Sell parents a short, finished project: two- and three-day creative tech camps in borrowed rooms

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Who it’s for

For people with a teachable creative or technical skill (video, animation, game design, music) who want a local business they can test in one summer without owning a building.

The lesson

Parents will pay for a short camp when their child comes home with something finished to show. A camp sold in two- and three-day blocks, run in rented community space with seasonal instructors, can be tested at one site before any money goes into premises, and this one started exactly that way.

Who pays and why

Parents of children aged 6 to 13 pay. The founders describe the purpose as redirecting children's screen time from consuming things to creating things, and the camps are built around that promise: little lecturing, team projects, and a final showcase where each child presents a film, animation or game. Camps are sold in two- and three-day blocks rather than full weeks, at a reported $150 and $230, with discounts for booking both blocks in one week and for siblings. The short block lowers the price of a first try for a parent, and the finished project gives the parent something concrete to see. The topics follow what children already care about, such as video platforms and popular building and game-making software, and the founders say new themes are chosen from feedback by earlier campers.

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