GWI Innovation Academy

# GWI Innovation Academy The GWI Innovation Academy is Girls With Impact's live, online business and leadership program - a "mini-MBA" in which each participant builds her own venture or social-impact project from idea to pitch. Classes are taught live by instructors in small cohorts, with cohorts starting throughout the year and a shorter five-week version offered in the summer. ## What You'll Do - Attend nine live online classes plus a one-hour graduation, roughly ten weeks in total - Develop a business or social-impact idea, test it, and build a plan and pitch around it - Learn market research, customer discovery, finance basics, branding and public speaking - Present your venture at graduation to peers, families and program partners - Continue with GWI mentorship options such as EmpowerHour and the four-month Impact Pathways ## Who Should Apply Students roughly 14 and older - the program is designed for girls and young women but states that it is "open to all students and does not exclude based on gender." Classes are scheduled on US Eastern time. Enrollment is by a short online form rather than a competitive application, so it suits students who want structured entrepreneurship experience without an admissions process. ## Outcomes Tuition is listed at $995 on a sliding scale, with financial aid for US students from low- and moderate-income households; the organization states that over 90% of its students participate at no cost. Graduates leave with a completed venture project, a pitch they can reuse in applications and interviews, and a credential plus alumni network from a nationally run program.