1%

of Fortune 500 companies have an African American CEO

85%

of top executive positions are held by white men

Students need to see people who look like them sitting at the table.

The Problem

50%

of students from low SES that enroll in college receive a degree

491:1

is the average HS student to counselor ratio

Our mission

SuitUp increases career readiness for all students through innovative business plan competitions.

Our vision

SuitUp’s vision is to align the incentives of schools and corporations to ensure that all students have the access and awareness to pursue the college and career of their choosing. We envision a world in which all companies have a corporate executive that can call themselves a SuitUp alum.

The Solution

Through SuitUp, students experience solving a realistic corporate challenge, such as designing a new product for Nike.

They have the opportunity to interact with corporate volunteers who coach them on marketing, design, financing, and strategy as well as professional “soft skills”, before helping them pitch virtually to judges for a cash prize.

By the end of the experience, students can see the corporate world as part of “their world” and know that job titles, such as CEO, CFO, VP of Marketing, etc. are now in their grasp.