{"id":7411,"date":"2022-08-22T08:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:02:06","slug":"empowering-700-students-to-make-a-positive-impact-in-their-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/social-responsibility\/empowering-700-students-to-make-a-positive-impact-in-their-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering 700 students to make a positive impact in their communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last fall, we challenged hundreds of high school students to help underrepresented business owners develop innovative solutions to their biggest challenges. Building a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/social-responsibility\/addressing-racial-equity-at-intuit-from-the-inside-out\/\" ><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more inclusive world matters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and here\u2019s why:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.3% of all venture capital dollars were received by all-women companies in 2020<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. [1]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.2% of the $147 billion raised for startups in the first half of 2021 went to Black founders. [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90% of Latinx entrepreneurs struggle to access the capital and support they need to launch and grow. [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of Intuit\u2019s inaugural <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Innovation Challenge<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, students formed teams, working for months to develop ideas and programs to benefit their communities. Overall, the challenge involved a staggering 78 schools, 82 educators, and 700 students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Developing a real-world challenge to positively impact the world<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intuit\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/company\/corporate-responsibility\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporate Responsibilit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y team built the challenge as a part of their effort to make a positive impact in the communities we serve and better prepare individuals for jobs by providing tools and resources to develop durable skills such as critical thinking, complex problem-solving, and creative confidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team had the vision to develop a transformational, project-based learning experience that students would always remember.\u00a0 \u201cWe wanted to create a program that would not only teach important life and business lessons but allow students to immediately apply the concepts,\u201d said Nico Valencia, Senior Product Manager at Intuit. \u201cThis challenge was a great opportunity for students to practice what they learned, giving them the courage and confidence to make impactful change in their communities now and in the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students kicked off the challenge in November of 2021 by completing an online course championing Intuit\u2019s design thinking methodology, Design for Delight. This course gave teams the fundamental lessons they\u2019d use for the rest of the challenge: brainstorming, developing customer empathy, testing hypotheses, and innovating with agility.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7416\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7416 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?w=640\" alt=\"Four high schoolers pose in a locker-lined hallway.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png 6000w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=740,493 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=1440,960 1440w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_5890-1.png?resize=720,480 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LJ team, 2nd place winners in the Prosperity Hub School District category<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><b>Students were equipped and ready for the challenge ahead<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon completion of the course, each group of students talked to local small business owners in their communities. They then let their imaginations run wild as they began to build out their projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One team of diverse young women from Toronto, Canada created a smart toothbrush for a local Black-owned dental office. They hope that the new product will lower the barrier of access to quality dental care, which is disproportionately high for both minority patients and dentists. Students from a school in New York City developed a program to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in middle school girls through in-person, business-oriented classes. Another team from Fountain Valley, California developed a free, online forum for LGBTQ+ BIPOC entrepreneurs to provide tips, community, and opportunities for mentorship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of dozens of teams, nine were selected as finalists to move forward in the final round of the competition. On top of access to $5,000 in funds to use toward their project expansion, they were given additional resources: mentorship and guidance. Intuit team members from various departments across the company volunteered to mentor the finalist teams virtually each week, offering feedback and insight on the team\u2019s direction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The students started to understand the design process more and more,\u201d said Felix Stekolshcik, Senior Product Designer and mentor of winning team reFAIRe. \u201cEvery time we would meet, their grasp of the product and their idea would evolve and then so would their design process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intuit employees from across the company volunteered to judge the students\u2019 final projects. As final projects were submitted in March of 2022, the judges were blown away by the students\u2019 hard work. Two teams earned the first place prize, with each student winning a $5,000 educational grant to use toward their future education expenses and an iPad Pro. First, second, and third place runners-up were also awarded educational grants and additional prizes for their innovative ideas and dedication to improving their communities. While prizes certainly proved to be enticing incentives for participation, more students shared that the lessons they learned during their experience were priceless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7415\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7415 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg 4032w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=740,416 740w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=620,348 620w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=1240,696 1240w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=310,174 310w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=900,507 900w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=1800,1014 1800w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=1440,810 1440w, https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1128.jpeg?resize=720,405 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enlighteners team, 1st place winners in the Prosperity Hub School District category (East Side Union School District)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><b>So, what did the students learn?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese skills of leadership, adaptability, and learning together as a collaborative team will also help me in the real world, where I\u2019ll need to be resourceful and to take leadership into action.\u201d &#8211; Sufia Arshad, LJ team\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d I was wowed by my team\u2019s community impact\u201d, as her team, the Early Entrepreneurs, developed a curriculum to encourage entrepreneurship for middle-school girls.\u00a0 -Sophia Bustos, The Early Entrepreneurs team<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo say that taking part in Intuit\u2019s Social Innovation Challenge has inspired me would be an understatement. Throughout my time participating in this challenge, I have become less ignorant and grown more aware of the struggles that underrepresented groups endure not only in the business world but in their daily lives. I would recommend this challenge to any aspiring students who are eager to advocate for social change.\u201d &#8211;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gavin Schuld, ReFaire team<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, for both mentors and students, Intuit\u2019s Social Innovation Challenge isn\u2019t going away anytime soon. Not only is another challenge in the works and due to launch in October, but a modified version was also be an integral part of an in-person summer program with one of our partners, the San Diego Unified School District.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Our next social innovation challenge is coming this fall<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know a high school student that may want to participate in the next challenge? Intuit\u2019s newest Social Innovation Challenge is kicking off in October 2022. Registration is now open and we\u2019ll be accepting submissions through the end of September. Get more information at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.intuitinnovationchallenge.com<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1-https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/venture\/global-vc-funding-to-female-founders<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2-https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/news\/something-ventured-funding-to-black-startup-founders-quadrupled-in-past-year-but-remains-elusive<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3-https:\/\/latinocf.org\/latino-entrepreneurship-fund<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last fall, we challenged hundreds of high school students to help underrepresented business owners develop innovative solutions to their biggest challenges. Building a more inclusive world matters, and here\u2019s why: 2.3% of all venture capital dollars were received by all-women companies in 2020. 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