.
Schedule
| Date | Topic |
| October | Business Model Overview |
| October | Opportunity Recognition |
| November | Research & Insights |
| November | Ideate using Design Thinking |
| December | Customer & Market Validation |
| December | Market Placement and Promotion |
| January | Setup and Scale Operations |
| February | Financial Model |
| March | Communications |
| April | Mock Competition |
| May | Regional Competition |
| TBD | TiE Global Competition |
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