1) Insight Partners, a venture capital firm, hosted high school students from underrepresented backgrounds for a business case competition through SuitUp, a nonprofit providing skills-based volunteering. 2) Students were divided into teams to create a new product for Nike and pitch to judges for a cash prize. Team Nike x Nicki Minaj won. 3) Surveys found that after participating, more students felt confident in obtaining career skills and that what they learn can help their future, and more volunteers saw the impact of encouraging youth career paths.

1. SuitUp with Insight Partners
07/12/2021
Opening Doors and Reimagining Pathways for
Students Everywhere…

2. students
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volunteers
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About Insight Partners
Insight Partners is an American
venture capital and private
equity firm based in New York
City. The firm invests in growth-
stage technology, software and
Internet businesses.
About the SuitUp Youth
Participants
Youth participants stemmed
from across the U.S.
Breakthrough Houston works
with highly motivated,
traditionally underrepresented
students to achieve post-
secondary success and
empowers aspiring leaders to
become the next generation of
educators and advocates.
Strive-LA provides exemplary
academic and guidance
resources to children, youth and
their families in the Watts
community of Los Angeles.
We also had 5 SuitUp All-Stars
(students have participated in
previous competitions)
participate.

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Volunteers Students
47% Female 87%
53% Male 13%
0% Non Binary 0%
0% Prefer Not Say 0%
0% African American 25%
0% HIspanic/LatinX 38%
33% Caucasian 12%
7%
Middle Eastern/ North
African 0%
53%
Asian / Pacific Islander
Hispanic 0%
5% Multi-Racial 25%
2% Other 0%
Meet the Participants

4. Business Case Challenge
Through SuitUp, volunteers from Insight Partners and students from Breakthrough Houston
and Strive-LA participated in a SuitUp business competition in which they created a new
product for Nike for a target market of their choosing. Volunteers coached students in various
departments before helping them pitch to judges for a cash prize.
Winning Team:
Team 4:
Nike x Nicki Minaj
Team 1:
The Nike
Nutrition App
Team 2:
Nike World
Team 3:
Snapfit
Team 4:
Nike x Nicki
Minaj
SuitUp to the Challenge

5. From Student to CEO…
A look at how we are changing life trajectories through
corporate skills-based volunteering

6. Competitions Make a Difference…
BEFORE SUITUP...
75%
of students felt
confident they could
obtain the skills they
needed for a future
career
75%
of students felt what
they learn in the
classroom will help
them in a future
career
80%
of volunteers believe
volunteering is an
important value at
their company
93%
of volunteers felt they
knew how to encourage
more young people to
follow a specific career
path and industry
100%
of students NOW see
themselves having a
career using the skills
they learned at
SuitUp
88%
of students feel more
confident in school and
preparing for a career
after working with
SuitUp and their
coaches
100%
of volunteers believe
their company made a
positive impact
through SuitUp
100%
of volunteers see
SuitUp as a way to
encourage more
students to join their
industry or company
AFTER SUITUP...

7. Insight Partners Impact
SuitUp asked students if Insight Partners’ SuitUp
competition made an impact on what they want to study
when they go to college. 100% of students said the
volunteers helped them come to this conclusion.
What fields/career paths are our students interested in
after working with the Insight Partners team?
Marketing 18%
Business Administration / Entrepreneurship 64%
Graphic/Web/Digital 18%
STEM 27%
Media/Public Relations 18%
Other 45%

8. Same time next
week?
94% of volunteers are interested in doing a SuitUp competition again
100% of students liked their SuitUp competition and coaches
100% of students would like to participate in SuitUp again

9. During the competition, we overheard…
“
"I didn't even know Insight Partners existed! And distance learning wasn't the
most exciting (for me)... but this was great! It gives an opportunity to get out of
the box. Like, picture yourself as a CEO..." student, Insight Partners
" The one thing I wish someone had told me at your age was... there's only a
couple years separating you and the people you look up to. Like, your role-
models have been in your shoes once, and it probably wasn't that long ago. You
can do the same things as them!” - coach, Insight Partners
"Yeah, I learned things... but more excited about meeting the coaches! The
coaches this week were awesome! We're planning to start a podcast and we're
definitely going to have them on!" - student, Insight Partners

10. Get Involved
This board meets 4x a year
and helps SuitUp
implement its strategic
plan to scale and serve
more students.
JOIN SUITUP’S
CORPORATE
BOARD
VOLUNTEER AT
FUTURE
EVENTS
Sign up for as many chapters
as you’d like to keep an eye
out for open volunteer
competitions!
MAKE AN INTRO
TO ANOTHER
COMPANY
SuitUp is always seeking new
corporate partners to host
and sponsor SuitUp
competitions. We work
across the US and even the
UK.
As a 501(c)(3) non- profit,
SuitUp is always seeking
financial or
in-kind support to continue
our work in communities
that need it most. All gifts
are tax deductible.
GIVE A
GIFT
A huge thank you from all of us in the SuitUp family…

11. THANKYOU
www.volunteerSuitUp.org
Hope to see you again soon!