Summer Springboard
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Online
SUMMER IMMERSION ACADEMY
Designed utilizing the resources of the Rady School of Management, UC San Diego.
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Learn social entrepreneurship and innovation from UC San Diego faculty, startup founders, and community leaders.
- Tackle global challenges using systems thinking, human-centered design, and social impact strategies.
- Manage a sustainable business using the green business simulation, seeing firsthand how decisions impact financial viability and social outcomes.
- Build and test solutions using lean innovation methods, impact metrics, and storytelling for change.
- Develop a full venture concept including value proposition, business model, and impact framework.
- Pitch your team’s solution and business strategy to mentors, founders, and impact leaders.
Summer Springboard
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Online
About This Course
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Building on Business & Entrepreneurship Online, this advanced course challenges students to think like changemakers. Through systems thinking, design innovation, and marketing strategy aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, students tackle real-world challenges. Using a green business simulation, teams manage a sustainable company and see how strategic choices balance the triple bottom line — people, planet, and profit. The course ends with a team venture pitch showcasing creative, data-driven solutions for impact.
Who is it for?
Ambitious high schoolers entering 9th–12th grade in Fall 2025 who have completed Business & Entrepreneurship Online (or an equivalent) are encouraged to apply. This course is ideal for students who want to go beyond profit-first startups to design ventures that deliver measurable social or environmental impact — perfect for future founders, changemakers, and innovators. Space is limited: this session is capped at 35 students.
How is it done?
Classes will be held via Zoom and facilitated in real-time by the instructor and a classroom coordinator.
TOPICS YOU'LL EXPLORE
Learn by Doing
Students run a social enterprise in a sustainability-focused business simulation, making strategic decisions that balance people, planet, and profit. They design ventures that generate measurable social and environmental impact, applying marketing and business strategy in mission-driven, real-world contexts. Along the way, students practice data-driven decision-making as they navigate trade-offs in a triple-bottom-line environment, where success means creating value for communities, the planet, and long-term sustainability.
Build the Impact Toolkit
Students form teams to create their own ventures and measure impact using real frameworks — from Theory of Change to impact metrics and social ROI — while receiving direct mentorship and feedback from entrepreneurs and industry experts. Through guided, hands-on practice, they develop the tools, frameworks, and confidence to lead purpose-driven initiatives, culminating in a final pitch to a panel of experts.
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“I liked the simulation and the exposure to this field. The simulation proved to test critical thinking problem solving skills within me, and the exposure showed me what a snippet of college would look like.”
– J | Alumni Student
Summer Springboard
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Online
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Tina Klein creates and runs high-end experiential entrepreneurship programs for teens and adults.
She has taught Marketing since 1996 as a faculty member at top business schools: UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, USC’s Marshall School of Business, MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management. Additionally, she enjoys her role as executive educator working with universities and NGOs, teaching students in the US and internationally.
Previously, Dr. Klein was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, Germany. While there, she also served as an interpreter and translator. She relished her time as a foreign correspondent during the fall of the Berlin Wall and counts herself very lucky to have been in the middle of monumental historical events.
DR. TINA KLEIN, UC SAN DIEGO
Summer Springboard
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Online
Dates & Tuition
| 2025 Dates |
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| July 27 – August 7, 2026 |
Click here to enroll in this course using our online enrollment form.
| Tuition |
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| $1,798 |
Tuition Protection Plan: Allows for cancellation for any reason up until the day of the program.
| Location |
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| Online |