# Debt-Countering Start-up Apprenticeships Enstitute Matches Young Entrepreneurs with Founders By Tiana Reid | Published 2013-05-17 | Social Good Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enstitute References: [echoinggreen.org](http://www.echoinggreen.org/blog/announcing-2013-echoing-green-fellowships-finalists) & [enstituteu.org](http://enstituteu.org/) Based in New York City, New York, Enstitute is a non-profit organization that attempts to counter the student debt crisis with [matching up-and-coming entrepreneurs with founders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/indiemerger) through a program that lasts two years. The featured video, created by Forbes, is a "day in the life" of Ben Darr, who was matched up with Ben Lerer, the CEO of Thrillist, as his mentor. He discusses why he felt like he had to leave college. Enstitute's Shaila Ittycheria and Kane Sarhan were named one of the 2013 Echoing Green Fellowship Finalists. "Challenge the traditional debt-bearing higher education model by introducing an apprenticeship-based education program to elevate workforce potential around the globe," Echoing Green wrote about the organization. The idea is to create alternative learning environments through a breadth of small businesses and start-ups. **Contact Information** Enstitutewebsite Enstitute on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/EnstituteU) Enstitute on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Enstitute) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.6/10 - Popularity: 26% | Activity: 73% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Social Good](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialgood) > [Social Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialbusiness) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Apprenticeship-based Education:** Enstitute's apprenticeship-based education program offers disruptive innovation opportunities by challenging the traditional higher education model and elevating workforce potential. - **Alternative Learning Environments:** Enstitute aims to create alternative learning environments through small businesses and start-ups, presenting disruptive innovation opportunities for education and entrepreneurship. - **Counter Student Debt Crisis:** Enstitute's mission to counter the student debt crisis by matching young entrepreneurs with founders presents disruptive innovation opportunities to reform the education and entrepreneurial industries. ### Where This Applies - **Education:** Enstitute's apprenticeship-based education program disrupts the traditional higher education model and offers innovative alternatives for learning. - **Entrepreneurship:** Enstitute's matching young entrepreneurs with founders through their program presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the entrepreneurship industry. - **Workforce Development:** Enstitute's apprenticeship-based education program aims to elevate workforce potential and offers disruptive innovation opportunities for the workforce development industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Early-Stage Brand Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-founders-program.md) - [Youth-Focused Non-Profit Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/youth-voice-fellowship.md) - [Youth-Focused Mentorship Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/career-accelerator.md) - [On-Campus Business Incubators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/innovate-bay.md) - [Canadian Entrepreneur-Focused Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/canadian-entrepreneur.md) - [Futureproofing Edtech Startups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/edtech-startup.md) - [Young Professionals Recruitment Support](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/haystack.md) - [Youth-Focused Mentorship Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/career-accelerator-1.md) - [Incarcerated Employment Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/next-chapter.md)