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At Prequel, your child is Limitless
This is what happens when kids are challenged to be the best versions of themselves and equipped with the skills and mindset they need to excel in the real world.
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Brothers Isaac and John started a mulching business in their community and made over $1000 in 3 weeks!
Built a website and marketing materials to help her family’s bee farm sell honey, hive sponsorships, and facility tours.
Raised 1.8M from VCs in Silicon Valley to launch a smart dog tag business.
Brothers Isaac and John started a mulching business in their community and made over $1000 in 3 weeks!
Built a website and marketing materials to help her family’s bee farm sell honey, hive sponsorships, and facility tours.
Raised 1.8M from VCs in Silicon Valley to launch a smart dog tag business.
Raised 3.5M, built Austin’s first mountain bike park, and made 350k in 4 months.
Launched a cancer prevention documentary with 4M+ views, landed an internship with a Harvard MD, and was featured on Fox Prime Time News.
Wants to become an astrophysicist and help NASA improve space transportation. He's documenting his learnings on Substack and YouTube.
Addressed world leaders at the Geneva Summit.
Raised 3.5M, built Austin’s first mountain bike park, and made 350k in 4 months.
Launched a cancer prevention documentary with 4M+ views, landed an internship with a Harvard MD, and was featured on Fox Prime Time News.
Wants to become an astrophysicist and help NASA improve space transportation. He's documenting his learnings on Substack and YouTube.
Addressed world leaders at the Geneva Summit.
Extraordinary adventures all begin with a pivoting moment that changes everything
Our programs are these activation points where young people discover who they are, what they are capable of, and how far they can go.
Pre-teen Programs
The middle school years represent a critical stage of development where children are primed for learning and growth.
This is the best time for students to explore diverse experiences and perspectives as they shape their interests, values, and identities and develop life skills like critical thinking, communication, and resilience, essential for future success in high school, college, and beyond.
Prequel offers programs that help preteens become confident, capable, and resilient individuals who are curious and excited about the world.
Build a business and make $500 in sales.
This isn’t your typical lemonade stand that gets a few pity purchases. Students learn about delivering value, customer personas, financial budgets, and how to market and sell.
Launch an application using no-code and AI that gets 1000+ users.
Coding as the only way to build technical skills is so 2010s. The future is coming fast. Students explore emerging engineering and tech fields through application simulations and master the essential skillset and open mindset of quickly learning and adopting new technologies.
Record an interview with an industry leader to share with the world.
How does a kid get a busy professional to give them the time of day? Students will build a body of work online, learn how to do cold outreach professionally, and uplevel their communication skills to prepare, conduct, and record meaningful conversations.
Teen Programs
By the time kids hit high school, they are capable of adult-caliber achievements. Teenagers are at the peak of cognitive learning and extraordinarily competent. We know that high school students can be the best in the world if we meet this potential by pushing them to the challenge instead of treating them like children.
Prequel’s teen programs are all about building something many think high schoolers can’t do. What sets us apart is the scale of ambition and depth of work. We believe that building an ambitious project or business unlocks every growth skill and mindset: grit, resourcefulness, creative thinking, learning to fail, using tech and AI, and much more.
Build a business that is on track to make 100k a year.
A 4-week summer bootcamp where students accomplish more in a month than many entrepreneurs do in years. Students go through all the stages of building a startup with guidance from experienced founders. Learn and execute on design thinking ideation, user research, building an MVP, marketing, sales, and pitching to VCs.
Build a masterpiece project on a passion to achieve something as impressive as being an Olympian.
A multi-year program where teens find their passions, become an expert, and build the skills to become the best in the world. We have students starting businesses that raise millions of dollars, create documentaries that reach millions of people, and build apps that millions of kids use.
How we build remarkable kids at scale
Prequel is not like conventional education programs. We are a proven, transformative learning experience where every kid writes their success story, starting today.
When kids walk out of Prequel, they’re not just prepared for the world but already steps ahead, setting new standards and redefining success.
Anyone can say your kid is learning grit, teamwork, and communication skills. At Prequel, we have real-world tests in place to prove a skill has been mastered, like beating Harvard Business School’s teamwork challenge in preteens or building a personal advisory board of industry leaders as a teen. In the academic world, kids are sheltered, with grades representing success.
At Prequel, the real world determines whether hands-on projects are a success.
Our live-action experiences are full of hype and energy - like attending a concert or sports game. It’s where students collaborate on complex problems, face dynamic scenarios, receive guidance and feedback, and interact with motivating guest instructors.
Outside of live sessions, students join a community of like-minded peers, compete in progress-based competitions, participate in socials, and get weekly check-ins from coaches. It’s not uncommon for our student community to have 100k+ messages in a month.
The programming team has diverse experiences, from working at international non-profits and coaching Olympic athletes to founding businesses and leading startups. Your child will learn from people who broaden their horizons and show them how amazing their future possibilities are.
Top schools our alumni have been admitted to
Stand Out in the real world, and for college
The type of young person that the world needs and elite colleges want is the same: Kids who spent time experimenting and exploring their passion and purpose, found what they love, and are working on something meaningful with large scale impact.
Cianna got into Cornell
BETA Camp has been the best summer program I have participated in thus far. Connecting with others who are all as interested as I am in this field was one of the best feelings, especially when able to challenge my limits alongside them
Kate got into STANFORD
At AlphaX, you learn how to combine your interests, what you're good at, and what you can give people to create something incredible and become the best in the world. This program helped me achieve what I never thought possible. It opened up hundreds of thousands of doors for me to experiment, try new things, and do things that no one could ever think a 17-year-old girl is capable of doing
Tehseen got the Morehead Cain Scholarship at UNC
BETA Camp has exceeded expectations! I not only got to actually build a startup, but I got to meet people working in my dream job and learn from their experiences, learn business concepts taught in school, and develop a network of like minded individuals who I will keep friends with for life.
Bianca got in to University of Chicago
BETA Camp has definitely changed my perception of my own goals, and it has made me realize that they are a lot closer than what I thought. That even as a teenager I am capable of starting something big that might change the world. At AlphaX, I am transforming personal development by building a personalized AI-powered journal that helps millions of people improve their habits and reach their goals faster.
Izaan is headed to Harvard
BETA Camp has been an amazing opportunity to enhance my business, tech, and entrepreneurial skills. I have met so many new people from diverse backgrounds, broadening my perspective on various topics and also expanding my professional network. I would 100% recommend this program to any student who is passionate about business and entrepreneurship and wants to hone their skills.
Yoobin is headed to Yale
BETA Camp pushed me out of my comfort zone in terms of creativity and adaptability. I’ve uncovered my liking for networking and collaborating with a team based on a shared goal or interest. I ultimately feel that the hard and soft skills I’ve obtained through this program will outlast anything I take away, and I am so glad to have a whole new pool of networks open to me because I’ve decided to give this program a try.
We routinely help kids do the impossible
“My daughter loved Prequel. She's learning real-world problem solving, communication, and ideation skills that aren't honed in schools. She is emerging with newfound confidence and important skills for the future. Really impressed by the program.”
"Prequel's exposure to incredible speakers in leadership positions of the world's greatest companies opened up a world of possibilities for me, painting a clearer picture of future roles I can now work towards."
“I am extremely excited about Prequel and the challenge that this learning process represents to our kids. My son shared his TikTok content with me and I was amazed by the business ideas, the product, and all the world behind the production of this content. This is a real taste of the real world."
"Connecting with others who are all as interested as I am in this field was one of the best feelings, especially when able to challenge my limits alongside them. "
"I liked that at Prequel, you don't learn by listening to a lecture, you learn by actually completing real-world case studies. This makes learning very fun."
"I never thought that a 16-year-old high schooler could become an entrepreneur in a business world dominated by adults with degrees. However, at BETA Camp I acquired business and technology skills from industry professionals then co-founded SteerClear."
“My daughter went from struggling to find her place in extracurriculars to landing an internship with a global startup based in Amsterdam through Prequel connections and launching her own graphic design agency."
“Prequel has been an excellent outlet for my daughter to express her creativity and work with others who share the same interests."
