The Silicon Valley Coders Club was founded in June 2015 by Shivaum Kumar, a Saratoga High School student, to teach entrepreneurship and coding to middle and high school students. It began as a coding study group and evolved into a semester-long program across multiple locations that guides students through developing a business plan, collaborating on a prototype, and pitching their startup ideas. The program is supported by various city libraries and organizations and aims to provide students opportunities to learn skills for launching their own startups and engaging with the innovation economy. Industry mentors teach the modules while executives judge the pitch competitions, with the goal of inspiring students to use their skills and ideas to solve problems.

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2. OUR MISSION
» Engage, excite and educate students about:
– Launching their very own unique startup,
– Developing a business plan and
– Collaborating and teaming to
– Execute a project plan towards a
– Working prototype of their product

3. » Founded June 2015
» Initially a coding focused study group that
morphed into a semester long education that
jumpstarts entrepreneurship efforts and tech
creativity for middle school and high school
students.
» New locations launched every semester
» Founded by Saratoga High School student
Shivaum Kumar
THE START:
A CODING STUDY GROUP

4. “Silicon Valley does well because of the learning,
innovation opportunity, that makes so many rich and the
world a better place. I thought, why not provide that
opportunity to students everywhere? That is why I started
the Silicon Valley Coders Club to teach entrepreneurship
to students, to show them how they could launch a
startup, what it takes to be part of Silicon Valley’s
innovation economy”
- Shivaum Kumar, Founder
WHY STARTUP BOOT CAMP?
ADDRESSING A GAP

5. Summer 2016 Fall 2015 Spring 2016
Fall 2016
Spring 2016
2017 Spring
Saratoga:
Coding Study
Group launched
Saratoga: Entrepreneurship
Boot Camp launched
San Jose
Livermore
Saratoga
Pleasanton
Fremont
San Jose
Livermore
Saratoga
NEW LOCATIONS EVERY SEMESTER
East Palo Alto
San Leandro
Pleasanton
Fremont
San Jose
Livermore
Saratoga
12 Locations
See next slide

6. FALL 2017 LOCATIONS
East Palo Alto* Oakland
San Leandro* Charlotte NC
Pleasanton San Jose #2
Fremont San Jose #3
San Jose #1 Milpitas
Livermore Los Altos/ Los Altos
Hills
Saratoga Union City
* Taking a break

7. WHO CAN ENROLL?
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 No per-requisite is required to join, just a creative
inquisitive mind and a desire to learn
 Geared towards middle school and high school
students. But..."no child left behind”
 There is no charge to attend any of the locations

8. WHAT DO STUDENTS LEARN?
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-Three modules, each providing students the fundamentals
needed to launch their own startup
Module 1, Entrepreneurship 101, B-school format education,
demonstrates what it takes to turn an idea into a business plan.
A finished business plan is the output
Module 2, Product Development. Mentoring based
collaborative teamwork coding/development of that business
plan into a an almost working prototype/product.
Module 3 (Spring only) Silicon Valley Youth Technology Day to
meet Silicon Valley executives, students showcase working
prototype, and top teams from each location pitch to get startup
seed funding. NOTE: Pitch fests conducted every semester

9. WHERE DOES THE SUPPORT OR
FUNDING COME FROM?
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- City of San Jose Library System with the support of Mayor Sam
Liccardo
- City of Oakland Library System with support of Mayor Libby
Schaaf
- School District
- San Leandro Library System
- YMCA East Palo Alto
- Corporate partners
- Many religious organizations

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Module 1 is typically taught by Industry executives
Module 2 is startup team oriented learning, aided by
industry mentors and overview sessions
Module 3 provides students an opportunity to meet very
successful executives from Silicon Valley companies at
the Silicon Valley Youth Tech Day – you can see the
2017 flyer later in this presentation
Pitch Fest is typically judged by Silicon Valley
executives and Venture Capital investors
WHO ARE THE TEACHERS?

11. WHEN ARE CLASSES HELD?
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• Classes are held for an hour every Saturday or Sunday
• The same curriculum is run every semester (Fall and
Spring)

12. WHY LAUNCH YOUR STARTUP?
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 Solve a problem of the world, make the world a
better place
 Feel the rush of seeing your idea come alive and
millions using your product, your idea
 ….while you (hopefully) make a lot of money

13. How did the Silicon Valley Youth Tech Day
go in 2017?

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16. www.SiliconValleyCoders.org
www.Facebook.com/groups/siliconvalleycoders
Email subscription: http://groups.google.com/group/SiliconValleyCoders
(Under 501C3 Tax Id 46-1442459
Questions? shivaum1<at>gmail.com
RSVP: tinyurl.com/StartupBootCamp4Kids
http://www.siliconvalleycoders.org/about-us