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Tycoon Ventures
Learners create and test real solutions to real problems, with mentors alongside them.
Enterprise bootcamp · Grades 6–9
SCHOOL WAS BUILT
FOR A WORLD THAT
IS DISAPPEARING.
Your child is growing up where AI can write, design, code and automate in seconds. We teach them to spot an opportunity, build it and sell it — for real.
- Spot the problemNo treats near the park after 5pm.
- Ask real people8 of 12 want Sunday delivery.
- Build it fastOrder page live in 40 minutes.
- Make the saleR385 in. 6 pre-orders next week.
The response
The Tycoon Academy prepares children to build their own future.
We're raising a generation of modern MacGyvers: young people who see a problem and find a way through with whatever is around them — using AI as a tool, never a crutch.
Then they go into the real world and prove whether it works.
Passive
- Waits for instructions
- Memorises the answer
- Asks AI to think for them
- Fears getting it wrong
Active
- Spots the opportunity
- Tests it on a real customer
- Uses AI to move faster
- Treats a no as information
R385
First sale. It changes how a 13-year-old sees the world.
Beyond STEM
STEM is the tool.
Capability is the point.
Pick a tool. Watch what it turns into.
The tools
What it unlocks
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AI models
Test an idea before you build it
Interview the model, stress-test the idea, kill the weak ones early.
Nine ideas researched in an afternoon. One people actually pay for.
Illustrative examples
R385
First week of orders, packed at the kitchen table.
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Real customers pitched face to face before term ended.
R1 240
Revenue on a venture that started as a complaint.
The Tycoon Cycle
No imaginary businesses.
No waiting for permission.
Step 01 of 05
Spot the gap
Then round again — better.
Step 1 of 5
Step 1 of 5: Spot the gap
Week one: 20 problems written down, 3 worth chasing.
01Spot the gap
They look at their own streets, schools and communities and notice what's missing, broken or annoying — then check whether anyone cares enough to pay for a fix.
20 → 3
Problem log
Filtered by: would someone pay?
Swipe left or right to move between steps
They launch. They sell. They fail. They learn. They launch again.
Every Tycoon works on real projects with real consequences, in a safe, mentor-supported environment.
AI, not a crutch
AI is their force multiplier.
Tycoons use AI to research markets, challenge assumptions, build prototypes, brands and websites — then they still have to think, persuade and deliver.
Shipped by learners: a live storefront and an order app, built in days.
At the centre
The young founder
Decides. Persuades. Delivers.
Hover or tap a tool. The learner stays in the middle — always.
Real ventures, real proof
Products packed. Sales made. Apps shipped.
Wick & You
Site built and live in one afternoon. First order the same night.
R385
The first sale changes everything.
Treat Club
6 pre-orders packed in a weekend.
Built with AI, by learners
Real storefronts, order apps and landing pages — designed, prompted and shipped by 12 to 15 year olds, then tested on paying customers.
The ecosystem
A real-world learning ecosystem.
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Tycoon Wallet
A venture dashboard for revenue, costs, profit, tax provision and working capital.
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Tycoon Marketplace
A profile of proven skills and ventures, so founders can find collaborators safely.
The financial and marketplace elements are being built with parent consent, safeguarding and appropriate regulated partners. Some features are still in development, and we'll only launch them when they're right.
By the time they leave school, they should already be unstoppable in the real world.
Not because they have all the answers — because they know how to find them, build something useful and create opportunity where others see a problem.
While others work out where to begin, Tycoons are already moving.
Credibility
Built by entrepreneurs, not theorists.
The Tycoon Academy is built by the team behind Groe Global and The AI Guys: entrepreneurs, international franchise operators and technology builders who've spent decades creating, scaling and supporting real businesses.
We're not preparing children for the world as it was.
We're preparing them to shape what comes next.
- Great British Entrepreneur Awards — Technology finalist
- Franchise Support Company of the Year 2024
- Built by Groe Global and The AI Guys
- Decades of building, scaling and supporting real businesses
For parents
Ambition needs the right environment.
Mentor oversight
Experienced operators guiding every venture.
Responsible AI
AI used critically, never as a substitute for thinking.
Age-appropriate
Scoped for Grades 6 to 9, with parent consent.
Money, with guardrails
Real enterprise learning inside clear safeguards.
Founder, The Tycoon Academy
A note from the founder.
I built The Tycoon Academy because I look at the world my own children are growing up in and I know that school alone can't be the whole answer.
I don't expect every child to become an entrepreneur. But I do believe every child should understand how opportunity is created.
That's what I want for my own children. And that's what The Tycoon Academy is being built to give yours.
Founding cohort
Success stories start here.
Give your child more than another activity. Give them the confidence and capability to create their own future.
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