Venture: Entrepreneurial Innovation Program

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Venture Overview

The Venture Entrepreneurial Innovation Challenge is more than a competition, it is a comprehensive, adaptable program for students in grades 3–12 that cultivates an entrepreneurial mindset rooted in a biblical worldview. Through real-world, collaborative learning experiences and competitions, students develop the skills to take risks, solve problems, and move ideas into action.

Grades 3-6

School-Based Challenge

Venture: Young Entrepreneurs' Innovation Challenge

The Venture: Young Entrepreneurs’ Innovation Challenge is a project-based entrepreneurial experience designed to be implemented directly on your campus as a school-led challenge. This annual challenge gives students the opportunity to apply their learning in fresh, real-world contexts. As they prepare for and engage in the challenge within their own school community, students learn to think like entrepreneurs, identifying problems, developing solutions, and pitching innovative ideas.

Rooted in biblical principles, the program builds understanding of economic concepts, risk and reward, and the mindset needed to navigate challenges with creativity and perseverance. Designed to fit a variety of grade levels, subject areas, and school settings, it serves as a powerful culminating experience that connects classroom learning to real-world application.

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Grades 6-12

University-Hosted Challenge

Venture: Entrepreneurial Innovation Challenge

ACSI Student Leadership & Learning partners with colleges and universities to offer an in-person entrepreneurial competition for students in grades 6–12 designed to help schools cultivate innovation, leadership, and Christ-centered influence through business.

Each location features two competition divisions, creating a pathway for student entrepreneurs at every stage:

Ideation Division

For students with an entrepreneurial mindset who either have a business idea or want to develop one. Venture provides the support, structure, and resources needed to turn ideas into reality and prepare teams to compete as they pitch their concept.

Impact Division

For student teams already operating an active business and ready to compete, Venture provides the structure, support, and opportunity to present and evaluate their business's impact alongside other schools, demonstrating growth, real-world results, and a clear vision for the future.

Both competition divisions provide a hands-on, immersive entrepreneurial experience where students pitch, refine, and grow their ideas and businesses in front of judges, mentors, and peers. Whether launching a new concept or scaling an existing venture, Venture helps students develop their vision, strengthen leadership skills, and expand their influence for Christ.

Explore program and competition details in the University-Hosted Venture Challenges menu below.

2025-26

Venture Winners

Congratulations to our 2025-26 Venture: Entrepreneurial Innovation Challenge Winners!

We are proud to recognize this year’s outstanding student entrepreneurs whose ideas, innovation, and leadership set them apart:

Overall Winner (1st Place): Human Mode: Redeemer Christian School
People’s Choice Award: XO Energy: Water of Life Christian School
Student Leadership Award: Creekside Christian Academy

Venture Partnerships

The 2026–27 Venture: Entrepreneurial Innovation Program will feature curated resources from Faith Driven Entrepreneurs that equip the next generation of Christ-centered entrepreneurs to innovate with purpose and impact aligned with God’s design.

Seed Tree Group partners with Christian K-12 schools to design and implement Christ-centered entrepreneurship programs that develop students’ mindsets, character, and real-world skills.

Seed Tree schools utilize the Venture: Entrepreneurial Innovation Program as a culminating capstone experience that integrates learning, leadership, and real-world application. Learn more at Seed Tree Group.

Bold Ideas. Lasting IMPACT.

The ACSI Student Leadership & Learning team partners with Taylor University for IMPACT, a week long residential camp for high school sophomores and juniors who aspire to be change-makers.