About Us
YouthHack is a for-purpose organization started in 2014 to help students learn more about technology, startups, and entrepreneurship. Established in 2018, YouthHack Connecticut is the new chapter of YouthHack in Connecticut with the interest and focus on students from this particular region.
Through a variety of educational events, workshops and programs, YouthHack has worked with hundreds of students in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and the US over the past few years. We run startup challenges, code weekends, student incubators, coding bootcamps and more.
We hope to continue building the startup ecosystem across the globe by bringing together the bright young minds of tomorrow and providing them with the network, resources and mentors to help them turn their ideas into reality.
Ventures
STARTUP CHALLENGE IS A TWO-DAY EVENT THAT WILL IMMERSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE BASICS OF THE STARTUP WORLD
On the first day, the participants will undergo workshops on design thinking, rapid prototyping, marketing and growth hacking, forming business models, pitching, and more.
On the second day, the participants will be asked to come up with a technology-focused startup idea that they will present in a pitching competition. The winners of the pitching competition will receive cash prizes and mentorship from the judges.
Happening this October 5-6! Sign Up Here!For more information, check out our event primer here
Code Weekend: Intensive Training sessions for aspiring student coders
LEARN: Participants are expected to have very minimal coding or hardware experience as we will be carefully explaining everything we do as we go.
BUILD: Participants begin applying skills leanrt from intense training workshops available on campus. Focus on hands-on coding experience.
SCALE: Participants will attempt to discover and improve the practical aspect of their coding projects. Turn coding experience into real-life applications!
Startup School: semester-long program for the budding entrepreneur to learn about turning an idea into a real product or service
Serial entrepreneurs, professors, venture capitalists, and student entrepreneurs teach weekly lessons ranging from ideation to building an MVP to digital marketing and more. At the end of the program, students pitch their business idea to investors.
Stay Tuned! Application Coming Soon!
YouthHack Stories
A collection of stories and posts from our community of young entrepreneurs.
Our Team
Meet and join our Wesleyan-based team of young and innovative leaders.
Philippe
Bungabong
President, served as President of the founding chapter of YouthHack in Manila and scaled the organization’s impact to 65,000 students.
Natasha
Wong
Vice President of Marketing, served as Director of Media of Artworks for Youth and helped raised more than $50,000 for its outreach programs.
Roshaan
Siddiqui
Vice President of Operation, led the launch and expansion of the Junior Economic Club: Chicago, the largest student-run nonprofit in Chicago.
Nick
Franczak
Vice President of Finance, co-founded high school’s Robotics Club and taught its members CAD and wiring as its Design Head for two years.
Chunyue
Ma
Vice President of Logistics, worked with Project Spark for three years and spearheaded volunteer teaching efforts for 300+ students in rural China.