stand out on college + internship apps by turning your passions into a paid, real-world project!

...in just 10 weeks.

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d’Skills is a 10-week virtual, cohort-based sprint where high schoolers learn new digital + AI skills…

and convert them into paid, real-world projects with small businesses.

But unlike most extracurriculars, you won’t learn passively—you’ll build a stand-out portfolio in public, create lifelong friendships, and leave with more experience + connections than most college graduates.

The problem? Most resumes blend in.

colleges aren’t looking for someone with just a great SAT score. they want to see unique, real-world projects you've self-started.

Go From Resume… 🤮

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to Impact Portfolio 🥳

What if standing out was as simple as a fun, 10 week sprint?

d’Skills Sprinters stand out on internship + job applications too.

Companies want real-world-ready students who aren’t “fetch a stick” interns!

THESE DON’T HELP YOU GET HIRED 👇

👎 SAT Scores

👎 Theoretical Projects

👎 $5-10k college counseling

👎 In-the-box thinking

👎 Rule-following (aka never using ChatGPT because your school bans it)

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THESE ARE THE SKILLS YOU ACTUALLY NEED 👇

✅ Real-world projects that prove you can make an impact!

✅ Skills showing you can make money for a business! (and earn $$ yourself)

✅ Digital + AI savvy

✅ Tenacious, problem-solving mindset

✅ Creativity and passion

Watch employers blind react to students with d’Skills 😆

Watch our Chief Rebel, Hannah, speak on the importance of real-world skills in the AI-Powered age🔥

how would my d’Skills journey work?

for 10 weeks, you get to work on something you LOVE (like coding, videos, writing, etc) but instead of doing it just at school, you do it for a real business… the best part? no tests or grades attached. and you’ll learn everything you need to get paid!

  • 👊 Fill out an IMPACT10 application.

    👊 Within 48 hours, you’ll hear back from our team. If you’ve been accepted, congratulations!

    👊 Register + pay via the link provided

    👊 Wait for your cohort start date! You’ll receive emails from our team headed up to launch day with pre-launch items.

  • When your LIVE cohort launches, you’ll complete three levels over the course of 10 weeks.

    LEVEL 1: Launch

    👊 Choose a digital skill you enjoy that can be turned into a project! (We’ll guide you). Could be videography, SEO research, website design, no-code apps, or even AI chatbots! The sky is the limit.

    👊 Open a LinkedIn profile + attend live sessions (including our LinkedIn scavenger hunt)

    👊 Learn to use + build ChatGPT agents

    👊 Decide what your real-world project will be. Click here for sample impact projects other students have done. You will be helping a small business - like a mom and pop antique store, restaurant, plumber, etc.

  • LEVEL 2: First Unpaid Impact Project

    Supported by the d’Skills community, you’ll attend live sessions and access our frameworks and tools to launch your first unpaid project.

    👊 Find a business in your local community that needs digital help (we’ll teach you how)

    👊 Learn fun digital skills to help them solve that problem!

    👊 Execute your impact project, leveraging no-code and AI tools that we teach you.

  • LEVEL 3: Paid Impact Project

    👊 Using your portfolio from Level 2, now, you’ll secure your first paying client! Most clients are small mom-and-pop businesses in your local area.

    👊 Attend live sessions where we give you all the frameworks for how to do this, and support you along the way.

  • IMPACT10 finishes with a HUGE celebration of your success!

    What’s a showcase like? Check out this video.

    You might be invited to an exclusive Student Rebel panel to share your journey, and your highlight reel will be featured!

  • ✅ A Paid Real-World Project (that you’ve completed) plus a Highlight Reel to showcase your Success!

    ✅ 50+ LinkedIn Connections

    ✅ Your Own Team of AI Agents to Assist With Your Projects

    ✅ Everything You Need Land More Paid Clients!

    Over 50% of d’Skills students make back their IMPACT10 investment within 6 months of program completion.

OR SHOOT THIS INFO DIRECT TO YOUR PARENT 👊

Most students don’t get real-world experience doing something they love until after college.

Flip the script. Start in high school 🎉

If you do what we teach, you can earn back the money you spent + more within 6 months.

Your investment of $695 includes:

  • 🎥 10 Interactive Sessions: 10 live, 90-minute sessions guided by Gen Z’rs who’ve done this before! Filled with examples, walkthroughs, and Q&A opportunities to guide your journey. (Each Sunday night @6ET/3PT)

    • NOTE: Impact10 is self-paced. Live session recordings are sent out afterwards if you can’t attend live!

  • 🔥 Everything You Need to (1) Learn Digital Skills Businesses Need + (2) Land Your First PAID Client DURING the Bootcamp: Over 50% of IMPACT10 students have made back the cost of the program within 6 months, and your d’Skills keep making $$! -- it takes perseverance but it’s worth it!)

  • 👊 AI Savvy: In IMPACT10, you’ll build a custom team of AI agents to help you create value for businesses. You’ll have career-relevant skills that fewer than 1% of high schoolers have.

  • 🌐 Built-in Networking Opportunities: Gain access to our vast network of over 3000+ executives, coaches, and consultants eager to collaborate with you on impactful digital projects.

  • 🌟 Private d'Skills Hub: Join an exclusive community of d'Skills rebels who are on the same journey, providing mutual support and collaboration on digital projects.

  • 😎 50+ LinkedIn Connections: Walk away with 50+ LinkedIn connections that give you a professional networking head start in high school!

  • 📜 Get Content Into the World!: Create 10 pieces of digital content that spotlight your journey -- we all know what matters today is the content you put out into the world!

  • 🎖 Earn Digital Badges: Earn 17 unique digital badges that celebrate your milestones, including fun ones like the 'ghosting badge' for when clients don’t respond and you want to quit but don’t! (sounds like the opposite of school, eh?)

  • 💾 [BONUS] LIFETIME ACCESS TO RECORDINGS: Keep all your IMPACT10 session content. Forever. That's right, lifetime access.

  • 🤖 [BONUS] MAGIC APPLICATION RE-WRITER ($397 value): Exclusively available to IMPACT10 students. Want to use your Impact Projects to stand out on college + internship applications? You’ll get exclusive access to our application re-writer.

  • 🔒 [GUARANTEE]: We're confident in the value of IMPACT10. That's why we offer a 100% no-questions-asked refund & rollover policy if you decide within 14 days of starting that it's not for you. (See our cancellation policy in FAQs for more details.)

FUTURE COHORT DATES:

September 7, 2024

January 25, 2025

It took us 3 years. It’ll take you 3 months.

MEET THE CO-FOUNDERS (AND THE LIVING PROOF)

Swetha Tandri
Co-Founder, IMPACT10

Greetings, rebels! I’m Swetha. By age 20, I combined my love of math and music to grow my business, Melodies for Math, to over 70k followers, and have landed tens of thousands of $$ in brand deals, tutoring services, and digital products.

I didn't wait to graduate or land a traditional job. I saw an opportunity, took a leap of faith, and created something unique and impactful while at the SAME TIME, majoring in computer science at the University of Texas.

Hannah Grady Williams
Co-Founder, IMPACT10

Hi! I’m Hannah Williams, your Chief Rebel. I turbocharged my career by graduating college at 18, and diving straight into a corporate consulting role.

Along the way, I wrote a best-selling book, have been featured on top-charting podcasts, and did a TEDx talk. Now I’m 25 and have connections most people could only dream of! (Now I even know the guy who filmed Lil Uzi Vert’s I Just Wanna Rock Music Video ;) 

Alright, so you’ve got some questions…

  • IMPACT10 is ideal for high school and gap year students, ages 14-23. As part of the bootcamp, you’ll be actively posting your learnings and impacts on social media for accountability + build your professional network. LinkedIn’s minimum age to create an account is 16.

    If you’re ages 12-13, email hello@dskills.io and we may be able to make special accommodations. We’re excited you want to participate!

  • We don’t believe in exclusivity! ANYONE who wants to create a future for themselves can. Our application screens for creativity, motivation, and curiosity. That’s it.

    Students who think out-of-the-box thrive in d’Skills sprints!

  • In IMPACT10, you choose your own journey! Whatever digital skill you’re interested (and businesses would pay you for) you can learn. Some students want to learn videography, others are building AI chatbots. Some want to use digital design skills and others want to get good at SEO + analytics! The d’Skill you select is up to you! We’ll teach you how they apply to a real business, and how you can learn WAY more than you thought in a short period of time.

  • The only prerequisite for joining IMPACT10 is your willingness to learn with an open mind and a desire to make an impact!

  • Most students spend about 30 mins/day on IMPACT10. But this bootcamp is whatever you make of it. Our goal is to get you to the IMPACT where you earn $$ using your d’Skills to help a real business.

    So if you acquire your digital badges and level up quickly, you can take shortcuts! Or if you’d prefer to spend more time honing a d’Skill, you can do that too!

  • Yes! There will be a live session each Sunday night at 6ET/3PT. All sessions are recorded if you can’t make it!

  • You’ll need to have ChatGPT+ ($20/month) for the duration of IMPACT10. This account is directly with OpenAI, and is not included in the bootcamp cost.

    If you select a d’Skills that requires access to paid subscriptions, you’ll make a decision on if you’d like to use the free version or paid. This is entirely up to you (for example, Canva has a free and paid version)

  • Alright, here's the scoop: IMPACT10 is NOT like school. In this bootcamp, you're successful when you're making real money while creating tangible impact for an actual business. Plus, you get to learn super relevant d'Skills in the process, like navigating AI tools - that's part of the adventure.

    Want to push the pedal on your learning? You can totally do that. Prefer to take some extra time to perfect a concept? That's absolutely fine.

    You'll be able to track your progress through our digital badge system, moving up from the rank of Cadet to Major throughout the bootcamp. It's all about progressing at your own speed, in your own style. (and YOU hold yourself accountable)

  • YES! We have a bring a friend program. If you bring 2 paying friends, your seat is FREE! Fill out this form once they’ve registered.

  • During IMPACT10, you’ll be identifying small businesses in your local area that can use your d’Skills. For example, coffee shops, mom-and-pop boutiques, and restaurants. We’ll help you figure out which businesses need your help! You might also opt to select digital businesses that need a student’s perspective — coaches, consultants, etc. You’ll be leveraging LinkedIn, Google Maps, and your personal knowledge of your town to find opportunities.

  • We want your investment to be 100% risk-free.

    That's why we offer a 100% no-questions-asked refund & rollover policy if you decide within 14 days of starting that it's not for you.

    And if you find after enrolling that your schedule is busier than you thought, we will roll you forward into a future cohort and zero additional cost.

    However, part of what makes IMPACT10 work is the financial accountability. If you do not engage with the bootcamp materials or fail to take action during the program, this does not qualify for a refund.

Want more info? Book time with our team (for you AND your parent) 👇👇

We’re on a mission to help 1M high schoolers graduate with an Impact Portfolio of d’Skills they’ve used IRL. From test prep to life prep.

JOIN US.

Things people have said about IMPACT10 and our founders.

-parent

“impossible. scam. can’t be done in 10 weeks.”

-school administrator

“absolute crap.”

-employer

“i feel inadequate in my own skills after seeing what d’Skills teens can do…”

-Student alum

“unforgettable experience. d’Skills changed my life.”

-IMPACT10 student

“i can’t wait to keep working on my project and see just how far i can go!”

-TikTok lurker

“where’s the unfollow button for that bs advice?”

-business owner

“teens don’t know anything. would never work with one.”

-chris lochhead, co-author of Play Bigger, one of the top 5 marketing books of all time

“every student who wants to be relevant in the modern job market needs to go through this bootcamp.”

-homeschooled student (IMPACT10 alum)

“wow, learning’s actually fun.”