You Shouldn’t Have to Build This Entrepreneurship Program Alone
When I first began building the entrepreneurship program at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, I was doing most of it alone.
There was no national network of entrepreneurship teachers I could call. No shared playbook, no monthly group of educators trying to solve the same problems, no community of schools experimenting with student-run businesses, mindset formation, curriculum design, and program growth.
So I figured it out as I went. I wrote curriculum. I built systems. I tested ideas. I made mistakes. I revised the model. I learned by doing, but much of that learning happened in isolation.
And that is one of the reasons our June training has become so important.
Each summer, educators from Seed Tree schools across the country come together for three days of deep training, practical planning, and meaningful connection. Yes, we spend time on curriculum, classroom implementation, student-run businesses, coaching students, and the Christ-centered entrepreneurial mindset. Those pieces matter deeply.
But one of the most powerful parts of the training is what happens when teachers realize they are not building alone but are instead stepping into a network.
Seed Tree programming is now being used by schools in more than 21 states, and every one of those schools becomes part of a much larger learning community. A teacher who thought she was simply launching one class begins to see how that class could become a program. A school that was planning one business begins to imagine a pathway. A leader who felt the weight of building something new begins to realize there are others walking the same road.
And it matters because entrepreneurship education should not be built in a silo. After the June training, monthly mastermind calls continue the collaboration and keep the learning grounded in real implementation
In one school, students are launching a coffee business. In another, they are running a spiritwear store. In another, they are building a food concept, managing inventory, tracking revenue, refining operations, or preparing to pitch school leadership for an interest-free loan.
These schools become laboratories.
The insights from those laboratories strengthen the entire network. What one teacher learns through trial and error helps another school move faster. What one student-run business discovers becomes wisdom the next school can build on.
Seed Tree provides the framework, curriculum, coaching, and structure. But the real power comes when educators take that model into their own schools, test it, adapt it, and bring what they learn back to the community.
That is why the June training is not just an event. It is an entry point into a network.
If your school is exploring entrepreneurship education, strengthening an existing business program, or building a student-run business pathway, I would love to talk with you about the June training and the broader Seed Tree program.
Let’s build something that lasts.