Unleash Your Students' Inner Superpowers

Ready to spark excitement in your classroom? Our flexible, step-by-step curriculum makes teaching STEAM and SEL skills effortless through through hands-on business experiences.

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Why Do Educators Love BizWorld?

Easy to Follow, Done-for-You Lesson Plans

Flexible Implementation

Adaptable Modules

Visual Support Resources

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Our Programs Bring Entrepreneurship to Life in Your Classroom

Choose from our suite of programs, each designed to engage students while developing essential STEAM and SEL skills through hands-on entrepreneurial learning.

Perfect for Grades 3-5

A turnkey, classroom-tested curriculum that transforms students into business owners. Through creating and running their own company, students naturally develop math, collaboration, and leadership skills while staying fully engaged. Our most popular program includes ready-to-use lesson plans and comprehensive teacher support.

Designed for Middle School

Launched in 2024 after successful pilot testing, Id8 combines design thinking with entrepreneurship. Students tackle real-world challenges by creating app-based solutions, learning agile development, and mastering technology integration. Teachers report unprecedented levels of student engagement and creative problem-solving.

Middle School Social Entrepreneurship Program

Unite business learning with social impact. Students run micro-businesses, turning $100 seed funding into $500+ profit while supporting important causes. This program teaches financial literacy and business skills while developing socially conscious young leaders who make a real difference in their communities.

Skills Learned Through The BizWorld Curriculums

Give your students the tools to succeed both in and out of the classroom.

Real-World Business and Financial Literacy

Our programs naturally integrate math, marketing, and financial concepts through hands-on business creation. Educators report unprecedented levels of engagement as students apply core subjects to real-world challenges.

Critical Thinking

Watch students tackle complex problems, make strategic decisions, and learn from outcomes in real time. From market research to profit calculations, students develop analytical skills that extend beyond the classroom.

Leadership

“Students who lack confidence stepped up and felt better about contributing.” Educators consistently report discovering hidden talents in quiet students who blossom into confident leaders through our structured program roles.

Teamwork

Create a collaborative classroom environment where every student has an essential role. As one Educator noted, “Each student had an indispensable role in the program which gave them the responsibility to make their team work well instead of just one leader.”

Need Financial Assistance To Bring BizWorld To Your School?

Every year our generous donors sponsor BizWorld Programs to qualifying educational organizations at little to no cost to them.

I love the BizWorld program! It has definitely become an important and permanent part of my curriculum and it is one of the highlights of my students’ class. We all look forward to it and learn so much about teamwork, math skills, communication skills, problem solving skills and running a business.

Tara H., 7th Grade Teacher, UT

Explore & Compare Our BizWorld Programs

Discover which entrepreneurial learning experience best fits your classroom. Each program is designed to engage, inspire, and develop essential skills through hands-on business teachings.

Description

Description

Program Type

Key Focus

Learning Outcome

Target Age Group

Implementation

Comprehensive, hands-on entrepreneurship curriculum with proven classroom success.

Educator-led

(Classroom or Expanded Learning)

Core business fundamentals, STEAM skills, and financial literacy.

Students create and run their own company in a simulated environment while developing essential life skills.

Grades 3-8

Implemented by educators with provided training materials. Flexible implementation. Business Simulation. Ends with a sales bazaar where students sell their products and evaluate their company.

STEAM-focused app development and design thinking program.

Educator-led

(Classroom or Expanded Learning)

Design thinking, technology integration, and creative problem-solving.

Students design, prototype, and pitch innovative digital solutions.

Grades 5-8 (M-School)

Educators facilitate design challenges. Includes support materials for integrating design thinking and technology skills in app development. Flexible implementation. Business simulation.

Social impact entrepreneurship experience.

Educator-led

(Classroom or Expanded Learning)

Social entrepreneurship, community impact, and fundraising.

Students turn $100 into $500+ profit for social causes.

Grades 4-8

Designed for educators to lead. Students donate their raised funds to selected causes, focusing on community impact and fundraising skills.

Advanced business accelerator for young entrepreneurs.

BizWorld-led

(Fully Virtual)

Real business creation, mentorship, and funding opportunities.

Young entrepreneurs launch actual businesses with mentor support.

Ages 16-22

Participants must apply. BizWorld teaches through weekly workshops, mentorship, and pitch events. Students access funding and create businesses under guidance.

2 U.S. cohorts annually.

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BizWorld: A Global Initiative in Entrepreneurial Education

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Students Served

98%​

Improve Business acumen

25+ yrs

In classroom experience

“BizWorld+ is a great simulation with lots of math and SEL work embedded. Students display incredible focus and great teamwork. It was powerful to see teams come together with unexpected successes.”

“As a social studies teacher, it is important to me to teach students how to be financially responsible, while also providing them with leadership opportunities. Students were engaged and excited to build their business.”

Tom Culbertson, 4th Grade Teacher, CA

Jen Franz, 8th Grade Teacher, NC

“Kids LOVE being engaged in the curriculum and working in teams. BizWorld+ is empowering!”

“BizWorld was my favorite unit to teach with 5th graders. I am a huge fan. I loved the multi-faceted learning opportunities afforded to my students. They looked forward to being in 5th grade because they knew they would get to do this unit. Student engagement and collaboration were never higher!”

Maggie Sanchez, 4th Grade Teacher, Atherton, CA

Tricia Christensen, BizWorld Pro Teacher

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