THE HARRINGTON FOUNDATION REVIEW
VOL. 01 · COVER STORY
NO. 001
Cover Story · Mentorship
The kid with the
best pitch gets
Kevin Harrington.
A free, eight-week virtual program turning student ideas into real offers. One standout founder walks away with personal mentorship from the original Shark.
8
Weeks
25
Students
$0
Cost to apply
THE MENTOR
Original Shark · Inventor of the Infomercial
Kevin Harrington
The Mission
We turn dreamers
into doers.
Most entrepreneurship programs hand students a textbook. We hand them a microphone, a customer, and a deadline. Writing a business plan is not building a business — taking an idea, putting it into motion, and offering it to a real person is.
Week after week, our students don't study entrepreneurship. They practice it: testing ideas, talking to customers, making offers, and learning from what comes back. Games. Mini-challenges. Real feedback. Real motion.
The Promise
One Winner.
One Shark.
One year you'll never forget.
Every cohort ends with a final pitch. The standout student doesn't just earn applause — they earn personal mentorship from Kevin Harrington: the original Shark, inventor of the infomercial, and the man behind $6 billion in product sales.
"The best entrepreneurs aren't the ones with the best plans. They're the ones who actually start."
- Kevin Harrington
Kevin Harrington
On Stage
Curriculum Partner
Built by Lemonade Standers™
Emily and Julie of Lemonade Standers™ designed the youth-centered curriculum and game-based methodology that powers every cohort — the lessons, the live sessions, the hot seats, the action.
Emily French
Lemonade Standers™
Julie Bennett
Lemonade Standers™
The Flagship Program
Idea to Offer in eight weeks.
01
Everything Is a Pitch
Foundations
02
Goal Setting & Future Self
Vision
03
Problem, Ideation & Decision
Discovery
04
Customer & Market
Research
Discovery
05
Pricing, Profit &
Money Models
Build
06
Branding & Marketing
Build
07
Pitching
Sell
08
Final Pitch, Reflection
& Celebration
Ship
The Flagship Program
Three lives a week.
Real motion in between.
Mon
●Live
Lessons & Skill-Building
Tue
Take Action
Wed
●Live
Questions & Feedback
Thu
Keep Going
Fri
●Live
Reflection & Hot Seats
Outcomes
What students leave with.
A hands-on Business Plan Portfolio. A final pitch. And the specific habits that separate doers from dreamers.
01
Documented Goal
02
Concept Validation
03
Branding Kit
04
Marketing Strategy
05
Mission & Vision
06
Customer Profile
07
Pricing Worksheet
08
Pitch Script + Video
Direct
Skills they'll use forever.
— Problem Solving
— Ideation
— Creativity
— Collaboration
— Critical Thinking
— Communication
Indirect
Habits they'll carry quietly.
— Consistency
— Experimenting
— Camera Presence
— Perseverance
— Giving Feedback
— Receiving Feedback
Becoming
Who they grow into.
— Action Takers
— Pattern Spotters
— Opportunity Makers
Masthead
The team behind the work.
10 contributors · 1 mission
Wendy Latorre
Director
Amanda Harrington
Marketing
Brian Harrington
Advisor
Tim Harrington
Advisor
Sorboni Banerjee
Advisor
Shannon Pennock
Legal Advisor
Jason Teabout
Veteran Affairs
Joshua Paul Hooks
Advisor
Robert Blackmon
Community Relations
Dylan Dubois
Advisor
Partners & Collaborators
JA USA · Sligh Middle School Magnet · AMIkids · SOFWOLF · YABTB
Outcomes
Three doors.
One foundation.
For Students
Apply to the program.
Free. Virtual. Eight weeks. Limited to 25 students.
Courses begin the week of June 8, 2026.
For Mentors
Mentor a student.
Thirty-minute virtual Zoom sessions. Eight weeks. Real impact for the next generation of entrepreneurs.
For Sponsors
Fund a future founder.
Individual gifts and corporate partnerships fund student learning, mentorship, and program delivery.
501(c)(3) - every dollar moves a kid forward.