YOUTHTANK'S ENTREPRENEURIAL
JOURNEY

WINTER - SPRING 2022 CRANBROOK

Veteran educator and entrepreneur, Holly Arida, set out to prove her high school students were ready to launch and lead an actual startup. Together, they co-founded YouthTank Detroit, a 501(c)(3) high school business incubator. In YouthTank's after-school and summer programs, expert mentors empower young entrepreneurs to apply design, technological tools, and business innovation to chart their own future and impact their communities.

FOR YOUTH, BY YOUTH

Co-Founder Roxie Parker reflects on the growth of our scrappy startup one year on and what YouthTank's slogan: "For Youth By Youth" looks like in action.

YouthTank Founding Cohort at Cranbrook's Japanese Garden.

YouthTank's Founding Cohort, Advanced Entrepreneurship students in Cranbrook's Japanese Garden, 2022.

FALL-WINTER 2022 AT
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

YouthTank launched a "Design a Community Campus Cafe" challenge at Durfee Innovation Society for Central High students, and at The School at Marygrove with the University of Michigan, during the 2022-23 academic year.

SUMMER 2023
APPLE DEVELOPER ACADEMY
IN DETROIT WITH MSU

Over 30 paid interns used iOS software to develop ride share apps that address solutions to mobility challenges they encounter getting to work and school in Detroit.

This video demonstrates features on this team's Mobility App "ASSIST" - designed with Apple's SWIFT programming language for Detroit's elder residents to more easily get rides in the city for food, medicine, and visits.

FALL 2023
FORD FACTORY WITH
CODE NEXT DETROIT

YouthTank Detroit and Code Next launch a ground building partnership focusing on youth-led tech solutions to the mobility challenges in the city of Detroit.

YOUTHTANK'S ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY