Lemonade Lab

Alumni Connection: Dean Horsfield, BA'09, BComm'09, Owner, Founder

Faculty: Haskayne School of Business, Arts

Category: Education & Technology

Region: Kelowna & Area

Company information: Lemonade Lab is an AI powered platform where kids and teens don’t just learn about entrepreneurship, they actually build real businesses. Using smart, guided tools for design, marketing, and selling, young founders turn ideas into live ventures, earn real money, and gain confidence, creativity, and business judgment through hands on experience. It’s practical, inspiring, and built for the future of work.
Why Lemonade Lab Matters
1. Future skills today: Helps young people build real world business skills like customer empathy, financial literacy, marketing, and product thinking at an early age.
2. AI as a co-pilot: Uses AI to support creativity, lower barriers to tech and business know-how, and accelerate learning by doing.
3. Real outcomes: Not just simulations—kids launch genuine online shops, serve real customers, and experience authentic entrepreneurial wins and challenges.
4. Confidence and agency: By making ideas tangible, Lemonade Lab builds confidence, grit, and a sense of ownership that academic classes can’t deliver.

Who It’s For
1. Aspiring young creators, innovators, and makers ages roughly 8–18 who want a hands-on path into business.
2. Parents and educators seeking a meaningful, practical way to teach entrepreneurship and money skills.

How It Works (high level)
1. Kids pick a business idea.
2. AI guides them through branding, web and shop setup, and product/service planning.
3. They launch and operate a live business, track results, and iterate.
4. Real customers buy, and young founders earn real money.

Year established: 2025

Contact information: Website | LinkedIn |