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Your kid picks the idea, talks to real customers, sets a price and pitches it. Lemon, our AI coach, asks the questions that keep them moving. The thinking stays theirs, and you approve anything public.
A ready-to-run entrepreneurship program for library clubs, camps and classrooms. Run it as a 4-week club or 2-day camp, or as a 12-week course or 1-month sprint. You don't need a business background to lead it.
Bring Lemonstand to every school and library in your community. Sponsored seats keep cost from being the barrier, and our privacy and AI-safety documentation is ready for your review.
Lemon
Who would buy this? Let's ask five people before we make fifty.
Maya's stand · Dog-walking
Interview 5 neighbors
How it works
Lemonstand follows the path real founders take, sized for a kid. Every step ends with something they made, so progress is visible to them, their teacher and their family.
Find a problem worth solving: on your street, at school, in your group chat. Pick the idea you actually care about.
Talk to real people and run a tiny experiment, like a sign-up sheet, a sample or a sketch, before spending a dollar.
Make the first version, count the costs and set a price that works. Real math, with a real reason to care.
Pitch it, and open the stand once a parent or teacher says yes. Every kid leaves with a portfolio of what they made.
Lemon
Your coach · Step 2: Test your idea
Lemon
Hi Maya! Your idea is dog-walking. Who do you think would pay for it?
An example conversation, shown for illustration.
Meet Lemon
AI should make young people braver, not lazier. Lemon is there when the idea won't let go, asks one good question at a time, and never takes the pen out of their hand.
Lemon gives hints and questions. It won't write the plan, the pitch or the homework.
Lemon is designed not to ask kids for names, addresses, photos or anything that identifies them.
Nothing is published, sold or paid for until a parent, guardian or teacher approves it.
Progress is earned with real evidence that an educator reviews, not by clicking through.
Programs
The same kid-centered journey comes in three sizes. Start with one Thursday club and grow into a course when you're ready.
Libraries & community centers
Schools & classrooms
Districts & nonprofits
Mission & sponsored seats
Lemonstand is built to be funded by the communities it serves: school budgets, library grants and sponsors who want every kid to get a first try.
Businesses, foundations and community groups fund seats for libraries, Title I schools and youth nonprofits.
Completion, skills and the projects kids built, shared in a format you can bring to your board.
Kids solve local problems for local customers. The showcase is a neighborhood event, not a leaderboard.
Who it's for
For families
For educators & librarians
Safety & privacy
Schools and districts reviewing Lemonstand get our privacy, security and AI-safety documentation on request.
Lemonstand doesn't show ads to kids and doesn't sell what they share. Full stop.
Children's privacy and student-record rules shaped the product from the first sketch, not after launch.
We collect what's needed to run the program and nothing more. Lemon doesn't ask kids for personal details.
Parents and educators approve anything public or paid, and educators review the work along the way.
FAQ
Ages 8 to 18. Lemon adjusts reading level and examples to each learner, and facilitators can group kids by age or mix them, since older kids make great mentors.
No. Lemon is a coach, not a ghostwriter. It asks questions and gives hints, and the ideas, interviews, prices and pitches are the kid's own.
No. Library and classroom versions work on shared devices, and core activities have printable versions. A phone is enough for kids working from home.
Not at all. The facilitator guide walks you through every session, and Lemon handles the one-on-one nudges so you can focus on the room.
Joining the waitlist is free. We're working with pilot partners on fair pricing for schools and districts, and on sponsored seats so libraries, Title I schools and youth nonprofits can run it at low or no cost.
They can, with a parent or guardian's OK. Many programs end with a showcase or market day; others stop at prototypes and pitches. You decide what fits your community.
We collect the minimum needed to run the program, never sell it and never show ads. Lemonstand is designed around COPPA and FERPA, and we share our privacy and AI-safety documentation with any school or district reviewing it.
Yes. Homeschool pods and co-ops are a great fit. Tell us about your group in the contact form below.
Contact
Teachers, librarians, district leaders, nonprofits, sponsors and curious parents: tell us what you're picturing, and we'll help you shape it.
Now booking pilot partners for 2026–27
Clubs, camps, courses and multi-site partnerships.
A person replies, not a bot
Someone on our team reads every note.
Docs on request
Privacy, safety, standards alignment and grant support.
Early access
Waitlist families and educators get first invites and a say in what we build next.