<p>TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) is a 9-month, hands-on entrepreneurship programme run by TiE Singapore for high-school students. Teams of students learn entrepreneurial fundamentals through a structured curriculum (design thinking, idea validation, customer discovery, lean canvas, startup math, pitch presentation), then build a real startup with mentor support and pitch at regional and global finals.</p> <ul> <li>Eligibility: students in grades 9 to 12 (or equivalent), roughly Sec 3 through JC2 / polytechnic Year 1.</li> <li>Commitment: 2 to 4 hours per week from September through April; sessions are a mix of in-person and virtual.</li> <li>Phase 1: 8 workshops (Sep to Nov). Phase 2: team formation, ideation, mentorship (Jan to Mar). Regional Finals in April; TYE Global Finals in June.</li> <li>Mentorship from TiE charter members and startup founders; participants receive a certificate of completion.</li> <li>The TYE Global pitch competition has a prize pool of more than US$10,000, plus potential investment and in-kind awards.</li> </ul> <p>Applications open via the TiE Singapore events portal in the months before the September intake.</p>