The Start-up Lab

Turn your ideas into real businesses!

Have you ever wondered what it takes to launch a successful startup? In The Startup Lab, students work together to transform creative ideas into real business concepts through fun challenges, hands on activities and team projects.

Inspired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework, this twelve week programme introduces students to innovation, problem solving, design thinking, marketing and entrepreneurship in an engaging and practical way.

Throughout the term, students will:

• Develop creative thinking through games and innovation challenges

• Identify real world problems worth solving

• Learn how to understand customers and design products people actually need

• Build prototypes and explore business models

• Create marketing campaigns and social media strategies

• Pitch their startup idea in a fun "Shark Tank" style finale

No previous business experience is required. Just bring your curiosity, creativity and willingness to think differently.

Who: High School students
Duration: 12 week extracurricular programme
When: Thursdays, 15:30 to 17:00
Where: ISH City Campus
Facilitator: Anton Pascu
How to enrol: email Anton: officeanton2025@gmail.com 

Places are limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Anton Pascu – Facilitator, The Startup Lab

Anton is an entrepreneur and educator passionate about helping students turn their ideas into reality. He studied Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business Academy, graduating with the highest grade (12). Beyond academic theory, Anton brings hands-on experience to the classroom, having built his own company and managed a team of 12 people. With nearly 10 years of experience in tutoring and youth leadership, including mentoring university students and teenagers, Anton focuses on creating safe, dynamic, and inclusive learning spaces. In the Startup Lab, his goal is to share the practical lessons he learned the hard way in business, empowering high schoolers to move from everyday consumers to confident problem-solvers and creators.