The GençBizz High School Entrepreneurship Program is an experiential entrepreneurship program where high school students aged 13-18 learn entrepreneurial skills by experiencing them firsthand, accompanied by their advisor teachers and volunteer business mentors.
Students establish their own small-scale GençBizz Companies and engage in activities such as production, sales, and marketing. They have the opportunity to participate in national and international programs and earn the International Entrepreneurship Competencies (ESP) Certificate.
How Does the Program Work?
1. Build Your Team
Register with your team on the GençBizz Portal and complete the training.
2. Discover the Problem
Develop your business idea and establish your company.
3. Manage Your GençBizz Company
Choose your department and continue company activities with your team.
What Can You Add to Yourself with GençBizz?
- Business Management — Company setup and management
- Teamwork — Producing and succeeding together
- Problem Solving — Finding solutions to real problems
- Product and Service Design — From idea to production
- Entrepreneurial Mindset — Seeing and evaluating opportunities
- National and International Programs — Global experience
Skills You Will Gain
Self-Confidence, Responsibility, and Teamwork
In your GençBizz Company, you gain the opportunity to develop teamwork and communication skills while interacting with your target audience or potential customers.
Financial Literacy, Business Plan Creation, Time-Resource Management
By watching the training on the GençBizz Portal, you complete the theoretical learning process and apply what you learn while managing your company.
Join the Genç Başarı Alumni Network
You can be together with people who share your entrepreneurial mindset, attend events exclusive to Genç Başarı Alumni, and expand your network.
GençBizz Process
After joining the GençBizz Portal, students begin working on business ideas by taking training. With the prepared business ideas, students take part in different stages throughout the program:
- Quarter Final: Companies complete this stage by completing the tasks assigned on the GençBizz Portal.
- Semi-Final: Companies producing and selling products or services fill out the GençBizz Semi-Final Application Form and are independently evaluated by the GençBizz Jury.
- Final: The 20 selected entrepreneurial companies prepare their reports and receive final training. They participate in the Jury Interview with their prepared company presentation, and the GençBizz Company that will represent Türkiye at the GEN-E European Entrepreneurship Festival is selected. Special Awards are also presented to companies at the GençBizz Final.
Success Stories
GençBizz alumni share the experiences the program has given them:
"I was the General Manager of COover GençBizz Company, which gave me my first leadership experience when I was only in 10th grade and became Türkiye's 1st in 2024. I had the opportunity to be deeply involved in how a company operates and in entrepreneurship. I can say it was definitely a horizon-opening experience for someone who was only 16."
— Çağıl Taştemir, 2024
"Genç Başarı, thanks to the entrepreneurship education it provides at a young age and the professions it introduces, enables us to learn the professions we want and don't want to do."
— Feyyaz Ünal, 1999
"Genç Başarı, which I became part of in 2017, played a major role in establishing my own business thanks to the entrepreneurial skills it taught me and the network where I met my partners."
— Mert Şeftali, 2017