ROGER KASSEBAUM
The Builder of Innovation Ecosystems
Milken Educator Award Recipient
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
NASA KidSat Curriculum Designer
Co-Founder, Founders Bootcamp
Fab Academy Graduate (MIT Fab Lab Network)
Rapid Economic and Social-Good Transformation through diverse entrepreneurial education and mentoring
I am an internationally recognized educator bringing diverse cultures, ages, races, and genders together. I challenge you to collaboratively identify and find solutions to problems such as poverty and food insecurity.
IMPACT AT A GLANCE
20+ years in education
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24 student patents
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26 student research publications
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Millions raised for innovation programs
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Students accepted to Y Combinator
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Thousands of youth impacted globally
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20+ years in education 〰️ 24 student patents 〰️ 26 student research publications 〰️ Millions raised for innovation programs 〰️ Students accepted to Y Combinator 〰️ Thousands of youth impacted globally 〰️
WHY I DO THISI became a teacher because throughout my schooling I niver thought that I received a good answer to the question, “When will I ever need to know this?”
I wanted to make education relevant to a students future after graduation. I believe the key part of motivation for students is helping them find relevance in their future chosen profession or career. I wanted to be a guide for them on their journey.
I believed that young people are technologically adept and less burdened by the phrase, “This is the way we have always done it.”
Youth are digital nomads and bring fresh ideas to the workplace and have with the proper educational learning environment can out perform many existing outdated business practices and can be the solution to solve global problems.
The Organization
I challenge youth to “get started” when they are teenagers or younger and enter the adult world of business, science, and technology in transformative ways. I challenge adults to learn from creative and tech savvy youth.
Take Action
I challenge youth to “get started” when they are teenagers or younger and enter the adult world of business, science, and technology in transformative ways. I challenge adults to learn from creative and tech savvy youth.
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
—Mark Twain
“Founder’s Bootcamp is the world’s best entrepreneurship program, period. Its students’ pitches are on par with the Silicon Valley pitches.”
— VICTOR SHABUROV
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor
“Founder’s Bootcamp showed me that youth is an asset, not a barrier. I’m no longer content to just learn about the world; I won’t wait to change it.”
— BRANDON P.
Student Founder
“Founder’s Bootcamp is brilliant. I was struck by how far all the students progressed. All high schools should have a similar programs for all students.”
— LOUIS IGNARRO
Nobel Laureate
“The. Best. Summer. Of. My. Life. I think it’s safe to say that I’ve learned more here than in all of high school. This program has taught me that the impossible is within arms reach.”
— MADDY M.
Student Founder
“Founder’s Bootcamp has caught a niche that will wow the world.”
— ALFRED OSBORNE
Dean of UCLA Anderson
“Living in South Central is a constant reminder that I am a statistic: predicted to break the law or drop out. Founders Bootcamp has showed me that I am so much more.”
— HUMBERTO E.
Student Founder
“I fully support Founder’s Bootcamp in their ‘learn by doing’ entrepreneurship program. Their early successes with students are inspirational.”
— FRANK BAXTER
US Ambassador & Investor
“My friends see me spending all this time on Founders Bootcamp and they ask me, ‘Isn’t it a ton of work?’ I get to say to them that it isn’t really work, it instead is just so much fun.”
— JOSH L.
Student Founder