High-school entrepreneurship program helps students build businesses, Towne Post reports

A high-school entrepreneurship program created to help teenagers launch real businesses has expanded beyond its initial pilot and has generated student-led revenue and prize awards, the Towne Post Network — Indiana reports. The linked report says the program originated from a request to develop opportunities for underserved teens.

Towne Post says the program’s founder described an early barrier the effort was designed to overcome, and that entrepreneur Peter Servaas has joined as a co‑founder/partner; Servaas is quoted in the report on the program’s ambitions to scale. The report says the initial cohort size met an early revenue goal and that, cumulatively, participating students have generated revenue from their ventures. Towne Post also reports the program distributed prizes in 2026 and plans prize funding for 2027. Towne Post highlights a local example from Center Grove High School and says the program provides students guidance on startup costs and scaling their businesses. The linked report gives national reach figures, saying students from multiple states have taken part. The Towne Post story frames the initiative as a mission-driven effort to teach entrepreneurship to high-school students and to provide seed funding and practical guidance for student-run startups, the report says.

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