Entrepreneurship Classes in Dubaifor Kids, Teens & Adults
A 12-week programme to build, price and sell a real product. Not a simulation. Not Monopoly money. Real customers, real revenue, real consequences. Led by founders and operators who do this for a living.
Founding cohort opening soon. Online worldwide or in-studio at our Karama school. KHDA approved.
Why this class is different
Most "kids' business" classes are cosplay. This one is the real thing, scaled to age.
It is not a simulation
Students build a real product, charge real money, talk to real customers. The first dollar from a stranger is the moment everything changes. We are after that moment.
Digital is the cheat code
The fastest way for a 12-year-old to make their first $100 in 2026 is not a lemonade stand. It is a Roblox UGC item, a Discord tier, a Notion template, a Minecraft server their friends pay £2/month to play on. We teach the playbook that actually works.
Founders, not lecturers
The programme is led by Dan Cortazio and Mike Mammone, co-founders of LTV. Two decades of building, acquiring and operating real businesses, with real revenue, real customers and real scars. Your child learns from people who actually do this.
Three tracks. Same shape. Different ambition.
Each track is 12 weeks. Pick a product, ship it, sell it, run it. The depth changes by age — the structure does not.
Entrepreneurship for Kids
Ages 8–12A first business in 12 weeks. Real product. Real money. Real customers.
What is a business, really
- Customer, product, price, profit — explained with things kids already buy
- How to spot a problem worth solving (in your school, your friend group, your hobby)
- Picking your first product: digital or physical
Build the product
- Digital options: Roblox game passes, custom Minecraft skins, Discord stickers, Canva templates, printable workbooks, sticker packs on Etsy, Roblox UGC items
- Physical options: custom keychains, baked goods, slime, art prints, friendship bracelets, custom stickers
- Costs: time, materials, fees — what you actually keep after each sale
- Quality bar: what makes someone buy a second time
Price it, list it, sell it
- Pricing without underselling yourself
- Setting up a tiny Stripe / Gumroad / Etsy storefront with a parent
- Marketing without ads: telling friends, school stalls, group chats, Instagram reels
- Customer service: refunds, complaints, when something breaks
Market Day & lessons
- Live market day: every kid sells in person and online, in real time
- Counting the money, what worked, what did not
- Writing the post-mortem: a one-pager every founder writes after a launch
- Picking the v2 product, with everything we learned
Entrepreneurship for Teens
Ages 13–17Build a real digital business. Customers, revenue, AI leverage, demo day. The version we wish we had at 14.
Customer first, product second
- Why most teen businesses fail: built before validated
- How to interview 10 potential buyers in a week (DMs, voice notes, in person)
- The "I would actually pay for this" test versus the polite-friend test
Pick the digital lane
- Hosted Minecraft / Roblox servers (real recurring revenue from school friends)
- Discord communities with paid tiers, Patreon-style memberships
- Notion, Figma and Canva templates on Gumroad and Etsy
- AI prompt packs, AI character cards, custom GPTs that solve a real workflow
- Drop-shipping and print-on-demand: when it works and when it does not
- Simple SaaS via no-code (Bubble, Glide, Softr, Lovable, Cursor)
Pricing, unit economics and AI leverage
- Anchor pricing, tiers, free vs paid, the "annual discount" trick
- Real spreadsheet: CAC, LTV, gross margin — does this business actually work
- Stripe Checkout, Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy: how money actually moves
- AI as a force multiplier: ChatGPT for copy, Claude for ops, Midjourney for assets, Cursor to build software without being a coder
One-pager, deck, demo day
- Writing a one-page business plan that an investor would actually read
- A 6-slide Canva pitch deck you could put in front of a stranger
- Practising the pitch, the Q&A, the awkward silence
- Demo Day: pitch in front of a panel of founders, operators and investors
Entrepreneurship for Adults
Ages 18+Twelve weeks to ship the side project, agency, SaaS or content business you keep almost starting. Operator-led.
Idea sourcing, taste, and the "founder fit" test
- Where good business ideas actually come from (hint: not brainstorming sessions)
- The unfair-advantage filter: which ideas are right for *you* specifically
- Pre-build customer development: 20 conversations in 14 days
Pick and build the v1
- SaaS micro-products (no-code or AI-assisted code via Cursor / Claude)
- AI-powered services: copywriting agencies, vibe coding shops, AI-leveraged consulting
- Content businesses: newsletters (Beehiiv, Substack), YouTube niches, info products
- E-commerce that does not lose money: Shopify, Etsy, print-on-demand, sourcing
- Productised services: turning your skill into a fixed-price offer that scales
- Communities and paid groups: Circle, Skool, Discord, Patreon
Pricing power, distribution, growth
- Pricing as the highest-leverage decision: anchoring, packaging, willingness-to-pay research
- Distribution honestly: SEO, paid ads (Meta, Google), cold outreach, partnerships, communities
- Funnel maths: traffic → leads → conversion → retention → LTV
- Operating cadence: weekly KPIs, monthly review, quarterly bets
Hire, leverage, scale (or kill)
- When and how to hire your first VA, contractor, or partner
- AI as headcount: replacing $5k/month of work with workflows in n8n, Make, Zapier and Claude
- When to double down, when to pivot, when to shut it down (the most underrated skill)
- Honest fund-raising versus bootstrapping: which path your business should be on
Real businesses students can actually build
These are not fantasy case studies. They are the kinds of things kids, teens and adults are doing on the internet right now. We teach the craft behind each.
Etsy printable shop
AI-generated colouring books and worksheets, listed in 4 niches. ~$40/month passive after listing fees.
School Minecraft server
Hosted on a $7/month VPS, charges friends £2/month for whitelist access. ~£140/month after costs.
Roblox UGC accessories
Custom hats and accessories sold on Roblox marketplace. Several hundred Robux per week, cashed out monthly.
Discord trading community
Roblox item-trading community, free tier and a £5/month VIP tier with insider drops and tools.
IB Notion templates
Built a study system as Notion templates for IB students, sold 200 copies on Gumroad at $9 each.
AI prompt pack
Curated and tested prompts for university essays, college applications, and study plans. Listed on Gumroad.
AI-leveraged copy agency
Solo operator, Claude + Cursor + n8n, books $4–8k/month in retainers from B2B SaaS clients.
Niche newsletter + course
Beehiiv newsletter to 6,000 subs, $99 paid course on the back. ~$3k/month with 4 hours/week.
Who actually teaches this
You should know who is in the room with your child. Both leads have built and run real businesses, with real customers, real revenue, and real scars. The class is the version we wish we had at 12.
Dan Cortazio
DirectorCo-founder of LTV, a portfolio of acquired and built online businesses. Started coding at 14, first business at 16, and has spent two decades bootstrapping online companies, no VC.
Built proprietary ad technology that peaked at $5.1M in a single month. His web properties across multiple ventures have reached 200M+ people and 1 billion+ organic page views, with systems processing 1B+ data points daily. Manages a team of ~70.
"I am teaching the version of this class I would have killed to have at 12. We did it the hard way. The kids do not have to."
Mike Mammone
DirectorCo-founder of LTV. Started his career at JP Morgan as a Private Client Banker, ranked top 250 of 20,000 reps, before going full operator.
Built and sold a retail business, became a top-tier Amazon and eBay seller, then moved to Dubai and scaled a cloud kitchen operation to $30M ARR before private equity acquisition. His thing is finding underperforming businesses and turning them around.
"Most people quit before the boring middle. We teach the operating cadence that gets you through it."
Frequently Asked Questions
Reserve your spot
The first cohort is small and hand-picked. Tell us a little about the student and we will get back to you on WhatsApp with start dates, cohort spots and founding-cohort pricing. Whether your child is 8, 14, or you are 32 and finally serious about that side project, there is a track for you.
Last updated 2026-04-28 · Online worldwide · In-studio at Al Karama, Dubai · KHDA approved