Business Disruptors: Market Innovators for High Schoolers at UCLA

Discover Disruption: Innovate Like Today's Tech Titans is a three-week, on-campus summer course hosted at UCLA that explores the strategic innovations behind major technology companies (Amazon, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Uber, Airbnb). Through case studies and guided instruction, students examine business models, disruption frameworks, and market strategies used by leading tech firms.

Participants work in teams to design and prototype their own disruptive business concepts as a capstone project, applying market analysis, strategic thinking, and product design skills learned during the program. Classes are taught by UCLA-selected instructors and combine lectures, hands-on workshops, and applied group work to build practical entrepreneurship skills and portfolio material.

The program offers a university-style campus experience with supervised residential life for boarding students, optional day-student attendance, organized excursions, and post-program performance reports. Students who complete the course receive a Course Completion Certificate and a Letter of Recognition, with credit-bearing options and transcripts available for certain classes depending on institutional policies.