Empowerment
We train scholars using a blended (live courses + e-learning) education model that is grounded in ownership, investing and financial health.
Access
We partner with leading corporations and entrepreneurs to provide scholars with access to best of class networks & mentors.
Opportunity
We provide scholars with real world project based experiences that translate into internships, employment and/or certifications.
Project Based Model
We deliver our programming through the model: TRAIN, COMPETE, GROW. Students work with leading executives to evaluate live deals in their community and present them in a pitch competition. Scholars emerge with the skills, confidence, experiences and networks that prepare them to secure a strong first job.
Our Progress
We are passionate about improving financial health and creating owners in underserved communities. Here's the progress that we have made since we started working in 2016.
500
Scholars that we have trained since our founding in 2016
$250k
Scholarship dollars that have been earned through our live deal pitch competitions
70%
Of our Scholars have secured internships, full time jobs and/or earned certifications
PD gave me the knowledge and confidence to pursue a career in real estate development and acquisitions, so much so that I’ll be starting a full time role at a real estate investment firm in the Fall! Now I feel empowered to have an actual equity stake in my community!
Anisha
New York / Spring 2019
Knowledge - Access - Confidence. PD equipped me with both technical knowledge and provided a platform to build relationships with industry professionals. But above all, allowed me to see that I’m just as smart as them...and can start changing my community block by block!
Wellington
New York / Spring 2019
PD was an AMAZING opportunity that pushed me out of my comfort zone. It encouraged me to confront self-limiting beliefs and I now have the confidence needed to get out there, ask questions, create change, and challenge the status quo.
Jene
Atlanta / Spring 2019
Our Scholars In Action
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