Helping young people build the mindset to win.
The 1 Percent Mindset partners with schools and nonprofits across NYC to teach young people entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and the leadership skills to become their best selves — no matter where they start.
Skills schools skip — taught for life
Every program is built around real outcomes young people can use the same week, and carry for the rest of their lives.
Leadership
Our OWN IT curriculum helps students take ownership of their choices, their voice, and their future.
Entrepreneurship
In our flagship Leave A Legacy program, students build a business that fights social injustice — then film a commercial and pitch it.
Financial literacy
How money actually works — earning, saving, and budgeting — so young people make confident decisions.
Social-emotional
Mindset, identity, and mental health woven throughout, using our D.I.P. methodology.
The proof is the young people
No statistic lands like a student telling you, in their own voice, what changed. Hit play.
The D.I.P. methodology
Every program runs on the same through-line — a repeatable system that helps a young person show up as the person they want to become.
Discipline
Build the daily habits that create what you want, long before you feel like it.
Identity
Decide who you're becoming and act like that person now. Behavior follows identity.
Purpose
Anchor the work to something bigger than yourself — the fuel that outlasts hard days.
Michael also helps adults build and protect their wealth through two dedicated practices.
Bring this to your school
Schools, nonprofits, and youth programs across NYC partner with us to deliver this work. Let's build something for your young people.
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