Sown Emancipation offers free trainings, lesson plans, community workshops, and a range of youth entrepreneurial initiatives across the Twin Cities, making youth entrepreneurship part of today’s opportunities.
Business workshops teach youth practical, real-time methods for turning ideas into launched ventures and actual profits.
Each workshop is stand-alone, designed to build entrepreneurial skills, confidence, and a growth mindset that supports continued development.
Level 1: Kidtrepreneurship
Tuesdays 5:00pm-6:00pm
Reoccurring introductory stand-alone workshops that introduces youth to the concept of entrepreneurship and allow them to try out a new demo business each week. These workshops spark inspiration as youth learn of real examples of kid entrepreneurship and spend time developing money-making ideas of their own.
In-person, Drop-in style, No prior sign-up needed.
Location: Hennepin County Library
Level 2: Kid Business Essentials
Thursdays 5:00-6:00pm
An in-depth, cohort-based, course covering the critical components of launching a business. Participants develop realistic business plans, budgets, pitches, and timelines for their launches and expand on key skills including content creation, social media marketing, sales, supply ordering, table setup, presentation, legal filing, and more. Participants must apply to participate.
Classes online. Working Labs in-person. Participants must apply to participate.
Kid + Youth Entrepreneurship Fairs
Summer Saturdays 11am-3pm
Youth entrepreneur marketplace events that empower kids and teens to launch their ideas into profitable products or services and sell to real customers. Winners win cash prizes to put into their business ideas.
