Future Founder's Program

8-12th Grade | 12 week | In Person (Weekends)

India’s only teen-focused program on business & AI, where they learn by doing

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₹50K+
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Build D2C business, brand it, setup online marketing, do real sales to real customers
Build 4
AI Products
Learn 20+AI tools, pick real world problems & create 4 working AI products
Build Proof
of Work & Skills
Braggable projects with clear outcomes, stand out in college and career applications
Communication
Mastery
Pitch weekly, learn storytelling, and sell with confidence to real customers and investors

The Why behind the Program

We want to empower India’s top teens to become top 0.1% in the world.

AI is changing jobs and businesses. Foundational skills like ability to learn, curiosity, confidence and resilience will predict who will succeed in the new world.

We believe real learning happens by doing - that is why we ask students to build, learn fast to build, fail fast and try again. There is no other way.

4 Must Have Skills for Today's World

Entrepreneurial Skills

Entrepreneurial Skills

Business strategy, product, pricing, branding, marketing, customer interactions, and sales

Mastering AI

Mastering AI

Adapt at all latest AI tools, build real products to solve problems, and ability to learn with new AI updates

Personal Growth

Personal Growth

Communication, storytelling, pitching, teamwork, leadership, and confidence

Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset

Ability to ask the right questions, resilience, curiosity, creativity, and real-world problem-solving

Whether it was IIT Bombay or Harvard MBA, I learnt by doing: from real building experiences & failing. That thrill of building something real is what we want to bring to high school students at Mesa.
Ankit Agarwal
Co-Founder, Mesa
MBA Harvard
Ex-Consultant, BCG
IIT- Bombay
At Mesa AI is at the core of everything we do with the world changing faster than classrooms. I firmly believe that understanding AI early is no longer optional, it’s essential
Varun Limaye
Co-Founder, Mesa
MBA Kellogg
Ex-Product Leader, Amazon
Ex-Product Leader, Pratham

Who is this program for?

Future Ready Teens

Future Ready Teens

For parents who want their child to build problem-solving, confidence, and real skills through hands-on projects

Students Targeting Top Global Colleges

Students Targeting Top Global Colleges

For those who want tangible achievements, from running a revenue-generating business to creating 4 AI products

Curious, Creative Minds

Curious, Creative Minds

For students who love to explore, create, experiment, and learn business fundamentals while pitching to real founders and investors

Program Details

8-12th Grade | 12 week | In Person (Weekends)

In this program, the future founders will build real life skills from scratch through two sprints focused on building D2C business and AI products, while selling to real customers.

Cohort Starts 11th October

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Weekdays

Online, 2-3 hours/week

Weekends

Offline, 5-6 hours/week

Build your first Business
Build your first AI Product
Communication Mastery
Week 0
Week 6
Week 12
1

Build Your First D2C Business

Ideate, build and launch a real business from scratch - turn ideas, hobbies and school projects into real working businesses. Get access to 20k debt funding to launch.

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50k
Revenue
Build and launch a business that earns real revenue
Financial
IQ
Understand revenue, costs and how to manage money
Marketing &
Branding
Design website/logo/packaging, setup IG channel & launch 10 brand reels
Selling
Mindset
Master storytelling, sell to real customers offline, launch online ads
Grow up as
Leader
Learn teamwork, leadership, communication & pitch to founders and industry leaders

Roadmap: Your Building Journey in 6 weeks

1
Week 1

Kickoff & Prototype Week:
Idea → Product

  • Masterclass: From Zero to Launch & How to Evaluate Your Idea – from a startup leader
  • Brainstorm: ideas with your team, submit a business plan & get 1:1 feedback from Mentors
  • Finalize; your product
  • Mystery Box Challenge – dip your feet in real sales
2
Week 2

Brand Week:
Logos, Packaging & Website

  • Session: Introduction to Design Thinking, learn frameworks for creative problem-solving
  • Finalize Brand Identity – logo, colors, and tagline
  • Package It Like a Pro: Design packaging ready to wow customers.
3
Week 3

Price it right & Test it!

  • Session: Unit Economics, how does money flow, what is profit & loss
  • Value Prop: Run competitor analysis to know your edge
  • Design: a pricing strategy & get mentor feedback
  • Test: in nearby areas on customers & iterate
4
Week 4

Market Sense - Marketing & User Insight

  • Session: Marketing Fundamentals – why do people buy, GTM strategies & channels
  • Learnt basics of Performance Marketing and run Ads on Instagram & Meta
  • Session: Building Effective Surveys, capture the right insights from your audience.
  • Sprint: Launch 2 brand reels on IG channel
5
Week 5

Sales Sprint & Iterate

  • Session: How to sell, hook messaging, pricing & bundling, discounting
  • Sell Online: Launch online ads on Instagram & Meta and launch 2 more brand reels on IG channel
  • Sell Offline: Hustle to set up your first pop-up stall and get your product stocked in a local shop or cafe
  • Iterate: price or hook, basis customer feedback
6
Week 6

Capstone: Student Flea Market

  • Set Up Stall – strategy to attract customers to your stall
  • Real Selling – run your own shop, pitch to customers, and learn by doing
  • Manage money – track, learn how to manage profit & loss and cash as a team
  • Compete – with real business owners in the market
  • Win – top prizes for highest selling teams

Capstone - Student Flea Market

Entrepreneurial Skills

Setup your Own Stall

In a mall and experience running a real business

Mastering AI

Pitch and Sell to Real Customers and Parents

Learn the power of face-to-face selling with 20k+ customer footfall

Personal Growth

Track your Revenue on a Live Leaderboard

See your business impact in real time & thrill of competition

Mindsets

Experience Real World Business Dynamics

Pricing, customer interactions, and negotiation skills that no classroom can teach.

Experience at the Flea Market

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Build 4 AI Products
and Learn 20+ AI Tools

Build real AI products using 20+ tools, launch them to real users and pitch your top AI Product to investors and startup founders

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Learn 20+
AI tools
Master AI tools while learning their real-world applications
Launch AI
Products
Build and launch an AI product every week from idea to execution
Test and
Improve
Get feedback from real users to refine your products
Pitch to
Investors
Present your best AI product on Demo Day
Build an AI
portfolio
Build a portfolio demonstrating creativity, problem-solving, and market understanding

Roadmap: Your AI Journey in 6 weeks

1

AI Basics

Your AI Toolkit:
Claude, Perplexity, OpenAI (ChatGPT), Grok, Deepseek

Concepts:
Prompt Engineering, API, Webhooks, LLMs, Tokens

What will you build

  • Get yourself introduced to the world of Artificial Intelligence
  • Get hands on experience on various AI interfaces available and understand its use cases
  • Learn basic concepts required for you to kickstart your AI building journey
2

AI Reel

Your AI Toolkit:
HeyGen + Eleven Labs + Veo3

What will you build

  • AI avatar of yours that can create countless videos of you talking
  • Create video clips to add in your reel
  • Curate a reel about any topic forever without shooting yourself ever again
  • Goal: Create 5 reels & ask 10 friends to vote if its you or AI
3

AI - Voice Personal Assistant

Your AI Toolkit:
Vapi + n8n + Google Sheets + WABA

What will you build

  • Create a personal assistant that will give you a call and remind you of tasks and deadlines
  • Give inputs directly from whatsapp
  • Goal: Launch for 5 friend/family users & get feedback
4

AI - Build Your Own Game (BYOG)

Your AI Toolkit:
Cursor + Lovable + Airtable

What will you build

  • You will create 1 simple addictive game that you can share with your friends as well
  • Learn concepts of virality, gamification, referral
  • Build user flow, database & how the information flows
  • Goal: get 20 users to try and get 1 new user each
5

AI - Your Personal Tutor

Your AI Toolkit:
NotebookLM + Make.com

What will you build

  • You will get daily quizzes to help you learn better and in a more interesting manner
  • Select 3 most relevant topics for you & your friends and build product around it
  • Goal: get 10 friends to try and get feedback
6

AI - Product Demo Day

Your AI Toolkit:
Gamma + Tough Tongue

What will you build

  • Pitch your AI Product to Startup Founder’s and VC’s
  • Work in team to pick best product, create pitch & practice storytelling
  • Goal: Win the prize to continue building the product!

Your AI Toolkit

Capstone - Demo Day to VC & Founders

Entrepreneurial Skills

Select Your
Top AI Product

from all your creations and build a professional pitch deck

Mastering AI

Practice and
Refine Your Pitch

before presenting it to real investors and startup founders

Personal Growth

Present Live and Receive Actionable Feedback

to improve your product and pitching skills

Mindsets

Win up to
INR 1 Lakh

to continue building and growing your product

Pitching Challenge at Mesa

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Mesa Network

Abhiraj Bhal
Co-founder
Urban Company
Alok Saraogi
SVP & Head of Marketing
TVS Automobile Solutions
Anand Sinha
Co-founder
leap.club
Anil Goteti
Founder
Scapia
Anshul Gupta
Co-founder & Ex-CEO
Bharat Founder School
Armaan Sood
Founder
Sleepy Owl
Ashank Bhandari
Assistant VP Product Management
Found it
Ashish Sadekar
Founder
ProThoughts Solutions
Atharva Deshpande
Associate Director
DViO Digital
Bipin Shah
Partner
Titan Capital
Chinmay Joshi
Foudner
Money Mindset
Chirag Dodiya
Senior Bubble Developer
ReturnX
Chirag Parmar
AVP
WebEngage
Dhairya Gangwani
Founder and Career Coach
Dhairya Decodes
Dinesh Goel
Co-Founder
Aasaan Jobs
Divij bajaj
Data Scientist
Microsoft
Dr. Deepa Nagarajan
Professor
XLRI
Dr. Subhonil Ghoshal
Ex MD
Accenture
Faye D'souza
Founder
Beatroot News
Geet Rathi
Vice President
Marketing
Mosaic Wellness
Gurudev Prasad
Partner and Co-Founder
BusyBee Brands
Himanshu Jain
Founder
Wall Street School
Himesh Joshi
Co-Founder
AyuHealth
Hitesh Rajeshkumar
Corporate Trainer
PowerBI
Jamshed K Daboo
Strategic Advisor
MergerDomo
Jivraj Singh Sachar
Founder
Indian Silicon Valley
Joseph Sebastian
VP
Blume Ventures
Krishna
Founder
Greenpepper
Krishanth Thangarajah
Co-founder
Partner Champion
Kushal Lodha
Founder
KAGR
Major Deepak
Founder and CEO
Mastery Inside
Manoj Goel
Founder
The Wallstreet school
Mayank Jain
Head of Product
Swiggy
Megha Sharma
Founder
ATOG
Mohit Gulati
Partner
IITI Growth Opportunities Fund
Monappa N
CMO
Tata Digital
Mudita Malik
Corporate Trainer
Namita Dalmia
Co-founder & Partner
Enzia
Narahari Hansoge
Adj Faculty
IIMB & IIMC
Nikhil Sikri
Co-founder & CEO
Zolo
Nishank Jain
Founder
Anar Business App
Nitisha Agrawal
Ex-Senior Product Manager
Amazon
Pavan Lalwani
Founder & MD
TechnoEdge Learning Services India Pvt Ltd
Prakash Dadlani
Sr. Vice President
Aditya Birla Group
Pranjal Kalra
Country Head
Agoda
Prashant Sachan
Founder
Apps for Bharat
Pratik Poddar
Partner
exus Venture Partners
Pritam Banerjee
Head
AI Solutions Chubb
Ragini Das
Co-founder
Leap Club
Raghavshyam (Shaam) Ramamurthy
Adjunct Faculty
Syracuse University
Rahul Deorah
Senior Vice President
Marketing
TSquare Surge
Rajesh Yabaji
Co-founder and CEO
Blackbuck
Rakesh Godhwani
Chairman
School of Meaningful Experiences
Ramya Ranganathan
Adjunct Faculty
IIM Bangalore
Ray Titus
Pro Vice Chancellor
Alliance University
Revant Bhate
CEO
Mosaic Wellness
Sachin Gupta
Founder
Probo
Sagar Modi
Founder and CEO
Supershare
Sajith Pai
Partner
Blume Ventures
Salil Aggarwal
VP
Urban Company
Sandeep Das
Global Foresight Lead
Mars Wrigley
Sandeep Kapoor
Founder
Legalverse.ai
Satvik Paramkusham
Founder
Build Fast with AI
Savitri Bobde
Co-founder & COO
belong
Shamika Haldipurkar
Founder
D'You
Shashi Bhushan
Consulting & Finance Mentor
InsideIIM
Siddarth Menon
Ex CMO
Drums Food International
Sri Priya
GN Head of product
Ather Energy
Subhashish Bhadra
Director
Klub
Dr. Subhasis Mishra
CSO
Hybrique
Sundar Venkatesh
Dean
School of Management & Entrepreneurship Bangkok
Sunmeet Sethi
Lead PM
AngelOne
Tim Weiss
Professor
Imperial College London
Tushar Kansal
Founder
Kansaltancy Ventures
Utkarsh Gupta
Founder
Comet
Vaishnavi Tunuguntla
Deputy Vice President
HDFC Bank
Vartika Bansal
AI Operations Partner at
Elevation Capital
Vedang Patel
Co-Founder
Souled Store
Vidit Aatrey
Founder & CEO
Meesho
Vinay Dubey
Co-Founder
Wint Wealth
Visakh RJ
PMP Trainer
Yashna Ray
Partner
Blume
Kunal Shah
Vijay Shekhar
Vidit Aatrey
Mekin Maheshwari
Abhiraj Bhal
Varun Khaitan
Ankit Agarwal
Co-founder, Mesa School of Business
Varun Limaye
Co-founder, Mesa School of Business
Tariq Musthafa
Director, ProgramEx-VC, Omidyar Network
Aditi Nangia
Director, OutclassEd. M, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Parth Shah
Director, ProgramEx Strategic Initiatives Lead
Vinay Yadav
Director, Career Pathways
Yashaswika Gaur
Director, Learning Experience, Msc Math
Naincy Catherine
Director, Undergraduate Program

Selection Process


Submit Your Enquiry
Fill out a simple form to show your interest.
Initial Screening
Our team will reach out to get to know you a little better.
Idea Video
Record a 2-minute video sharing your idea and why you want to join the Future Founder's Program.
Interview
Chat with our team to discuss your interests and goals.
Shortlist & Confirmation
Selected students will be notified and welcomed to the program!

Cohort starts on 11th Oct
Deadline to Apply - 30th Sept

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INR 2,49,999/-

(exclusive tax)

For 12 weeks program

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Program Fees

Here's what's included in the fee

  • 100+ hours of hands-on sessions with founders & industry leaders
  • 4 AI products built & launched during the program
  • 1 real business launched with INR 50000 revenue
  • Access to 20+ AI tools
  • Direct mentorship – 1:1 guidance from mentors
  • Investor exposure – pitch your startup to real investors
  • Flea market & sales sprint – sell to real customers, earn real money
  • Soft skills & leadership training – pitching, teamwork, confidence building
  • Certification + lifelong alumni network at Mesa

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Frequently asked questions

Who can join the Future Founder’s Program?
Students from classes 8th - 12th who are curious, creative, and eager to learn by doing.
How long is the program?
12 weeks, with a mix of online weekday sessions and offline weekend workshops.
Do I need prior experience in business or AI?
No prior experience needed! We guide students step by step, from building their first product to creating an AI project.
What kind of projects will students work on?
Students will build and launch a real product, participate in a flea market, and then create their first AI-powered product to pitch to investors.
How will online sessions work?
Online weekday sessions include mentorship with startup founders, guided lessons, and team check-ins.
What happens on offline weekends?
Hands-on project building, team collaboration, workshops on branding, marketing, and design, and real-world selling experience.
Will students get mentorship?
Yes! Students get weekly guidance from startup founders and mentors, plus 1:1 support for their projects.
Can students balance this program with school and hobbies?
Yes! Weekday sessions are short (1–2 hrs), and offline weekends are scheduled to ensure students can continue schoolwork and extracurriculars.
What are the expected outcomes for students?
  • Build and launch a real product
  • Learn AI and no-code tools
  • Gain confidence in pitching and presenting
  • Become part of a community of young builders
How does the admission process work?
Submit your Enquiry → Initial Screening → 2-Minute Video About Your Idea → Interview → Shortlist & Confirmation.
What are the fees for the program?
The fee for the 12-week Future Founder's Program is ₹2,49,999. This covers online and offline sessions, mentorship from startup leaders, program materials, and participation in events like the Flea Market and Demo Day.
What does the 2 minute video should include?
Your video should help us understand who you are and why you want to join the Future Founder's Program.
What all will be evaluated in the interviews?
We're looking for a growth mindset. In the interview, we'll assess:
  • Curiosity and eagerness to learn
  • Problem-solving and creative thinking
  • Willingness to work in teams
  • Communication and confidence
  • Interest in exploring entrepreneurship and AI