@ Enactus SFU 2026
@ Enactus SFU 2026
SKYES equips high school and early university students (ages 15-22), particularly from underrepresented or rural communities, with entrepreneurial skills to drive local development. Supported by the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship (CCIE) and Enactus SFU, the program integrates the SPARK Workbook to guide students in developing, pitching, and refining their business ideas.
*Note: Lesson and Curriculum is flexible and will tailored and localized to your region/area.
Identify and clearly define real community challenges that form the foundation of an entrepreneurial idea.
Develop and communicate practical, innovative solutions that directly address identified problems.
Identify, attract, and engage customers through relationship-building and targeted outreach strategies.
Craft a clear and compelling statement that defines how a product or service uniquely creates value for customers.
Map out essential partners, resources, and stakeholders needed to operate and sustain a venture effectively.
Design creative, user-centered marketing strategies to promote ventures & build community engagement
Build foundational financial skills to plan budgets, manage resources, and ensure ideas are economically viable.
Structure, refine, and confidently present business ideas through professional and persuasive pitches.
The program combines theory with practice through 12 weeks of workshops, activities, challenges, and mentorship. Students will design sustainable solutions to local challenges, launch projects with seed funding through the Elevate Challenge, and grow into confident innovators. The SKYES experience merges theory and practice through:
Interactive online workshops led by trained coordinators
Mentorship from professionals and student entrepreneurs
Projects rooted in community and economic growth
A final Elevate Challenge in the form of a pitch competition
Enactus SFU and SKYES acknowledges the unceded Traditional Coast Salish Lands including the Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ), Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Nations upon whose lands we work and play on.