Think like a founder. Build your business.

Coach KingsleyThe AI-Powered Learning Coachfor Young Founders

Coach Kingsley helps young founders learn entrepreneurship and turn ideas into real businesses. Get guidance as you explore ideas, understand customers, build your brand, price your offer, create business assets, and prepare to pitch — while doing the thinking and decision-making yourself.

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Parent oversight
Built-in
Instructor review
Real feedback
Project-based
Real outcomes

Coach Kingsley powers the KYEA learning experience — keeping students, instructors, and parents connected.

Coach Kingsley

AI-Powered Learning Coach

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Hello! I'm Coach Kingsley, your AI-Powered Learning Coach. I'm here to help you think like an entrepreneur. Ask me about business ideas, customers, branding, pricing, marketing, entrepreneurship, or launching your first business. Choose one of the suggested prompts below or ask your own question.

Find My Founder Starting Point

Not sure where to begin? Take the guided six-question experience and get your personalized Founder Starting Report.

Start Guided Experience

A free preview of Coach Kingsley — 6 prompts per visit, no account required.

6
Guided modules
4
Connected surfaces
100%
Parent + instructor visibility
12–18
Middle & high school
The founder journey

From Idea to Launch

Coach Kingsley guides students through the decisions that turn an idea into a real business.

  1. 01
    Idea

    Turn a spark into a real business concept.

  2. 02
    Customer

    Decide exactly who it's for.

  3. 03
    Validation

    Test the problem before building.

  4. 04
    Offer

    Shape what's sold and what it costs.

  5. 05
    Brand

    Name, voice and visual identity.

  6. 06
    MVP

    Build the first real version.

  7. 07
    Marketing

    Reach the first customers.

  8. 08
    Sales

    Ask, handle objections, close.

  9. 09
    Pitch

    Explain the business with confidence.

  10. 10
    Launch

    Go live and track real results.

Learn
Think
Build
Approve
Portfolio
Connected learning

How Coach Kingsley powers the learning experience.

One AI coach. Four connected learning surfaces. Coach Kingsley works across the KYEA learning environment — helping students learn, think, build, and prepare while their business work stays connected from lesson to launch.

Learn
Think
Build
Document
Think · Featured
Coach Kingsley Chat

Your AI-Powered Learning Coach explains lessons, asks guiding questions, and helps students think through their own answers.

Hey! What kind of business are you dreaming up?
Something that helps kids at my school learn coding.
Love that. Who at your school would try it first — and what's their biggest frustration today?
Probably middle school students who want to code but don't know where to start.
That's more specific. Before choosing your solution, let's understand what makes starting difficult for them.
Coaching focus
Customer Discovery
Next step

Talk to 3 potential students and identify the most common starting problem.

Illustrative example

Build
Business Builder

A structured workspace where students turn lesson reflections into business ideas, customer profiles, offers, pricing, MVPs, and pitch content.

Customer
8th graders
Offer
Code club
Price
$15 / session
MVP
3-week pilot
Document
Launch Kit Progress

A visible track where students build portfolio-ready business outputs instructors and parents can trust.

Idea Discovery100%
Customer Research80%
MVP Plan35%
Learn · KYEA Academy
Academy Learning Experience

Lessons, assignments, live sessions, missed-class catch-up, and instructor feedback in one connected learning space.

Module 3
Finding Your First Customer
Due Fri
Live
Pitch Practice Session
Tue 6pm
Feedback
Instructor reviewed your MVP
New
Creative Studio

Turn strategy into something people can see.

Students make the creative decisions. Coach Kingsley helps turn those decisions — pulled from their own business work — into approved visual assets.

Logo conceptsBrand visualsFlyersContent graphicsPitch visualsLaunch graphics

Every asset stays tied to the student's brand, customer and offer decisions — and is reviewed before it reaches the Launch Kit.

Pitch Practice

Practice. Get feedback. Improve. Repeat.

Students rehearse their pitch as many times as they need, in the format that matches the moment.

Written pitch

Sharpen structure and clarity.

Voice delivery

Practice pacing and tone.

Video presentation

Rehearse the real thing.

Judge Q&A

Answer the hard questions.

Feedback focuses on clarity, structure, confidence, delivery and how well the business is explained.

Founder Track Access

Coach Kingsley Founder Track

Build at your pace. Coach Kingsley guides the journey.

A complete self-guided entrepreneurship learning experience for young founders ages 12–18. Students learn entrepreneurship, build their business, create real assets, practice their pitch and grow a portfolio — with Coach Kingsley guiding each step.

Founder Track
Monthly
$30/month
Billed monthly
Cancel anytime
Founder Track
Annual
Best value
$300/year
Billed once a year
Works out to $25/month — save $60
What Founder Track includes
  • Coach Kingsley AI teaching + coaching
  • Full entrepreneurship curriculum
  • Business Builder
  • Creative Studio
  • Pitch Practice
  • Launch Kit portfolio
  • Badges + progress tracking
  • Appropriate parent visibility
Looking for live instructor support?

Founder Track is self-guided. For weekly live instruction, human instructor feedback, cohort learning and Academy accountability, explore KYEA Academy.

Explore KYEA Academy
Designed for young founders ages 12–18
Parent/guardian authorization where required
Student-centered AI guidance
Privacy-aware learning experience
The KYEA teaching philosophy

Think clearly.
Build boldly.
Use AI responsibly.

Brought to life through Coach Kingsley. KYEA defines the educational philosophy; Coach Kingsley operationalizes and personalizes it — giving students guided AI teaching support as they explore business ideas, understand customers, shape offers, plan MVPs, and prepare pitches.

"We're teaching students to think with AI, not have AI think for them."

KYEA defines the philosophy
Coach Kingsley personalizes it for every student
Guides discovery

Structured questions turn vague sparks into testable ideas.

Builds fundamentals

Customers, offer, pricing, MVP, and pitch — step by step.

Responsible by design

Students learn to think for themselves and use AI as a coach.

Missed-class support

Coach Kingsley can reteach the lesson, walk students through the assignment, and help them catch up before they submit.

Three ways to learn

One Coach Kingsley. Different ways to learn.

Whether a young founder learns independently, joins the instructor-led KYEA Academy, or participates through a school or youth organization, Coach Kingsley supports the learning experience.

Self-guided

Coach Kingsley Founder Track

Build your business at your own pace with Coach Kingsley guiding you from idea to launch — the full entrepreneurship learning experience, Business Builder, Creative Studio, Pitch Practice and Launch Kit.

$30/month
or $300/year — billed once a year, save $60
Try Coach Kingsley free first
Flagship KYEA experience
Instructor-led

KYEA Academy

The flagship live learning experience. Students learn with KYEA instructors while Coach Kingsley provides personalized support throughout their entrepreneurship journey.

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Schools + organizations

KYEA Partner Access

Bring the KYEA learning model, curriculum, instructor tools, and Coach Kingsley support to schools and youth-serving organizations.

Responsible AI

AI that teaches and guidesnot one that does the work.

Coach Kingsley can explain lessons, guide assignments, and help students improve their ideas, but every final answer is designed to stay in the student's own voice.

Designed for students ages 12–18
Instructor oversight
Parent visibility where appropriate
Academic-integrity safeguards
Guides, doesn't do

Coach Kingsley teaches concepts and asks questions instead of handing over final answers.

Original thinking

Students are encouraged to think first, write in their own words, and revise with support.

Adults stay in the loop

Parents and instructors remain part of important decisions and review points.

Age-appropriate safety

Avoids unsafe, legal, medical, tax, or financial advice.

Missed-class support

Academy students can use CK to catch up when they miss a live session.

Built with parent and instructor oversight.

Every student's Launch Kit, chat activity, and progress is visible to the adults guiding them — because responsible AI education requires responsible adults in the room.

For parents

More than screen time.
Structured business building.

Critical thinkingCommunicationDecision-makingFinancial thinkingCreativityConfidenceEntrepreneurshipResponsible AI usePortfolio development

Students work through real business decisions and keep the work they produce — with appropriate parent visibility along the way.

For students

Build something that's yours.

You don't need to know everything before you begin. Coach Kingsley helps you figure out:

  • what to build
  • who it's for
  • how to improve it
  • how to market it
  • how to sell it
  • how to explain it
  • how to launch it
Questions

Before you start

What is Coach Kingsley Founder Track?

A self-guided entrepreneurship learning experience where Coach Kingsley teaches lessons, guides the thinking, and helps a young founder build a real business step by step — from idea through launch.

Is Founder Track the same as KYEA Academy?

No. Founder Track is self-guided with Coach Kingsley. KYEA Academy is the instructor-led experience with live sessions, human instructor feedback and cohort learning.

Does Coach Kingsley do assignments for students?

No. Coach Kingsley explains concepts, asks guiding questions and helps students improve their own work. Final answers stay in the student's own voice.

What if my child doesn't have a business idea yet?

That's the normal starting point. The first part of the journey is idea discovery — Coach Kingsley helps turn interests into a business concept worth testing.

Can a student who already has a business use Founder Track?

Yes. Existing ideas and businesses can be brought in, and the journey focuses on sharpening customers, offer, pricing, marketing, sales and pitch.

What happens if we cancel?

A subscription can be canceled at any time. Access continues through the end of the period already paid for, and saved educational work stays preserved in the account.

Is the annual plan billed monthly?

No. The annual plan is $300 billed once a year. That works out to $25/month, but it is a single yearly charge.

What if a renewal payment has an issue?

The account owner will be prompted to update billing information so the subscription can continue without losing saved work.

Can I upgrade to KYEA Academy later?

Yes. Families often start self-guided and later apply to the instructor-led KYEA Academy experience.

What ages is Founder Track designed for?

Young founders ages 12–18, with guidance written for middle and high school students.

Does Coach Kingsley include live instructors?

Not in Founder Track — it is self-guided. Live instruction and human instructor feedback are part of KYEA Academy and Partner Access programs.

Start today

Ready to Think Like a Founder and Build Your Business?

Start self-guided with Coach Kingsley Founder Track, try Coach Kingsley free first, or explore the instructor-led and institutional pathways.

Parent oversight built into every account
Instructor feedback on every assignment
Real projects, not busywork
Aligned with the KYEA teaching philosophy