6-Month Startup Challenge

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Bringing your students’ entrepreneurship journey from 0 to 100

Bringing your students’ entrepreneurship journey from 0 to 100

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Workshop by Executives from

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Students

Teachers

Mentors

Participating Schools

200+
Gen Z-led startups

Undergrad Mentors from

Harvard

Princeton

UPenn

Dartmouth

Yale

Challenge Timeline

April 30th, 2026

Early Bird Registration Deadline

August 31st, 2026

Registration Deadline

August 2026 – September 2026

Complimentary Summer Workshops
for Students & Challenge Onboarding

Join info sessions, get onboarded, and prepare for the challenge ahead!

October 2026 – March 2027

Expop Entrepreneurship Challenge

Attend live monthly workshops by experts and build your startup through monthly challenges.

April 2027

Grand Finale

Celebrate with awards, prizes, and exclusive access for the Top 100 students in the challenge.

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About Us

Expop is the flagship high school entrepreneurship challenge by Ascendance, an international youth organization founded in 2015 that has since impacted over 50,000 students across 26 countries, helped guide 200+ Gen Z-led startups and has received The Diana Award (UK) and was a semifinalist for Harvard iLabs President's Innovation Challenge 2022 & 2023 (USA), among other notable awards for their impact.

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About Us

Expop is the flagship high school entrepreneurship challenge by Ascendance, an international youth organization founded in 2015 that has since impacted over 50,000 students across 26 countries, helped guide 200+ Gen Z-led startups and has received The Diana Award (UK) and was a semifinalist for Harvard iLabs President's Innovation Challenge 2022 & 2023 (USA), among other notable awards for their impact.

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© 2026 Ascendance US Inc (Expop). All Rights Reserved.

About Us

Expop is the flagship high school entrepreneurship challenge by Ascendance, an international youth organization founded in 2015 that has since impacted over 50,000 students across 26 countries, helped guide 200+ Gen Z-led startups and has received The Diana Award (UK) and was a semifinalist for Harvard iLabs President's Innovation Challenge 2022 & 2023 (USA), among other notable awards for their impact.

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